Toronto - Elliott BROOD
Monday, November 19th, 2007This weekend we went to Toronto. It’s a great city to visit, and I imagine a great place to live.
The main reason we went up was to see Elliott BROOD at Lee’s Palace. They were great. Much louder than I expected them to be, but they still sounded great. They played their “hits” and a few covers (Johnny Cash, White Stripes, and Neil Young). The opening bands were rather disappointing. Plants & animals and Corb Lund.
Before the show we had dinner across the street from our hotel at the Beer Bistro. Had a great Quebecois beer Blanche de Chambly.
The next day we explored the city taking the subway and street cars. Visited the shoe museum and their Little Italy neighborhood. I picked up some CDs at Soundscapes.
The people in Toronto were very nice. Very polite. It seems to be a “live and let live” type of town. Where in the U.S. it’s “I live at your expense” or “I’ll sue you for making me feel bad”. Workers looked you in the eye and said thank you instead of grunting and wishing you weren’t bothering them.
And of course coming back to the U.S. you’re treated like a criminal right at the border.
Canada, I miss you already. Still don’t understand the appeal of Tim Hortons, but I can get past that.