Forget doughnuts and cupcakes, move over macarons, the eclair is the next big thing. The romantic French pastry is popping up in patisseries citywide, including one eclair-only outpost. So we invited the duo behind Petite Thuet, chef Marc Thuet and his wife Biana Zorich, to suss out the city’s best.
Marc’s pick
Roselle, 362 King St. E., 2 for $18
“I like the crispiness of the choux (the pastry dough) and the presentation,” says Thuet of the banana cream pie eclair.
Biana’s pick
Thobors, 627 Mt. Pleasant Rd., $4.25
“This one is the best for me as far as the choux and the custard,” says Zorich. “It’s classic and beautiful. I love it.”
Runner-up
Nugateau, 717 Queen St. W., $4.50
“It’s a close runner-up because it’s an acquired taste, but nice flavour combo,” says Thuet of the maple bacon eclair.
Quintessential coffee
Rahier, 1586 Bayview Ave., $4.35
“It looks good. The choux is fine, but the custard is too creamy,” says Zorich. Thuet adds, “It’s a bit too runny but tastes good.”
Very vanilla
La Boheme, 2481 Yonge St., $5
“The texture is not right; it shouldn’t be that wide,” says Zorich. But Thuet adds that “the taste is there; it’s not bad.”
Creamy custard
Amadeus, 7380 Bathurst St., $4.50
“This one is good,” starts Thuet. Zorich adds, “Vanilla with a chocolate glaze, I like that. This one is good.”
Getting the February blues and looking for something to brighten your weeks? Add Streets Of Toronto’s new weekly Toronto quiz, Do You Know T.O.?, to your schedule! Each Thursday, we’ll be sharing five Toronto-based trivia questions for you to answer, from history to sports to current events. Try to guess the answers to these questions after your daily Wordle fix for an extra boost of excitement.
UPDATE: After only months of operations, La Nectarine has shuttered its doors in The Junction. “Couldn’t come to terms with my landlord and decided to pack up and change locations,” says chef David Adjey. But, fans of La Nectarine shouldn’t stress for long. Adjey says he has a “killer” new spot that he should have the keys for next week.
Rising to fame from Food Network’s Restaurant Makeover and Iron Chef, Scarborough-born David Adjey has become one of the country’s top chefs.
His last culinary venture, a national and international fast-food chain called The Chickery, had locations in Dubai, Washington, D.C., and all over the world. The brand closed its last location in 2018 following a legal dispute between Adjey and his American partner, leading the Canadian chef into a years-long step back from the Toronto food scene, and into a place he never saw coming.
“My show was everywhere, it was on in Asia and so many other places,”Adjey says. “Someone from the Saudi Royal family watched my show and was like, ‘Oh, come cook for me!’ And I was like me? In Saudi Arabia? I can barely blend in in Toronto!'”
But, Adjey decided to throw caution to the wind and take advantage of the opportunity, where he lived in Bali and got to fish, surf, and hang out with royals. But, eventually, he got tired of that life and returned to his roots, back to his love of food and his hometown here in Toronto.
Last month, Adjey opened what he calls his last restaurant in the Junction Triangle. A far cry from a fast food restaurant, La Nectarine serves up some of Adjey’s most famous dishes alongside French cuisine like steak tartare and lobster croquette with a modern, unique flair.
Sticking to a classic, cornerstone cuisine is a different venture from the “hypercreative” chef’s typical route, which saw him operate a menu that changed daily.
The Food
“I try to get a favourite meal, like anything from your memories of travel and food, and I try to recreate it,” Adjey says. “I love the story behind food, I love how we can connect, I love that story behind your memories of it. Something that just invokes a conversation. It’s so nice when you can break bread and laugh, cry, whatever.”
Steak Frites Demi Glacé Cafe de Paris Butter.Moules a la Vapeur (steamed mussels).Steak Tartare served with butter crouton and foie gras and truffle essence.The Lobster Croquettes.
According to Adjey, his original plan was to have a daily rotating menu for La Nectarine, but in the end, it didn’t work out that way. “I had a good time while I was doing it, but it was a time of my life when I was pushing it as hard as I could on the creative side,” he says.
The Space
The name La Nectarine is an homage to his former restaurant, Nectar, but he’s revamped his style far beyond the non-changing menu.
