How did The Goof restaurant get its name?

Episode 346 - How did The Goof restaurant get its name?

Episode 346 of the Toronto Real Estate Musing daily video blog. George O’Neill is in front of the Garden Gate Chinese Restaurant, a Chinese-Canadian diner that has been gracing the corner of Queen Street East and Beech Avenue in The Beaches for 48 years. But ask anyone around here what the restaurant is called, and… Play Video

Toronto Ward 32 election results

Episode 308 - Toronto Ward 32 election results

Episode 308 of the Toronto Real Estate Musing daily video blog. Yesterday, George O’Neill made a prediction of the election results for Ward 32 (Beaches — East York) in Toronto by simply following how popular our footage of the September all-candidates debates were. How did we fare? Not too badly, actually. We surmised Mary-Margaret McMahon… Play Video

Can YouTube predict the Ward 32 Toronto election race?

Episode 307 - Can YouTube predict the Ward 32 Toronto election race?

Episode 307 of the Toronto Real Estate Musing video blog. Twitter may be able to predict overall stock market movements. Google searches may predict where flu outbreaks may strike next. That had us thinking — could YouTube predict people’s voting preferences as well? We took out our calculators and decided to find out! Here at… Play Video

Meet Neil Sinclair, former Toronto Ward 32 candidate

Episode 305 - Meet Neil Sinclair, former Toronto Ward 32 candidate

Episode 305 of the Toronto Real Estate Musing daily video blog. “Democracy is sometimes tough,” Neil Sinclair wrote last Wednesday morning in his campaign blog as candidate for city councillor for Ward 32 in Toronto. That was because he had just reached the difficult decision to bow out of the race and focus his energies… Play Video

How self-storage works in The Beach, Toronto

Episode 304 - How self-storage works The Beach, Toronto

Episode 304 of the Toronto Real Estate Musing daily video blog. Do you simply have too much stuff? George O’Neill explains why, if you’re living in The Beach, some self storage might just be the ticket. The reason is, due to the historically preserved nature of the streets, lots and homes in The Beach and… Play Video

Electrical work in the home can be an interesting mess

Episode 303 - Electrical work in the home can be an interesting mess

Episode 303 of the Toronto Real Estate Musing daily video blog. George O’Neill is installing a wireless light switch in his garden shed to control exterior lights in the garden (isn’t technology wonderful?). Electrical wiring can look like a mess, but it can be figured out if you’re determined. Always read the instructions, always make… Play Video

Meet Mary-Margaret McMahon, Ward 32 Toronto candidate

Episode 302 - Meet Mary Margaret McMahon, Ward 32 candidate in Toronto

Episode 302 of the Toronto Real Estate Musing video blog. George O’Neill chats with Mary-Margaret McMahon, a longtime local community activist who is running as a candidate for Ward 32 Councillor for the City of Toronto. Living in The Toronto Beaches for nineteen years, Mary-Margaret has recently received some endorsements from former candidate Martin Gladstone,… Play Video

Meet Bruce Baker, Ward 32 Toronto election candidate

Episode 290 - Meet Bruce Baker, Ward 32 Toronto election candidate

Episode 290 of the Toronto Real Estate Musing video blog. George O’Neill chats with Bruce Baker, a candidate for Ward 32 Councillor for the City of Toronto. Bruce (Twitter: @ward32bbaker) briefly discusses the Boardwalk Pub, 204 Beech, and the land transfer tax. Ward 32, which comprises of The Beaches, Upper Beach and parts of Leslieville… Play Video

Ward 32 debate with candidate Mary-Margaret McMahon

Episode 288 - Ward 32 election debate with Mary-Margaret McMahon

Episode 288 of the Toronto Real Estate Musing daily video blog. We continue our footage of the Ward 32 debate held on Thursday, September 23rd at the St John-the-Baptist Norway Anglican Church. Seven candidates came to introduce themselves to the constituents that make up Ward 32 (Beaches — East York). Mary-Margaret McMahon, an environmentalist and… Play Video

Ward 32 debate with candidate Neil Sinclair

Episode 287 - Ward 32 election debate with candidate Neil Sinclair

Episode 287 of the Toronto Real Estate Musing daily video blog. We continue our footage of the Ward 32 debate held on Thursday, September 23rd at the St John-the-Baptist Norway Anglican Church. Seven candidates came to introduce themselves to the constituents that make up Ward 32 (Beaches — East York). Neil Sinclair (Twitter: @SinclairWard32), the… Play Video