tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786212169599290532024-02-02T14:12:53.759-05:00goyestoeverything.com Torontowww.goyestoeverything.comgoyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278621216959929053.post-23362751190511827742010-07-03T08:23:00.000-04:002010-07-03T08:23:09.266-04:00Top ten new proposed Toronto Tourism slogansAfter the G20 Toronto Tourism has Ten New Slogans to encourage tourism.<br />
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10.<br />
The five meter rule only applies to Tim Hortons donoughts.<br />
9.<br />
As long as you're behind a fence, no one will touch you. It's our promise<br />
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The likelihood of getting arrested for wearing black has dropped dramatically.<br />
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The police promise that they won't beat up any more people for singing O' Canada on the street.<br />
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Taking pictures is legal again!<br />
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Burning police cars no longer a problem.<br />
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We won't search your bag! (unless you have a French accent)<br />
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If you are detained, the menu has been upgraded!<br />
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The illusion of civil rights has now been almost fully restored.<br />
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Five meter law? There never was any five meter law you silly goose!goyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278621216959929053.post-55184491700891192232010-06-29T04:53:00.008-04:002010-06-29T07:28:24.441-04:00What Rights?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tpNqAAlEEXDIXGrTIJXLLb8EpW3yf6c39izUI9tkvitK_hfT6H3zWm0E3XsOuFA2hPrlKwFrWmjVNm1oSKMMdA1JaI3SjpoT_cD9d4jIJo9NKa_rIig52Fby7_995YSIy_nkqE7Bz1M/s1600/2010_0628G200022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tpNqAAlEEXDIXGrTIJXLLb8EpW3yf6c39izUI9tkvitK_hfT6H3zWm0E3XsOuFA2hPrlKwFrWmjVNm1oSKMMdA1JaI3SjpoT_cD9d4jIJo9NKa_rIig52Fby7_995YSIy_nkqE7Bz1M/s400/2010_0628G200022.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The lessons learned from this G20 summit in Toronto are clear. We, The People have no rights whatsoever. If the state can remove our rights as it suits their needs, then those rights do not actually exist.<br />
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I am not a legitimate protester, nor am I vandal. On Friday I was an observer, bearing witness. By Monday I had been transformed into an irate citizen, appalled at the stripping of our basic constitutional rights.<br />
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I will never look at a police car in the same way again.<br />
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People arrested for taking pictures? Illegal searches expanded throughout downtown?<a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/829462--terrifying-police-raid-wakens-couple-at-4-a-m"> Innocent people being woken in the middle of the night with guns in their faces by incompetent police without a warrant?</a><br />
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But the most appalling thing of all are the people who would blindly accept this violation of our collective rights. The thing that most disturbs me about this reprehensible debacle is the blind selfishness and obedient complacency that allowed the offenses to occur.<br />
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For those who support the suspension of civil rights in the name of security, your lazy acceptance of the status quo is an affront to all the blood that has been spilled in the name of your freedoms.<br />
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Freedoms that were removed by the Government of Canada this weekend in the blink of an eye as you stood and watched.<br />
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Your indifference is a far greater threat to our democracy than the burning of a car.<br />
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Shame on you, and shame on all of us.<br />
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<a href="http://www.goyestoeverything.com/">http://www.goyestoeverything.com</a>goyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278621216959929053.post-55212934482641858652010-06-28T06:13:00.007-04:002010-06-28T07:42:48.960-04:00There Is Only UsMy first inclination was to glibly mock the shock of others. "Surely you are not surprised that a G20 summit would produce violence and police?" But my real feeling was surprise at my own sense of shock.<br />
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One of the reasons that I adore Toronto is that within the city, I find the world. Every facet of our common humanity is represented and in daily increments we share that, each of us teaching the other.<br />
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On Friday I went downtown to find a vast area of our commonality closed off by the state and an eerily deserted city district, as if some horrible thing was about to happen. And on Saturday it did, with all predictability.<br />
