SUN OF A BEACH

As the Lovin’ Spoonful so aptly put it “Hot time summer in the city, back of my neck getting dirty and gritty.” And this is even in The Beach area of T.O. which catches a breeze.  As I make my perambulations around the ‘hood, here are a few of the things that are catching my eye.

There is a major reno at Queen and Glen Manor wrapped in scaffolding that invites locals to inscribe what they like best about The Beach. There are the usual rhapsodies about the boardwalk blah blah blah but what I found most arresting was the graffiti.

You can grow old waiting for the Queen streetcar. And then it short turns you. And then you die. Spotted this skateboarder and his accomplice catching some rays while waiting ... and waiting and waiting . . .

 It pays to advertise, even if it is in a cart outside a rival restaurant. The chutzpah!

This girl's got it all going on. Purple hair, great tatt and dramatic back interest in dress.

Hair apparent: The gorgeous Amanda, who works at Motion boutique on Cumberland, one of my favourite guilty pleasures.

No, the doggie in the window of Masterpiece Gallery is not wearing a lampshade during a particularly riotous party. But it does make for an arresting vignette.