Giovanni Hidalgo Toronto Clinic

April 14, 2013 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:45:59 -0400 — Royal Conservatory of Music (43.667736000947585;-79.3964827222595) by Daniel Menjivar

Here are some photos I took yesterday during Giovanni Hidalgo's percussion clinic at The Royal Conservatory of Music...

Funny Dreams...

March 9, 2013 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:35:07 -0500 — Sunnyside Station (51.05630657116694;-114.08420981595611) by Daniel Menjivar

A couple nights ago I had this ridiculously funny dream. I woke up laughing and probably would've laughed myself to tears if I wasn't so worried about waking up Michelle in the middle of the night...

DM Blog 2013

January 14, 2013 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:08:29 -0500 — Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by Daniel Menjivar

I've changed my blog's design several times over the years but I hadn't noticed that it's always been in December/January every year. This time, I decided to rewrite everything from the ground up – here are a couple features that I added...

Robin at High Park

September 13, 2012 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:00:50 -0400 — High Park (43.64661523463024;-79.46172477433777) by Daniel Menjivar

I sat at a bench in High Park and took photos of this robin hoping that the beautiful red cardinal I saw only moments earlier would come back, but I had no such luck.

Da Maria Pizzeria

August 10, 2012 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:00:42 -0400 — Da Maria Pizzeria (43.68258287246814;-79.42217890674591) by Daniel Menjivar

Michelle and I recently went to Da Maria and ordered some take out. We hadn't been to Da Maria since mid-2006, but the food was definitely as good as we remembered.

La Carnita

July 31, 2012 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:30:23 -0400 — La Carnita (43.65588652460331;-79.4096512625656) by Daniel Menjivar

I had been hearing about La Carnita's pop-ups on Twitter for almost a whole year but was never able to make it out to a single one. Now that they've settled into a permanent location on College Street, I was finally able to get a taste of their food and see what all the fuss was about.

Sleep Like a Dog...

June 11, 2012 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:00:15 -0400 — Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by Daniel Menjivar

Here are two photos of Javier letting loose and sleeping without any care in the world...

When Backups Fail...

April 10, 2012 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:15:14 -0400 — Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by Daniel Menjivar

Two weeks ago when I was working on an arrangement for a client, my computer crashed and I lost my file. How could it be that I had not one, but three backups, and all three failed me?

Show or Hide a Sidebar on iPad Based on Orientation

March 15, 2012 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:33:48 -0400 — Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by Daniel Menjivar

If you look at this site on an iPad, the sidebar is shown or hidden based on the device's orientation. There's two parts to making this work...

Michelle on DM Blog

March 9, 2012 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:03:39 -0500 — Toronto, Ontario (43.6703047604371;-79.39150454232788) by Daniel Menjivar

After spending a couple hours getting a new installation of WordPress set up for Michelle, I decided to just create a new user for her on here instead of creating a whole new blog...