Waking City is over. I can get back to my “normal” life.

My bicycle feels neglected. My exercise routine is shot. My painting is dry. My blogs have suffered. My bedroom is a mess. My reading piles are a combined six feet high (that’s not Waking City’s fault, but since I’m on a roll…)

For the last two weeks, this game consumed almost every waking moment of my life. When I wasn’t at work, I was running around the city looking for clues or solving puzzles.

It was an intense experience.

Thanks to the game, I saw so many parts of the city which I will definitely revisit.

Parkdale is one. Sure, I hated that place while I was there. Sure, the Roncesvalles puzzle was very, very, very hard, and I curse it even to this day. Sure, it was cold and the bums there kept asking for money or staring at you in a “hey baby” sort of way. And sure, it made me miss the season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy, but you know what? I’m coming back. I see myself having coffee at Alternative Grounds, or trying the food at Chopin’s, the sugary sweets at Queen of Tarts, and even saying hello to the lovely lady at the pet store who helped us tremendously.

The Village is another. This Ain’t the Rosedale Library looked like a nice place to re-visit. And I missed so much during the two days we were there because my focus was completely on the puzzles and not the neighbourhood. I am definitely coming back.

Kensington too. Must buy some cheese at Cheese Magic. And say hi to Jacqui’s aunt at Moonbean. There was a fantastic spot on the roof of a parking garage in the area which showed a fantastic view of the city. Mental note: bring camera.

There are other locales and I will be talking about them in my summary of the whole experience. Either here or on my blog. Or both (even though that’s frowned upon… c’mon it’s the same content! I will not rewrite it).

I took many pictures and videos; over two gigabytes. That’s about 500 stills and 20 videos. As soon as I think of a way to share them which won’t drive me nuts, you’ll be seeing them too. I hope.

If you’re interested in media there’s some at iplay.torgame.com. For more about the game and possibly when the next one will be, check out www.torgame.com.

For now, back to life. Back to laundry.

Same rule as before. Figure out where the photograph was taken and leave your answer in the comments. Image courtesy of 416style on Flickr. Also while you’re at it, people still haven’t cracked Swoon’s “Where in Toronto #3?” so give that a shot while you’re doing this one.

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Wow! The ATOMIC 7 are playing this weekend! The ATOMIC 7 are one of the side projects that spawned from THE SHADOWY MEN ON A SHADOWY PLANET. (One of Shadowy Men’s big hits was the Kid’s in the Hall Theme if you recall). Surfer Hillbilly at it’s finest. Get your groove on and your butt skakin’ down to the Cadillac Louge (1296 Queen W). Saturday Night!!!

Not sure if I can make it but it would be GREAT to see the Atomic 7 play again… Definitely one of my favourites…
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