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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: The Return of the Hug Me Tree</title>
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<title>rach</title>
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we gave the hug me tree a hug everytime we passed it on the way home when we stayed in toronto last summer. 

http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=806775456#/photo.php?pid=842925&id=806775456

i wish there was a hug me tree where i live, tho it would probably be too gross to actually hug :(]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323481</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:11:36 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Show&amp;Tell</title>
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I agree with Elliott, the HUG tree is an integral part of the Queen W. landscape and Elicser is a very important member of the Toronto street art scene.  

If you are interested in seeing more of his work, we are currently showing original art by Elicser in our gallery.

You can view it online at www.showandtellgallery.com or email us and set up an appointment to come and check out the art in person.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323354</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:20:40 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>rek</title>
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The fake tree has been there since mid-September at least.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323331</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:11:37 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>mick</title>
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good see, but kinda old news since Spacing wrote about this 3 weeks ago (link above). But glad to see all the love for this tree.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323302</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:45:05 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>pbo</title>
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Spacing also noted the installation of the papier mache tree for Nuit Blanche: 
http://spacing.ca/wire/2008/10/05/nuit-blanche-2008-impressions-part-ii/]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323237</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323237</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:56:41 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>pythagorus</title>
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I don't know what it is about walking along a good part of Queen St that is almost always guaranteed to put me in a crappy/uncomfortable mood.  No better than the financial district.  As a great woman once told me, Toronto is the kind of place you have to be very self-entertaining.  Hey Meghan, I guess I must've been chained to my desk that day but I wouldn't have ignored you!  One of the most shocking days of my life was walking through the financial district the day after spending a month in the South Mediterranean--after a month straight of seeing healthy, tanned complexioned, friendly, familiar, smiling faces everywhere, EVERY single Toronto face looked either discontented or very constipated.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323156</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:46:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Justin</title>
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I was lucky enough to grab a shot in one of its previous incarnations:

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v98/55/116/501654530/n501654530_69115_8939.jpg]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323111</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323111</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:37:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Milen</title>
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If you interested and want to know more about what happen to the original Hug Me Tree and where it is now, here's the link.

http://spacing.ca/wire/2008/08/12/queen-west-hug-me-tree-finds-a-new-home/

Cheers.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323105</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:13:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Elliot</title>
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HUG is actually a graffiti crew incl. Elicser, the artist who did the original artwork, as well as the new tree on Nuit Blanche.

dope art in my opinion, I always saw it as a fixture on Queen West]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323093</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:32:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Meghan Telpner</title>
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Having spent a lunch hour at King and Bay handing out local organic apples with my bicycle covered in flowers, only to be ignored by most people passing by- I would say the 'Hug Me' Tree is necessary and there should be more. We need a little more humour, a little more lightness and a lot more love in our city. First we find ourselves taking a free apple, then perhaps hugging a tree and who knows... we might even smile and make eye contact with each other. Anything is possible.
Meghan
www.meghantelpner.com]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323088</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323088</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:15:36 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Nathan House</title>
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Do we know who created the 'paper mache tree stump stand in'? I think I like it, maybe even a little better than the old 'real' tree stump.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/10/the_return_of_the_hug_me_tree/#c323084</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:09:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Roman</title>
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Not sure about the tree, but the girl on first picture looks beautiful!]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:10:33 PDT</pubDate>
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