A Thread of Destiny(PART 2 OF 3)
Danforth Ave. & Pape Ave.
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The Novascotia bank in the above video is my first bank in Canada. The burger shop used to be a smoke shop in those days.
Did you join the dance in the Greek festival.
Oh yeah! I loved and enjoyed the Greek dance... Guess where I moved to next?
To Yorkville?
Not exactly...but close enough...I moved to a boarding house on Brunswick Avenue.
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Brunswick Avenue
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Brunswick Avenue at Bloor Street West
Walking Around
Bloor and Brunswick
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So, Kato, you quite often fooled around in Yorkville, didn't you?
You're telling me, Diane. As you mentioned in the mail, Yorkville flourished as Toronto's bohemian cultural centre in the 1960s.
From Hippies to Hedonists,
in Yorkville, Toronto
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Driving thru Yorkville
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Did you live there in the 1960s, Kato?
Oh no, my days were in the late 1970s, but I definitely enjoyed bohemian culture in Yorkville.
Do you know, Kato? The old town was the breeding ground for some of Canada's most noted musical talents---Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot, as well as then-underground literary figures such as Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn MacEwen and Dennis Lee.
Oh yeah? I didn't know that.
And of course, Yorkville was the Canadian capital of the hippie movement. Cyberpunk writer William Gibson was living there.
When I was fooling around, some people loved upscale shopping and enjoyed eating at posh restaurants over there.
I see some changes in the old town.
Did you enjoy the film festival while you lived there, Diane?
Yes, of course, I did.
Madonna's Film Premiere
Toronto Film Festival
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During the Toronto International Film Festival, Yorkville becomes an excellent place for celebrity-spotting, especially in the Hazelton Lanes shopping complex. Most recently, however, I hear the celebrities once seen during the Toronto International Film Festival have migrated elsewhere and are now most often seen in the entertainment district bars and after-hour clubs near the CITY-TV building.
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The Toronto Entertainment District is an area in Downtown Toronto, concentrated around King Street West between University Avenue and Spadina Avenue. Have you been there, Diane?
Yes, I did, but a long time ago.
There are now a lof of theatres and performing arts centres, as well as homes of Toronto's four major-league sports teams. And of course, this area is home to most of the nightclubs in Toronto.
Nightlife in Toronto
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Oh, kato, you made me nostalgic again.
You know what, Diane?
Tell me.
I think both of us are here in vancouver by destiny.
By destiny? ... Why is that?
You see, Diane, we were supposed to meet in Toronto, but for some reason, we didn't. Then you went to Faro up north, but I spent too much time in Yellowknife. So we couldn't meet, either. Then, when I went to Halifax, you were already gone a long time ago. And at last in Vancouver, we met.
It was just by chance, Kato.
I'd like to think, we're somehow tied by a thread of destiny.
I didn't know you're such a romantic man, Kato.
Now, you know that...Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ...
【Himiko's Monologue】
What a beautiful city Toronto is!
I visited Vancouver, but I've never been to Toronto.
I wish I were there.
I'd like to have a memorable time at one of the best cafes in Toronto.
Toronto's Best Cafes
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In any case, I hope Kato will write another interesting article soon.
So please come back to see me.
Have a nice day!
Bye bye ...
(To be continued)