I was really excited when I learned that there was going to be a midway during the Canada Day weekend.  I don’t play games or ride the rides, but I just wanted to shoot some photos.  But what excited me the most was that it was going to be on the pier.  It was like all those scenes from movies set in exotic locales like Coney Island, or Venice Beach, that I always want to go to (as opposed to the midways on sterile fairgrounds on the outskirts of town).  I headed there for some shots after the fireworks (which I also got few shots of…. actually more than a few).  It was awesome.  I had such a great time just hanging about the midway, conversing with carnies (for lack of a better term), watching the people, taking photos.  As I left, “Don’t you forget about me” by Simple Minds was playing on a stereo and I almost thrust my fist in the air as I remembered the end of the Breakfast Club.  I grabbed an soft serve ice cream on my way home, only to be made fun of for eating an ice cream.  C’mon really? Make fun of a fat guy eating ice cream? Talk about low hanging fruit.  I didn’t let it bother me though, a DB wasn’t going to ruin an awesome night!