Where the Beach has No Name

[pyat]

It was bright, warm day and April, and the clocks were striking thirteen...

commanderteddog works very close to my office. Typically, this means we go for walks and lunch once a week or so. However, in the interests of budget and health, we have devised a list of Toronto places within 2 kilometres of our respective offices. Instead of meeting for lunch, we'll walk to one of these places, getting in a good ramble and saving money.

Today, we went to the Artificial Beach.


Glorious, isn't it?



It's right across from Toronto Island Airport.


And a marine fire station! "Quick, the lake is aflame!"


It's also close to some tall ships we were intending to visit as separate lunchtime adventures.


The fire-fighting boat is named for a Canadian revolutionary.


The other side of the beach. In summer, they put out Muskoka chairs.


Another tall(ish) ship.


The Natrel-Bot, fighting crime at the docks.


commanderteddog, looking for Mr. Topps and his Golden Limousine.


Or maybe just ice cream.

Comments

[catsarah.livejournal.com]

I like teddog's new haircut, it frames her face sweetly :)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

:) Agreed.

[zorinlynx.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, but I like our beaches more. :)

(hey, it's all we got down here, gotta flaunt it!)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Your beaches have sharks!

[bandersnitch.livejournal.com]

And thus the basis for the appeal!

[dagoski.livejournal.com]

Kawabunga, dude! Next time I go to Toronto, I am so strapping my long board to the car roof.

Seriously, though, I like that little beach. You can just sit down, watch the lake and let go for a bit.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I was expecting to be very lame and silly, but once you're actually there... it's sunny, warm, with a nice breeze from the lake. It's not as good as a beach, but it's nicer than a concrete park.

[anidada.livejournal.com]

The Natrel box is bigger on the inside.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

The guy from the "12-gallon Axe" ad comes busting out of there every so often to spray people with milk.

If you're lucky.

[anidada.livejournal.com]

GAAAAAAAAAAAH! *runs away*

[zenten.livejournal.com]

That first picture looks like CGI to me, so I was like "Why's pyat having lunch in Second Life?"

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Well, after this we stumbled into the Gorean area, and things got ugly.

[dronon.livejournal.com]

So... do you skip lunch on these trips, or bring something with you and eat on the go? Thanks for posting the photos, in any case, I get to see parts of the city I didn't know about since I don't live there any more!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Neither! We wolf down lunch at our desks :)

[relee.livejournal.com]

Is the lake by Toronto still flamable? I thought they were cleaning it up.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Only on really hot days!

[zenten.livejournal.com]

*They* meaning the zebra mussels of course :)

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

Dude, I had no idea that beach was there!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

They sell ice cream! Well, nearby.

[hossblacksilver.livejournal.com]

I decided to googlemap it, I think I might have found it, though I could be wrong.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

It's on Queen's Quay.