On that first weekend ever in Toronto

A selfie before the age of selfies

1996.05.27 late night in Toronto [opt]

Long time ago when I had black hair

Monday, 27 May 1996
25 storeys above Bay Street, just north of Elm, Toronto

I never was much for selfies. In retrospect, this selfie came about from meeting a toxic person on the internets, but that’s what was necessary for me to stumble upon my true love for life, the City of Toronto.

This webcam shot, super-low-res from the onset, took place inside said toxic person’s dwelling during the first 48 hours of what would be many more years of my being in Toronto. Obviously, I hadn’t yet clued in to the toxic stuff: I was still blithely in my early twenties.

But Toronto. Fuck yeah.