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Toronto-Age |OT4| Molested by a Burger Priest
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I was in France and Italy. In Paris we had an advantage since one of the people I was with could speak French (French immersion). Even without that, I think we would have been okay. We did most of the touristy things: Eiffel Tower, Versailles, the Louvre, Notre Dame. Hot dogs were amazing in France: hot dogs with Dijon mustard in a baguette.
In Italy, I was in Pisa (which really, only thing there is the tower), Florence, Venice and Rome. In Italy we mainly walked around. In Venice we went to St Marks Basilica and also fed the pigeons in the square there. Rome was disappointing but we went to the Vatican and the Colosseum. We didn't know any Italian but had no problems getting around. We were also able to find people who spoke English.
If you are planning on going in some of the churches make sure you have long pants and no tank tops. They wouldn't let you in if you had shorts or a tank top on. At least when I was there.
It's been a while since I was there but I don't think that it would have changed all that much. In general, I'd say have an idea of where you want to go and how to get there.
I went to my cousin's house yesterday for her son's 13th b-day. She made mini cheesecakes in muffin tins with an Oreo as the base of the muffins. I bet they were better than Uncle Tetsu's.
Thanks, that helps a lot. We might skip Rome in lieu of more time in other areas.
No problem. Depending on how you travel, you may also want to pick up a rail pass. We went everywhere on trains (a few more countries than you're going to). If I'm remembering right, we spent a day on the beach in Nice (amazing soft serve ice cream), stayed in hostel that night in Nice then went to Monacco for the day, and then took the train to Italy.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I should post pics
I can unequivocally say your cousin's was better since you didn't wait 3 hours for it.
I didn't even have to get up to grab one from the table, my aunt brought it to me. #PortugueseMale
Apparently there was a new opening of Carl's Jr at Queen and Soho that opened about 3 days ago. I was in the neighborhood and figured why not? It was almost packed and everyone were taking pictures of the establishment. It was previously an HMV store, but it barely looks like it. It was in pristine condition. They even have an exclusive booth on the side for milkshakes/desserts. I'm not used to restaurants like this, so it's a new experience for me.
I accidentally ordered the 1/2 pound "$6 Burger" for $9! Good lord! I just barely survived that meal. Not saying anything in your order means that you get ALL of the ingredients in your burger. The Tomato slice was as thick as my thumb and I thought I was eating more onion slices than the actual burger. However, I did eat a legit good grease ball of meat. I now understand why every goddamn table has their own napkin dispenser. Couldn't use my hands after holding that burger. Even the bun was crumbling from the gooeyness. It was incredible.
Fries were the worst part of the meal in my opinion though, but that's just me. Maybe next time if I have the courage, I'll try something else.
P.S. They don't have a Coke Freestyle machine, so I'm very
I accidentally ordered the 1/2 pound "$6 Burger" for $9! Good lord! I just barely survived that meal. Not saying anything in your order means that you get ALL of the ingredients in your burger. The Tomato slice was as thick as my thumb and I thought I was eating more onion slices than the actual burger. However, I did eat a legit good grease ball of meat. I now understand why every goddamn table has their own napkin dispenser. Couldn't use my hands after holding that burger. Even the bun was crumbling from the gooeyness. It was incredible.
Fries were the worst part of the meal in my opinion though, but that's just me. Maybe next time if I have the courage, I'll try something else.
P.S. They don't have a Coke Freestyle machine, so I'm very
BigJonsson
Member
Paris is fun, read up on Versailles so you know where the automated ticket machines are so you can skip the first giant line and only have to stand in the 2nd giant
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Also go to the catacombs and tell me how they are, I got there too late in the day to get inside =/
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Also go to the catacombs and tell me how they are, I got there too late in the day to get inside =/
Apparently there was a new opening of Carl's Jr at Queen and Soho that opened about 3 days ago. I was in the neighborhood and figured why not? It was almost packed and everyone were taking pictures of the establishment. It was previously an HMV store, but it barely looks like it. It was in pristine condition. They even have an exclusive booth on the side for milkshakes/desserts. I'm not used to restaurants like this, so it's a new experience for me.
I accidentally ordered the 1/2 pound "$6 Burger" for $9! Good lord! I just barely survived that meal. Not saying anything in your order means that you get ALL of the ingredients in your burger. The Tomato slice was as thick as my thumb and I thought I was eating more onion slices than the actual burger. However, I did eat a legit good grease ball of meat. I now understand why every goddamn table has their own napkin dispenser. Couldn't use my hands after holding that burger. Even the bun was crumbling from the gooeyness. It was incredible.
Fries were the worst part of the meal in my opinion though, but that's just me. Maybe next time if I have the courage, I'll try something else.
P.S. They don't have a Coke Freestyle machine, so I'm very
i got so confused when i saw that when I was walking from University to Spadina to pick up Xenoblade...I figured that had been there for a few weeks,but I was just never in the area
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Heh. It's also refillable. And if you lose it, you can go to the info desk and inform them and then get another one issued.
I just want the TTC to run on damn time. Tokens and passes I can deal with; it's the other shit that pisses me off.
Other cities are innovating with their public transit and we might as well be stuck 20 years behind.
Let's just say a fucking coworker spoiled something MASSIVE in Dance after I had waited 8 fucking years for that book. Fuck her.I got spoilers IRL after quitting social media internet
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Weather like tomorrow is tough. Do I underdress for work but risk being cold in the morning but comfortable after work. Or dress so I'm warm and comfortable in the morning but then hot after work. Don't like carrying extra clothes.
