Just a quick reminder: we are going to be closed this Monday, February 20th, to celebrate Family Day with our loved ones. Have a Safe and Happy holiday Monday, everyone!

The winning entry in this year’s Singles Awareness Day Contest came from Lorne Kates.  He also chose “Love sought is good…” but took it in a different direction.  His excellent entry came in graphic form.  Check it out!

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Congratulations to Lorne, and to Lara — delicious chocolate prizes from Soma are waiting for you.  And thanks to everyone who entered;  we had a lot of fun reading your submissions.

We usually choose just one winner of the Singles Awareness Day Contest, but this year, we had so many good entries that we picked both a winner and a runner-up.  We’ll share the winning entry tomorrow, but for today, here’s Lara Herrera’s submission, which made us laugh out loud.

“Love sought is good, but … love held in your dungeon is priceless.”

Friends, something’s come up, so we’re going to have to close a tiny bit early tonight.  Nothing major, but we’ll be shutting the doors at 6:15.

We’ll open tomorrow at 11am as usual tomorrow morning.  So it’s all good.

This is both charming and gorgeous.  Two teenagers sent a Lego Man into space!  Check out the stunning video.

Regular customers will know that we’re putting a third floor onto our building.  At least, we’re trying to. Turns out the construction process is a steeplechase lined with hidden delays.  Like, for instance, the giant wire that crosses through our construction zone.

Hydro took three weeks to inform us that the line belongs to Bell.  Bell took six weeks to inform us that the line actually belongs to Rogers.  Rogers took only thirty minutes to get a technician here (!)… to inform us that the problem will be referred to another department that may or may not get back to us within three weeks.

Sigh.  Did I say steeplechase?   I meant freeze tag.

If it snowed without raining immediately before or after.  It would certainly be novel.  And, speaking as the person who has to shovel the sidewalk, it would certainly be appreciated.

For those of you who don’t know, we’re right next door to Splendido, one of Toronto’s finest restaurants.  They often smoke and/or barbeque during the day.  Given our proximity, the smell is… deliciously distracting.