Results tagged “streeter”

Overheard by reader Mike Linkovich on the Ossington bus, surrounded by five- and six-year-olds on a field trip.

Overheard by reader Allison Prole at the bus stop at Rockcliffe Boulevard and Alliance Avenue last Friday at 2:45 p.m.

4:30 p.m. last Wednesday. Two teenage girls are exiting the northbound Dufferin bus in front of Dufferin Mall.

Queen West. 9:30 p.m. last Wednesday. A trio of teenage girls are crossing Peter Street.

Overheard by reader Jennifer Coghill on Queen Street East in the Beaches. Two women are pushing baby strollers.

Overheard by Robin Hatch at the Beaches Bake Shop two Sundays ago. A girl in a Baby Phat coat and Apple Bottoms jeans and a guy wearing Sean John and Fubu, both with "seemingly inauthentic Brooklyn accents," are paying for their coffee.

5:40 p.m. Dark, cold evening rush hour. Dundas streetcar, eastbound, approaching University.

Overheard by reader Sonia Cass at Eglinton Station two Fridays ago. Two girls, about 12 or 13 years old, are talking about a mutual friend.

The AGO, on the last of the Members' Preview Days. Inside Instant Coffee's Urban Disco Trailer #3, now part of the permanent collection.

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Overheard by an anonymous reader outside of Mitzi's Sister this weekend, where two women in their thirties are catching up over brunch.

Overheard by reader Wade Vroom along Bloor Street West on the way into the Bloor & Ossington LCBO on Monday. A couple is walking arm in arm, discussing moving in together.

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Overheard at the Intercontinental Hotel, the morning after the Matt Damon-hosted One x One gala.

Overheard at the Queen & Dovercourt Starbucks.

Overheard by reader Kate Bowen on the 501 Queen streetcar.

Cashier: Fine.

Overheard by reader Hamish Grant in High Park. A man is talking to his wife near Grenadier Pond. A jogger runs by them.

Overheard by reader Tammy Yiu on the southbound Spadina streetcar last Thursday morning.

A man carrying a coffee cup through the doors of a downtown theatre is stopped by an usher.

A man is questioned by a security officer at Pearson International Airport as he places his items on a conveyor belt to be scanned.

A very well-dressed and perplexed-looking man stands in front of the egg display in a local supermarket, warily eyeing the dizzying array of medium, large, extra-large, white, brown, free-run, cage-free, organic, omega-3, enhanced, hard-boiled, pickled, and even yolkless eggs. He takes a step back, calls a trusted confidant on his cell phone, and asks:

Subway northbound from Eglinton station. Three girls on their way home from high school. One of them puzzles over a semi-cryptic movie ad she spots on the wall.

The men's washrooms at the Fox Theatre, after a kickass screening of The Terminator. A nerdy guy in his late thirties is trying to strike up a conversation with the middle-aged man using the urinal next to his.

Overheard outside the ROM during last night's bomb scare. A small group of friends is standing on the corner of Bloor and University, facing the museum. Guy: You know, if they could figure out a way to destroy just the crystal and leave the rest of the museum intact, I think I'd be okay with this......

Overheard by tyrannosaurus_rek in the ticketholders line for the opening night of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. A young man and woman are discussing what they'll do after the screening of Mulberry Street.

Two girls are waiting for the light at King and Niagara. One girl is teaching the other girl about pap smears.

Last Wednesday night at midnight, outside of Lee's Palace. A wild-haired and creepy old man yells across the street at a group of well-dressed young girls. They're doing their best to ignore him.

Friday afternoon, a Thai eatery in the Annex. Three girls in their late teens or early twenties are having lunch with two middle-aged women, possibly former high school teachers of theirs. One of the girls is expressing her dissatisfaction with university.

In the nosebleeds at a Jays game on Friday night. Curtis Thigpen is at bat.