This is the same Illy cup as the previous shot, just from a different angle. I love how this one turned out. As this is one of my better shots, I'm going to include a little story about my experience with Corktown: Nearly two years ago, I lived in Corktown for almost a month. I rented the room of a friend, while he was away traveling, and while I was trying to get settled in Toronto and find a permanent residence (it beat the hell out of living in a hostel in the entertainment district! Noisy!). It is a lovely and eclectic neighbourhood, but it has its odd inhabitants that put me on edge; you see, every time that I visit Corktown, I have at least one odd experience with one guy or another along the street. I'm wise to the fact that, in many areas of Toronto, even during the daytime, I have to keep my wits about me while not making eye contact or staring in the general direction of many of these people. Still, this doesn't deter all of them. On this particular day in Corktown, I had a rather toothless fellow try to reel me into a conversation by shouting questions after me as I passed. This was pretty harmless. I also had some guy come up to me at random, muttering something about how he admired my smile from afar and asking if I'd go have a coffee with him. He was polite, I suppose... but it's still very odd to ask someone to coffee without any previous interaction! Had I struck up a conversation with someone at, say, a bus stop, then it might be acceptable to go fetch coffee together. In any case, he was a bit too old for me, and not my type at all. I politely declined... I needed to get going, anyway. This particular day was fairly harmless. I've had a much scarier situation in this neighbourhood, where I've been accosted by a man who cornered me while I was looking through a shop window. He was physically overbearing, standing way too close, and started up with a "hey, sexy." When I motioned that I wasn't interested, and tried to move away, he moved in closer, almost shouting, "hey! Listen," and tried to block my escape. Also, while I hate to stereotype, the extremely domineering behaviour that I've experienced has been perpetrated by individuals who are clearly not originally from Canada...

obviously i am a big fan of bodum. electric kettle was the only gap, which i finally bought last satday.