Downtown

Today I got to work half an hour early -I guess the nerves kept me rushing this morning -but because of this, I got the opportunity to walk around downtown Toronto. As someone who lives in North York (or 'no mans land' as my friends and I labelled it in high school), downtown is quite foreign to me. I turned corners, walked up and down small streets, and found myself humming the song "downtown" in my head as I went. Of course, then I realized I had only 10 minutes to return to my office building, but that isn't the point of this little story.

What I realized is that Toronto is made of numerous diverse neighbourhoods. North York is very family oriented: there are dogs, elementary schools, and a giant Sears Outlet! Than you move farther South and you have Malls, High schools, Subway systems. Than you have Downtown -a mixture of small boutiques, the St. Lawrence market, and flashing lights. However, there are also businessmen and women running around with briefcases, girls in high heels and unbelievably short dresses, the common-day athlete jogging around a corner, and the slightly dazed men who sit on the benches and talk to themselves. Again, such diversity!

Its amazing how we can all get along, walking past each other on the crowded sidewalks and crazy subways. Its pretty fantastic!