A little culture and a ton of clothes

I went up to Toronto this weekend to see a couple friends and attend the Toronto Film Festival. Well, okay, actually I went so I could say that I was "going to the Toronto Film Festival" even if that really just means that we went and saw one movie. ;)

Arriving at my friend's Friday evening, I was suprised to discover, as I walked into her apartment, that I felt more at home, and settled, there, than anywhere else in the last 5 weeks. She's moving out of there next weekend though, and so, when I told her that today as we were walking back after breakfast and she was starting to get sentimental about this being the last time she'd walk down that road, I think I really got to her, hee hee. ;)

Anyway, after a quick change, we headed to another friend's for dinner. Got my much needed drink and had a yummy yummy dinner and then my friend (who's lost a bunch of weight recently) mentioned she had a bag of clothes she was going to give away to charity, but thought we should look through first. She dumps out the bag and the three others of us turn her room into a large changing room (with the one friend's husband sitting in the living room just laughing at us). After an hour or two I ended up with a leather jacket, a jean jacket, another 3/4 length grey spring/fall jacket, 2 suits, a brown sweater, a black knit top (which looks SO CUTE with the skirt from the one suit), a coral long-sleeved loose-knit top, and this pair of jeans that fit me so perfectly that went I put them on my friend was just like "whoa!" (they're also super comfy and I just love the colour!) So ya, out of nowhere, a whackload of clothes - all for free! WOOHOO!!

Saturday was the movie. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. Jack Johnson was the first black heavyweight champion and his winning of the title lead to national riots and lynchings. A very interesting story, if a long one (almost 4 hours - even with the intermission, by the end we were praying for it to end ;) ). Alas, because it was a documentary, and about a dead guy, we saw no celebrities (screw the culture! point me to the celebrities! ;) ) unless you count the director (Ken Burns - that might mean something to someone, meant nothing to documentary-ignorant me ;) ) who spoke before the film and then sat at the table next to us at the restaurant we went to after the show. (I pointed out to my friend that he ordered the same entree she had selected and she was all excited about it).

So now I've attended the Toronto Film Festival. Quite an event! I will have to get better organized next year and see if I can catch more of it. In the meantime I have to figure out when to wear my new jeans!