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June 20, 2003
Christie Pitts by night
The Flea cycles at speed through the Annex by night. Perhaps the best view of downtown Toronto (and there are some good views) is from the north side of Christie Pitts by night. The air had a hallucinatory clarity tonight with the bank towers etched against the sky and a surreal arc of sprinklers tending the fields below.
I have an exam to run tomorrow evening. It is written and ready for copying so no problem there despite my early inter-city commute. The problem is... not so much of a problem as I type this... my distraction with a new relationship in my life which I would much rather pursue to the exclusion of anything else. Fortunately, my job is at the centre of what I am about and this blogging hobby is a joyful obligation so there is plenty left over despite the wonder of a glowing baseball diamond at the early a.m. in downtown Toronto.
To all you Americans who read this blog: come visit Toronto. You have heard about the SARS and the decriminalization of marijuana and the gay marriage and suddenly this is a "world class city" despite itself for all the fuss. Think instead about an early a.m. visit to the north side of Christie Pitts and a stillness and majesty which equals anything I have seen in London or Paris or New York. This is a good place to be.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at June 20, 2003 01:46 AM
Comments
In my hippie days I abetted the escape of an AWOL soldier and his pregnant wife from Temple , Texas to the Canadian border. They landed in Toronto and lived happily ever after. I think. That was then, this is now. Different worlds. But, I, in just the last two years, after living here all of my life, have finally fallen in love with my city (Cincinnati). It does this great trick on the banks of the Ohio, at night, of appearing to be enchanted, ethereal - anything but mid west. Loving your city is a good thing.
Didn't know you before, but like your new digs and slick move , using Jay's list...very cool...
Posted by: zee at June 20, 2003 05:23 AM
I'd love to visit Toronto. I've got an amateur astronomer friend there.
But--the post-9/11, downtown-NYC economy has finally ground my job into non-existence. So, until my wife finishes getting her job back at a former employer and I find something to fill in the gap, no travel for us!
I look upon this with relative detachment. Nothing like almost getting flattened by a 110 story building to make a job loss look insignificant!
But folks around here have yet to learn that!
Posted by: Fred Kiesche at June 20, 2003 03:38 PM