Doctor Off Duty
A Saturday in Toronto, Slowly
A physician's week is scheduled to the minute. Saturday is deliberately not, and it has become the most productive day I have.
August 2, 2026 · 6 min read
Life With Dr. Ukpeh
Doctor off duty.
A physician's week is scheduled to the minute. This is the part that isn't - travel, food, books, music, style, walking, and Toronto in every season.
- Doctor Off Duty
- Travel
- Food
- Books
- Culture
- Style
- Wellbeing
- Toronto
- Conversations
Currently
- Currently reading
- A biography of a surgeon who wrote better than he operated.
- Currently watching
- Documentaries about cities. Almost nothing with a plot.
- Currently listening
- Highlife on Saturdays, Coltrane on Sundays.
- Currently learning
- Portuguese - slowly, badly, happily.
- Currently visiting
- The east end of Toronto, one café at a time.
- Currently thinking about
- How to make good health information travel as fast as bad advice.
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