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The baseball was too cool last night. Even though the Jays suck, I am a moderate Cardinals fan and it was nice to see them deal ot a shellacking to make p for the previous night's loss. Five homers makes for a pretty entertaining game. I seem to have a knack for going to high scoring games over here.
Being inside the Skydome was awesome. The weird thing was that the roof kind of took some of the wonder ot of the hitting, as if by having worked out the limits man had already conquered himself.
Walking to the stadium from a Chinese restarant there was suddenly clouds of smoke pouring out of one of the side streets. Turned out it was coming from a car jst sitty in the middle of the road fully aflame. It didn't look malicios so mst've been the heat but the better person to ask would be the lady standing abot 5m away for ages even as fuel dripped in burning puddles underneath.
This particular post is coming to you from Niagara and specifically a little ampitheatre just off the tourist street. Anyone else planning a trip here I would allow about an hour and you'll be able to cover all that's really necessary. See the falls then get over the Rainbow Bridge asap. The rest of the town is built around trying to extend that hour into a couple of days with a couple of casino's taking advantage of Canada's more liberal laws regarding entertainment and some of the tackiest most insipid 'fun' rides I've ever seen. It's especially sad when you consider the beauty and power of teh falls themselves but the people here must feel like they're living in a fairground.
Being 'Proudly brought to you(me) by the Niagara Casino" is the most horrible choir I have ever heard. quite how these guys made it onto any kind of stage, let alone one that leaves those that a stellar band like Brumytown performed on in its peak looking squalid at best, is quite beyond me. So far there have been four soloists none of whom have been anywhere close to in tune with the poor sap whose just returning for another go still waiting for his voice to break, thus sounding more like a beginner on the recorder rather than a tenor. Their material is the usual run of worship songs and accompianment the percussion section of an electric keyboard. For some reason there are at least 10 adult support staff bopping around keeping everyone smiling, in time etc. All I can think of when I watch them is "those who lead a shild astray the worse punishment will be reserved."
So far then I'm hitting .500 (you now, got to keep this baseball metaphor going :0 with high school music productions after relaxing in the square in front of the very cool Toronto Town hall - a spaceship being eaten by a clam (Lonely Planet) - while an excellent big band from Wisconsin played a lunch time set. Take note CCC Leisure unit, great way to make a square a fun place on a summer lunchtime.
Next one will be from NYC also with my first Greyhound adventure under my belt.
Being inside the Skydome was awesome. The weird thing was that the roof kind of took some of the wonder ot of the hitting, as if by having worked out the limits man had already conquered himself.
Walking to the stadium from a Chinese restarant there was suddenly clouds of smoke pouring out of one of the side streets. Turned out it was coming from a car jst sitty in the middle of the road fully aflame. It didn't look malicios so mst've been the heat but the better person to ask would be the lady standing abot 5m away for ages even as fuel dripped in burning puddles underneath.
This particular post is coming to you from Niagara and specifically a little ampitheatre just off the tourist street. Anyone else planning a trip here I would allow about an hour and you'll be able to cover all that's really necessary. See the falls then get over the Rainbow Bridge asap. The rest of the town is built around trying to extend that hour into a couple of days with a couple of casino's taking advantage of Canada's more liberal laws regarding entertainment and some of the tackiest most insipid 'fun' rides I've ever seen. It's especially sad when you consider the beauty and power of teh falls themselves but the people here must feel like they're living in a fairground.
Being 'Proudly brought to you(me) by the Niagara Casino" is the most horrible choir I have ever heard. quite how these guys made it onto any kind of stage, let alone one that leaves those that a stellar band like Brumytown performed on in its peak looking squalid at best, is quite beyond me. So far there have been four soloists none of whom have been anywhere close to in tune with the poor sap whose just returning for another go still waiting for his voice to break, thus sounding more like a beginner on the recorder rather than a tenor. Their material is the usual run of worship songs and accompianment the percussion section of an electric keyboard. For some reason there are at least 10 adult support staff bopping around keeping everyone smiling, in time etc. All I can think of when I watch them is "those who lead a shild astray the worse punishment will be reserved."
So far then I'm hitting .500 (you now, got to keep this baseball metaphor going :0 with high school music productions after relaxing in the square in front of the very cool Toronto Town hall - a spaceship being eaten by a clam (Lonely Planet) - while an excellent big band from Wisconsin played a lunch time set. Take note CCC Leisure unit, great way to make a square a fun place on a summer lunchtime.
Next one will be from NYC also with my first Greyhound adventure under my belt.
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Hey Montombo,
I assume you are reffering to yourself in the title of the blog, but maybe montombo means journey or something else.
Sounds like you are having fun. Have you adopted an alternate persona yet?
I suggest some mix between Holden Caulfield,Travis Bickle and the midnight cowboy. Maybe throw in some Jack Kerouac for good measure as well.
You better have awesome facial hair when you get back
Keep up the posts!!
David
montombo is a silly monkier picked up for a very short time a long time ago. However it made a good numberless email address.
WRT to this chicken burrito you've been going on about is chipolte's the name of the restaurant or a style. And how can you have a fajita chicken burrito? I thought they were two separate dishes.
Just wanting to make sure I get the right thing so a to fully experience the joy.
The shop is called "chipotles" www.chipotle.com (The web site is actually cool)
I've built it up a little to much, its basically a slightly classy mc donalds type version of mexican food. But the chicken fajita burrito is what you wanna get. Its one dishe.
enjoy.
You know how it is, you ask a silly question and then the answer slaps you in the face for the rest of the day. It seemed that as soon as I walked out of the internet cafe yesterday all I found were Chipolte's - including one that I had walked past at least 6 times. Gonna try it tomorrow.
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