Happy Canada Day 2012 #Toronto

May you get everything you wished for on your July 1st birthday. And as Canadians celebrate I hope they enjoy the parties and some bright, loud fireworks. You can find a lot of the parties and fireworks in Toronto on my blog post here. I found the Canada Day Chicks and their balloons, above, in the St Lawrence Market Area on Canada Day.

Canada Day fireworks

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Aboriginal History Month

The Native Canadian Centre of #Toronto celebrated Aboriginal History Month with a drum performance and vendors at Yonge-Dundas Square.

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Prism Aqua Pride at Sugar Beach

The waterfront in #Toronto grooves to the beat of DJ Manny Lehman, DJ Honey Dijon, DJ Aron with a special live performance by Jessica Sutta of the Pussycat Dolls during the Prism Aqua Pride on Saturday June 30, 2012. Plus there will be fireworks at sunset!

With Corus and the big rock on one side, and Lake Ontario and the Sugar Factory on the other side, that leaves Sugar Beach primed for all the action. I passed by early in the morning as they worked on getting the site ready for the big party which runs 2pm to 10pm. The big shiny disco ball goes up on the stage in the photo at top.

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Serenity from Anthony

I spotted Anthony's ink while biking along the Belt Parkway promenade at the end of May.

Always a fan of word tattoos, I stopped him while he was jogging and he was kind enough to stop and allow me to snap the photo above.

It was only after I got a chance to see it that I recognized the top verse as what is commonly called the Serenity Prayer:

God Grant me

the serenity to accept

the things I cannot change

courage to change

the things I can

and wisdom to

know the difference.

When I asked why he chose the Serenity Prayer as a tattoo, he said, "I think it's a good way to look at life, every day, with a positive attitude."

I am not as familiar with the passage below it

Living one day at a time

Enjoying one moment at a time

Accepting hardships as

the pathway to peace

It turns out that those four lines are the next in the sequence of the verse composed by Reinhold Niebuhr, from which the Serenity Prayer was adopted.

He credited an artist named Omar at a shop on Christopher Street in Manhattan with these tattoos. It likely could have been Tattoo Heaven.

Thanks to Anthony for sharing his tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

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#Toronto Pride 2012: Dyke March and Festival

Hot summer 30 plus degree Celsius weather is scheduled but that won't keep away the rainbows during the 2012 Toronto Pride Dyke March and Street Festival on Saturday, June 30. The Dyke March begins with a 1pm Rally on Church Street (at Hayden St) before heading out on Bloor and across and down Yonge Street. There is also a post march picnic at Allan Gardens starting at 3pm.

"Dyke March Route 2012: The march will start with a Rally at 1:00pm at Church and Hayden Streets, then move north on Church to Bloor starting at 2pm, west on Bloor to Yonge, south on Yonge to Carlton and east on Carlton ending at Allan Gardens Park at Jarvis Street. Marchers and Allies are invited to join us for a picnic in Allan Gardens at the conclusion of the March to relax in the shade, participate in art and music, and use the space to make your statement! Please see the Accessibilties Resources section for information on Wheel-Trans, the wheelchair-equipped vehicle participating in the March. This section also has information about viewing stands for the Dyke March.

March, strut, scream, sign, chant, roll and dance your way through city streets. Share the truly awesome energy of thousands of other queer women and dykes. All queer women and self-identified dykes can march. The March is for all dykes and all types of queer women, including (but not limited to) dykes who are lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, questioning, trans, of trans experiences, genderqueer, intersex, and 2 Spirit. The March is absolutely trans and genderqueer positive. ALLIES, we need your help too! Your support from the sidewalks along the March route is really important. Cheer us on!" 

The parade heads south on Yonge Street as the crowd eagerly awaits

The Pride Weekend street fair takes place on Church Street, centred around Wellesley Street. The festival runs from 11am until midnight on Friday and Saturday and until 11pm on Sunday. The party features beer tents, colourful costumes and fun entertainment and events all weeked long.

See more photos after the jump.

The motorcycles led the parade

Meeting friends along the way

Horse and pony show

And onto Church for the Pride Street Festival.

The Trojan construction models

Free whistles from TD Canada Trust

Eyes on Church bodypainting

Gorgeous Hala Zabaneh; Energy Therapist, wearing bodypaint by Natasha Kudashkina (shown painting a face, below)

Some previous marches and street festival photos

MP Olivia Chow marches with the giant Pride flag during a previous march in the photo above.

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