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The presence of the Black Bloc and their palsied ignorance only serves the purposes of the state and their appearance at this event is about as surprising as ants on butter. <br />
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They are a distraction and a boon to the government as it scrambles to justify the outrageous cost of this debacle. And the photo-op moments came when the police inexplicably abandoned three cars in the middle of a major global protest and then let them burn while the world watched.<br />
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A billion dollars and there is still no cop when you need one? I think not.<br />
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The Black bloc, the burning cars, and the smashed windows are not the issue or the image that the world should see. The following two images should be the real lesson of this lost weekend.<br />
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People being searched for having the temerity for carrying bags in the downtown district, blocks away from the perimeter fence where the five meter kangaroo law that was passed in secret by the government on June 2nd that was not revealed to the people until it was violated in a Kafkaesque moment on the eve of the summit.<br />
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This obscenity against the principles of our constitution was then arbitrarily extended throughout the downtown core.<br />
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The Black bloc and its aftermath are little more than a distraction, so that your consent may be manufactured to allow those in power to do this, and by extension and in a very subtle way making each and every one of us more compliant and afraid.<br />
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Suddenly, a secretly passed law that was meant to be applied within a five meter zone of the perimeter fence was being applied throughout the downtown core. When the powers of the state are under stress, it doesen't take long for them to change the rules to suit their needs.<br />
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And that scares me way more than any burning car.<br />
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I have more pics and more to say, but I sense that I am like most Torontonians. We need some time to digest what happened, but there will be huge fallout from these events.<br />
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As for those who would so compliantly surrender hard won liberty: if you let the state do this, what will you allow them to do next in the name of "security"?<br />
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<a href="http://www.goyestoeverything.com/">http://www.goyestoeverything.com</a>goyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278621216959929053.post-3232959397203826482010-06-27T06:39:00.007-04:002010-06-27T07:18:10.399-04:00Protest This<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9gntXlg5uHjeZaGo5jpKV96YtmKo3IQxyAour06FxO_Lmkapi7XWcDy1HpGcRKNtRRPVYQcbineXUTm7BBH_VCgCITGORgHN8yQdrcoJhK3ewyi8exXST0FcQ6ljsivME0FZfObqE-g/s1600/2010_0625G200092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9gntXlg5uHjeZaGo5jpKV96YtmKo3IQxyAour06FxO_Lmkapi7XWcDy1HpGcRKNtRRPVYQcbineXUTm7BBH_VCgCITGORgHN8yQdrcoJhK3ewyi8exXST0FcQ6ljsivME0FZfObqE-g/s320/2010_0625G200092.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The day began well enough, in fact it began joyously. As I watched Ghana score in extra time to beat the USA in a World Cup cup match, I jumped from my chair and raised both arms in the air. In that instance my mind flashed on the places that I had watched soccer in Ghana.<br />
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From a sports bar in Accra, to theatres in Cape Coast and Tamale, to a flickering screen at the staff canteen in Mole National Park, visions of these places culminated in that instant after the goal. What a scene of unbridled joyous human expression it must be, and I don't mind telling you I got a little vaklempt.<br />
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After the game I flipped over to a local news channel to see the wanton destruction and criminality running amok on the streets of my home. As I worked the bar tonight I observed a wide range of opinions on the destruction in downtown Toronto. Maybe I was cranky and maybe it was too humid for my liking, but I felt something that I didn't like.<br />
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Now, I don't want to get all Wavy Gravy on your ass, but during a set tonight Cheryl Beatty commented that there was a lot of negative energy in the city. Yup, thats what I'm feeling. The air feels oppressive, and I don't mean that in a political way, I mean it in a human way.<br />
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Now I recognise that the overwhelming majority of the protesters are peaceful, and I support their right to be present and heard, but I also respect other peoples stuff, even if I don't like those people. Those that gleefully disrespected other peoples stuff should be charged with incitement to riot and anything else the police can think of.<br />
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Make no mistake, we all saw your faces, it is only a matter of time.<br />
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As for those who protest, most of you are nothing more than a self gratifying and churlish mob of smug fist shaking douchebags who pretend to care about certain issues only because you are told to do so. Sadly you lack the attention span to actually engage the system.<br />
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Caring about an issue and wanting to appear to care about an issue are not the same thing. And lets face it, if you really cared you'd put a little more effort into it than your streetside fools errand.<br />
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We live in a democracy and mechanisms do exist that encourage you and all your friends to participate. It is not that difficult to get your name on a ballot and stand up for what you and your friends believe in. I know, because I've done it.<br />
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But it would take more effort than heading downtown and sloganeering for a few hours, while pretending to yourself that you are affecting change. The real people who can do that are on the inside because they engaged the system.<br />
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If you don't do that, you don't have a hope and you'll be nothing more than a useless fist shaker for the rest of your life.<br />
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Its not about the fence, its about the gate.<br />
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Now if you'll excuse me, The Queen is expected and the state of the grounds simply will not do.<br />
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Man, I wish I was in Ghana.<br />
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<a href="http://www.goyestoeverything.com/">http://www.goyestoeverything.com</a>goyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278621216959929053.post-58898549926172088942010-06-25T04:17:00.007-04:002010-06-25T06:21:10.600-04:00O(mygod)CANADA<div class="zemanta-img" style="display: block; float: right; margin: 1em; width: 250px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25062009@N05/3406172439" rel="nofollow"><img alt="G20 family photo" height="180" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3406172439_32e0fc17ac_m.jpg" style="border: medium none; display: block;" width="240" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution">Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25062009@N05/3406172439">Downing Street</a> via Flickr</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">While I have no inclination to protest anything, I do have the right to freely walk the streets. I have no intention of smashing anything, nor am I affiliated with any group.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Check that, in the full interest of disclosure, I am affiliated with one group. I have a birth certificate that affiliates me with Canada, which is theoretically backed up by a constuitution. Apparently the government of Ontario (which has no jurisdiction) decided that they would pass a <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/828367--g20-law-gives-police-sweeping-powers-to-arrest-people">"regulation" that violates the constitution</a>.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">OK, now I'm mad. Unfortunately, the argument has been framed that all protesters are wackos, and the reductionist media commonly refers to protesters as a circus. Except at the circus, people don't get shot and the violent animals are kept separate from the audience.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I think protesting is useless, but I realise that protest is an important anchor in a healthy democracy and I support the right of all people to protest peacefully.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The following words are from our constitution.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned.</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">But this is not what is happening downtown as the Emporerati prepare to gather. If the leaders of the world are afraid to walk amongst the people, perhaps the legitimacy of their mandate should be brought into question.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">This is what is happening in the downtown Torontostan:</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/828372--man-arrested-and-left-in-wire-cage-under-new-g20-law">Man held in wire cage</a>.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Cha ching</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/06/24/g20-security-threat-car.html">Northern Ontario Man Arrested For Having Northern Things In Southern Ontario</a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Run! He has a weird looking car!