You should've read it faster.
Went to that Holi Festival at Woodbine beach today since it was so warm out
Holi Festival by simulatron, on Flickr
RIP my clothes and hair
Holi Festival by simulatron, on FlickrRIP my clothes and hair
The book is only 959 pages.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
So you had 24 hours to read it. Still your fault.
can also use them at places like 7/11 to buy stuff
my brother would let me use his when i was visiting him, and i would stock up on snacks there lol
chaobreaker
Member
lol at the reddit meet up thread on /r/toronto. Someone pointed out that from the picture gallery that the OP posted that the meet up was like 98% white and the OP blew up. Funny how they don't got the generic Asian demographic like in here.
Why would anyone who isn't a straight white male go to Reddit?
heh, I'm going to surprise everyone at the meetup with my secret identity
Sidenote: Is there any notable comic superhero set in Toronto?
Does Scott Pilgrim count?
I never noticed but I guess a good chunk of the meetup people is pretty white. But when you invite people to go to a pub, I dunno, maybe that's the crowd you get? I've been there quite a few times in the past 2 (or 3?) years and it's honestly not a huge deal.
Also I skimmed the comments and I could tell that most of those redditors don't go out ever, so no wonder they have to judge based on that. I pretty much recognized all the people in the pictures in the album, they're all cool people. I guess I didn't give it much thought if they were whiter than wonderbread or not but I guess thanks, reddit, for making a generic asian feel bad for hanging out with a majority white crowd.
What's next, creative writing courses? Cause those are full of white people too. Been in quite a few where I was the sole or only other asian in the class full of white people. People need to get over themselves.
lol TTC using scratch cards in 2015. I really want my hover passes dammit.
But LBR, the food from cafeterias that use those pre-pay always is cheap sucky fast food. I never been to a good one.
Noice, and yeah that's why I never go to those or suggest anyone going! Whatever you wore that day = gones
But LBR, the food from cafeterias that use those pre-pay always is cheap sucky fast food. I never been to a good one.
Went to that Holi Festival at Woodbine beach today since it was so warm out
RIP my clothes and hair
Noice, and yeah that's why I never go to those or suggest anyone going! Whatever you wore that day = gones
chaobreaker
Member
Just to be clear, I have nothing against how white a meetup can be or who you choose to hang with.
I'm just relishing the drama.
I'm just relishing the drama.
I feel like because TO-GAF is on a gaming board is why there is a relatively sized generic asian contingent at meetups. I can't speak with certainty but I think even something like Toronto meetups for SA goons are pretty wonderbread too. Just something about complaining about Toronto seems to involve a certain subset of people.
Also it just depends. Most of my friends are generic asians (not FOBs mind you) and me and a friend dragged them to meetups like these once or twice and they just would not have any of it.
(maybe generic asians just aren't big fans of the pub scene)
I'm tempted lol... maybe I'll just do it once >.>
WrenchNinja
Member
What is the loop hole? Just buying tickets to movies you won't see and accumulate Scene points?
No, there's a Visa checkout thing (you don't need a visa credit card) that if you use, you get a free ticket voucher.
Turns out this applies to 2.99 saturday family movie tickets too
WrenchNinja
Member
I just bought a ticket. Where is the free ticket voucher supposed to appear on the pdf? All I see is the code for the movie I bought the ticket for
On the last page of the pdf under the Thanks for using Visa checkout thing
The best and worst American burger franchises in Toronto. (blogto)The amount of people defending Harvey's in the comments as 'better tasting, healthier' burger is.. interesting.
BEST
Five Guys
b.good
Bareburger
THE WORST
Carl's Jr.
Wahlburgers
Fatburger
I want to give Carl's Jr a try. Their old slogan was 'If it doesn't get all over the place it doesn't belong in your face', so no surprising it's still living up to that.
BEST
Five Guys
b.good
Bareburger
THE WORST
Carl's Jr.
Wahlburgers
Fatburger
Apparently there was a new opening of Carl's Jr at Queen and Soho that opened about 3 days ago. I was in the neighborhood and figured why not? It was almost packed and everyone were taking pictures of the establishment. It was previously an HMV store, but it barely looks like it. It was in pristine condition. They even have an exclusive booth on the side for milkshakes/desserts. I'm not used to restaurants like this, so it's a new experience for me.
I accidentally ordered the 1/2 pound "$6 Burger" for $9! Good lord! I just barely survived that meal. Not saying anything in your order means that you get ALL of the ingredients in your burger. The Tomato slice was as thick as my thumb and I thought I was eating more onion slices than the actual burger. However, I did eat a legit good grease ball of meat. I now understand why every goddamn table has their own napkin dispenser. Couldn't use my hands after holding that burger. Even the bun was crumbling from the gooeyness. It was incredible.
Fries were the worst part of the meal in my opinion though, but that's just me. Maybe next time if I have the courage, I'll try something else.
P.S. They don't have a Coke Freestyle machine, so I'm very
I want to give Carl's Jr a try. Their old slogan was 'If it doesn't get all over the place it doesn't belong in your face', so no surprising it's still living up to that.
BigJonsson
Member
I like fatburger
Thumbs up! Always good to hear someone getting a good job.
NICE BRUH