Canadians were apparently a large proponent of Earth Hour and I played my part by turning out all the lights I could around me during the hour. Luckily for me, I wasn’t at home so the task was actually pretty easy. I couldn’t turn off any lights around me! Instead, I went to the Earth Hour celebration at Nathan Phillips Square. I didn’t actually go to support Earth Hour, but because Nelly Furtado was giving a free concert. There was a general confusion about the event because the start time kept changing and the performers kept shifting. The event was supposed to start at 6:45 but we arrived at the start of Earth Hour since apparently the main performers would only be on starting 8PM.

We actually arrived a bit late, because prior to this we went to have dinner at Salad King. I don’t know why I am (was) so favorable towards Salad King, but literally half the times I want to go there, it’s closed. The other half of the time, there’s a huge wait. For example, it took us over an hour to get a table for 7.

The concert was pretty lame. First, there were a huge number of people there, and we couldn’t get past the skating rink. Even there, we couldn’t see anything. Secondly, there were absolutely no lights save the stage. This is in keeping with Earth Hour, but if you can’t see the stage, then you can’t see anything in the dark. Lastly, Nelly Furtado only sang two songs – Say It Right and I’m Like A Bird, but apparently we missed Turn Out The Light which kicked off the event. The Philosopher Kings and Fefe Dobson were there, but it’s pretty boring when all you can see are black shadows moving about.

After the concert, we headed up to Victor’s place for his party. There was a lot of Smash playing, but the rest of us “social” people had a good time I think.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: concerts, environment, toronto