1. You know someone who was cousins with one of these guys:
2. And THANKED GOD when this opened, so you didn’t have to go all the way to Elgin Mills anymore:
3. You had your sixth birthday party here:
4. Your seventh here:
5. And still eat one of these on special occasions:
6. And you also have vague memories of birthday parties at a strange, amazing place called The Mad Hatter:
7. You were on the Richmond Hill GO train the day this happened:
8. It's THORNHILL, NOT Markham or Vaughan:
And if you're REALLY hardcore, you might not even count this neighbourhood:
9. You sometimes used to say you were from Toronto, until this happened:
10. But you did start calling it T-Dot as soon as this guy told you to Get Ready:
11. You get your spicy salmon here:
12. Jerusalem toast here:
13. Take your Bubby here:
14. LOVE the party sandwiches from here:
15. And devour the smoked meat here:
16. This was the first mall you loved:
17. You got your ears pierced here:
And bought your BFF one of these:
18. But then this store opened:
And it was a REALLY big deal.
19. So now you go here:
20. To shop here:
21. And ahhh the 14A movies you snuck into (sigh):
22. Every school field trip was to this place:
23. But you WISHED it was here:
24. Speaking of which, you liked it better when it was owned by Paramount, because:
25. Is really called:
26. You’ve cried over more game 7's than anything else since the day you were born:
27. And don’t know what a "Rogers Centre" is:
28. Whenever you were in the States, people asked if you went to:
29. And were best friends with this guy:
You weren't though, 'cuz he’s from FOREST Hill.
30. You learnt to ski here:
31. And knew Hunter’s Point had the best hill for tobogganing on snow days:
32. You skated at Mill Pond:
33. And have experienced this adorable nuisance:
When driving past this pond:
34. You still have this jersey tucked away somewhere:
35. These two taught you to dance:
36. And you learnt to swim here:
37. You went to a bat mitzvah or two here:
38. With these guys:
39. When you’re back in town, you like to go here:
40. Unless you were one of those kids who went here:
41. Half your friends went here:
42. And the other half went here:
43. But for some reason your parents sent you here:
44. You bowled your first strike here:
And know exactly what happened at the massage parlour next door…
45. You learnt to shoot here:
46. To putt here:
47. You'd kill for a burger from here:
48. And do boys' night here:
49. And sadly can't deny this is your date night go-to (isn't it everyone's?):
50. You’re always gonna call it York Central:
50. You’re always gonna call it York Central:
51. You kiss and ride to get downtown:
52. And finally, you thought high school would be exactly like this:
Or this:
But really, it looked just like this.
Plus you had to share your locker.
There it is, my Thornhill. What's yours?