He’s opted for a much more casual vibe, allowing the neighborhood to inform his decisions, noting the most popular menu items and drinks and running with them in the casual, candle-lit atmosphere complete with fresh-cut flowers.
Inside La Nectarine.
As far as the space goes, the interior is warm and intimate, with orange walls that are decked out with original paintings done by one of La Nectarine’s servers, and room for 30 to sit inside once indoor dining resumes, and 50 persons outside. French music plays throughout the day and into the night, and the lack of tables inside will eventually allow Adjey to walk by and connect with his guests at a more personal level, which is important to him.
Fresh-cut flowers on each table at La Nectarine.
And, in the two months that La Nectarine has been open, it’s been paying off for Adjey. “It’s been fun. It’s exactly where I need to be at this stage of my life,” he says. “This is the happiest I’ve been in 20 years.”
La Nectarine is located at 1588 Dupont St. and is currently open for takeout and delivery via ambassador and Uber Eats Wednesdays through Saturdays from 4 to 11 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Valentine’s Day might be a card and candy grab, but it’s also about (let’s be honest) sex. Two Toronto companies aren’t skirting around the post-quarantine desire running rampant through the city by offering clients something on the scintillating side of V-day.
Entrepreneur and co-founder of Jems, Whitney Geller, wants Valentine’s Day shoppers to feel more comfortable with the current state of condoms by co-creating Jems, a female-led condom company, with partner Yasemin Emory.
Geller and Emory built Jems because condom packaging and marketing are mainly male-centric without providing consumers with necessary information about materials used or catering to every type of consumer.
“You take the most embarrassing product, you put it in the most embarrassing packaging, and then you put it in the most embarrassing aisle,” Geller says. “When we went looking at the [condom] package, we couldn’t find anything on it that indicated what the ingredients were. And we thought, what a crazy thing for it to be something that, you know, is going into bodies and around reproductive organs, to not have to disclose what the ingredients are.”
Geller and Emory discovered that most condom manufacturers do not disclose ingredients. But this poses a problem for people with severe allergies. Combined with packing that is not inclusive, condom marketing may contribute to the current rise in STIs. They want to change the way people view, see, and use condoms, but they also want to change the way condoms are marketed.
Jems Condoms.
Jems aims to “change the dialogue around what we’re talking about with safer sex so that it feels like an inclusive and expansive project product for a number of sexual identities and expressions,” Geller says.
Geller and Emory are also on a mission to change sex education by launching a new sex education platform.
“We really believe that sex ed is letting people down. It hasn’t changed the same thing since we were kids. And you know, the advent of the Internet and cell phones were kind of a big deal. And kids are learning so much from pornography, that we think there should be sort of other trusted voices out there. So at the same time to speaking to a variety of sexual expressions and identities is super important in terms of sex,” Geller says.
Julie Clark is also a firm believer in using natural products and opening the conversation around sex. Her Toronto-based beauty and wellness company, Province Apothecary, makes an all-natural sex oil that’s crafted with essential oils and other clean products. Opening the conversation about sex in general, in this case, also allows for a more open conversation about what goes into sex products. “I formulated sex oil because I was really dissatisfied with the available lubricants on the market,” Clark explains. “They smelt gross and felt gross and that’s where the inspiration for sex oil came from.”
Province Apothecary’s Sex Oil
Clark opened the conversation to ensure that what goes into her product is safe for skin and bodies. Having safer ingredients makes the idea of using the product less daunting. “A little bit of oil goes a long way and it’s so good for your skin, so no need to wash it off,” she says. “I personally find it makes sex more pleasurable and enjoyable!”
For Geller, Valentine’s Day presents an opportunity to bring safer sex talk full circle.
“I think Valentine’s Day can be a very triggering day for many people. And I think the more that we can have this sort of sex positive, inclusive conversation about what sex and love is, because it looks very different to everybody,” she says. “And the idea of the idea of not being like there’s a right and a wrong way, the idea of it not being heteronormative, the idea of it not looking one way, I think is really important…this idea of including the sort of safer sex, part of that as well is not a topic that comes up.”
In short, Jems and Province Apothecary want to have a conversation around safer sex.
Canadian theatre artist Robert Lepage (Ex Machina theatre company) is bringing the immersive experience the Library At Night to the Toronto Lighthouse Art Space from March 10 to April 18. The new art installation was inspired by Argentinian Canadian writer Alberto Manguel’s acclaimed 2006 book The Library at Night.
