Hub and I took a trip downtown (scary) to Word on the Street last Sunday. I’m not sure what Fiona Fairy was supposed to represent. She wasn’t anywhere near the children’s area but her ensemble certainly as eye-catching. Unfortunately, the organizers changed the layout. Instead of the main tents being located on the grass under the trees in Queen’s Park, they were jammed onto the street and, as a consequence, there was less space for audiences and the noise level inside was much more distracting. The booths stretched from Bloor Street all the way south to College Street, but there was less space to meander. Balloon guy was doing a roaring business. Very creative constructions – not all guns for boys and flowers for…

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