{"id":3681,"date":"2015-10-18T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=3681"},"modified":"2015-10-18T09:00:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T13:00:48","slug":"nostalgia-for-things-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/nostalgia-for-things-past\/","title":{"rendered":"NOSTALGIA FOR THINGS PAST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The thing about Toronto is that I wish it had more well-kept old buildings. It is for this reason that I love cities like London and Paris. I love the classical style of old buildings. They remind us of a time when life wasn&#8217;t so fast-paced, when craftsmanship was valued, and maybe when life was a little simpler. But if you asked me if I would give up digital technology to live in these times, I would say never. We are living in interesting times. Technology has opened up a world of photography to me, where I never thought it was possible that I could produce high quality work. I learned photography on a manual camera and it was a challenge for me to manually focus the lens while looking through a tiny little view finder.<\/p>\n<p>I really like how these pictures came out. The one with the reflection in the cafe window reveals aspects of modern life in contrast to the traditional style of the building. It captures the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n<p>#Toronto #Mache #Movenpick #offBayStreet #oldandnew #architecture #classic #modern #cafe #placestoeat<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_marche-4000.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3686 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_marche-4000.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_marche-4000\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_marche-3998.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3685 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_marche-3998.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_marche-3998\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_marche-3992.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3684 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_marche-3992.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_marche-3992\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_marche-3990.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3683 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_marche-3990.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_marche-3990\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_marche-3989.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3682 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AndreaMai_marche-3989.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_marche-3989\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The thing about Toronto is that I wish it had more well-kept old buildings. It is for this reason that I love cities like London and Paris. I love the classical style of old buildings. They remind us of a time when life wasn&#8217;t so fast-paced, when craftsmanship was valued, and maybe when life was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","category-travel"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3816,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/3816-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3681,"position":0},"title":"THE RUINS OF TORONTO&#8217;S PAST","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"November 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I finally got around to editing these photos from the summer. These are from Guild Park in Scarborough, a hidden gem in the outskirts of Toronto. The park houses the selvedges of old bank buildings, some dating as far back to the 1800s. 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You know about every flaw you have, every mistake you\u2019ve ever made. You can hide from the world, but you can't hide from yourself. To know yourself is to love yourself. 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