Important numbers you should know:

18 Stafford Street
Buzzer code: 1172
647-896-9713

Driving directions:

From the Lakeshore - Go north on Strachan Avenue (at the Princess Gates). Go past the train tracks. Take the second right after the train tracks (Canniff Street). Drive to the end of the street; my building is on the corner on your right-hand side.

From King Street - Stafford is one street east of Strachan. If you coming from the west, heading east, turn right directly after the Shoppers' Drug Mart. If you are coming from the east, heading west, turn left after you pass the crosswalk and the park, just before Shoppers. My building is on the corner of the "T-junction" facing you.

Parking:

Visitor parking in my building is accessed by simply going down the ramp to parking for the building; anywhere that you can access without a garage door opener is visitor parking.

Visitor parking does fill up very quickly on Friday and Saturday nights. The easiest place to park is probably the lot at Wellington and Stafford. It's $5 flat rate, there's a machine at the front. (Following the directions as before, go to the stop sign at the end of Stafford, and the lot is just to your left. Coming from the Lakeshore, simply turn right on Wellington, first street after the train tracks).

Failing that, you can park on Stafford for 2 hours in front of #15, or there's metered parking in front of the building. Which has consisted of a big pile of snow for many, many months. If I were you... I would really just park in the lot.

TTC directions:

The easiest way to get here is by taking the King Streetcar. Get off at Strachan Avenue, cross the street, walk back past the Shoppers', turn right, and voila, you're there. If Queen street is how you roll, get off at Strachan and walk south.

Alternately, the #63 bus, which stops at Ossington station, terminates at King and Strachan.

What I personally usually do these days is take the Bathurst streetcar and walk over. The King streetcar is pretty unreliable, the Bathurst one is more so, and you can wait inside the station where it's warm and lit. Up to you!

GO train:

My place is closest to Exhibition station, it's about a 15-minute walk. Get off your train and go the north platform. Walk up the ramp to Atlantic Avenue. Walk north on Atlantic, and take your first right; that's Liberty Street. Follow this street past the mall and the townhouses, out to Strachan Avenue. Turn left on Strachan; follow the directions above to get to my condo.

Walking directions:

I'm sure you know how to use google maps.

Again, they'll be plenty of food, just BYOB. And please, respect my neighbours, keep it to a dull roar in the hallways.