AGO

I finally went to the AGO the other day. Unfortunately, the pass that I got from the library expired after 7 minutes or something silly like that. So that was a bust. However, it turns out the AGO is free on Wednesday nights from 6-8:30 PM.

I checked it out, and it was pretty sweet. I only stayed for about an hour and half, but I usually enjoy this sort of thing best in small doses. Since I didn't pay the usual entry fee ($18 for adults), I didn't feel obligated to try and get my moneys worth. I'm probably going to go back this Wednesday night, and if for some reason I don't, I'll just go next week.

There was lots of great stuff, and a few specific spectalar things that really caught my attention. Two would be easy to describe: A serious of three photographs of streets in Toronto, and a line drawing on a monkey. I can't tell you what it was about them that drew my attention so much. I really enjoyed them, and I love when that happens. Do you get that too? You walk into a room in a gallery and one things just grabs you?

I did do one thing wrong on Wednesday. I brought a tiny backpack, filled with gear so that I could run home. I wasn't shocked to have to check it, but my mistake was also giving them my jacket. The gallery was freezing. It must be to preserve the artwork. Well, I've learned next time.

I overheard two things repeatedly while I wandering around.
"oooo, ooooo, come look at this". (obvious why).
and far more frequently:
"do you have any idea where we are". (it's pretty big).

As I said, I'm going to go back for sure. I'm also going to see if any of the other Toronto "tourist attractions" have free nights.