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20100624/police-g20-100624/">Helping Children Is Not Permitted (but if you don't look like one of "them", its OK)</a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Asians and whites are free to proceed.,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Ya know, I truly have no intention of protesting anything at the G20 Summit. However, I do plan to freely express my rights as a free citizen to wander freely in my own hometown. I had no intention of protesting, but when the state arbitrarily violates my constitutional rights, its a problem for me. A big problem.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Yes, it is entirely possible that I could be arrested because the cops don't like the shirt I'm wearing. Hopefully the $930,000,000 security budget includes dealing with all the lawsuits that will flow from this event, and if you think it is even remotely acceptable that an innocent citizen should be illegally detained because of his or her T shirt, then you are the answer to the question of how genocides can happen. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
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Located northeast of Yonge and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloor_Street" rel="wikipedia" title="Bloor Street">Bloor</a> is the neighbourhood of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.6702777778,-79.3911111111&spn=1.0,1.0&q=43.6702777778,-79.3911111111%20%28Yorkville%2C%20Toronto%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Yorkville, Toronto">Yorkville</a>. The story of Yorkville is one that has been written many times in urban centers around the world.<br />
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<ul><li>Derelict neighbourhood attracts starving artists due to cheap rents.</li>
<li>Artists make neighbourhood hip and cool</li>
<li>Trendy people and businesses move in, driving up rents and driving out the people who made the area hip in the first place.</li>
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In the case of Yorkville it was the epicentre of the hippie scene in 1960's Toronto, where the likes of Neil Young, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593474/" rel="imdb" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004492/" rel="imdb" title="Gordon Lightfoot">Gordon Lightfoot</a> and many others could be found gigging in the local bars and coffee shops.<br />
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Over time, Yorkville has transformed itself into Toronto's most upscale retail area, home to multi million dollar condo's, two hundred dollar haircuts and many high priced restaurants.<br />
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While it is not a place where I would hang out, the neighbourhood has some nice public spaces and there is no finer spot in the city to observe the perfectly coiffed blend of hotties and metrosexuals as they dash to their Hummers and Jags, $12 loaf of bread safely tucked under their well tanned and toned arms.<br />
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He said that the hodgepodge of stores made downtown Toronto "look like a flea market'. Mr. Lastman proposed that a town square be built at Yonge and Dundas.<br /><br />I did not like Mr. Lastman or his politics. I did not like the fact that the mayor of my city was a former mayor from one of the now defunct boroughs, with its big mall sensibilities and its pro car ideology.<br /><br />When I first saw the square, I likened it to a Greyhound bus parking lot. It still looks very ugly to me, but I cannot deny that it is a great public space, vibrant and alive. While I used to think that Mr. Lastman was wrong about everything, I must retract that position and give him his due. A correction is in order. He was wrong about everything except Yonge - Dundas Square.<br /><br />On another note, the best picture I never took happened here. One day, I was waiting outside the Eaton Centre and it was very hot, 38c. Some boys were frolicking in the fountain to cool off, when I saw a young lady ask her mother if she could join her brothers in the fountain. Her mother agreed, and she was soon cooling off. The thing was that she was wearing a full burka and must have been unspeakably hot. The sight of her jumping in the fountain was one of those great Toronto moments I'll never forget.goyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278621216959929053.post-19371047812176886832009-06-19T21:45:00.007-04:002009-06-26T23:32:58.368-04:00Kensington Market<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Zhdd21Eg_CXc-HVNEbCDtvvxgK6L4LiB7M9G6JqGRjL9L3i7178crMxMFvFvQnZRvjk-euf-lEUNiipSjJnEX8-ZWgFZ8t-v2-FiqNTxQ_fUZEdlOqvIq2vfao7YirNrwqE2tV6h8QU/s1600-h/100_0652.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Zhdd21Eg_CXc-HVNEbCDtvvxgK6L4LiB7M9G6JqGRjL9L3i7178crMxMFvFvQnZRvjk-euf-lEUNiipSjJnEX8-ZWgFZ8t-v2-FiqNTxQ_fUZEdlOqvIq2vfao7YirNrwqE2tV6h8QU/s320/100_0652.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349230876340754802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ELe-Xf32l19y2p9WkaIIS_l5Gnr5DRlXkwk9DsKXpnz9PjXPF-WvcptXEu9Q6SLB9VuBOw-8QKb5CTw_qutZL58HcXozveUmcOi5I9yK_PhOm9DCknLUm5mCOifuzbn39XbGMFOP0xE/s1600-h/100_0651.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ELe-Xf32l19y2p9WkaIIS_l5Gnr5DRlXkwk9DsKXpnz9PjXPF-WvcptXEu9Q6SLB9VuBOw-8QKb5CTw_qutZL58HcXozveUmcOi5I9yK_PhOm9DCknLUm5mCOifuzbn39XbGMFOP0xE/s320/100_0651.