international chop suey - a photo on Flickriver

            Toronto, ON

First of all, PLEASE forgive me for the low quality of this shot. It was taken almost 10 years ago with my first iPhone, a 3GS. I was so happy to finally have an iPhone back then. Seems like ancient technology now, right? lol

I recently found this photo, on my computer buried in a folder within a folder within another folder. And I was SO stoked to find it! We used to live just a couple of blocks from here and would walk over to pick up our take-out chinese food. This was one of those old signs that we just took for granted, likely because it was local and so familiar. I don't know how long International Chop Suey was on Kingston Road, but I know it was a long time. I'm sure I remember this place from back in my high school days.

Well, the sign and the restaurant are long-gone now. This is a piece of Beaches history and, quality of the photo aside, I'm really pleased I took the shot -- and found it! -- and that I'm able to share it. I did a little photoshop editing to try to improve it, and I'm not sure I was all that successful, but it's still a treasure to me. Toronto has lost a lot of its old neon signage and so documentation of what we had is, I think, important.

Taken on: September 29, 2011

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Camera: Apple iPhone 3GS, f/2.8, 1/649 sec, 3.9mm, ISO 64 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Apple iPhone 3GS
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/649)
Focal Length:	3.9mm
ISO:	64
Flash:	No flash function
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Soft
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 22.4 (Windows)
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