rfmcdonald | [URBAN NOTE] Two Brief Observations (Reply)

I've recently experimented and tried fast food, from McDonald's and Burger King. I've rarely eaten fast food in the past, for some reason. I've tried the Big Mac, I've tried the Whopper, I've tried McDonald's fish sandwich. I was surprised to find out how tasteless and inoffensive they are; I can't imagine people actually wanting to eat them on a regular basis. McDonald's fries are different, of course, postmodern icons in their way--made of potato yet not potato. All-you-can-eat Chinese buffets are much better.

Walking outside last night as the rain fell down softly, passing south on Bay and then west on Queen, I looked up to the skyscrapers of the financial district. I've been familiar with the spectre of urban skylines marked by illuminated towers, of course. What I didn't see before, though, were the faint patterns made by the individual fluorescent light bulbs themselves. When you're close enough, you can see the individual bulbs aligned to form a skeletal pattern of sorts. In the rain at midnight, it's quite beautiful.