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349230869633404418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFZ3glWSmlHN8eSG9_Pc2WL-DO_ZBv2-QbJuH-kwXmTNUwXmJnxucEpcs91u46af7XOy89PJ52IOsXGKt_wrP7H8sgpqVm8imN-3TC2eQl_JcnCfd8ahAW8OBOup4fLLcvbatZHh9Gyw/s1600-h/100_0650.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFZ3glWSmlHN8eSG9_Pc2WL-DO_ZBv2-QbJuH-kwXmTNUwXmJnxucEpcs91u46af7XOy89PJ52IOsXGKt_wrP7H8sgpqVm8imN-3TC2eQl_JcnCfd8ahAW8OBOup4fLLcvbatZHh9Gyw/s320/100_0650.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349230420790085634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Spooned by Spadina's Chinatown, Kensington Market is one of Toronto's truest neighbourhoods, untainted by the manufactured and franchised sensibilities that have crept into many of the city's enclaves.<br /><br />Upon entering The Market one instantly feels thrust into a bastion of Bohemian bona fides. While not quite on the scale of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDCXIhknjzc">Kejetia Market</a> in Ghana, the market has a charm all its own and one can feel the vibe of a very tightknit community among its residents.<br /><br />It is a potpourri of political activists, musicians, merchants and artists. The air is a pungent mix of chronic, coffee, camembaert, carp, chorizo and comraderie.goyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278621216959929053.post-17021369295177435242009-06-10T20:43:00.007-04:002009-10-17T16:53:27.817-04:00Chinatown<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKQ8v-8NzdWT3hMFa2R9iQ5nHbV-_X16SDeEeevwgwdoO09MTA9X6vPhmFph49kXW79MIqP_oW81JZEYICVhoRwUm0FRSyk2UBU-9iY83deblcLO6fj6eLBZJz9NO8MuqG9_O3MAuoh4/s1600-h/100_0648.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345865688713471042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKQ8v-8NzdWT3hMFa2R9iQ5nHbV-_X16SDeEeevwgwdoO09MTA9X6vPhmFph49kXW79MIqP_oW81JZEYICVhoRwUm0FRSyk2UBU-9iY83deblcLO6fj6eLBZJz9NO8MuqG9_O3MAuoh4/s320/100_0648.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 242px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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So today I really felt like a tourist in my own city. I tried to look at my own town with the same amazed eyes that I have when I am in some far off destination. Sure enough I began to see my home in the same way that a tourist might, and through this process I developed a new appreciation of this wonderful city that I call home.<br />
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Getting to Chinatown is very easy. Take the subway to the Spadina station, then walk upstairs and catch the streetcar going south. This should be very easy as every streetcar that leaves from the Spadina subway is going south. Get off the streetcar at College and head south into the heart of Chinatown.<br />
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As you walk south along Spadina, you will encounter some of the best bargains that the city has to offer. While I can't vouch for quality, you're not gonna beat the five T shirts for ten bucks and I am quite happy with the two pairs of shorts that I bought for $20.<br />
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Clothing is not only bargain here, as cheap eats abound, including Thai and Vietnamese offerings. Personally, I favour Kings Noodle House. The hot and sour soup cannot be beat. It is on the west side of Spadina, just north of Dundas. Be prepared though, this ain't fine dining and you may find yourself sharing your table involuntarily.<br />
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There is also another favourite spot for cheap food. Located at the southwest corner of Spadina and Dundas is a great spot for Dim Sum. I don't even know the name of the place, but it is located on the top floor of the mall . I have never spent more than ten bucks a head here and the elevated location cannot be beat for cheap eats and a great view of the city.<br />
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Next up, I decide that I need a haircut and you are not going to find a cheaper haircut in this town than you will find here. I almost opted for the "Dreamalnd Salon" but given that there was a lineup, I choose the "First Clean Cut Haircutting Salon" located on Dundas, just west of Spadina. The "salon" is an odd combination of lottery kiosk and the very latest in "Haute Coiffure". Given that my hair is in its own neverending global recession, I am not that fussy about who cuts it and at this point I was starting to look like the guy from Eraserhead every time it got windy.<br />
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So I walk into the "First Clean Cut Haircutting Salon, past the lottery kiosk and into the salon area. One lady is cutting someones hair and their is a guy having a siesta in a chair. I'm loving this place already. After a moment of me waiting a voice from the lottery kiosk barks a name and suddenly my siesta-ing stylist comes to life.<br />
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Leaping to his feet, he quickly twists a chair in my direction and beckons forth. As I sit in the chair he takes a moment to size me up and says "medium?" I'm not exactly sure what "medium" means but it sounds safe enough to me.<br />
