A Toronto story this time, Mikey. Love it. I don’t remember if you ever told me that you two had lived in Toronto for a year or so. It’s the city I grew up in although I was out in the suburbs in Don Mills so Bloor Street West was terra incognita to me. I did, however, visit that Shoppers Drug Mart several years ago and was very impressed with how they had maintained parts of the old theatre. Thanks for giving us a history of the many roles that building has played.
As for your couple and their bickering in the aisles, will you reveal to us whether they end up living happily ever after?!? 🤔😁
Don Mills feels like the moon when compared to Bloor Street West haha. Glad you got to stop in to the Shoppers though in more recent times!
I leave the story open-ended but have my own version of what might happen.
Does she ever say, “We need to break up?” or is it something more?
She is clearly distraught and cannot decide if she can change (hence her looking at new nail and hair colours). I threw in a mention of a putti to suggest a baby because maybe that’s what she is going to say: “I am / We are pregnant.” There are other possibilities too but I’ll leave it to the reader to decide. 😉
Natalia and Fahad are indeed very unpleasant, and as you said about Sadie, I don't know if I would get through 500 pages of reading about the dynamics of their relationship. I like to have some characters that I like in a novel, too! No matter how good the writing is.
Thanks for this feedback! I tend to agree. Even if a dynamic is true to life, it doesn’t necessarily make it worthy of engagement in a fictional context.
I used to go to see films at The Runnymede in the early sixties when I was growing up in this part of nasty little York. So surprised to see it written about here, Mikey!
No and no! Maybe Ben Hur??!!
If there was ever a movie to see on the big screen that would be it!
True. And I have always and to this day prefer and insist on seeing films in a movie theatre. Formative early experiences!
It is impossible to replicate the moviegoing experience at home, there’s no doubt about that.
A Toronto story this time, Mikey. Love it. I don’t remember if you ever told me that you two had lived in Toronto for a year or so. It’s the city I grew up in although I was out in the suburbs in Don Mills so Bloor Street West was terra incognita to me. I did, however, visit that Shoppers Drug Mart several years ago and was very impressed with how they had maintained parts of the old theatre. Thanks for giving us a history of the many roles that building has played.
As for your couple and their bickering in the aisles, will you reveal to us whether they end up living happily ever after?!? 🤔😁
Thank you, Greg!!
Don Mills feels like the moon when compared to Bloor Street West haha. Glad you got to stop in to the Shoppers though in more recent times!
I leave the story open-ended but have my own version of what might happen.
Does she ever say, “We need to break up?” or is it something more?
She is clearly distraught and cannot decide if she can change (hence her looking at new nail and hair colours). I threw in a mention of a putti to suggest a baby because maybe that’s what she is going to say: “I am / We are pregnant.” There are other possibilities too but I’ll leave it to the reader to decide. 😉
Natalia and Fahad are indeed very unpleasant, and as you said about Sadie, I don't know if I would get through 500 pages of reading about the dynamics of their relationship. I like to have some characters that I like in a novel, too! No matter how good the writing is.
Thanks for this feedback! I tend to agree. Even if a dynamic is true to life, it doesn’t necessarily make it worthy of engagement in a fictional context.
Great piece of writing.
I used to go to see films at The Runnymede in the early sixties when I was growing up in this part of nasty little York. So surprised to see it written about here, Mikey!
That’s so cool! Do you remember any of the films you saw? And were there courtyard murals and other details still prominent?