Things I Have Googled Today:
1. What is the flavour of Cap’n Crunch?
2. Lyrics to the theme song from Being Erica.
3. Lyrics to Running Bear.
4. Are narwhals real?
5. Lyrics to Mack the Knife.
6. Google Maps: Distillery District to Golden Turtle.
7. Lyrics to Desperado.
8. If I can hear every noise being made in the corridor outside my apartment, can everyone walking past my apartment hear me singing inside?
Okay, so I didn’t actually look up number eight, but I wish I knew the answer. Right now, I’m moderately scared that the next time I step outside my front door I’ll be clobbered with a saucepan for Disturbing The Peace.
But hey, at least I haven’t been singing anything by Taylor Swift or that John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt ditty, right?
Right.
Anyhoodle, enough about that. Here are some recent Glimpses Of Toronto.
In Australia, our trees have real birds in them. In Toronto, the trees house upside-down roly-poly birds made of papier-mâché and/or plastic. (I couldn’t quite tell.)
Delicious Balzac coffee with creamy raw cashew milk made by the wondrous Lisa.
No big deal. Just some Lego people on the subway. Back to your day with you.
Except it was a big deal, because these costumes fo’ serious fit together into a cohesive Lego masterpiece and it was amazing. Thank you for being awesome, Toronto.
Almost as awesome as the aforementioned Lego people is Canada’s obsession with dill pickle as a flavour. We already know I adore pickles, so it didn’t take much for Mr Orville Redenbacher to convince me to buy his Dill Pickle Gourmet Popcorn.
And lo! It was good. Though sadly not vegan. But still good. Yet why must dill pickle flavouring include milk solids? I should start my own dairy-free pickle snacks company. The end.
The sequel to this photo. Yes, that is a drag queen twice my size. Yes, that is a slice of buttered toast in my hand. Yes, that is a giant lipstick V on my forehead, and yes, it stands for what you think it stands for. You see, Lisa ratted me out as someone who had never before attended a Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadow Cast screening.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: thank you for being awesome, Toronto.
It stands for ‘vasectomy’, doesn’t it? I knew it.
Cue infertility jokes. Because that won’t come back to bite us.
I love hearing people sing in my apartment building! There’s this one guy who really belts it out good sometimes, so passionate. Ha ha. Toronto=so awesome. That picture with the drag queen is gold!
Thank you, Allysia. You gave me the courage to venture outside today.
love the cute birdies, love the lego people, want that popcorn – toronto looks like a great place to be (but I want to see pics of snow – have I missed them or are they to come?)
Meh. Snow. There’ll be some photos of it when I post about my visit to Northern Ontario back in early November, at least.
Love the pics Hannah … And of course the whole post. Please don’t out me … I don’t want a V on my forehead and my toast would have to have vegemite.
And my special for-you creamy scrambled eggs on top too, right? xo
I can never say sorry enough. It happened in a moment and there was no turning back (like so many of life’s little mistakes). I’m sure one day, some how, I’ll make it up to you.
xoox
Every single day, you make it up to me, simply by existing. Plus, like I said to you this afternoon, it was the best betrayal ever. I still laugh, every time, remembering it.
The cashew milk does look very delectable. I also appreciate the lego people and drag queen shot. ;D
Well, I must admit that you’re giving me an entirely refreshed take on Toronto, after I’ve lived here since the 80s. . . thanks for that, Hannah!
By which you mean that you’ll get HH to dress up like that for our dinner, right? After all, it’s clearly the Canadian way of welcoming Australians…
Well, at least I’ll see if I can get him to reprise his role from our Sonny & Cher Halloween. . . he was Cher.
Now that I’d like to see!
P.S. I feel like a complete nincompoop, but I’m clearly missing something with your “Molly” comment on Facebook? What does it meaaaaaan?
Oh, dear, sorry–I thought you were alluding to Molly Bloom’s speech at the end of Ulysses. See this (and look at the last 2-3 lines): http://poetrydispatch.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/james-joyce-molly-blooms-soliloquy/
Oh! I feel stupid now. I’ve never read Ulysses (*shame-faced*). I wonder if I somehow picked up on that somewhere, though, because I have written a similar “patter” of yes-i-will-yes in (secret) poetry before.
