The trip was fun, but I am so glad to be home to get the summer started right. We finally got back last night at 3 am after another half-day delay at O’Hare.  We spent the earlier half of the day at Niagara Falls, but I forgot to take my camera.  So here’re some pictures from Charlotte and Toronto instead.

We got to spend the day before Greg and Molly’s wedding with The Clawsons for some BBQ and a visit toSciworks.

Mmmm. Biscuitville.

I didn’t try a bowl, but the cross-section looked delicious.

This was our hotel in the T-to.  Some girls we were talking to at the Spoon/Clientele show on Sunday night laughed at us for staying there, but it was being renovated, and we got the room for $69.  They also made fun of us for drinking Molson Canadian at the show (which was also the cheapest). Apparently, Labatt’s 50 is more of a beer for watching indie rock shows, and MC is just for hockey. Hmm. Good to know.

View from the room (23rd floor!)

More view from the room

City Hall was next door

One-way signs in Canada don’t say one-way, which was a little disorienting.

I spent a lot of time wandering around to record stores and stuff while Kelly was at the conference on Monday, and then on Tuesday we went over together to gather swag at the trade show. We eventually wandered into the CBC Museum (Free!), which had all sorts of crazy broadcast equipment on display.

This was a sound effects machine for CBC radio in the 80s, there were several drawers like this on the unit, and a wordless control panel on it on top

They had several displays where you could just punch a button with a picture of a show or the name of a historical event and excerpts would play on a little TV.  They started out all lit up, and then each button would dim as that clip played. 

We ate at a great pan-Asian place on Queen St. West called EAST!, which is situated right next to the best piece of graffiti I saw on the entire trip.