Sheriffs In Town

Being originally from Edmonton and living on the north side of the city (where there were many, MANY stables) it was not unusual on summer evenings to be walking around, slurpee in hand, and notice a few folks slowly trotting down the street on horses.

I just didn’t expect to see the same in Toronto, and I sure didn’t expect it to be the police. But, it would seem, Toronto has actually maintained a Mounted Unit, and today, on Queen Street West (which was also drowned out by teens screaming at Someone Famous at the MuchMusic Building, I don’t know who) I actually saw a couple of cops riding their horses in a leisurely fashion. They even jumped into action when some guy tried to beat the traffic lights while making a left turn, and somehow, incredibly, failed to notice that two police officers on freakin’ horseback were watching him do it. The cops issued a ticket, or at least, one did. The other cop sort of tried to pretend nothing was happening while her horse urinated on the street. For several minutes.

Aside from that, we did a bit of shopping for art supplies, ate at a new favorite restaurant in the neighborhood, and then settled down to a bit of work writing reviews and playing Persona 3. I have many, MANY things to say about this game, but I’ll wait until I’m done.