No run this morning. No complaints from me. Today was the first day we ate a legit breakfast, before 11. We stopped at the
Persimmon Cafe en-route to shopping in Union Square. No complaints -- good portions and standard breakfast fare. We continued down to hit up some maternity stores, including Japanese Weekend, a local maternity designer. Not much action here, Julie grabbed a pair of boots and we headed down to the thick of it. A few rounds in the shopping centres and I grabbed a tee and Julie some pants and shirts. One pair she's a bit keen on returning.
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| Just another day in the Castro |
We took a cab down to the
Castro, considered America's first and currently largest gay community, to check out the scene and see a film at the historic
Castro Theatre built in 1922. Unfortunately the film selection was either German titles or the new Cher movie, Burlesque. We figured that should be entertain given the crowd. Before heading to the theatre we grab a so-so lunch at
Bagdad Cafe. The cafe is surrounded with windows and provides entertaining people watching. The crowd is seemed to be 95% gay men with a scarce showing from the lesbian crowd. We passed by
Harvey Milk plaza named after the Castro's most famous resident and former city politician and some other interestingly named places such as Twin Peaks, Hot Cookie, and QBar. Purchasing tickets at the Castro Theatre was old-school with the ticket stubs popping out of the counter and the sales booth in front of the doors. The interior of the theatre is like the older theatres in Toronto.
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| Castro Theatre, built 1922 |
The movie was whatever but the crowd's reaction to particular scenes was entertaining. After the film we grabbed a cab and headed back to home sweet hotel.
Some shots from our brief visit to the Castro.
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