The first immersive experience of The Library at Night was created to celebrate Montreal’s Grande Bibliotheque in 2015 and it has since been shown in Brazil, Paris, and Quebec City. With VR headsets, visitors will experience the “poetic, artistic, historical, and philosophical universe of libraries” imagined by Manguel.
Each library in the exhibit has been reimagined from libraries around the globe and pieced together from Manguel’s imagination. Manguel lived and worked in Toronto from 1982-to 2000, and paying homage to his time in the GTA is Lepage’s primary goal.
Library At Night utilizes VR headsets and 360 video immersion technology
“The initial inspiration for this experience is the work of Alberto Manguel, who lived in Toronto for almost twenty years, during which time he was an important literary life force in the city. It’s exciting for me to think that Alberto’s work is finally going to be celebrated in the Canadian city that he made his home,” says Lepage in a recent press release.
Working with Lighthouse Immersive — the same group that has brought several cities Immersive Van Gogh and Nutcracker — Lepage can bring Manguel’s vision of the underbelly of libraries to life.
A visit to the exhibit begins with total immersion into the personal library of Manguel. It moves from a library from Manguel’s imagination to a forest strewn with books containing ‘library portals’ that users can choose to visit. Each portal brings visitors to a different time and a set of ten mythical libraries.
Visits are limited to 20 people per show, physical distancing is mandatory, and all high-touch surfaces (including headsets) will be sanitized between visits. Tickets for ‘The Library At Night’ go on sale on February 11th at 10 am (sign up to be notified when tickets go on sale here).
Toronto’s Perdita Felicien met her husband Morgan Campbell while training at York University back in 2007. Now happily married, Felicien is best known as a hurdler, a former World Champion and an Olympic athlete of the highest calibre. Felicien also published her first book earlier last year. Felicien returned to the CBC broadcast team to cover the Summer Games in 2021, and is back again this month for the Winter Games. Campbell, a senior contributor with CBC Sports, is also hard at work on a book of his own. Here, Felicien tells the story of how they met, fell in love and what’s next.
How they met
I met Morgan at York University on March 7, 2007, when I reluctantly went to work out in the morning. I hated early training sessions. Toward the end of my workout, Morgan walked up to me and told me we had met before, on a plane in Chicago, three years earlier. It didn’t ring a bell, but I decided to go with the flow and acted like I remembered. I was running late, but I didn’t want to stop talking to him, and so, when he asked if I had email, I did him one better. I wrote my hotmail address, phone number AND the world’s BIGGEST happy face under it. I went back to my house and found his business card filed away with some others from 2004. Go figure!
The first date
Our first date was at Shoeless Joe’s in Mississauga not long after. The restaurant is no longer there, but anytime I drive past the store that replaced it I chuckle at the memory.
The proposal
We were in the middle of the Caribbean Sea on a cruise, sailing from Key West, Florida, to Honduras, Christmas 2016. On the top deck of the ship all alone, with the water calm and the stars out, Morgan took the ring box out of his pocket to pop the question. Before he could get out the words “Will you marry me?” I already had my ring finger dangling hungrily in front of his face, with the giddiest grin on mine and screamed out, yes!
The wedding and honeymoon
We got married in Toronto on June 9, 2017. It was an intimate ceremony with 99 of our closest family and friends. Afterwards we honeymooned for two weeks. We started in St. Lucia, then headed to St. Maarten, spent a day in Anguilla, then flew to Chicago (one of our favourite cities), where Morgan’s family is from.
The kids
We have one daughter, Nova Campbell. She has two middle names: Carol, Morgan’s mom’s middle name, and Felicien, my surname. She has a few nicknames, too, including: Chubbo, Munch, (short for Munchkin,) Duba and Minda. The last two are based on names she called herself when she couldn’t pronounce her name.
The secret to success
We don’t stand in the way of each other’s success. If one of us gets a great opportunity, we will adjust our schedules and life to make it work. We don’t compete and tend to keep work separate from our marriage. We are both dedicated to keeping our family strong. I grew up with a single mother, and Morgan’s parents divorced when he was young. I know that informs us as a family who want to be successful and connected.
Toronto musician AHI, Ahkinoah Habah Izarh, is a singer-songwriter on the rise whose last album In Our Time was nominated for a Juno Award in the Contemporary Roots Album of the Year category. Prior to his recording career, AHI spent years backpacking across the globe infusing his music with joy and a sense of togetherness.
