Queen and Lunch (3)

So this a.m. I decided I would take a little walk and see just the local neighborhood. I only meant to be out for an hour but ended up being out for 4. Toronto is surprisingly walkable in fact that seems to be the easiest way to get around. The trams are kind of weird. The metro is in an odd U shape, and well I don't take metros anyway. There aren’t very good bike paths, but that’s changing and I might venture out by bike later today. And by car, well by car … its simply ... very slow.
Everything is very, busy. There doesn’t appear to be a place where you can escape to then, day or night. I'm used to the mountain or the river. Both which are pretty much 15 minutes away from anywhere and where if you go, there will just be space.
In the morning its the quietest so thats when I think I'll explore. Today I walked with Scott for 2 blocks, up towards the library, then I turned back to take some pictures.

To the North of us, is Dundas, which is the Chinatown, then Baldwin Village, a small alley with restaurants.  Further up from that is the UofT and the hospitals.
To the East is the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Ontarlo College of Art and Design, then after that its a little bit of a mix, some art related stores, a bit of chinatown, some offices, further than that becomes more office/worker like.
To the South is Queen which is like St-Catherine St. And after that the Entertainment District and Fahsion District. (Note: leave credit card at home!). Thats really downtown to the south of us.
To the West is Chinatown and Kensington Market.

So today I went to Queen and walked around a little trying not to buy anything despite seeing a really cute dress at H&M for only 35$! On Queen just below us is The Horseshoe Tavern (a famous music venue) also Steves Music store and of course the rest of the usually type places (Second cup, Zara, Pharmaprix, Mexx, etc).
Spadina is a really ugly street but it has a repertory cinema called The Underground Cinema, in the 70s they used to show kung fu movies and other Chineese movies there but now its simply a more indie venue.
I met Melisa for lunch, we went to Le Gourmand. Which looked like it had yummy paninis and baked goods. Then we looked at some stores. I wanted to find a messenger bag so that I can take my camera around but found nothing at a good price. Then we went to coffee place The Dark Horse.

So here is our corner. Though the neighborhood doesn't "feel" at all like this because thats the only tower close by.