Full gallery here at my Picasa Web Album.

This was my first Doors Open event. For those of you across the pond, or not from our city, once a year a great number of otherwise closed Toronto facilities open their doors to the public for a weekend. Spaces that you may never get to see in your lifetime are open to you. For example, the mayor’s office was open (under heavy guard) for you to peek into his cabinets of mementos and reading materials (zzzz). Or you could see the outlandish but uber-trendy Drake Hotel’s custom boutique hotel room’s custom wallpaper (and not have to endure a sleazy trendy one night stand). I thought it was going to be a bit dull but I found all of it extremely interesting.

Some select shots:

The York Armories.

Me with a musket that takes a full 30 some odd seconds to load (if you’re quick)

Us with Steamy! from the Steamwhistle Brewing Company (owners of the old Roundhouse)

Malabar Costumes Wear-house (geddit?). Racks of pantaloons!

Posing at the Drake

A bar just behind the city council chamber. Ten Forward has nothing like this!

And for fun, a preview of the ROTC routine this year: