Taste of Italy

On June 17th Caroline and I went to the "Taste of Little Italy" on College St. just past Bathurst. Of course whenever we go downtown we stop at her favorite boutique store 

So while she investigated the little treasures inside, I started taking pictures outside. Believe it or not, this guy was not scowling at me!

The streetcar sure takes it's time on Queen St.

Well, you could always find alternative forms of transportation

Eventually some folks just resort to walking

Or just waiting

So now that we are off to the festival, we parked near UofT. Lots of activity and lots of soccer games.

The streetcars were so packed that we had to walk from University to Bathurst. Once we got there the first things to do were for the little ones..

Quite often, the real pictures are behind you. This fellow was taking pictures of a band performing 70's cheesy music.

Then lots of people enjoying the music

Or not

Awesome calypso music. Not sure how it fits litte Italy?

These guys were just terrific. Wonderful old school Italian music mixed in with a bit of Caribbean sound.

Then there was the old faithful, "When the moon hits your eye...."

Whistling along

I wish I had a shot of this guy's wife dancing up a storm. She was great and It looks like he enjoyed it as well.

More than just people at the fair...

You could even wager a loonie or 2...

Come on... would you take 10 instead of 15?

Soaking it all in...

This next shot illustrates the frustration in taking street photography. It was getting dark so I had to bump up my ISO and the fastest I could shoot was 1/60 with my glass. This shoot would have been one of my very best street shots in a long long time but what can you do?

As the evening wore on, the crowds became almost unmanageable. At times we could not move for 5 mins. or more.

So now we are on our way home. Just enough time to take a couple of night shots of 2 of the many buildings that make up the University of Toronto campus.

We really liked this festival as there were far more music options than the taste of the Danforth and until 7 or 8pm we were able to move around far better. There was not a lot of food choices on the street, mostly Penne ala Vodka or some kind of shiskabobs. I would have liked to see some authentic pizza's etc. Overall, I would recommend it.