Rochester!?!!!!???!!!
Now that that giant boat will be drifting between Rochester and Toronto I'm forced to ask the question; What the hell is in Rochester???
I don't mean that in the snobby "I'm from Toronto! The Centre of the Universe!" way. I mean that I really don't know what the hell is in Rochester or upstate NY for that matter. They've started advertising the Rochester ferry in Toronto this past week with billboards in Union Station. One of them shows a lake, one an old building and another has Big Bird on it. I find it hard to believe that that's the sum of what the Rochester area has to offer. So I'm asking the good people of AI that live in and arond there. What is in Rochester?
Mayhaps the Rochester contingent of AI is also wondering what the hell there is in the Big Smoke aside from the world's largest phallic symbol. So, I guess....I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
I don't mean that in the snobby "I'm from Toronto! The Centre of the Universe!" way. I mean that I really don't know what the hell is in Rochester or upstate NY for that matter. They've started advertising the Rochester ferry in Toronto this past week with billboards in Union Station. One of them shows a lake, one an old building and another has Big Bird on it. I find it hard to believe that that's the sum of what the Rochester area has to offer. So I'm asking the good people of AI that live in and arond there. What is in Rochester?
Mayhaps the Rochester contingent of AI is also wondering what the hell there is in the Big Smoke aside from the world's largest phallic symbol. So, I guess....I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
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Anyway upstate NY? Finger Lakes? Wine? I think the main purpose is to cut down on the drive time to NYC right?
http://www.catsfastferry.com
Originally posted by Scott
Looks like a lot of fun.
http://www.catsfastferry.com
that was simply amusing.
People coming to Toronto will be very impressed when the boat pulls up a series of portables and a lovely view of the industrial wasteland that is Toronto's Waterfront.
Maybe all the AIers in the area should take over the Ferry for the next Stevenote. Will get them to show it one of the big screens. Everyone on the boat would think we were so cool.
Toronto's smoking ban comes into effect June 1st so I don't really see a reason to come here.
/nobodyknows...
There is a big cemetery . . . I usually had a couple of hours to kill so I would drive through the cemetery and park for a nap.
There is also the Politechnic Institute . . . a very good tech school
as well as Kodac.
But mostly its a dying once-thriving North-Eastern Industrial city (Syracuse, Poughkipsie, Utica, etc etc) that experiences INCREDIBLY tedious winters: Lake -Effect snow fall . . . nota as bad as Syracuse though . . . which had snow EVERY DAY for nine months, with big heavy, wet snow-flakes!!!
As a student at the U of R, I can tell you that there are a lot of college students who are happy about the ferry, mostly because the drinking age is 19 in Toronto 8) .
Originally posted by InactionMan
A hint for all underage students coming to the TeeDot to drink the best patio in the summer is by far The Black Bull on Queen Street West. Just get your beer in bottles the domestic tap there is putrid and will make you vomit. Just down the street is a place call The Rex, best tap on Queen West.
... It's been 13 years since I called T.O. 'home'; is "Amsterdam" or "My Apartment" still around? What about the Bovine Sex Club?
Ah, memories.
-John
Originally posted by bangstudios
... It's been 13 years since I called T.O. 'home'; is "Amsterdam" or "My Apartment" still around? What about the Bovine Sex Club?
Ah, memories.
-John
I think My Apartment and BSC are still around. Not sure where Amsterdam was, tell me where it is/was.
Originally posted by Scott
It's almost like running a ferry from Chicago to Muskegon.
Did you mean Milwaukee to Muskegon?
Originally posted by 709
Did you mean Milwaukee to Muskegon?
No I mean Chicago. I've been told that Toronto and Chicago are alike.
Lot's of arts. Great museum or 2. Geva Theater etc.
Some decent music.
Cheaper shopping.
Nick Tahoes Garbage Plates
great restaurants
Excellent education. (RIT, U of R)
The ferry is mostly so we can enjoy going to Toronto I'm thinking, but there are a few things here worth checking out. I'm sure to see a bunch of plaid panted people coming off the ferry with clubs in their hands.
http://home.rochester.rr.com/rrours/