Toronto – Well, it’s the weekend, so what are you going to do? here are a few our suggestions!
- Absolutely Nothing – don’t let sites like Torontoist and BlogTo trick you into thinking you need to go out and experience cultural things on the weekend. I say fuck it, sit at home, scratch your ass and watch all three seasons of Arrested Development on Saturday, then watch 9 hours of football on Sunday. People will say ‘oh its so nice outside!’. It’s been nice outside for about a 3 months now, that should not be a reason to go out.
- Watch a crappy movie – everyone is still on their TIFF high, and raving about the latest Honduran film that has changed their lives. You know what? they can bring up that movie in a conversation and no one will know what they are talking about. So suck it up, go to AMC and go watch GI Joe or something. That’s way more of a conversation starter.
- Inner City Tourism – Everyone says Jane and Finch is horrible. Have you ever been there? I have not. You probably have not either, so why are you dissing a place you’ve never been? I say, put on your worst clothes, and check out some of the slummier areas of Toronto – Jane/Finch, East Scarborough, Jamestown. Walk around for a few hours..maybe try to score some crack or start a gang war. You might gain some perspective the next time you ask for soy instead of milk at your local fair trade coffee shop the next time you go with your mac book.
- Go to the Club District – Us indie kids are so comfortable in our own zones, why not try something different? Put on your finest stripe dress shirt, frost those tips and head down to the zoo known as the club district on a Saturday night. If you are a guy, you’ll probably walk into a few posts looking at all the girls fall out of themselves in their mini skirts. If you are a girl, you might get roofied. All in all, it’ll definitely be a new experience, and you and your friends can all bond while complaining about the music they’ll be playing.
- Concerts? – If you aren’t feeling particularly like something new..there’s always a host of good shows within this great city of ours, historyjen has a boat load of good cheap local shows to go to. There’s also concerts by Soulsavers, Panic Manual favorites White Lies, forgotten hype band the Watchmen and the Hold Steady.
There you go, five suggestions for the weekend. Here’s a song by White Lies.
