Al and Peggy's Corner: September 2009

What Is Your Favorite Old Car? Guess Before You Look!

We were just going through a few pictures we had picked up over the Summer.  Yes Summer as short as it may have been.

We came across some photos that we took at the Orillia car show, and guess what one car stood our the most.

Have you ever gone to a car show and not seen a 1957 Chey, looks sharp in this orange colour but if you were to close your eyes and picture the car it would probable be in a turquoise blue colour.

The Beach Boys were probably on the radio... Surfin' USA

 CAREFREE LIFESTYLE IN BRAMPTON ONTARIO AT

HARTNELL SQUARE AND HEATHCLIFFE SQUARE

COME OVER AND WALK THE CAREFREE LIFESTYLE OFFERED AT THE CARRIAGE WALK

If you are looking for elegant living wrapped in convenience, than look no further than the manicured complex of Brampton Ontario Canada’s Carriage Walk development.

This renowned complex made up of two separate condominium corporations offer the luxury of yard maintenance and snow removal right up to your door step as well as the desired amenities of an outdoor pool with sundeck, putting green with picnic tables, rose garden and gazebo for your summertime enjoyment.

From the minute you pass through the brick entry gates you will be impressed. All 170 units and the grounds are so well cared for, so neat, so clean, such a welcoming feeling. The variety of floor plans range from 1225 sq. ft to 1654 sq. ft for the homes on Heathcliffe Square with the square footage from 1426 to 2081 on Hartnell Square.

All the demands of today’s living space are met here with functional layouts and quality finishings.  You are greeted with marble foyers; eat in kitchens with quality ceramics, full ensuites in the generous master suites, beautiful living areas and private backyards.

Many of the homes now have been personally upgraded by the Owners to include hardwood flooring, finished basements, crown mouldings and even one with a custom soaring three level staircase.

 

The living is definitely easy here at the Carriage Walk.  You have a minutes stroll to the beautiful 10 acre Chinguacousy Park that features paddle boating, skiing and tea house; the Bramalea City Centre that is a major shopping centre; library, recreation centre and medical centre. Transportation is right by the gates plus schools, churches and highway access are only a short distance away.

When you are looking for the comfort conveniences of executive living, than look to the private enclave of the Carriage Walk, you won’t be disappointed.

ORILLIA, ONTARIO CANADA HELD THEIR 3RD ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE BEATLES

It was time for the beautiful downtown area of the City of Orillia to  'Get Back' to 1964 as it recreated the Abbey Road Rooftop Performance and came alive with a two day Beatles street festival September 18th and 19th! 

It was fantastic to see the recreation, the participation and even the weather co-operated with a gorgeous sunny day!  It started Friday night at the Orillia Opera House with the Beatles tribute band that the Rolling Stone magazine calls "the best", then the main stage took over with a hospitality tent and the Let's Get Back Dance and Sing a-Long. 

Saturday kicked off the day's events at 11:00 am again at the main stage and went right through til midnight.  $10.00 wristbands got you into the hospitality tent, back into the Opera house for the screening of Rare and Unseen, the movie and John and Yoko Bedpiece play.

Later in the day there was a recreation of the last performance as a group, the Beatles did on the roof top of their Abbey Road recording studio on January 30, 1969.  This moment in history was a note-for-note rendition right on the roof top of one of the local stores.

The main street of Orillia; Mississaga Street, was packed with people sporting their favourite Beatle song on their various designed t-shirts enjoying the musicians, karaoke, memorabilia, artists, food vendors and the store windows that participated with signs, pictures and dressed up mannequins.

It has been four decades (40 years) since the Beatles brief final public performance, this fabulous group is now riding another wave of success with the addition of a new generation of fans.  Chalk it all up to marketing that has zapped the music buying public into a frenzy!

ALL KINDS OF RECORDS HAVE BEEN BROKEN THIS YEAR! 

This has surely been a year that is!  All types of records are being broken.  We wonder how many actually..., records lows in the economy, record lows real estate sales, record lows in interest rates, record highs in the number of short sales and certainly broken records here in the Toronto Canada area with record highs in rainfalls this summer and now that summer is drawing to a close, (this is the last weekend of summer), record number of days without rain!

Yes that is what they are telling us.  That July 2009 was one of the rainest months reported in years. Now with the end of summer this weekend, we have just broken another record.  The longest number of days without rain since 1967, 21 full days!  This record may be an omen... the last time our Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup was in 1967... Go Leafs Go!!!

What a wonderful way to kick off the stunning days of Fall, Walking On Sunshine, don't you agree!

Thousands Run Across Canada In Honour of Terry Fox

The 29th annual run in honour of Terry Fox who died from cancer at age 22.  The disease stopped his quest to run across Canada.  More years than he lived, his story of courage and hope remains in the heart of millions.

Terry lost his right leg to cancer at 18, began his Marathon of Hope in St. John's, running 42 kilometres a day through the Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario. He was forced to stop the cross-country trek outside Thunder Bay in September 1980 after logging 5,373 kilometres when cancer spread to his lungs.  Terry died the following summer.

The Terry Fox Run was established that fall and has raised more than $400 million for cancer research in his name.

Runs were staged in more than 900 communities across Canada, including 230 in Ontario, and 28 other countries.

We were in Orillia, Ontario this afternoon and witnessed hundreds and hundreds of people participating in the run. 

There were a lot of people running, but others were riding their bicycles, rollerblading and good old walking. 

The young and old along with many of their dogs were having a great time working their way along the Orillia waterfront. 

It hasn't been announced yet, but millions of dollars will be raised today to go towards the ongoing fight of this deadly disease.

Have You Forgotten September 11, 2001

We know you have not forgotten, we haven't. Darryl Worley wrote a song with a couple of different videos that will not let the world forget.  It is worth your time to listen and watch them. 

We remember the day very clearly, we were watching ABC news when it happened. That minute the world changed and will never be the same.