Hi, Pat, Unfortunately, most of the summer festivals and the like are now history, or at least will be by mid-Sept.
Other than Queen's Park, and older civic buildings, there is, of course, the CN Tower (hard to miss). Casa Loma is a pretty cool castle built by some robber-baron type about 100 years ago. Even better would be the newly renovated Gooderham and Worts distillery. It's called "The Distillery District", and is now full of art galleries, yuppy craft shops, restaurants and bars. Cool old Victorian industrial architecture, it's fun to wander around there for a couple of hours or so. It's near Front and Parliament Streets. There's always the Toronto Islands. Take a ferry there and back, and there's lots of nice walkways and such. Also, a great view of downtown Toronto across the lake. I think in September, Ontario Place will be open. Kind of hard to explain what that is, not quite an amusement park, not quite a lakeside park, some restaurants and bars, interesting photo ops. I could go on, but that covers a few of the downtown highlights; if you need more, let me know. Of course (assuming I"m still around by then - I may be outta here), we should get together (there are several more of us - we could make it a PDML gathering) if you have the opportunity. Lemme know, and I can give you my phone number off-list. Have fun! cheers, frank Pat wrote: > Hello from a lurker- > > I will be making an impromptu visit to Toronto in about a week's time. I > thought I would appeal to the generosity of the TOPDMLers for advice on any > mid-September events and late summer climate. My last trip was a summer trip 5 > years ago. I have a vague recollection of visiting Queen's Park and a few of > the older civic buildings. This trip is family business, but am looking for > photographic distractions. > > Thanks in advance, > Pat in SF > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- "Jazz is about capturing the moment" -Herbie Hancock
