Last night we had a representative of Toronto Fire Services in my building to show us all about fire safety.
Some of the things I learned:

• Fire extinguishers have a shelf life of 12 years.
• Most fires start in the kitchen, especially when you leave something on the stove when the phone rings.
• Candles are quickly becoming the second most common cause of household fires. Don’t go to sleep without turning them off, and don’t leave matches or lighters lying around where children could reach them.
• The fire truck rescue crane only goes up to a sixth floor (Oops, I live on a higher floor).
• Toronto police don’t have a helicopter, nor do Toronto Fire Services, helicopters were not approved by council a few years ago. If there is a fire, do not run upstairs to your building’s roof, you will not be rescued from there. Try to go downstairs, if the stairwell is full of smoke or you can’t go down, go back to your apartment and duct-tape the vents and under the doors where smoke could leak. Stay there and wait to be rescued, you can also call 911 and have them know where you are. Go to the balcony if you have one or open the window if possible, the goal is to ventilate.
• Fire stations in Toronto are within 4 minutes of everywhere.
• Fire fighters are cute (OK, I didn’t learn that last night, I already knew it!)

For more information, visit the Toronto Fire Services website.
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Before going to Babaluu last night, we went to Lula Lounge to see the Alex Cuba Band show produced by Mister Bryans, it was exciting to finally meet him.
The Alex Cuba Band was nominated for a Juno award and that was the excuse for the show. I really enjoyed the music, a bit like jazz, a bit like bolero. I really really liked it, if anyone has the opportunity to see them definitely they should go.

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Note to self:
As fun as it may sound, it might not be that good an idea to go drinking mojitos with your hairdresser and then go dancing to Babaluu if it’s a Tuesday night. You may twist your ankle and hurt your knee while falling; later the pizza may end up on the car’s floor. And remember, you have to wake up and go to work on Wednesday!

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Note to self:
As fun as it may sound, it might not be that good an idea to go drinking mojitos with your hairdresser and then go dancing to Babaluu if it’s a Tuesday night. You may twist your ankle and hurt your knee while falling; later the pizza may end up on the car’s floor. And remember, you have to wake up and go to work on Wednesday!

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Note to self:
As fun as it may sound, it might not be that good an idea to go drinking mojitos with your hairdresser and then go dancing to Babaluu if it’s a Tuesday night. You may twist your ankle and hurt your knee while falling; later the pizza may end up on the car’s floor. And remember, you have to wake up and go to work on Wednesday!

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Or in Spanish it would be “chilaquiles de mole”.
This is an authentic Mexican breakfast and so easy to make it should definitely be better known.
There are different types of chilaquiles: chilaquiles verdes (green sauce chilaquiles), chilaquiles rojos (red sauce chilaquiles), chilaquiles de mole (mole chilaquiles), and almost any sauce flavour you can imagine.
The first step is to go to Kensington Market and get “Mole Don Pancho”. I got the Poblano style mole, but there are other mole flavours that you can choose.

The mole comes as powder, you have to mix it with boiling water until; you have the thick mole sauce. You don’t want it too thick, though, or you won’t be able to mix it with the Tostitos.

Tostitos are the best way to get the tortilla chips used for chilaquiles. All you have to do is pour some Tostitos into the mole and mix them so that all the chips are covered with the mole sauce.
Serve with sour cream and sliced onion.

This picture of the chilaquiles looks funny because by the time I took the picture, I had already eaten half of them and mixed them all with the sour cream. But, believe me my dear 3 readers, they were delicious. And really easy to make!

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800 mts
Originally uploaded by Maria in Toronto.

There are 800 mts of Fiddlesticks Knitting Country Silk Yarn in the kit I bought for the Easy Lace Mesh Stole that I will be wearing at my sister’s second wedding.
On Stitch ‘n Bitch at Lettuce Knit last Wednesday I made the fringe for the shawl.
On Thursday, while I was naked, I casted on for the shawl. The pattern calls for 4 mm needles, but after a few rows I decided to use my 4.5 mm. The reason is that my 4 mm are Pony Pearls needles and they didn’t quite like the yarn. Now I’m using Clover bamboo needles.
The wedding is on May 6 so I think I will have enough time to finish the shawl.

Tuesday afternoon I cleaned my bathroom… wait a minute, my dear 3 readers this story has a point.
I coughed a little bit after inhaling the tile cleaner fumes, but I thought it would be all right.
Yesterday I woke up and had a dry cough. By mid-day I couldn’t quite breathe. Today I’m the same. I start having dry coughing fits and feel an oppression in my lungs. I can’t breathe well.
Could this be a consequence of the tiny bit of fumes I inhaled on Tuesday and that made me cough? I have no idea.

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So just one week after having started the hooded pullover, and before even having 10 inches knit, I’m going to set it aside for a little bit and start a new project. I know, I have “startitis”, but hey, I do have a good excuse.
My sister is getting married in May (yes, it’s the same sister who got married in August, she wanted to get married in a church and have a big wedding, so she’ll have another ceremony and a big party). I bought a dress and now I need a shawl to go for it. I’m flying down to California on May 4, so I have about 5 weeks to finish the shawl.
I decided to make the Easy Lace Mesh Stole from Fiddlesticks Knitting. I’m using their Country Silk Yarn in Loden. Beautiful!
I’ll cast on this afternoon at Stitch ‘n Bitch.

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Ravenswift Images is finally up and running. Kari is a great photographer and I love her work. She will be attending the GTABloggers get-together with me next Thursday. What are you waiting for? Go, click on the link and see her beautiful images!

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