{"id":19403,"date":"2021-12-06T20:40:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T01:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=19403"},"modified":"2021-12-06T20:46:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T01:46:59","slug":"fwd-episode-486-brunch-at-the-king-edward-hotel-with-three-pigeons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=19403","title":{"rendered":"Fwd: EPISODE 486 BRUNCH AT THE KING EDWARD HOTEL WITH THREE PIGEONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Subject: <\/b><\/span>Fwd: EPISODE 486 BRUNCH AT THE KING EDWARD HOTEL WITH THREE PIGEONS<\/b>
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Date: <\/b><\/span>December 5, 2021 at 4:18:35 PM EST
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\u201cDad, Julie and I have a special Christmas present for you and Mom.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSomething really special Sunday morning.\u201d (Dec.5. 2021)”<\/div>\n

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What you are about to read is something you can replicate\u2026if you want to do<\/div>\n
something special\u2026something luxurious\u2026something expensive.<\/div>\n

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THERE will come a time when we will look back on 2021 with amusement. <\/div>\n

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 \u201cWhy was everyone masked back then,  grandma?\u201d<\/div>\n

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How would I answer that question?<\/div>\n

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Answer #1\u201cThere was a disease that threatened every living person on earth.\u201d<\/div>\n
Answer #2  \u201cWe wore masks just so we would not get a bad cold that was going around\u201d<\/div>\n

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Take your pick\u2026.the hard answer or the soft answer.<\/div>\n

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EPISODE 486   BRUNCH  AT THE KING EDWARD HOTEL WITH THREE PIGEONS<\/div>\n

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Life goes on in spite of the Covid 19 epidemic.  But things are not<\/div>\n
quite the same for humans.  Pigeons, however, carry on unchanged.<\/div>\n

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THE SILVER LINING IN THE DARK CLOUD OF COVID 19<\/div>\n

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Let\u2019s not dwell on the bad times in which we are now living.   Nice things can happen.  Our daughter in law, Julie and our son Andrew<\/p><\/div>\n

invited us for brunch at the King Edward Hotel on Sunday December 5\u2026.right when covid variant panic was at its peak (I hope the peak).<\/div>\n
Why would readers be interested in our joy?   I am writing this episode with reader in mind.  Nice things can<\/div>\n
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\u201cWE have reserved a table for brunch at the King Edward Hotel..our Christmas treat.\u201d<\/div>\n

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OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AS WELL\u2026BOOK A BRUNCH AT THE KING EDWARD HOTEL<\/div>\n
-LUXURY BRUNCH\u2026EXPENSIVE BUT SUPER ENJOYABLE<\/div>\n


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\u201cHOW much will it cost?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWith tip the cost gets close to $200 for two people.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cExpensive!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHigh end luxury setting with great food and personal attention\u2026a great treat.”<\/div>\n


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\u201cWhere are all the people\u2026this is just a few weeks before Christmas\u2026streets should be jammed?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCity of Toronto core has been emptied due to Covid 19 and variants\u2026our hotel was even closed<\/div>\n
for a few weeks.  Even now we are only busy on week-ends.  The pigeons are staving.\u201d<\/div>\n

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PIGEONS\u2026FIGHTING OVER A PIZZA CRUST BELOW<\/div>\n


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Begin forwarded message: From: ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com> Subject: Fwd: EPISODE 486 BRUNCH AT THE KING EDWARD HOTEL WITH THREE PIGEONS Date: December 5, 2021 at 4:18:35 PM EST To: Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch@rogers.com> \u201cDad, Julie and I have a special Christmas present for you and Mom.\u201d \u201cWhat is it?\u201d \u201cSomething really special Sunday morning.\u201d (Dec.5. 2021)” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}