Geeky Cat Miusings

Took advantage of Doors Open this weekend and snooped around Coach House, a quaint book publishing and printing press that is tucked away on Toronto’s historic bpNichol Lane. After the description of the tedious work involved in typesetting, I was eager to sit in a comfy chair which is called The Magical Sleeper Chair and dream about the fantastic novels written by authors such as Michael Ondaatje and Anne Michaels that were published in that very place.

The churches were nice to explore but there is nothing like a excited, chatty person to animate the experience. One church was growing a vegetable garden to feed the hungry people of the area. The enthusiastic guide described the variety of vegetables, which included the rare purple carrot, that grew in the garden. She informed me that the carrot was originally purple but has long been known as an orange vegetable, thanks to patriotic Dutch growers who bred the vegetable to honour their monarchy, The House of Orange.

One grand mansion had a room with wooden panels on the walls. It looked like an ordinary room with one door way but what the unsuspecting didn`t know was that the panels opened to a secret bedroom with ensuite bathroom. The master of the house kept his mistress there. The dirty secrets of the Victorians!

The Hare Krishna Temple started off as a Presbyterian Church and has been passed through the hands of many religions until the Hare Krishna`s had enough money to buy it by selling lollipops and other small items to the public.