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That must have been some very chilly windsurfing! Were you on Ashbridges Bay or off Cherry Beach?
I must have seen some of your street's fireworks last year as my son and I were out on the Leslie Street Spit looking back at Ashbridges Bay for the fireworks. We were treated not only to the "official" fireworks but also to all of the various neighbourhood fireworks as well.
Kirk... great story.
I myself, grew up in the furthest reaches of Scarborough and spent a lot of my teen years taking the TTC into the city to hang out on Queen West and Yonge Street. Overall, I hated the 'burbs and by extention ended up hating Toronto. When I moved to Ottawa for University my loathing for Toronto grew.
When I moved back to Toronto (followed my girlfriend, now wife back to the city because she had a job) I made a deal that I would return so long as we never lived in the suburbs. The closest I came to breaking that vow was living in an apartment above a store on Yonge St. just south of Finch... definately uptown but right at the subway stop so I had access to the city in an instant.
To make a long story short... it wasn't long before I discovered just what Kirk discovered... Toronto is made up of all sorts of little areas that each have a different flavour. I fell in love with Toronto and as I've travelled the world on business, I have come to have an even stronger appreciation of this great city.
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