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In a flying flash of razor and scissor, with the dexterity of a surgeon and the speed of a juggler the haircut begins. Clearly, this guy has cut a lot of hair in his day. He jokingly remarks about me waking him up and I jokingly apologise for waking him up, and we all share a laugh. Ten minutes and six bucks later I'm out the door, still not quite ready for GQ, but at least I don't look like the guy from Eraserhead anymore.<br />
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Feeling peckish, I decide that my next stop should be for dinner in Toronto's other Chinatown, just south of where I live. I hop on the eastbound College streetcar and it meanders its way through the city. We pass through the University of Toronto Campus, across Bay Street (the financial hub of the city), past Yonge Street (the longest street in the world), through Cabbagetown and Regent Park (home to a very large social housing project) and across the Don Valley to Broadview and Gerrard, home to a smaller but no less vibrant Chinatown.<br />
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As I step off the streetcar, I know my destination, the beloved Ka Ka Barbecue Restaurant. Located on the east side of Broadview, just south of Gerrard street, this is the best deal in town. For four bucks you get a huge portion of rice and a side of vegetables with BBQ duck or pork.<br />
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Obviously they are able to keep the prices ridiculously low by doing huge volume, as I witness a neverending stream of customers lining up for takeaway while I enjoy my dinner.<br />
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As I leave the restaurant, I smile to myself, awash in the joyous knowledge that my "staycation" is revealing to me the wonderous magic of the city that surrounds me. Next stop, Kensington Market, and how I discovered my new hobby there.<br />
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It is Toronto City Hall. Situated adjacent to the magnificent Old City Hall and located in Nathan Philips Square, it is one of the city's finest public spaces.<br /><br />During the summer months the square is host to a buffet of cultural events, including this year, The Toronto International Film Festival Box Office. In the winter the fountain area becomes a skating rink, a great spot for a romantic and cheap date.<br /><br />Locating TIFF here should add significantly to the mayhem, bringing thousands of ticket buyers to the already bustling square. I am quite excited to be working at this great location. My perch inside the tent allows for some great people watching amidst the background of a tree lined urban gathering place. And the word on the street is that our Mayor is excited too, apparently he twittered about us the other day.goyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278621216959929053.post-10115951666157048032009-06-03T20:43:00.007-04:002009-06-10T05:37:53.715-04:00Danforth Days<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QmpBAz8nTivotW5pxW475Z-vn4Xep6rrPGf6mVlIjhmz_g3iGooFnTZhBsZR63oFZYdTuzsJ39BoqvUIKxc-bVTaTXDnwr7a9_Rk3r00xEX9d0rP7M8Ch-JSljVN8yTdDQOYUOR4HzQ/s1600-h/100_0636.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QmpBAz8nTivotW5pxW475Z-vn4Xep6rrPGf6mVlIjhmz_g3iGooFnTZhBsZR63oFZYdTuzsJ39BoqvUIKxc-bVTaTXDnwr7a9_Rk3r00xEX9d0rP7M8Ch-JSljVN8yTdDQOYUOR4HzQ/s320/100_0636.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343283265535071234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBm5SwA13sYE_TIuFx0dNo3VXc5wJi2ofTrJNRNOASrBO40lDoI6KkKJ-BZuSPd-QRcUwirFQ_49oXMbuxvKMqI47JBrJFGjbufZL9CVg44AZjhWEkbC7RLDRiRZneDQXqjz7KLlHax4/s1600-h/100_0635.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBm5SwA13sYE_TIuFx0dNo3VXc5wJi2ofTrJNRNOASrBO40lDoI6KkKJ-BZuSPd-QRcUwirFQ_49oXMbuxvKMqI47JBrJFGjbufZL9CVg44AZjhWEkbC7RLDRiRZneDQXqjz7KLlHax4/s320/100_0635.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343283260063734978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRNs3_OgArne2Em6DmwBvE_u-lDcwy5esIUxt30d26RCw0aiTqTODN1H0WWlmoTk1-k0zPnS1uEbHKTnaIZeSmzVBMhkLK0sPCI8hO1RRjrqcybrFnPQfrcgOVyi9nLfwjs2rK5bH6iI/s1600-h/100_0634.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRNs3_OgArne2Em6DmwBvE_u-lDcwy5esIUxt30d26RCw0aiTqTODN1H0WWlmoTk1-k0zPnS1uEbHKTnaIZeSmzVBMhkLK0sPCI8hO1RRjrqcybrFnPQfrcgOVyi9nLfwjs2rK5bH6iI/s320/100_0634.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343283259202619730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFiwv0n9kW7_tOUiAy8PdUAwS37kr8aXg-1qXhdFlCTwLo1UfwbDXnY5OKgUI7G3XRe6eqS3GQowaZ7gzcBXPJEKNNc_BYuYhOVo_vt56RflH2oOzvXpRPEynNfMuE_VwW4-O7T0eBhU/s1600-h/100_0633.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFiwv0n9kW7_tOUiAy8PdUAwS37kr8aXg-1qXhdFlCTwLo1UfwbDXnY5OKgUI7G3XRe6eqS3GQowaZ7gzcBXPJEKNNc_BYuYhOVo_vt56RflH2oOzvXpRPEynNfMuE_VwW4-O7T0eBhU/s320/100_0633.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343283254521857570" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIBoKSvOPTxPuhND1KReZKkt6pmLvwn41zMsz5_Zu52FlwE-J3XswYilg_JjwNsPOCcw7DZSq9Hf1ceXVXHjMRXYaqVsnwSgC4JaQysUsqloikCyEK5uI8BEVA_w7QxmKu1els2pxrqc/s1600-h/100_0632.