Today I bring you something a little bit different.
Last fall, friend and photographer Allyson Scott shared a beautiful photo essay touching on real estate and gentrification with an incredible human element. I loved the post so much I asked if I could share it here with you. This post originally appeared on her
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Adventures in Trespassing – Guest Post by Allyson Scott

Toronto West End Real Estate

January is usually a slow time in the real estate market. People are burrowed in their homes keeping warm, not wanting to traipse through feet of snow to visit open houses. The market sees a few homes up for sale, but not the number that usually grace the MLS in spring, summer and fall. Still...
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A Wee Bit Cold

While the East coast is getting hit with a big snowstorm, here in Toronto its cold. Like really cold. For the third time in three weeks its dipped into the -30's with the windchill. For my American friends that's about -22 Fahrenheit. A week an a half ago it actually went below -40c (-40f).
While it...
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My Fave Gluten Free Picks

So its been two months since I was diagnosed with Celiac disease. I have been gluten free for two months and its not been without its challenges. You do not realize how much wheat/gluten is in well...almost everything. In medication? Yep. Hair & makeup products? Uh huh. In almost all chicken...
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History of our House

As you may by now have figured out, we live in an old storefront.
After we purchased the house, we spent an afternoon in the City of Toronto Archives trying to researching the history of our home. We learned that it was built sometime between 1912-1917 and originally served as a Grocery Store. Later on it...
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