So anyway, back in Toronto, I've been kinda busy and not just with work....
I took a one off cooking class (Intro to Spices) and made four different dishes, plus learned some knife skills, which have been coming in handy. I just re-made the Chicken curry the other night and it turned out pretty well. Need to crank up the spice a little bit for myself though.
For 4 weeks, just ending this past week, I took a beginner's crochet class. I'm sure all the boys are rolling their eyes, but it was something I'd always wanted to learn, I got to meet 6 women who I don't work with (something I'm deseperate to do more often), and one night a week I was guaranteed to leave work at 6:15. A big thank you to my boss for being so encouraging about scheduling something one night a week.
Here are two of my crocheting acheivements, a cool (and easy) green hat, and a little white rosette. I'm still working on a red beret we start in week 3. If you'd like to place an order, just let me know. =)
Julio and I went to go see Flight of the Conchords in concert. I was so excited about this show - I actually bought the tickets the first day I arrived to work in Toronto. And it totally lived up to all my expectations. If you guys ever have the opportunity to see them live, you will not be disappointed!
They came on stage dressed as robots:
And it only got better from there. =)
I've been to two Blue Jays games at the Rogers Centre, one against the Oakland A's with Julio and Stew. Julio bought a foam finger, which was pretty awesome.
The second game was with Jason, fellow Dartmouth alum and husband to the lovely Katey, who was in Niagara-on-the Lake for business. Annoyingly I didn't take any pics from that game, but it was against the Yankees, which was amazing. A-Rod and the new Yankees pitcher, AJ, were booed so loudly every time they played, it was hilarious. And the Blue Jays killed 'em 5-1, so it was a lot of fun. Sadly the roof was closed both times, but one day I'll get to see it open. It's weird to me being in an indoor baseball stadium. All the hallways are carpeted, which really freaks me out for some reason.
My friend Sarah, also from Dartmouth, was in town for a couple days for a work conference. We went out to dinner at Terroni, which has amazing pizza, and then went out with some of my friends from work to the Drake the next night. The Drake gets pretty sceney on the weekends, but it feels very Chicago/NY/even a darker LA, had a great upstairs patio and AMAZING macaroni and cheese, so it's quickly becoming one of my top spots. It's also a cool hotel, there's a club/dancefloor in the basement, and they have community events there too. Plus a photobooth! Disappointingly the last time I went (with Sarah) the photobooth was working but the photos printed so dark, the only things you could make out were our teeth and the shiny spot on my forehead. Lovely. But, if Farrar is reading this, I'll make sure we give it another try when you come to visit.
The past 3 weeks (she just left Friday), Beth from our London office was over to help out. It was awesome having her here, she wanted to go out and see the sights and do lots of stuff and I was more than happy to go with her.
We rented a car for the day, went to Niagara Falls and rode the Maid of the Mist (this comes only a few weeks after my marathon viewing of Wonderfalls, so I was pretty psyched for this road trip)...
The actual town of Niagara is pretty ridiculous. It's got this gorgeous natural wonder, a pretty park and then a main street that has all the blinking lights and tacky-ness of Atlantic City. Ick. But Niagara-on-the-Lake, a town nearby, is absolutely adorable - very small town touristy USA (despite being in Canada) with most stores selling sweaters, fudge, syrup or some combination there of. And there are lots of wineries along the way, so another trip may be in order.
We also went up to CN Tower one night.
Here's the CN tower during the day, en route to Rogers Centre...
At night, from the viewing area and bar...(you can even see the bar reflected in one of the pics)...
A view of the Rogers Centre from above...
And in other exciting news, the terribly ugly bruise on my finger is almost healed. I hit my thumb with a hammer (a la Tom from Tom and Jerry or Elmer Fudd or Coyote) the week I moved into my apartment, so mid February. Unfortunately I hit it right at the bottom of the nail, so I've been monitoring the terribly slow progress as the nail (and bruise grew out). It's finally almost over...
Now is this the most exciting blog in the world or what? =p
Alright, cold meds are wearing off, time for another dose and a nap. xoxo
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