Before adventure thoughts
Mood:  a-ok
We are planning our visit to Church st. and are writing a little piece on what we expect to see and experience during our visit. A friend of mine is gay and when I visit him in the city, generally we will go for a walk and a coffee on Church St. It's a place for gay people to feel comfortable being gay without being descriminated against. They can be comfortable walking holding hands and showing public affection like straight couples do without being stared at or whispered about, or feeling like they are making a statement. What I expect to see when we go to Church St. is fairly similar to what we would see in other areas of Toronto (shops, cafes, bars) but with more gay men in them. I love the bookstore they have on Church st. It's filled with books on Art, Mythology, Religion and books on Gay Culture. Generally I think that people will be fairly friendly. The restaurants and the cafes have a slightly upscale classy feeling to them. The Starbucks has all leather couches and nice table lamps and the restaurants are named after great gay writers ("Oscar's" after Oscar Wilde) with the "Bosie" room named after his lover. I find this to be a very culturally rich area of town. At night it becomes a party (last time I was there I saw someone dancing on a table on the patio of one of the nightclubs) but that was during a festival. I havent really experienced Church St. at night. There is an air of sexuality that lingers over Church st. and a sort of vibrance with color and rainbow flags hanging everywhere. It's a fun place.

-Jess