It was early spring, 2019, shortly after she and I had first gotten together, and she decided to give me a proper tour of the beloved home where she spent the majority of her life.
It’s a perfect place to just sit, and speak, and think, and just enjoy each other’s company.īut the first time Genevieve showed me that room, it wasn’t the view that caught my attention. We can see downtown, the Queen Street Clock Tower, the Avalon River and Avalon Park, the college, the botanical gardens, and even as far as the fairgrounds. We call it the watchtower room, and it offers an amazing view of the east side of town. It's also where the entrance to the panic room is hidden, but you didn't hear that from me.īut the attic floor of the tower is the best. The second floor of the tower is the study and library, filled with around two thousand books, some of them older than the house itself. The ground floor of the tower is the parlour, which happens to be the first place I ever kissed Genevieve, and is now usually where I hold my metaphysical counselling sessions, both online and in person. There’s definitely a lot to love about it, but I think my favourite part of it would have to be the quintessential feature of any Victorian house the turret, or tower, as we prefer to call it.
#House man of the house professional#
Her house is her home and her business, the crux of her professional and social lives, rich with family and community history, and she loves it to pieces. Genevieve started living and working with her aunt when she was a teenager, and took over completely when she passed away. Ever since, Eve’s Eden of Esoterica has been a hub for our city’s alternative, queer, and pagan communities. About fifty years ago, her great aunt Evelyn turned the front foyer into a New Age shop and started using the combined living and dining area as a studio for meditation, yoga, and spiritual workshops. My girlfriend Genevieve owns a beautiful old Victorian house that’s been in her family for generations.