Toronto.
I desperately called up my friends to go out with me to Toronto. My brother was driving out to Warden and St. Clair subway station to go somewhere downtown. So I thought it was a good idea to tag along and go downtown and check out a venue or a bar scene. Pete was the first to jump on board so on the way to pick him up I call up Nelson to see if he's still up for coming too.
"Hello?" A girl's voice answers.
"Oh, hi, is Nelson there?"
"Yup one second."
"Hello?" Nelson droned.
"Hey buddy, you still coming?"
"Yep."
"Ok we're picking up Pete now and then we'll go to your house. Is that Lisa there?"
"Yep."
"Is she coming?"
"Oh I didn't tell you? Yeah she is, is that ok?"
I muffled the phone and asked my bro if one more can come.
"Yeah it's cool, see you soon."
So we picked up Pete and then Nelson and Lisa. Who were dressed up for a club, Nelson with khakis and a dress shirt with dress shoes, and Lisa with a cut off black dress. Me and Pete were wearing skater shoes and throw on jackets.
"Hey guys... a little dressed up eh?"
"Yeah I assumed you wanted to go to a club and it was too late to change when you said you wanted to just go to a pub."
"Ah got'cha."
My bro drove back to the Harmony on-ramp to go West on the 401 towards Toronto. We play some rock music in the car and have a little chatter. He finally arrives at the Subway station and we pay our way through. Once on the Subway we sit on both sides of the car and talk about which places we are going to get off and times to meet etc. We decide to get off at Osgood to be close to Richmond Street, where all the bars are at. When we finally transfer and then get off at Osgood we're weaving down corridors to try and find the best exit. By chance we manage to rich University Ave. which then runs into Richmond. My brother told us of a place called Montana which has a eatery and a club, so we look around for it. Eventually we find it across from the big Chapters store and go inside. "It's about a 20 minute wait." The girl behind the counter said. She gave us this black bulky coaster which apparently will light up when the table is ready. So we go over to the bar to have a social. When our coaster eventually lights up and vibrates we exchange it in for seating. Luckily we got a table right next to the window overlooking the busy intersection.
I marvel at the people walking around in herds, the bright flashing lights illuminating the night sky. Me and Pete share a pizza which turned out really nice because it was thin crusted. Nelson and Lisa both ordered Stirlon steaks. Then the complained about it. After we were done the meal and dishing out the cash, the waitress tells us if we take our recipt to the stairs we can go up to the club and not pay cover. Sweet. So we do this and go up the stairs. Dead inside. A few cougars are on the dance floor and the rest of the old folks are scattered about. We leave the club and look for another place to party.
We go all over Toronto looking for a spot. One place looked packed, the Black Bull didn't sell pitchers only seven dollar pints, Horseshoe Tavern, which had some live music didn't have anywhere to sit, Chicagos was cheesey... I mean this is fucking Toronto and there is no God damn place to go! We could be drunk already if this was Peterborough! A few other places were fine dining lounges, Tonic wouldn't let me in with my skater shoes despite protest. So finally we walked all the way to Front street and went down into this place called OverDraught. $21 dollars for a pitcher of beer. You have got to be kidding me. So we drink our fill and I steal a beer mug and we head for the subway at Union Station. I call up my bro to tell him we're on our way. Lisa is plastered at this point, which is good cause she stopped arguing with Nelson about him going to a strip club when they were broken up.
We meet John back at Warden station and head to his car.
"You guys are lucky." This old man says to us. "Why's that?" Lisa asked.
"All these cars got their tires slashed but yours." He said.
He wasn't joking. We were lucky, one car got all four tires done in. We drive back to Oshawa and drop everyone off before returning home ourselves.
I place the stolen mug on top of my desk and then went to sleep.
"Hello?" A girl's voice answers.
"Oh, hi, is Nelson there?"
"Yup one second."
"Hello?" Nelson droned.
"Hey buddy, you still coming?"
"Yep."
"Ok we're picking up Pete now and then we'll go to your house. Is that Lisa there?"
"Yep."
"Is she coming?"
"Oh I didn't tell you? Yeah she is, is that ok?"
I muffled the phone and asked my bro if one more can come.
"Yeah it's cool, see you soon."
So we picked up Pete and then Nelson and Lisa. Who were dressed up for a club, Nelson with khakis and a dress shirt with dress shoes, and Lisa with a cut off black dress. Me and Pete were wearing skater shoes and throw on jackets.
"Hey guys... a little dressed up eh?"
"Yeah I assumed you wanted to go to a club and it was too late to change when you said you wanted to just go to a pub."
"Ah got'cha."
My bro drove back to the Harmony on-ramp to go West on the 401 towards Toronto. We play some rock music in the car and have a little chatter. He finally arrives at the Subway station and we pay our way through. Once on the Subway we sit on both sides of the car and talk about which places we are going to get off and times to meet etc. We decide to get off at Osgood to be close to Richmond Street, where all the bars are at. When we finally transfer and then get off at Osgood we're weaving down corridors to try and find the best exit. By chance we manage to rich University Ave. which then runs into Richmond. My brother told us of a place called Montana which has a eatery and a club, so we look around for it. Eventually we find it across from the big Chapters store and go inside. "It's about a 20 minute wait." The girl behind the counter said. She gave us this black bulky coaster which apparently will light up when the table is ready. So we go over to the bar to have a social. When our coaster eventually lights up and vibrates we exchange it in for seating. Luckily we got a table right next to the window overlooking the busy intersection.
I marvel at the people walking around in herds, the bright flashing lights illuminating the night sky. Me and Pete share a pizza which turned out really nice because it was thin crusted. Nelson and Lisa both ordered Stirlon steaks. Then the complained about it. After we were done the meal and dishing out the cash, the waitress tells us if we take our recipt to the stairs we can go up to the club and not pay cover. Sweet. So we do this and go up the stairs. Dead inside. A few cougars are on the dance floor and the rest of the old folks are scattered about. We leave the club and look for another place to party.
We go all over Toronto looking for a spot. One place looked packed, the Black Bull didn't sell pitchers only seven dollar pints, Horseshoe Tavern, which had some live music didn't have anywhere to sit, Chicagos was cheesey... I mean this is fucking Toronto and there is no God damn place to go! We could be drunk already if this was Peterborough! A few other places were fine dining lounges, Tonic wouldn't let me in with my skater shoes despite protest. So finally we walked all the way to Front street and went down into this place called OverDraught. $21 dollars for a pitcher of beer. You have got to be kidding me. So we drink our fill and I steal a beer mug and we head for the subway at Union Station. I call up my bro to tell him we're on our way. Lisa is plastered at this point, which is good cause she stopped arguing with Nelson about him going to a strip club when they were broken up.
We meet John back at Warden station and head to his car.
"You guys are lucky." This old man says to us. "Why's that?" Lisa asked.
"All these cars got their tires slashed but yours." He said.
He wasn't joking. We were lucky, one car got all four tires done in. We drive back to Oshawa and drop everyone off before returning home ourselves.
I place the stolen mug on top of my desk and then went to sleep.
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