Glen Stewart Ravine: The "Fifty Shades of Grey" Stroll

Winter walk

Flexible hours are golden. This morning with a friend, I treated myself with a scrumptious salty muffin from Remarkable Beans (2242 Queen East in The Beach). 

Then, we drove north of Pine Avenue on Balsam Avenue and parked near the entrance to Glen Stewart Ravine (between two residential houses facing the school) to access the staircase leading to the ravine.

The city noise was muffled by the fresh snow. All we could hear was the sound of the wind passing through the branches and the singing stream running along the trail. Blissful urban winter.

Will be missed: Victor's Letters of Love around the Red Rocket on Danforth

Street art is short-lived. This week, as I was walking to the Red Rocket café (1364 Danforth E.), I was sadden to see that most of Victor's letters (painted two summers ago) have faded away. (See The ABC of strolling to read more about this cool street art project of "love letters" along Danforth east.)

On a happier note, inside the Red Rocket, I saw a tongue-in-cheek screen playing the video of a fire in the fireplace by comfortable leather sofas! And I had one of their flaky egg empanadas. Yum!

It feels warmer!