Patios: rooftop patios, poolside patios, backyard patios, restaurant patios, outdoor patios...there's just something about sitting and chatting on a patio that makes chillin' a little more--chillin'.
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Sitting out on the rooftop patio of Club Menage tonight with yet another Chong was just the thing to unwind from yet another marathon of work days. Our conversation ranged from the mathematical theory of non-movement to our own creative theories of why-the-guy-eating-a-burger-in-the-window-across-the-alleyway-hadn't-noticed-us-staring-
at-him-chow-down-yet. But though our topic coverage was broad, the chat was relaxing, in spite of the occasional brain-fart. As we chatted the hours away (and yes, they did fly), we slowly came to the mutual conclusion that there's no place like Toronto; what else did you need that you couldn't already find here? We decided that Toronto had it all...where else would parking vendors steal business from one another by having their attendants wave potential parkers in from convenient looking street corners, only to have the drivers hop the street-curb (in their stylishly low Preludes), drive through the competitor's parking lot, squeeze between two misplaced parking-curbs and into their own hideaway lot for a flat rate of $5? And where else would you be able to have your choice of 8 different patios to choose from to chill at--including ones with such names as Big Daddy's, Joe Mamas, and Menage--all within a 30 second walking distance from your roundabout parking spot? Where else would you go to have dinner on a rooftop patio where the owners pack up all the furniture on a forecast of severe rainstorms provided by friends "out west" (I bet they were from Sauga), only to bring all of it out again 15 minutes later when they realize skies are as clear as ever? And finally, where else would you go to find someone who won't tease you about having a phobia of knees or about hitting your head on the door frame on your way out of the car? Yes, I tell you, Toronto has it all! (Thanks for the chat, Chong)