We headed downtown on Saturday morning, Susan, Angela and Gillian headed to Originals on Queen Street to go Prom dress shopping. Claudia and I went to the McDonalds on the north west corner of Queen/Spadina. They have a second floor with windows looking down onto the intersection. One of the new streetcars, it has four sections to it.

We were most amazed at the drivers getting out and having to switch the track if they were turning onto Queen or heading south on Spadina. Here is a driver switching the track. Only about 70 percent of the TTC streetcar switches are electronic. Eventually there was a dedicated switcher standing at the intersection.

It only took an hour for the girls to find a dress for Angela. From there it was up to Xam Yu for lunch. We had noodles, crispy beef, shrimp balls, mussels in black bean sauce, and cantonese chow mein. As always it was delicious.

The corner of Dundas and Spadina, it was busy, probably because the weather was so nice out. What a change from a week ago when it was in the -20’s, Saturday’s temp were around plus 12.