Tuesday, August 17, 2004

The Centre of the Universe

I am currently in Toronto the centre of the Cdn Universe photographing the Cdn Medical Association's AGM. Sounds very glam but isn't, I spend virtually all day running around the hotel, shooting the goings on at the various meetings, and sessions.

My arrival into Toronto starts with my walking incessantly to service my addition to the holy trinity of retail in my life: Music, books and photography. After visiting Henry's just off Yonge on Queen east I start my walk to Vistek. Vistek is one of the biggest photo suppliers in the country and is about 12 block from Yonge. It's a long walk through some rather interesting neighbourhoods. Some people sleeping on grates, and crack whores. Have you ever walked near a crack whore? they wear shorts, skimpy tops and those simple white canvas shoes you can buy for about $3. They make really crazy and wild gestures, from a distance you think they are imitating Elaine's dance from Seinfield.

After my meeting, I walked around Queen West. I ended up having coffee at a Second Cup across the street from Much Music. while people watching, next to me a Ukrainian couple and a Mexican fellow practice their English, while comparing notes from their ESL class. People watching in TO is to imagine what the term "world class city" means. Imagine any demographic, chances are I saw them today on the streets of TO, shopping in and around the old Eaton's centre. I mean, ANY kind of person in the world was probably there. Other big cites, you get a lot of white people with a smattering of some others, but TO shows Wpg was the term multicultural really means. WHo do they do it? Volume volume volume!! There are TONS of people here.

The only problem being here by yourself, the big city can give you the lonely isolation feeling pretty quick. So when deciding what movie to seem, I pick Garden State. Some great moments, but it tried to hard in places. BUT, the hi-light for me was the return of Natalie Portman to quirkily BABE status. She is so cute in this flick.

Then I came out to the street on Richmond, which I guess was the heart of the cheezy bar district. The streets teemed with 100's of people all dolled up, bumper to bumper souped up cars, horse riding cops doing crowd control, it only added to my lonely isolation in the big city. Oh well tomorrow we're working

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