Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's appearance at Taste of the Danforth gets residents talking After a series of videos showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at the Taste of the Danforth on Friday night were posted on social media, several people took to Twitter to debate what they were watching. Some of the videos and photos were taken by 20-year-old Mala, a finance student at George Brown College, who lives on Greenwood Avenue. Mala, who declined to give his last name, said he spent almost an hour with Mr. Ford last night after first spotting the mayor talking to his neighbours outside a black SUV on Greenwood Avenue around 9:30 p.m. He seemed to sway. He seemed to slur his words," said Mala, who added that Mr. Ford did not have any police officers or staff around him at the time. "To see him in that state of mind by himself, I was actually concerned," he said. As more people began to crowd around the mayor, Mr. Ford said wanted to go to the Danforth and "party," according to Mala and as heard in the videos. Moving slowly, the crowd followed Mr. Ford north on Greenwood Avenue and then west on Danforth Avenue, stopping several times along the way for the mayor to pose for pictures with the area residents. Police and city staff joined the mayor about 30 minutes later. When they reached a convenience store at Donlands Avenue and Danforth Avenue, one of the mayor's staff drove up in the black SUV the mayor had been standing outside earlier, according to Mala. Mala said the SUV stopped in front of the mayor, but the mayor did not get inside. Instead, he continued walking west, and the SUV followed. During the hour that Mala spent with Mr. Ford, he said the mayor talked about sports, asking people if they played hockey, soccer, football or basketball. "He said he wanted to party a bunch of times," said Mala. In one 57-second YouTube video from the popular street food festival, Mr. Ford is seen holding a Tim Hortons coffee cup surrounded by a group of people laughing and talking to him. He can be heard saying: "We're gonna go up to the party, man. I wanna get these kids playing football. At one point, Mr. Ford tells the giggling crowd surrounding him with cameras, "I wanna go up to the Danforth. Let's go party. Another video that had garnered more than 15,000 views by Saturday morning begins with Mr. Ford insisting "I'm not driving, I'm not driving, I'm not driving." After stopping for a picture, he takes off his blazer and walks down the street as a small group of people follow him laughing. Deputy mayor Doug Holyday, who recently won provincial by-election in his Etobicoke-Lakeshore riding, said that it is not unusual for the mayor to be by himself. Mr. Ford helped Mr. Holyday's campaign by going door-to-door with him. He's not always accompanied by somebody. I don't know why it would have happened last night. Certainly, when I was campaigning, knocking on doors, he didn't have his staff with him," said Mr. Holyday. Mala said it was unbecoming of the mayor to appear intoxicated in public. I know it's Friday night and so what? But he's the mayor of Toronto," said Mala. He's the face of our city... So far, it seems everyone's taking our mayor as a laughing stock because of all the negative publicity that he attracts to himself. The mayor's office has not yet responded for comments regarding last night's events at the Danforth festival. Mr. Ford has been reported to have issues with alcohol in the past. In March, his chief of staff denied allegations that Mr. Ford was asked to leave a charity dinner attended by cabinet ministers and other politicians for appearing intoxicated.