Things I Learned From A Week In Toronto:

• U of T is massive
• The homeless are less pushy than people think
• Some of them have a sense of humour (one street kid's sign read "Need money for pizza and beer", another read "Need money for pot"). I give them credit for being honest
• Eaton's Centre is horribly designed
• River City Sports is no longer in the Eaton's Centre
• The World's Biggest Bookstore should update it's name
• You can't get anywhere without walking though one of those covered sidewalks used for construction projects
• The hockey hall of fame seems smaller nine years later
• You can't weave in and out of pedestrian traffic like you can in Windsor, there's just too many people
• Eaton's Centre has the same number of CD stores as Devonshire Mall
• One of those stores is HMV...there is another one about half a block away
• Sam the Record Man rules all
• Edwin's "Another Spin Around The Sun" CD does not exist anywhere in downtown Toronto.
• Every restaurant and bar has at least 8 types of beer on tap, and one is always Keith's
• Thai food is good
• Thai food service is not
• You can spend 4 hours at a Thai restaurant without ordering more than two rounds of drinks
• Waitresses with braces serving me Thai Spicy Noodles are sexy
• When walking in Toronto, one must always watch out for vomit on the sidewalk
• Starbucks are everywhere
• I was in 5 different Starbucks in 8 days
• I saw 2 Tim Horton's during this time
• Big box stores don't exist, they are crammed into downtown shops
• So are fast food places and basically everything else
• Union station is very cool
• Mr Greenjeans has decent food and mediocre service
• Thai Palace has great food and poor service
• The three different pubs I went to had great food, great beer, and great service
• "Salad King" is the name of a Thai restaurant
• When you put four long rows of tables into a hall and seat everyone for a banquet, everyone at the table will draw immediate comparisons to the "Harry Potter" movies.
• Chapels with lots of direct sunlight and no curtains are not good places to hold presentations
• Average people in Toronto are no different than anywhere else
• When you want service, however, these same people become much less friendly
• VIA Rail seats passengers at Union Station in the following order:
• Families and handicapped
• People sitting in the waiting area
• People waiting in line at the gate
• Rye and Gingers at the Delta Chelsea Hotel bar cost about 6 bucks.
• I spent 24 bucks at the Delta Chelsea Hotel bar on Tuesday night.
• IAMG and organized cannot be used in the same sentence without heads exploding
• Professors are as geeky as the rest of us once you get them out of the classroom and into a bar
• Owning a car in Toronto serves no purpose when car traffic moves the same speed as the pedestrian traffic
• Free lunch is good
• Free continental breakfast is better
• Brian Trottier, a former 50 goal scorer in the NHL, shot 1 for 8 at the target shooting game at the hockey hall of fame
• I should not be allowed into the hockey hall of fame gift shop with money