Saturday Trip Down to Queen Street East in the Beaches

 It was a grey May for the most part, one weekend Jo-Anne and I went down to the Beaches, but we didn't go to the Beach proper, we stuck to Queen Street East. It started quite nice and as the day went on got more and more overcast. We had lunch at Pizzeria 900, can't reccomend it enough if you live in the East End. 

To deal with the greyer skies, I switched to the Super Multi Coated Takumar 28 F3.5 lens after shooting with the Super Multi Coated Takumar 50 F1.4 lens. Both lenses are gems within the Pentax lens pantheon and that's why I've held onto my Spotmatics. 


Camera: Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II, Super Multi Coated Takumar 50 F1.4 and 28 F3.5 Lenses. 

Film: Fomapan 100, Rollei Supergrain 1+15. 



Queen East Traffic by the Fire Station May 2026 The Breakwall with Street Dining May 2026 Bud's Coffee with Patio May 2026 Limon with Patio May 2026 Brunch and Bistro Corner May 2026 Beaches May 2026 Beaches Foodland May 2026 New Irish Tavern May 2026 Westbound 501 at Ivan Forest Gardens May 2026 Queen Street East Street Dining by The Beacher May 2026 Jeep Cherokee by The Beacher May 2026 The Beacher Cafe Corner May 2026 DRuid Patio May 2026 White House on Queen St. East May 2026 Queen St. East Traffic May 2026 Garden Gate Corner May 2026 Goof Sign May 2026 The Fox Box Office May 2026 Queen East and the Outrigger Corner May 2026 Beaches Walk Up Front Garden Tubs May 2026 Queen East Traffic at Balsam May 2026 Beacher Cafe Corner Two May 2026 Neighbourhood Hotrod on Queen St. East May 2026 Corvette Under Glass May 2026 CRossing Queen at Espro May 2026 CRossing Queen at Espro Two May 2026

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