Food and beaches

Friday I met a girl in my building and we went out for dinner. Had a great time. Talked, walked around, she showed me some important places around. I was going to go swing dancing since I haven't been since that first week here, but we were talking so much that it was too late to go. I can go some other time.

Friday I found a great basket of fresh local tomatoes, so on Saturday I made my salsa. That led me to crave fajitas for dinner. So, I went to the grocery store, spend $100, and forgot the tortillas. So, I had to go BACK to the grocery store. I had already taken chicken breasts out of the freezer before I got the craving. So, I made steak & chicken, home made salsa and guacamole, rice, and cheese. Yes, all for me. I called Elliot and invited him over, but he's a bit too far. So, looks like I will be eating fajitas for the next 4 days.

Saturday evening I met some people at The Beaches for Jazzfest. Mobs of people for a very popular street festival filled with bands that played everything except jazz. Although we all did a double-take because this one guy sounded just like Neil Young. Since I had never been to The Beaches (and because the crowds were insane), we walked along the beach on the way back. Hung out at Starbucks talking, got home around midnight.

Today I really should have stayed at home cleaning up the guestroom to prepare for the arrival of the guest bed/sofa. But, some people were going to the Toronto Islands for BrazilFest. So, I went. Good group of people (there were 7 of us). We were all disappointed since there was no Brazilian food - only hot dogs and hamburgers. We walked around the islands, hung out on the beach, watched the wake boarders - WakeFest was there too.

The coolest thing!! You can see my condo building from the islands!!! I had one of the girls take a picture.

I learned a very important lesson today. I almost missed the girls at the ferry since I got on the wrong streetcar. Now, according to the TTC map, there are 2 streetcars that run on King street, both East-West. The one I took turned North. (I got off, walked back, missed the right streetcar, waited, then walked to the next stop and was 20 minutes late to meet everyone.) On my walk, I ran into a TTC Supervisor (TTC is the Toronto Transit Commission - the people who runs the public transportation system here) and I asked him. Obviously, I said, I am reading the map incorrectly. Nope, the map is right, but the streetcar garage is on King Street, so any streetcar coming out of the garage takes King Street to it's route. Also, some of the northern routes are not circular, so they come down King Street to complete their circle. So, it could be one of about 14 different routes, even though the map only shows 2. The lesson is to ALWAYS check the sign on the front of the streetcar.