AHI’s latest is Prospect, a 10-song recording produced and recorded in Nashville by Grammy Award-winner Paul Mabury. Let’s meet AHI.
How has it been for you as a musician trying to find a way through this pandemic?
I guess this goes without saying, but this is a moment in history that is truly unprecedented, and while we’re all experiencing it together, for musicians like me who rely on the ability to engage and interact with an audience, it’s been especially challenging. When it all first unfolded, I didn’t realize how much of a toll it would take on our industry, but I’m blessed to have a strong support system around me personally and I’m grateful for the support systems that Canada has in place to support its artists and the industry as a whole, because I’ve also watched as a lot of my peers in the States have found themselves having to navigate a situation that is far more challenging than ours.
Tell us about your new project.
Before the world came to a halt, I spent nearly two years touring across the US and Canada, playing sold-out shows on such iconic stages as Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks, the Greek Theatre and Massey Hall. In the majestic nature of these spaces and the overwhelming response to my performances, this life-changing opportunity helped me to see the true magnitude of my voice for the first time, and that realization definitely influenced my songwriting on Prospect. Anyone familiar with my music will hear a distinct departure from the less refined indie-folk/Americana feel of my previous efforts, but Prospect has brought my voice and storytelling to the forefront of every song, with a bigger sound and pop sensibility, and yet without sacrificing the warmth and raw grittiness that my audience has come to appreciate from my live performances.
How would you describe the music of AHI?
I’m a singer-songwriter. Some have said my voice is like “gravel on silk.” I write songs that are honest, heartwarming, and uplifting.
How has the pandemic influenced your music?
I had originally planned to record this album in early 2020 in the hopes of having something ready to release by festival season, and I was really looking forward to Summer 2020 being my most impactful tour schedule yet. Of course, the pandemic hit and completely derailed my plans, but when it all stopped it actually forced me to go deeper into myself and reflect on the work I had created. And that’s when I realized there were some important things that I still hadn’t yet said on this record, so used the unexpected time off to keep writing new songs. It just so happens that some of the very last songs I wrote have now become my favourite ones on the entire record.
If anything good came from the pandemic it’s that I had the time to really reflect on what I wanted this album to convey. I was able to go back and rework some ideas and even write new songs which otherwise would never have been on this record.
What are you hoping people take from the new AHI album?
I would hope that this music can bring people comfort and reassurance. They need to know that none of us are in this life alone, their life has purpose, and they can overcome whatever challenges it might throw their way.
Prospect is the title track of this album and it’s also the opener. As the hook says, “I just want to live like someone before my time is counting on me…and walk beneath the wings like someone from another life is looking out for me.” For me, this song, like the album itself, is a reflection on our shared humanity and what it means to be a link in a chain that stretches both forwards and backward through time for generations upon generations. It may be a heavy concept to wrap your mind around, but the way I see it, we are positioned at the centre of eternity: whether we realize it or not, all of our ancestors are rooting for us, and all of our future descendants are counting on us. This universe can often leave us feeling small and insignificant, but I truly believe that our lives are part of something bigger and more meaningful than we understand. You and I are the prospect, and our impact on each other is far more immense than we can ever imagine.
What is your background in music and when did you decide to pursue it as AHI?
Before I left home to backpack across Ethiopia, I gave away, sold or just plain threw away hundreds of CDs — the only thing I kept was my Bob Marley stuff. I felt like nothing contemporary was speaking to me the way Bob Marley & The Wailers did, even though this was music from before I was born. So I said to myself, if there’s no contemporary music that gets me through life the way Bob Marley does, then I’ll teach myself how to play guitar and sing, and I’ll make the music that I need to hear. Because if I need it, I know someone else out there does too.
So I’m pretty much self-taught. I was a bit of a reluctant learner when it came to the guitar, but I figured it out and over the years I learned how to find my own voice and become a stronger singer, too. When it comes to the industry, I started the way a lot of us start: pay-to-play shows, open mics, then I “graduated” to real showcases, did some busking and eventually started organizing my own shows.
What keeps you motivated to create?
My faith, my wife, my family, and my strong belief that there are people in this world who need to hear a voice like mine. The genuine response I get from people all over the world who are dealing with real-life issues and finding answers and comfort in my music is so rewarding.
Where is your favourite place to play live?
Radio City Music Hall in NYC, hands down.
