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teddog"Rachelle is good at taking pictures of things not related to the event at hand." -- Lisa
Alright, so let's discuss the Taste of the Danforth misadventures of myself, Lisa, Mike and Janet across Toronto. Then there's stupid pictures.
We left in the morning for big and shiney Toronto, although I think we're cursed. All of the ATMs were acting oddly at the bank. After a small battle, we managed to get out our cash and headed down.
Because parking downtown is a bitch, we dumped the station wagon at Kipling and took the subway in. It's a rather long trip, but this kid beside us on the subway had is pet puppy with him and that was a wonderful time killer. The dog would sit on the subway floor and when the train breaked for a station, it's butt would slide out from under him and he'd would end up laying down. Really goofy.
After than and a long haul later, we ended up at Broadview station. The Danforth was packed and it was rather hard to move from the subway onto the street. It was here we met our first person who collapsed, a woman who's walker rolled away from her. We helped her up and left her with the police. We would later help a man who collapsed from either being very winded or having a mild heart attack.
While Taste of the Danforth was supposed to be a "Food and Culture" thing, it was mostly food related. :) The "culture" part was limited to Greek travel booths and booths set up by the CBC, the Maple Leafs, Argos, ect. There was still a lot to poke around at.
With the amount of food around, I didn't eat that much. I had pork souvlaki, ice cream, gyoza and what could have been the best perogies ever. Janet and Lisa had about the same as me. Mike was on a quest to eat as many meats as possible, but ended up at four: chicken, beef, lamb and pork. He missed out on the quail.
One of the things that stood out was... If you've ever been to an amusement park in the states, it's very popular to buy giant turkey legs and then walk around eating them. Instead of turkey legs, giant cobs of roasted corn were a popular snack, dipped in melted butter and coarse salt.
We walked around the street from noon to about 3:30 in the afternoon. It was starting to get way too crowded for our tastes. We decided to hightail it from the Danforth to carry out our tourist duty and visit ye old Toronto Eaton Centre.
Gotta love the Eaton Centre. The old Eaton, now Sears store is just... something. It used to be 9 stories tall. Now select levels are ripped out and others are just closed. The result is kinda creepy. I mean, even the Old Simpsons Now Bay store had too much floor space and changed the top floor into an art gallery. Or, at least used to.
Now: Pictures!
Kipling Station! Kipling is the westmost station on the Bloor-Danforth line. The bumpy on top is the bus platform. There's also subway and Go Transit platforms.
Sorry it's so blurry, but that white, dogish blob is the dog we watched on the way over.
HOLY CRAP! GIANT BAG OF CLODHOPPERS! Free candy was one of many free samples to be found. Despite what people assume, not all of the Danforth is Greektown. This section is Danforth By The Valley.
Rather dull picture. I love how parts of Toronto are very green. Noteable is the Pizza Nova store. Mike went on and on about how he couldn't eat at Pizza Nova outside of the CNE.
Nicer picture (I think) of Danforth By The Valley. This is the corner of Danforth and Broadview.
You know you're in Greektown proper when the signs start popping up in English and Greek. Pape looks so much less offensive in Greek. :)
The food at Taste of the Danforth is sold at small booths at the side of the street. The idea is you get to sample the food and the local restaurants get to promote themselves. Here's a sample of one of the booths. The sign in the back made me laugh.
A red balloon floats by one of the many churches on the street.
Silly things make me laugh. We found this restaurant to the east, past the closed off section of the Danforth. I thought it was awesome.
Looking west. I can't give you can exact number of blocks that were closed off, but it had to be in the range of at least 15. Subway wise, it went from Broadview to around Donlands.
Random Eatons/Sears esclators!
Creepy Eatons/Sears secret room. o_O
The text written in the thought bubble reads "I wish I was a woman". Taken from the Dundas streetcar.
The view from the back of the Dundas streetcar, looking towards the now distant downtown.
Alright, so let's discuss the Taste of the Danforth misadventures of myself, Lisa, Mike and Janet across Toronto. Then there's stupid pictures.
We left in the morning for big and shiney Toronto, although I think we're cursed. All of the ATMs were acting oddly at the bank. After a small battle, we managed to get out our cash and headed down.
Because parking downtown is a bitch, we dumped the station wagon at Kipling and took the subway in. It's a rather long trip, but this kid beside us on the subway had is pet puppy with him and that was a wonderful time killer. The dog would sit on the subway floor and when the train breaked for a station, it's butt would slide out from under him and he'd would end up laying down. Really goofy.
After than and a long haul later, we ended up at Broadview station. The Danforth was packed and it was rather hard to move from the subway onto the street. It was here we met our first person who collapsed, a woman who's walker rolled away from her. We helped her up and left her with the police. We would later help a man who collapsed from either being very winded or having a mild heart attack.
While Taste of the Danforth was supposed to be a "Food and Culture" thing, it was mostly food related. :) The "culture" part was limited to Greek travel booths and booths set up by the CBC, the Maple Leafs, Argos, ect. There was still a lot to poke around at.
With the amount of food around, I didn't eat that much. I had pork souvlaki, ice cream, gyoza and what could have been the best perogies ever. Janet and Lisa had about the same as me. Mike was on a quest to eat as many meats as possible, but ended up at four: chicken, beef, lamb and pork. He missed out on the quail.
One of the things that stood out was... If you've ever been to an amusement park in the states, it's very popular to buy giant turkey legs and then walk around eating them. Instead of turkey legs, giant cobs of roasted corn were a popular snack, dipped in melted butter and coarse salt.
We walked around the street from noon to about 3:30 in the afternoon. It was starting to get way too crowded for our tastes. We decided to hightail it from the Danforth to carry out our tourist duty and visit ye old Toronto Eaton Centre.
Gotta love the Eaton Centre. The old Eaton, now Sears store is just... something. It used to be 9 stories tall. Now select levels are ripped out and others are just closed. The result is kinda creepy. I mean, even the Old Simpsons Now Bay store had too much floor space and changed the top floor into an art gallery. Or, at least used to.
Now: Pictures!
Kipling Station! Kipling is the westmost station on the Bloor-Danforth line. The bumpy on top is the bus platform. There's also subway and Go Transit platforms.
Sorry it's so blurry, but that white, dogish blob is the dog we watched on the way over.
HOLY CRAP! GIANT BAG OF CLODHOPPERS! Free candy was one of many free samples to be found. Despite what people assume, not all of the Danforth is Greektown. This section is Danforth By The Valley.
Rather dull picture. I love how parts of Toronto are very green. Noteable is the Pizza Nova store. Mike went on and on about how he couldn't eat at Pizza Nova outside of the CNE.
Nicer picture (I think) of Danforth By The Valley. This is the corner of Danforth and Broadview.
You know you're in Greektown proper when the signs start popping up in English and Greek. Pape looks so much less offensive in Greek. :)
The food at Taste of the Danforth is sold at small booths at the side of the street. The idea is you get to sample the food and the local restaurants get to promote themselves. Here's a sample of one of the booths. The sign in the back made me laugh.
A red balloon floats by one of the many churches on the street.
Silly things make me laugh. We found this restaurant to the east, past the closed off section of the Danforth. I thought it was awesome.
Looking west. I can't give you can exact number of blocks that were closed off, but it had to be in the range of at least 15. Subway wise, it went from Broadview to around Donlands.
Random Eatons/Sears esclators!
Creepy Eatons/Sears secret room. o_O
The text written in the thought bubble reads "I wish I was a woman". Taken from the Dundas streetcar.
The view from the back of the Dundas streetcar, looking towards the now distant downtown.
