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Dinner in the Sky —in which American Express, as a kick-off to Summerlicious , foots the bill to suspend groups of twenty-two cardholders and lucky members of the media and public thirty-five metres over Dundas Square while they all eat—is done its stint in Toronto as of a few hours ago; the team is off to Montréal next.

Then again, "exciting" may be the exact wrong mindset to frame the experience: while the area is no nicer-looking with a bird's-eye-view, it's far less overwhelming. That's Dundas Square for ya—it takes a crane, a multi-ton rig, extensive seatbelts, twenty-one strangers with cameras, a half-dozen waiters and attendants, a hundred or so feet, and a deep-pocketed corporate sponsor to be able to relax and enjoy a tranquil snack on a weekday afternoon outside the Eaton's Centre.

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