A Toronto moment When I stepped on the subway this morning I found I was three feet from Toronto Mayor David Miller. I had heard he lived out my way and that he took the subway to work every morning.
→[More:]He was wearing a suit with a Toronto skyline pin on the lapel, was very punctilious about saying "excuse me" and "sorry" whenever he bumped into anyone, and was deep in quiet-toned conversation with another man in a suit — something about Etobicoke. I looked around to see if anyone else recognized him, and on that crowded train I saw no sign at all that anyone had. They all had "meh, it’s Monday, shoot me now" looks. No one else even glanced at him.
I should really look up the correct way to address one’s mayor in case I should see him again... is it Mr. Mayor or will Mr. Miller do? Or is there some other form of address? Anyway, my uppermost thought in all of this was, only in Toronto... I bet the mayor of New York doesn't take public transit to work.