Shangri-La DiDa: Post-its in the sky

When you build a fancy new hotel and condominium sometimes you forget how to put it together so sometimes you have to leave big pink post-its to remind yourself of the next step. The 65-storey Shangri-La luxury hotel and condos goes up on University Avenue. The hotel is on the bottom 17 floors and the condos take over the upper floors.

Shangri-La DiDa: Post-its in the sky

When you build a fancy new hotel and condominium sometimes you forget how to put it together so sometimes you have to leave big pink post-its to remind yourself of the next step. The 65-storey Shangri-La luxury hotel and condos goes up on University Avenue. The hotel is on the bottom 17 floors and the condos take over the upper floors.

Toronto Skyline - Where is the colour?

The City's skyline stands tall above the waters of Lake Ontario, but there is not much colour in the view. Most of the dominant colours are the blue, green and concrete grey.

 I think the skyline should be more like a Rubiks Cube mixture of colours. Here is a little more grey from the airshow (CIAS) down at the lake front.

Toronto Skyline - Where is the colour?

The City's skyline stands tall above the waters of Lake Ontario, but there is not much colour in the view. Most of the dominant colours are the blue, green and concrete grey.

 I think the skyline should be more like a Rubiks Cube mixture of colours. Here is a little more grey from the airshow (CIAS) down at the lake front.

Glass and Buildings in Toronto

Well, people make a city and Torontonians make the best city in the world, but it takes a lot of glass and concrete to house all the people. I am glad we have a mix of old and new buildings and that many buildings have character, colour and interesting designs. Wikipedia has a great list of the tallest buildings in Toronto and I think my favourite of the skyscrapers is the Royal Bank Plaza, it's bold and gold baby.

Another great building is the CN Tower, it becomes a focal point of so many Toronto skyline pictures and I think it is a simple yet functional space needle, it pretty much almost pokes the moon.

See more photos of buildings after the jump.

Glass and Buildings in Toronto

Well, people make a city and Torontonians make the best city in the world, but it takes a lot of glass and concrete to house all the people. I am glad we have a mix of old and new buildings and that many buildings have character, colour and interesting designs. Wikipedia has a great list of the tallest buildings in Toronto and I think my favourite of the skyscrapers is the Royal Bank Plaza, it's bold and gold baby.

Another great building is the CN Tower, it becomes a focal point of so many Toronto skyline pictures and I think it is a simple yet functional space needle, it pretty much almost pokes the moon.

See more photos of buildings after the jump.

Photo Vault - Dogs and Sunsets

Bright gold sunsets. Tranquil sun as it sinks below the horizon. Sunsets and cute dogs. Just what we need to remind us that life can be so good.

I learned today of something cool in Burlington - they do a 5k charity Santa Jingle Run in December. Similar to the Toronto Santa Speedo Run, without the Speedos, with everyone dressed like Santa Claus. They had almost 3,000 Santas for the Burlington run - wow. Both are great ideas but the Santa Jingle Run idea is a lot less scary for the participants - you can even add a pillow for greater realism. And in a Speedo you freeze your ass off - which reminds me of something else - the annual Toronto Polar Bear Dip. When you just can't be cold enough, go for a New Years Day dunk in the Harbour.

Photo Vault - Dogs and Sunsets

Bright gold sunsets. Tranquil sun as it sinks below the horizon. Sunsets and cute dogs. Just what we need to remind us that life can be so good.

I learned today of something cool in Burlington - they do a 5k charity Santa Jingle Run in December. Similar to the Toronto Santa Speedo Run, without the Speedos, with everyone dressed like Santa Claus. They had almost 3,000 Santas for the Burlington run - wow. Both are great ideas but the Santa Jingle Run idea is a lot less scary for the participants - you can even add a pillow for greater realism. And in a Speedo you freeze your ass off - which reminds me of something else - the annual Toronto Polar Bear Dip. When you just can't be cold enough, go for a New Years Day dunk in the Harbour.