So, yeah, last night we went to the opening dealio for the ROM Crystal and it was… painful. Banal, predictable and way overcrowded. So we left, promising to return for an tour inside the bold new structure on Sunday.
Promise kept! A brief line-up and our troupe was in. As mentioned previously, the entrance to the [...]

So, we went to see the interior of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum today and… it’s impressive.
Once you get in.
Below are just two of the views to which visitors are treated before they enter the new structure. Beautiful! Toronto: Where “Good Enough” is… Good Enough.

View from the entrance line (1).

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Bay & Bloor Streets, Toronto, 12:00PM, 3 June 2007

Him: “So, are we gonna go to the Luminato opening of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum tonight?”
Me: “Well, I dunno, I mean… look at how well serviced pedestrians are to appreciate the stark beauty of the <air-quotes>crystal</air-quotes>! I think there’s a building behind all the scaffolding and stands and lifts…”

Him: “Yeah, [...]

Dear Toronto Police (52 Division),
Normally I don’t have a beef with you guys. I know you have to deal with all the suburban asswipes who come downtown every day to act all street an’ shit. Six years ago last month, you responded quickly, professionally and sympathetically when Something Very Shitty happened to me, and for [...]