Distractions, reflections

Distractions, reflections

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Monthly Archives March 2007

2007/03/29 Sculptures across 57th Street, NYC

March 29, 2007
In New York for a client meeting, I walked from 590 Madison Avenue across 57th Street.
On my way back to Toronto from Houston, I had a stopover in New York for a client meeting. I went into the office at 590 Madison Avenue, which is at the corner of 57th Street. The lower floors of the office tower look over an enclosed atrium.

Atrium at 590 Madison Continue reading “2007/03/29 Sculptures across 57th Street, NYC“

2007/03/26 Brian Chung launches “Improvisation at the Piano”

March 26, 2007
Brian was in town, launching his new book, and came over for a visit.
Brian Chung was in Toronto, at the Music Teachers National Association conference. He e-mailed me on his Blackberry, and came over to the house an hour later, squeezing in 15 minutes of social time.

Brian visits Continue reading “2007/03/26 Brian Chung launches “Improvisation at the Piano”“

2007/03/23 Rotman School lecture, Dim Sum at Sky Dragon, Ethiopian House

March 23, 2007
Taina saw Catherine Tucker lecture at the Rotman School, had dim sum with Andy, and dinner at Ethiopian Village with the group.
Since Taina was sure to wake up early after her first day in Toronto, she got up early, and went for a run along Queen Street East before we woke up. Since I found her name in a Google search associated with a marathon in Sweden, I wasn’t inclined to join her. She probably made it all the way across to the Beaches.

Our first stop for the Friday was a research lecture in marketing at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto by Catherine Tucker from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. These visiting faculty talks happen regularly, and give the academics the chance to discuss ongoing research with peers in other cities.

Catherine Tucker, MIT, lecturing at the Rotman School Continue reading “2007/03/23 Rotman School lecture, Dim Sum at Sky Dragon, Ethiopian House“

2007/03/22 Eddie Bauer Outlet, SaiGon Palace on Spadina, Darin Barney Hart House Lecture

March 21, 2007
Taina visited Toronto, with stops by the Eddie Bauer Outlet, Spadina Avenue and Kensington Market, SaiGon Palace, and Hart House for Darin Barney’s lecture.
Four days after I returned to Toronto from Finland, Taina was scheduled to take almost the same route for an organization science meeting in downtown Chicago. Since she hadn’t been in Toronto before, I suggested that she make fuller use of the 16-hour travel time over the ocean, and stop by Toronto for a few days.

Taina had probably woken up around 4 a.m. in Eastern European Time, which is 7 hours earlier than Eastern Time in Toronto. Her plane was a bit delayed when I picked her up at Pearson airport mid-afternoon. Since I knew that she was doing a bit of shopping for her kids, and the Eddie Bauer Outlet is up in that northwest corner of Metro Toronto, we stopped by there first. There wasn’t too much selection of kids’ clothes there, but in March Break deals, Taina got a skirt for $2, and a red trench coat for $20. I commented that this probably wasn’t the best way to give her an impression of the true cost of shopping in Canada.

We got caught up in rush hour traffic, so instead of going home, I targeted Spadina Chinatown (near the university), and asked Diana to intercept us for dinner, and to pick up the car so that we wouldn’t have to bother with parking around the university. Taina and I got to Spadina early, so we walked around Kensington market. SaiGon Palace is one of my favourite Vietnamese restaurants, and just down the street from the palm tree sign of the El Mocambo (famous for Margaret Trudeau dancing with the Stones, in the 1970s). Continue reading “2007/03/22 Eddie Bauer Outlet, SaiGon Palace on Spadina, Darin Barney Hart House Lecture“

2007/03/16 Refrigerated sleeping babies in Finland

March 16, 2007
Finnish babies commonly are put into carriages to sleep outside in below-zero cold.
One of the more unique Finnish practices is bundling up the baby, putting him or her into a carriage to sleep, and putting the carriage outside in the cold (i.e. below zero) temperatures to sleep. Two minutes before this photograph was taken, this baby had been sleeping in the cold for at least 90 minutes.

Sleeping baby

Inside, Taina and Pekka were hosting (parents) Olli and Johanna for a dinner of sushi. Continue reading “2007/03/16 Refrigerated sleeping babies in Finland“

2007/03/11 Thin ice by the Espoo shore

March 11, 2007
On a bright Sunday afternoon, Pekka and Taina collected some rushes while on a walk on the ice over the sea, before the temperatures warmed up.
Finns enjoy walking on the open ice covering the sea in the winter, but the temperatures this winter have been warm. A short cold spell froze the ice, but the sunny day threatened to make this Sunday afternoon the last possible day to safely go. Pekka and Taina suggested that we try a little walk. They collected some rushes to put in a vase at their living room.

Collecting rushes at the Espoo shore

Close to the shore, the ice was solid, except near rocks where it would crumble under our boots. A pool of water had accumulated near the shore, but beyond that was more ice. Continue reading “2007/03/11 Thin ice by the Espoo shore“

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