GHOSTS ON THE GROUND 14: FLOATING THROUGH HOGTOWN

DJ TAJ - June 5, 2025June 2, 2025

Unlocking my spirit to "The Six" I KNOW I SAY IT EVERY EXCURSION BUT THAT MAY BE THE BEST PHOTO I'VE EVER TAKEN Woke up with no plans, "Lets get some food!" I yell out to Y.R. Down the street we went then turned left. Let's get into the adventure of trying to

GHOSTS ON THE GROUND 13: TORONTO BLUE JAYS

DJ TAJ - May 29, 2025May 27, 2025

My eyes open on a whole new world. The giant white dome is my unholy quest According to the "Visit Toronto" brochure there is a very tall, well only the tallest in the western hemisphere tower. Clocking in at more than 1800 feet somewhere close by. It's called the CN Tower.

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Travelogue! Toronto, The Food!

yeah right - May 25, 2025May 23, 2025

Good morning. Happy Memorial Day Weekend and shit! Woo! We'll be changing things up a bit for today's home version of Sunday Gravy. Rather than doing the traditional recipes and such, I thought we could do a food based travelogue as kind of a companion piece to Brother Taj's ongoing Canada series. Who

A gathering is on the Horizon

yeah right - January 9, 2025January 9, 2025

Since we here at Door Flies Open tend to be a social, genial and interactive bunch of individuals we have this tendency to have and attend random get-togethers. Events where we collectively gather, have many, many adult beverages, and share tales of our travels and past experiences. Many of you have

CFL Beat: Week 3

The Maestro - July 7, 2016July 5, 2016

I have tickets to the REDBLACKS home opener this Friday, and I have to say that I really, really miss live football. It's gonna be really nice to get back in the swing of things so that I can be practised up properly for the fall. Anyways, enough yammering! WEEK 2

CFL Beat: Week 2

The Maestro - June 29, 2016June 28, 2016

It's a strange week for football scheduling up here, as Friday marks Canada Day and the start of a long weekend; all games for Week 2 are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, necessitating a need to push up this week's roundup! Honestly, it's probably just as well, as I'll be

CFL Beat: Week 1

The Maestro - June 24, 2016June 24, 2016

It's here! It's here! It's finally here! Professional football! Yes, it's not the NFL but I am rejoicing all the same that I finally have something to tide me over until September arrives. Once again, I'll be recapping the games from previous weeks, and previewing the current week's coming games

CFL Beat: East Division Preview

The Maestro - June 10, 2016June 10, 2016

The CFL pre-season continues on here until June 23rd; after last week's intro to the league and the format of how everything runs, it's time to get you acquainted with key locations, names and faces for the coming weeks ahead! We start our league preview with the four teams from

CFL Beat: Welcome to Canada!

The Maestro - June 3, 2016May 30, 2016

Folks, football season draws near. While September still looms three months into the future, at the end of June, north of the 49th parallel, the Canadian Football League season kicks off in just a few short weeks. While the CFL now plays second fiddle to its American counterpart, its continued

24 Men On The Frozen Tundra: A CFL Playoff Preview

The Maestro - November 10, 2015November 10, 2015

We're halfway through the NFL regular season, which means that things are just now starting to heat up for impending playoff races. For those teams on the bubble, these nine weeks are going to be gut-check time. There's a lot of intrigue left to be had... who knows if someone's