today's track : Thievery Corporation - Heaven's Going to Burn Your Eyes

A cloudy, rainy Saturday; days like this make me get all nostalgic and reminisce about the past.

Oh the past...how I long for thee...

Anyhow, enough of that.

I could go for a blizzard right now -- not the stormy weather kind; the frosty treat kind. Maybe I'll call up Wanda and see if she can be a dear and stop by the deary queen for me. Actually, she's at the art gallery right now with her sister. I would have went but, well...I hate going downtown and...this weather makes me lazy. Ok...it's not the weather, I'm just lazy.

Occasionally going downtown is nice but the past several weeks I've been downtown a lot. I was there thursday night at a restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel called Studio Cafe enjoying a summerlicious dinner. Every year Toronto has this week-long summerlicious festival where all the nice restaurants offer set meals for $20-$30. I'm not a big fan of fancy schmancy dinners but if there was ever a good time to go, it would be during summerlicious. You don't have to pay outrageous prices for food that's more often than not overrated. Thursday however was one of those times where the food was actually good. This was our meal...

Appetizer : Summer Gazpacho Cucumber Cilantro Salsa
Main Course : Grilled Atlantic Salmon Sweet Corn Risotto with Arugula Pesto or Grilled BBQ Flank Steak and Spinach Salad Oven Roasted Tomatoes, Sour Cream and Chive Dressing
Dessert : Raspberry Sorbet with Lemon Biscotti

Quite scrumptious and the atmosphere was a lot more pleasant than the last time I went to one of these fancy restaurants. The waiters and servers were very pleasant and I didn't feel at all like the low-class citizen that I am. Wanda was of course great company and we had our usual wonderful conversation about one day owning a llama farm. It was probably the best 3 hour dinner I've had in my life. Next year I'm going to save up and go to several of these restaurants...hopefully with Wanda again. I highly recommend anyone who's up for the occasional fine dining to do so as well.

Anyhow, It's still cloudy and raining.

I'm still here and typing...

...when I should be out and maiming.

Bye.