What message do you have to those eager to check out the album and see AHI live when possible?
Prospect is the perfect introduction to who I am as an artist. I pride myself in being honest above all else, and this is definitely my most honest and vulnerable offering to date. For the first time, I just let the music flow, without worrying about what label, genre, or category it might end up in, and the resulting fusion is unapologetically me, but it’s also my best work to-date, so I am honoured anytime someone is willing to taking the time to discover what I’ve poured so much of myself into, whether that’s by streaming the music, buying a physical copy, or coming out to a live show. And I can’t believe I finally get to say this, but my North American tour is officially on the horizon! It’ll be my first time really getting back on the road since everything shut down, and I can’t wait!
New Music Wednesdays is a new Streets of Toronto series dedicated to shining a light on local artists creating music in our city despite a pandemic. Our artists need our support.
Smack dab in the middle of downtown Toronto, Yonge-Dundas Square is set to unveil a massive campfire-style installation constructed of more than 150 incandescent light bulbs.
Dubbed Island of Warmth, the interactive light installation will warm up the night near the city’s busiest intersection running Feb. 18 to March 20.
The installation is created by Félix Dagenais and Louis-Xavier Gagnon-Lebrun of Creos and Atomic3. The electrifying comes to life with music that is composed specially for the occasion.
“We wanted to recreate the energy of a campfire where people gather around, sing and dance. A festive, welcoming and unifying fire site,” says Dagenais.
The installation really comes to life when people are moving in sync around it
The Island of Warmth is designed to be interactive where visitors generate the fire’s sounds and movements as they dance, jump or wave. It is at peak campfire when everyone is moving in sync around it creating a symphony for the eyes and ears.
Admission to the campfire exhibit is free and will be open every day from 5 to 10 p.m.
Interactive installations designed by Creos have travelled the world since October 2016. Millions of people enjoy installations such as Island of Warmth over thousands of days in public spaces.
Another light installation, Nordic Lights, at Harbourfront Centre is set to close on Feb. 13.
Fred VanVleet is officially off the market. On Sunday, the 27-year-old Toronto Raptors’ point guard proposed to long-time girlfriend, Shontai Neal, and the lovebirds took to Instagram to share the news.
A photo posted by VanVleet, shows him holding Neal’s hand as she proudly shows off a massive diamond ring and gazes back at him. He included the caption “FYM” and added three hearts on fire emojis.
“I am literally the happiest girl in the world right now. This is seriously the best feeling ever, I am on cloud 9. It feels so surreal to finally be marrying my best friend and soul mate of 12 years. Everything about this night was amazing. Thank you for everything babe, I love you so much,” Neal captioned her post.
Neal also shared a selection of photos from the elaborate proposal, lensed by celeb photographer, George Pimentel, including what appeared to be a downtown Toronto hotel room filled with an abundance of red roses and lit candles.
Shortly after the announcement, the congratulatory messages began pouring in.
“My twin on a roll this week congrats family” exclaimed Raptor’s global ambassador, Drake, who was also alluding to the fact that days earlier, VanVleet was voted onto the NBA all-star team for the first time.
Former Raptor’s guard, Norman Powell responded, “Love to see it” while former teammate, Terrence Ross added, “Congrats brother” and the raised hands emoji.
Even Shark’s Den alum, Arlene Dickinson sent her love, writing, “Congrats” along with three heart emojis.
VanVleet and Neal were high school sweethearts and attended college together at Wichita State in Kansas. The couple shares two children, a four-year-old daughter, Sanaa, and their two-year-old son Fred. Jr.
Back in 2019, VanVleet, who was born in Rockford, Illinois, told Elle Canada how much Toronto had come to mean to him.
“It’s really adopted me and my family, and embraced us with open arms. I think people here relate to me and my story. It’s been an unbelievable experience to live here, going on year four now, and it’s going by fast,” he said. “We love it here. My kids love it. My daughter is a dual citizen. I definitely could see myself living here for a long, long time. Canada is really like a second home for us. This has grown into a place that we love to be.”
VanVleet made his league debut with the Toronto Raptors in 2016, and signed a multi-league deal with the team. According to bleacherreport.com, VanVleet is having his best season, leading the Raptors in scoring with 21.6 points per game.
