In an earlier entry, I wrote about the CN tower. I wrote that if you’re going to the CN tower, it’s either to do the tourist thing and see the exhibitions, or to hit the restaurant that sits at the tower’s top. This post is about that restaurant. Where to start when discussing the CN Tower’s restaurant? Firstly, it’s important to know that you’re not just making the journey 500 meters into the air to eat at a fast food joint. The CN tower restaurant is “posh”; a combination of wealthy tourists, and wealthy locals showing their less wealthy touristing [...]

For some reason, alot of the local Torontonian’s we met during our stay in Toronto didn’t have much respect for the old CN Tower. Though famous world wide, we constantly met locals seemingly ambivalent towards the poor tower. They either: 1. Had flat out never even been there. 2. Hadn’t been there in forever and had no desire to go. 3. Referred to it only when mentioning it’s shape as being similar to (in combination with the adjacent Rogers Center) the male genitalia. or 4. Referred to it when joking that it was only the tallest tower for that time [...]