Car Modern 2011

The 2010 Toronto Santa Claus Parade is huge, taking several hours to make the journey from Christie Pits down to the St Lawrence Market area. Floats and bands, horses and a lot of clowns moved down the route while onlookers several layers deep watched on both sides of the road.
Mayor elect Rob Ford walked in the parade as did Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair.

Santa came last, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas riding a float with reindeer flying high above the streets.

HO HO HO. See tons more parade pictures after the jump.

For a photographer, life in Toronto is full of fun and so many great photo opportunities. The people of the big smoke get behind and support so many worthwhile causes - from gay rights to charity drives. One of the biggest celebrations and show of support is for the many LGBT marches during PRIDE week. The Dyke March  is one of my favourites and I always like when they bring out the big rainbow flag. Brim Stone #21:8 is from the mighty Gore-Gore Rollergirls of the Toronto Roller Derby League.

See more pictures - including some more photos from the Ms Chin Bikini Pageant, after the jump.


The architecture in Toronto includes shiny new condos and old buildings and neighbourhoods that make the city a great place to live, work and play. While mayors come and go some of the buildings get better with age - like the iconic flatiron building in the St. Lawrence Market area.

The dark asphalt pavement of Yonge Street has become a large billboard for Kevin Clarke and his latest run for political office as a contender for Mayor of Toronto. Kevin is a homeless man that has been running for office (of several varieties) since the early 1990's. A twitpic post asks the question who is supplying the invisible to white paint needed for his road posts. BlogTO has a story on Kevin and a few of the other fringe candidates hoping to win victory in this 2010 election.
I do remember seeing him quite often along Bay Street and at the corner near the courthouse (old City Hall) in long, flowing robes and talking, talking, talking to people that pass by.

The Canadian Wind Energy Association sponsors the October 2nd, 2010 edition of WindFest which is  Toronto's Waterfront Kite Festival held at Ashbridges Bay. I haven't seen a hot air balloon festival yet but I am hoping that this kite festival comes pretty close. As they say "WindFest is a chance to celebrate autumn, wind power and the breathtaking are of kite flying, on Toronto's largest beach". It's a little cool today so you might want to leave your bathing thong at home.
The kites take to the sky from 11am to 4pm. They also had kids having parachute races.

Toronto Commemorated the 66th Aniversary of the Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. The event was held in City Hall's Nathan Phillips Square  on June 6, 2010 and Kevin Frankish of Breakfast Television was the Master Of Ceremony.