Oh I want to visit! Looks awesome. And the Rocky Horror Picture Show is one of my absolute FAVS…. my parents took me when I was about 8 – eye opening for sure
Oh my heavens, when I was a kid we weren’t even allowed to see Jurassic Park, let alone RHPS!
Jurassic Park was much more frightening for me…. I still can’t watch that bit in the kitchen with the raptors (shudder)
I’ve never seen Rocky Horror either! It looks awful to me.
Oh, I’d definitely seen the musical before, but not a Shadow Cast screening of it. It’s pretty hysterical, but definitely bizarre.
Amazing city! And to think I started school there. With no Rocky Horror cast members alas! Though how many times did I see that movie???
You started school in Toronto? Do you mean as a kid, or university? I want to dance on cobblestones that you have walked on, Catherine!
This is too hilarious!!! Glad that Toronto is serving you well my dear. Sioux Lookout isn’t as exciting but I hope you’ll post about it one day.
I think those posts will be up before long! It’s so much easier to write non-meaningful things like chocolate reviews than it is to try and express everything that my time with you meant to me. But perhaps it is better to keep that between you and me, and just post in a more light-hearted way for now…
P.S. I’m still heart-set on summer/fall adventures
xo
A special time it was! Can’t wait for more time together sista. Wish Toronto was much closer!
You just keep building up your business in SL, I’ll toddle along here, and who know what adventures the summer will bring us! xo
Lego people? That’s something I’ve never seen. I love Mack the Knife. My Archie sings it. He had to study it at Uni last year and perform it and so I’ve heard it so many times I could have given you the lyrics! xx
I triumphed with Mack the Knife while doing karaoke at the back of an izakaya in Japan once, so it will always be dear to my heart. But sometimes I can’t keep the order of all the girls straight! Would love to have heard Archie do it.
My what a big drag queen you have there Mr Wolf! OK I get the drag queen and the V but the toast? Do tell!
P.S. Arrgh the Xmas ep of Downton. Why did he have to die? There won’t be any normal people on there anymore!
It’s one of the props that you bring along to use as an audience member at a certain part of the film, along with newspaper, toilet paper…
PS The whole thing was bunk. It felt lazy and pointless to me. But at least we still have Maggie Smith.
Number 8 is the story of my life.
Well, parts of it.
Umm subway lego?!?!?!?! I want to go to Toronto now, it’s done.
Heidi xo
p.s. Mr Orville Redenbacher looks like a totally babe. Kidding (or am I?). I just like the idea of pickle popcorn.
One day we’ll be apartment neighbours and we’ll sing duets all day long through the walls.
P.S. No judgement here. I think Bill Nighy is a spunk, after all.
Oh HANNAH. Why would you need to google the lyrics to Desperado? Why don’t you know them? Severely disappointed.
Here’s the thing with all of those songs: I know the lyrics, but I get confused about verse order sometimes. And also, I’M NOT THE ONE WITH SINGSTAR LEAVE ME ALONE ICE ICE BABY DUN DUN DUN DA DA DUN DUN OKAY?
This post is so funny, you are seriously having such a wonderful Toronto experience
Love Balzac’s coffee and that amazing almond milk. And I’m curious as to how you still manage to look so good is such a ridiculous picture as the one with the drag queen? LOVE
I’m doing my best, Gabby
And I’m still going to steal you for coffee/tea one of these days, though I’ll soon no longer be near you in the Distillery District.
Aw, squish! You’re too lovely! But you can definitely see that in the previous photo of me with the drag-queen, I definitely looked ridiculous too
So awesome!
Did you enjoy Rocky Horror?
Oh, I’ve seen the movie before, just not a Shadow Cast screening of it. It’s a laugh!
Bahaha, lego people, what a great way to bring a smile to someone’s day. Drag queens are also a great way to bring a smile to someone’s face!
Toronto looks fun- I love the Lego people, not too sure about the paper mache birds, and am definitely not inspired by the dill pickle popcorn. I made a rather grown up popcorn on the weekend- truffle and parmesan- it was rather fabulous. I thought of you recently, and have invoked your spirit on the blog today.