Toronto Adventures
Took a trip this weekend to see some of the old university crowd in Toronto. Names will be withheld to protect the innocent.. and the not so innocent. ;)
Snowfalls have been so few and far between this winter. Why is it that Toronto had to get one of the big ones just on the evening I'm driving in? Weather was fine and roads were clear until I got to Oshawa (I waved Heather, I really did!). Then, the carnage became apparent. Some huge two car crash had two lanes close on the left. Further, on the right, another car looked like it had smashed into the guardrail at HIGH speed. Visibility was ok, but the roads were starting to get covered and traffic became a crawl. Which, really, was a bit of a relief since I was a bit white-knuckled moving along at 100 KPH. It's been a while since I've done a road trip, I'm a bit rusty. :) One thing that helped with the journey was my favourite Edge 102: Live Broadcast from the Kingdome. Live 88.5 here in Ottawa tries, but it doesn't come close to the great stuff Edge plays on their Fri, Sat and Sunday nights. Just beautiful.
Anyhoo, got to my destination about 45 minutes late, so my host wasn't in TOO much of a panic yet. ;) Spend the rest of the evening unwinding from the drive, catching up and swapping new (and old) music.
Saturday was the day of fun. :) After a good sleep-in and a tasty Milestone's brunch, plans were in place for dinner and a club with some of the old gang and some new faces. After a suitable pre-drink period, we went to an Asian fusion place called "East!" which was right across from the MuchMusic studios on Queen. Food was very tasty (in the opinion of someone who loves Thai food) and the wine was reasonable (reasonable enough to buy 2 bottles!).
After food, we took two cabs (there ended up being 10 or so of us) to the Devil's Martini, not so far from the restaurant. This place wasn't bad! Big, with an upstairs and a downstairs, at least 3 bars (that I can remember) and leather couches everywhere. Music wasn't really my thing, but I had enough wine and rye in my system that I could dance to just about anything (photographic proof below) :p.
Overall, a great time and a nice opportunity to escape for a weekend. We're now trying to plan an Ottawa expedition with the same crew.
And, as a new feature, here's my video of the day:
Snowfalls have been so few and far between this winter. Why is it that Toronto had to get one of the big ones just on the evening I'm driving in? Weather was fine and roads were clear until I got to Oshawa (I waved Heather, I really did!). Then, the carnage became apparent. Some huge two car crash had two lanes close on the left. Further, on the right, another car looked like it had smashed into the guardrail at HIGH speed. Visibility was ok, but the roads were starting to get covered and traffic became a crawl. Which, really, was a bit of a relief since I was a bit white-knuckled moving along at 100 KPH. It's been a while since I've done a road trip, I'm a bit rusty. :) One thing that helped with the journey was my favourite Edge 102: Live Broadcast from the Kingdome. Live 88.5 here in Ottawa tries, but it doesn't come close to the great stuff Edge plays on their Fri, Sat and Sunday nights. Just beautiful.
Anyhoo, got to my destination about 45 minutes late, so my host wasn't in TOO much of a panic yet. ;) Spend the rest of the evening unwinding from the drive, catching up and swapping new (and old) music.
Saturday was the day of fun. :) After a good sleep-in and a tasty Milestone's brunch, plans were in place for dinner and a club with some of the old gang and some new faces. After a suitable pre-drink period, we went to an Asian fusion place called "East!" which was right across from the MuchMusic studios on Queen. Food was very tasty (in the opinion of someone who loves Thai food) and the wine was reasonable (reasonable enough to buy 2 bottles!).
After food, we took two cabs (there ended up being 10 or so of us) to the Devil's Martini, not so far from the restaurant. This place wasn't bad! Big, with an upstairs and a downstairs, at least 3 bars (that I can remember) and leather couches everywhere. Music wasn't really my thing, but I had enough wine and rye in my system that I could dance to just about anything (photographic proof below) :p.
Overall, a great time and a nice opportunity to escape for a weekend. We're now trying to plan an Ottawa expedition with the same crew.
And, as a new feature, here's my video of the day:
