observations on toronto

I’ve noticed a few things about this city since arriving two weeks ago:
� restaurants and bars in this city have their washrooms either way upstairs or way down in the basement�never on the same level as the main rooms. It would really suck to be in a wheelchair in Toronto.
� there’s a bevy of banks […]

Sep

26

i’m a fool for the school

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I doubt there’s anybody who’s as excited as I am about the upcoming Jack Black movie, The School of Rock.
There’s good reason for this: I love movies about music, I think Jack Black is one of the most hilariously silly actors ever, and I like to laugh. If that wasn’t enough, Black has proven as […]

Sep

25

the comforts of home

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Tonight I saw Stinkmitt and helped them celebrate the release of their first CD, Scratch ‘n Sniff. No, I didn’t somehow whisk myself back to Vancouver for the night � they played right here in Toronto at a place called The 360 on Queen Street. The venue is a converted Legion, complete with a photo […]

Sep

24

winnipeg is the new halifax

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I’ve been saying it for a while now, but let me record it just for posterity: Winnipeg is the new Halifax.
The geographic centre of Canada is the new hotbed of quality rock music, and I’m not talking about The Guess Who and the Crash Test Dummies. In recent years The Weakerthans have emerged as one […]

Sep

23

my first ontario party

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Last weekend I attended the fifth annual Harvest Festival, a weekend-long dance party and equinox celebration at an organic farm about an hour from downtown Toronto. The weekend featured some of southern Ontario’s best DJs and producers, plus lots of organic food, a massive bonfire, and hundreds of people who get off on positive vibes. […]

Sep

18

i guess it’s not that big of a city

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So I’ve started a temporary fact-checking assignment at a magazine here in Toronto. It’s a funny story, one that would never happen in Vancouver: I was walking home from viewing an apartment (which I really want) and I ran into an old student press colleague who was having a drink at the Horseshoe. I stopped […]

Sep

15

well, that was interesting

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After 72 hours on the bus, I can honestly say I have a different perspective on the country. For example, I knew the Prairies were flat, but I didn’t realize they were that flat. And I knew Manitoba was empty, but I didn’t realize it was that empty. You get the picture.
Kidding aside, it was […]

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