A Handstand In Toronto
In an effort to share some of the adventures from my time away from home, here’s a little tidbit. I spent the past weekend in Toronto and had the day Saturday to myself. I grabbed a coffee and hit the streets to wander and take in the city. As I was wandering around, I saw a bunch of people in red shirts that said “City Chasers” and had numbers pinned to their chests. I figured I’d missed a running race earlier in the morning. Then two of the people stopped me and asked me if I could do a handstand. “Um, errr, I don’t know…maybe?!” They explained they were in a scavenger hunt around the city and had to take photos of different things and having someone do a handstand was one of the items. I hesitated, looked around at all the pavement around me and decided the worst that could happen was I’d fall and crack my head open on the streets of another country, but at least they have better healthcare there, so why the heck not? I tucked my shirt in to avoid any sheer embarrassment and flung myself up in the air into a handstand and had my photo taken. I wish I had thought to hand them my camera too, but I’ll just have to remember it in my mind. It was one of those “am I going to be afraid to fail and embarrass myself or live in the moment and do something fun?” I decided on the latter and enjoyed it. Fun times 
You rule! In a silly way, this is another case of being prepared to be successful. After all, if you’d never bothered to learn to do a handstand (like me), you wouldn’t have been able to have the opportunity for such a fun experience. Having weird skills *always* pays off in the end.
That’s too funny!! Way to be a good sport
Your post totally took me back to my first days in Toronto, when our college residence sent us across the city on a scavenger hunt similar to the one you described. It’s a great way to get to know the city and meet interesting people. I hope you enjoyed your time there…Toronto is a great city and I miss it a lot.
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What a great sport you are, I’m sure you totally made their day! And I agree with Sara, having weird skills pays off.
There’s another City Chase on in August, come back then and participate with me!
Way to cut loose and have fun! I’m impressed. We sure need to do more of that! And I too wish you had a photo, that would be PRICELESS!
Oh, wish you had a picture! It’s good to just say “why the heck not?!” sometimes! Good for you.
One time I was walking down the street and a car stopped by me and asked if I would dance for the camera. I said no, they needled, so I agreed. They started blaring music and I started dancing! Turns out they were filming clips for the Ellen Degeneres show. Fun.
WOw sounds like fun BUT you better believe health care is very costly (read you can say goodbye to your paycheck) and not so good in Toronto. Socialized healthcare sucks…take it from me who worked as a dietician in the hospitals there. My husband’s uncle died due to a ruptured appendix…he could not survive the five day wait for his surgery at the downtown teaching hospital. So good thing you did not fall…better to fall the US!!