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIBoKSvOPTxPuhND1KReZKkt6pmLvwn41zMsz5_Zu52FlwE-J3XswYilg_JjwNsPOCcw7DZSq9Hf1ceXVXHjMRXYaqVsnwSgC4JaQysUsqloikCyEK5uI8BEVA_w7QxmKu1els2pxrqc/s320/100_0632.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343283250899008802" border="0" /></a><br />The Danforth is one of the great neighbourhoods in Toronto. It has also been my home for most of the last twenty years. I know much of its well worn streets and indeed many of the joys I've shared and the scars I wear have been witnessed by this avenue.<div><br /></div><div>The cafe lined street vibrates with energy, many of the faces familiar as I stroll down the sunlit sidewalk. Athenian accents can be easily heard, emanating from the seemingly endless array of sidewalk patios. The scent of souvlaki is in the air as the many grillmen attend to their many grills. </div><div><br /></div><div>Other faces await, and like most of Toronto the air is fully multicultural. Mango shakes at the Thai place, sushi and Indian right downstairs and a massive organic grocery store beckons across the street. The Danforth is not all Greek to me.</div><div><br /></div><div>There is darkness here too, as troubled souls and panhandlers are among the familiar faces. "Glue Guy", so messed up from always huffing, "Smiley", someone you don't want to run into if he goes off his meds, while "Mr. God Bless You" plys his trade in front of the liquor store.</div><div><br /></div><div>As night draws, the revellers abound in the boundless options of a myriad of watering holes. The final offering a pork gyros from the guy by the fountain at 4 am and a short stroll back to my friendly confines.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>goyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278621216959929053.post-83352933178813159952009-05-30T05:15:00.000-04:002009-05-30T05:33:42.743-04:00TIFFWell today begins my journey with the Toronto International Film Festival. It is going to be a very busy summer as I put my head down and work two jobs to help pay for my next trip/ project. It will be my 10th festival (I think, cos they weren't all consecutive).<br /><br />This year is a little different, as I am working a much longer contract. Apparently I will be working at a tent in Nathan Phillips Square initially. OK, that sounds weird, but I am totally looking forward to working outside and I do love the madness of <a href="http://tiff.net/default.aspx">TIFF</a> and they are a great organization.<br /><br />I am sure that I will have much more to post about TIFF as summer progresses, but in the meantime today is "Training Day", eat your hear out Denzel!goyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278621216959929053.post-39506619079134584112009-05-29T04:40:00.000-04:002009-06-02T19:47:48.671-04:00Inverted travelingTonight at work I had two tourists at the bar, both nice young guys from Germany and France. I do not work in a touristy bar, so this was highly unusual. One was heading east to Montreal (the young man from France) with the hopes of immigrating after working for a time, and another was heading to my home province of British Columbia (the German fellow). I am very proud of Toronto and Canada (as we all are when it comes to our place of residence and country of birth), so I wished that I had had some more time to chat with them, especially the German guy as he was going to rent a motorcycle to travel around BC. Having traveled extensively through that part of the world, I know he is going to have a great time.<br /><br />It was very odd that these two separate people were in front of me because all day I had been thinking about how I am going to share my city as a travel blog. Then it struck me that the whole world is here. More than anything, Toronto is about multiculturalism, the whole world lives here. You can name almost any country on the planet, and somewhere in Toronto you will find an enclave from that country. From Greece to Ghana, large and small, Toronto is representin'.<br /><br />Actually, I am starting to feel that this blog is going to be a lot of fun. Feel free to share my summer with me and I will share my city with you. First stop, my neighbourhood, The Danforth and Greektown. Will post some pics soongoyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278621216959929053.post-51502478139397786512009-05-28T03:41:00.000-04:002009-05-28T03:47:33.065-04:00Fessing UpIts funny to write about the place where you live. While I am against tribalism and nationalism, I find that this particular topic compromises both of those ideas. Who among us is not proud of where we live?<br /><br />So here I go. I will use this space to trumpet why I think Toronto is so great and why I love my life in this city. I will share my life with you here. Please join me for the ride.goyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278621216959929053.post-67044110615108766552009-05-27T22:27:00.000-04:002009-05-27T22:29:05.798-04:00TorontoHard to qualify this as a travel blog as I live in Toronto, but I will be posting pics and stories here about trying to see my home as a tourist.goyestoeverything.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653187178740540494noreply@blogger.com