Monday, November 22, 2010

325/365 a Toronto walk-about...in pictures

~ perhaps Shelby's first vehicle?

~ um ok? whatever gets you through the hockey season...wings, pylon - same thing.
As well, not to get all picky, but doesn't Detroit already have the wings in this hockey family?

Lots of great graffiti...however, it was dark and I was on side streets and I received an email from a colleague who advised to stay on the main streets...as I looked around my dark and suspect surroundings, I decided that was it for the back alley graffiti tour.
~ even the graffiti was in the holiday spirit
~ I apologize in advance but this is my new favourite type of picture (replaces my prior obsession with pictures taken in my car mirrors). I spend an inordinate time of picture finding lights and imagining how they will look in a picture like this.
~This one turned out exactly how I envisioned it. It is a combination of street cleaners, lamps, store signs, oncoming traffic and taillights.
~the jolly man himself... ~even though his parade seriously cramped my style as there were 1 million people on the street and every block I needed was on the parade route, I was really happy to get this picture for Kaeden.

~ if I would have kept this large tower as my south marker, I probably would not have walked about 20 blocks the wrong way. I know my mom and dad are smiling at this sentence because I am notorious for being directionally challenged unless I am in a mall.
~ however, while I was lost, I discovered this little gem.
~ I was very tempted to go hang out at this little gem of a Market but thought this fell under one of the places I wasn't supposed to be after dark.
~ very happy to report after FOUR hours walking non stop downtown Toronto, I never made it Bloor Street (which by the way is nowhere NEAR Front street (just so you know) but I am happy to report I made it to the World's Biggest Bookstore and the best part? I ended back at my room in one piece (except my aching feet) and even had a Starbucks.

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