Location, Location, Location

[bcholmes]

stonebender asked me about the neighbourhood of the new condo. In response, I'm writing this post.

The condo is located on Queen St. West, which, for many years, was the young, arty/alternative neighbourhood. It's been pretty infested with "hip" chain-store fashion outlets recently, but it's still a great neighbourhood.

I spent the night at the condo last night (none of my furniture is there yet), and when I woke up this morning, I went across the street to a great breakfast joint. The place has a huge, original Art Deco wall unit behind the counter. With little cupboards to keep milkshake glasses. It was an amazing piece of history. There were a half-dozen breakfast places within a block of the front door to my building.

Also, Trinity Bellwood Park is across the street. Just up the road a block is the Japanese Paper Place, and a bit farther along is Come as You Are, sex toy store extraordinaire.

I walked down Queen St. West, this morning. I passed the Cameron House and Sanctuary (one-time goth club now ironically converted to a Starbucks). I saw Squirly's, where the_siobhan and I have dinner every once in a while. I stopped in the Silver Snail and Lush. I looked in on the CityTV building, and caught a movie at the Paramount.

One of the coolest things about the area is that it inspires me to go out walking. I'm really darn close to the Ex.