Sam Roberts Band Collider IPA via the_brew_guy on Instagram
The first Sam Roberts Band and Spearhead Brewing Company collaboration, nearly ten years ago, was so successful, that Josh Hayter and Sam Roberts decided they were going to do it again.
The first round saw Sam Roberts Band Session Ale, a dark beer with caramel undertones designed to mimic one of the musician’s favourite beers, Guinness. It was crafted through a collaborative, in-person process, with Roberts and the gang taste-testing every version until agreeing upon the final flavour profile. The limited-run brew was sold in restaurants and bars across the city, as well as online and in select LCBO stores.
The second iteration, though, was way different. Called Collider, the brew is an IPA, infused with citrus undertones and classic beer hops. “Because of thepandemic,wejustweren’tabletobethereandmeetwithSamandhavethemout,doallthesetestbatchesandeverything,” Hayter, the Spearhead Brewing president, explains.
Sam Roberts Band Collider IPA via drunkpolkaroo on Instagram.
“Westartedfromthestandpointof,wewantedtodo the collab,andwewantedtomakeitverySamRoberts.SoSamandDave [Spencer, the band’s manager]puttogetheralistofsongsandalbums and werelikehere,havealookat oursongsaroundtelluswhatinspiresyou,” he says.
Brewmaster Tom came back almost immediately, having found his muse. It had to be Collider. After all, Collider was released in 2011, the same year Spearhead Brewery was founded. Tom’s vision came from the name and the album cover (which is on the can as well). “Hesaid,whydon’twetakeaveryoldhop,somethingthatwe’vebeenusingsincelike1900,anddoamashupwithaverynewschool, likeonlybeenaroundacoupleofyearshop,andhavethoseworldscollide,” Hayter explains. “And I pitched that to Sam and he’s like, Yeah, you got it. This is this is what we’ve got to do.”
To accommodate for the changing beer market, the Sam Roberts Band brew switched from bottles to cans which, Hayter explains, is better for the beer, as cans are both air-sealed and light-sealed, whereas bottles are only air-sealed.
Sam Roberts.
Of course, the collaboration is just one of the unique offerings Spearhead has cooked up since its inception, including Hawaiian flavours, events at the brewery, and unique partnerships that give back to the community. “We lookatitaswegettocomeinhereandtrytofindtherightbeverageforeverybody.Becausethereisarightbeerforeverybodyorabeverageforeverybody,” Hayter says. “Andthatmightbeanalcoholicornon-alcoholic,oritmightbesomething with crazyingredients,oritmightbesomethingsupertraditional.Butthat’swhywelivethat motto of beerwithoutboundaries.”
Since Spearhead releases a new beer every month of the year, the second collaboration has been brewing for over a year, well before Roberts even agreed on the final flavour profile. And, with restrictions in place for most of that time, Hayter and the Spearhead Brewing team found themselves shipping the beer to Roberts (in his hometown of Montreal) and Spencer instead of having them at the brewery. It was a different experience, Hayter says, but still a positive one.
The limited release is available across Ontario via Spearhead Brewing’s website while beers last. It’s also available at Stack Restaurant on Yonge, who bought the last kegs available at Spearhead. A third of the cans sold out in the first week, and the remainder of the limited run cans are available for Ontario-wide shipping on Spearhead’s website.
A photo posted by a certain left-handed Blue Jays pitcher had baseball fans rejoicing (and emotional) on Tuesday. Players may come and go, championships may be won or lost, but after a glimpse at the star-studded photo Ryan Borucki shared on Twitter, it’s clear that the friendships are forever.
Former Jays second baseman Devon Travis’ wedding brought together current and former players for this picture-perfect moment. “Backstreet’s back!” Borucki quipped on Twitter, referring to the all-white ensemble the group was sporting.
I feel like they’re going to bust out into a karaoke version of “I Want It That Way”.
Along with Borucki, you can spot Jays alumni Dwight Smith Jr, Marco Estrada, Jose Bautista, Devon Travis and Kevin Pillar, along with current Jays outfielder Randal Grichuk. Former teammate Ryan Goins can be seen peeking out from behind the group.
While the players were there to celebrate Travis, it was the reunion that caught the eyes of Blue Jays fans, bringing up feelings of nostalgia.
Unbreakable bond. At the end of a career, all we have is the memories that we were able to create together. Thankful for this group of dudes that came out to celebrate our wedding. Time to kick it on this honeymoon. More love!✌️ https://t.co/1j1jXTNgzl
