Classical Pursuits

A salon in the sun. Where culture meets conversation. Travel through literature, art, film and music with Classical Pursuits and Toronto Pursuits.

[Sandra Martin @semartin71]

Congratulations.

[Scotiabank Arena @ScotiabankArena]

Toronto...WE DID IT!

A record-breaking 25,000 doses have been administered today at #TorontoVaccineDay. Thank you everyone! Way to go! 🎉🙌🥳

[Classical Pursuits @ClassicPursuits]

@RandyRainbow Glad he is taking on Biden. Need a little levity.

[Ken Greenberg @KGreenbergTO]

One of the good pivots we are adopting from the Covid experience. https://t.co/gjcJl4fBhe

[Kristyn Wong-Tam 🇨🇦 @kristynwongtam]

This demolition represents the actions of a corrupt Provincial Government hellbent on giving their developer donors whatever they want at any cost.

#Onpoli

[Classical Pursuits @ClassicPursuits]

App failed for me in Toronto. Friend notified me she tested positive after we had an hour-long, maskless lunch in a park. App still says I have had no exposure.

[Brittlestar @brittlestar]

EVERY PROVINCE SHOULD KNOW THIS

[Classical Pursuits @ClassicPursuits]

@brittlestar CAUTION. I have the app but was not notified after a friend I had an outside lunch with this past Monday tested positive. App shows no exposure. Told tester at Women’s College, who shrugged. Anyone else had experience with app failure?

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

In Toronto over the past 25 years - a city of 2.9 million people - I’ve never waited more than 2-3 minutes to vote. It’s always easy, as it should be. #Toronto #Ontario #Canada

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

This is one of my favourite photos to those who continuously counter, 'but winter'...at the suggestion of bike lanes. Bikes with studded tires, ironically, handle in snow much better than cars.

[Classical Pursuits @ClassicPursuits]

Medellin is an inspiration in so many ways. Tragically, Covid-19 is undermining economic equity.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

Imagine cities of ‘green corridors’ that connect existing green spaces, improve biodiversity, reduce heat, soak up pollutants, and sequester carbon dioxide. It’s like being in a park - perpetually! Medellin, Columbia is building them and transforming city life:

[Classical Pursuits @ClassicPursuits]

We are never to old to take a stand and make a difference.

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

I want to personally thank you for joining me here to share thoughts and discussion. I wondered whether, like an aging slugger, I'd taken a last trip around the basepaths. Now, more than the million followers, I find hope In all of you fighting for the future of our nation.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

To save summer, we need to use space in our cities differently. More Torontonians live in apartments than in single detached homes: shared spaces matter, just when we need to stay apart! So opening streets for people should be the bedrock of summer sanity, and fun.

[Ken Greenberg @KGreenbergTO]

Long overdue and need to make this permanent https://t.co/vbgcixbrXt

[Ella Burakowski @Ask_Ella]

Shame on you @StaplesCanada for price gouging when Canadians need you most. This product usually costs about $1.69. Photo from you Dufferin Lawrence location #Toronto
#coronavirus #COVID19

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

In light of continued tragedies on our city streets, we need to admit that the promise of the car is a myth. We are stuck between two worlds. It’s time to reclaim our freedom, and fundamentally redesign our city streets. #CyclingCity #WalkableCity

[Lindsay Zier-Vogel @lindsayzv]

The only thing I know about this horrible, awful week is that @mattgallowaycbc is doing an incredible job at @TheCurrentCBC. #thepowerofradio #CBC #radio

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

Perhaps the most important and misunderstood paradox in modern transport planning:

The only way to permanently improve car accessibility (ie "solve traffic") is to stop expanding car infrastructure, and start expanding bicycle and transit infrastructure.

https://t.co/LKBtadgpFO

[Anne Hidalgo @Anne_Hidalgo]

🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️ How Bike Lanes Are Transforming Paris https://t.co/7ka4h5oyHn

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

I’ve yet to meet any North American who has witnessed the cycling miracle in Amsterdam or Copenhagen and not had an ‘ah’ moment about the possibility of a fundamentally different future, for our cities and our communities - if we would just choose it. #SeeingIsBelieving