As a continuation of last week Ill be talking about the time I spent in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is about 100 miles driving distance north of the Niagara- US border and well worth the boring and drive that is anything but scenic.
While making our yearly Canada trip, my friends and I really lucked out one year. The Jets were playing Buffalo in the Rogers Centre in Toronto on a Thursday night. The scheduling and location allowed us to experience a new city and sit inside during the game and more important, the game was on a weeknight which expanded the trip a few days.
Toronto itself is like a smaller, cleaner, and colder New York City. It is always a fun experience to be in another country, but it is also nice to not worry about a language barrier. Most people in Toronto speak English over French.
When we plan these trips a few days before they happen we like to meet up before hand and this is wear the ideas that theme our Binders come about. They usually start off as a stupid thought that quickly turn into somewhat of a dare. This dare eventually becomes a group challenge that everyone on the trip must take part in.
Our idea for this trip was to all don business suits when we went out at night and to all follow the same story that we were stockbrokers who flew up from New York City earlier in the day and decided to hang around Toronto to celebrate a big week on the NYSE.
To make sure our whole game plan was not a two- bit operation, we went over every detail before we hit the town. We all worked for Jon Thomas Financial and after our final meeting of the day were out to dinner and went to a night club still in our suits looking for a classy VIP section ended up in a night that would go down in history as, “Suit Night”.
To make this long story short when you wear a suit out anywhere unusual and are accompanied by a group of “professional businessmen” - people treat you totally different. You can do whatever you want for the most part and others will just watch and allow it. Of course the money to back up adventurous nights like this is imperative as the restaurants, bottles, and roped of sections of clubs are not the cheapest, but all well worth it.
Toward the end of the night I had to stop, look around, and take it all in. I showed up with seven other stockbrokers and every one of them had their own “Suit Night” happening. Over the DJ’s microphone you could hear “Jon Thomas Financial Hoooooo!”, and the crowd yelled back every time. The VIP section had a dance floor that was livelier than the actual dance floor with drinks flowing just as much as the actual bar. It was like a scene out of Wedding Crashers- you would think we were actually celebrities.
As a continuation of last week Ill be talking about the time I spent in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is about 100 miles driving distance north of the Niagara- US border and well worth the boring and drive that is anything but scenic.
While making our yearly Canada trip, my friends and I really lucked out one year. The Jets were playing Buffalo in the Rogers Centre in Toronto on a Thursday night. The scheduling and location allowed us to experience a new city and sit inside during the game and more important, the game was on a weeknight which expanded the trip a few days.
Toronto itself is like a smaller, cleaner, and colder New York City. It is always a fun experience to be in another country, but it is also nice to not worry about a language barrier. Most people in Toronto speak English over French.
When we plan these trips a few days before they happen we like to meet up before hand and this is wear the ideas that theme our Binders come about. They usually start off as a stupid thought that quickly turn into somewhat of a dare. This dare eventually becomes a group challenge that everyone on the trip must take part in.
Our idea for this trip was to all don business suits when we went out at night and to all follow the same story that we were stockbrokers who flew up from New York City earlier in the day and decided to hang around Toronto to celebrate a big week on the NYSE.
To make sure our whole game plan was not a two- bit operation, we went over every detail before we hit the town. We all worked for Jon Thomas Financial and after our final meeting of the day were out to dinner and went to a night club still in our suits looking for a classy VIP section ended up in a night that would go down in history as, “Suit Night”.
To make this long story short when you wear a suit out anywhere unusual and are accompanied by a group of “professional businessmen” - people treat you totally different. You can do whatever you want for the most part and others will just watch and allow it. Of course the money to back up adventurous nights like this is imperative as the restaurants, bottles, and roped of sections of clubs are not the cheapest, but all well worth it.
Toward the end of the night I had to stop, look around, and take it all in. I showed up with seven other stockbrokers and every one of them had their own “Suit Night” happening. Over the DJ’s microphone you could hear “Jon Thomas Financial Hoooooo!”, and the crowd yelled back every time. The VIP section had a dance floor that was livelier than the actual dance floor with drinks flowing just as much as the actual bar. It was like a scene out of Wedding Crashers- you would think we were actually celebrities.
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