We wandered around The Annex today, Dana’s neighbourhood.  It is close to the University of Toronto.  One street, St. Georges has many Frat and Sorority houses on it.  I remember coming here with her when she first moved here looking for apartments.  I also remember hoping she didn’t take an apartment on this street!!  The house on the left is one of the more interesting houses.  We’re not 100% sure it is a Frat or Sorority, but the second floor window of the turret has an air conditioner in the window, the extra space plugged with a pillow.  That kind of screams “STUDENT”  🙂

We moved away from the University area wandering through residential streets.  The homes are so different from what we see on the West Coast.  So much brick, a lot of duplexes or houses almost touching they are so close to each other.  We happened upon this sign in front of the house on the right.

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We went to a place called the Victory Cafe for dinner.  It was one of these interesting old homes.  It has quite a large patio and we took advantage of it.  The food was good, however the staff were a bit odd.  They were all young and reminded us of the 70’s, a bit of a time warp.  When they were not looking after patrons they would sit on chairs on the porch and people watch.  Very similar to what we call “the boys” in European cities.  The old men gather in a good spot to sit and watch the passersby.  Quirky!!