Lou in Canada

What better way to start the year but with a visit from a far-away, fabulous friend!

Lisa Lou came to Toronto last Thursday to this Wednesday with her boyfriend Alasdair. A short visit but good none-the-less.

I went down to Toronto first thing Saturday morning (well after locking my keys in the car and waiting for my brother-in-law to come with his slim jim, but that’s a whole different story)…the drive down was complete shit, snowed almost all the way so you can bet the stupid drivers were plentiful.

After checking into the hotel I went to the pub where Lou and Alasdair were eating breakfast. We then went down to Nathan Philips Square to meet up with Al and Hart for some ice skating…well soft ice and severely dull skates made for some pretty bad skating, at least that’s what we are going with. Then we went to Timmies and decided to go to the ROM.

Then it was finally time for a well deserved drink, Lou and I were already complaining of dry throats….so we went to a place Hart knew, and after one drink went over to another pub for dinner and to watch the Leafs play, and lose VERY badly. There we met up with some others as well. Chrissy then suggested we go to this place called “The Dance Cave”, but then she and Heather didn’t come in because the line-up was too long….whatever, we ended up having a pretty great night.

This was followed by breakfast at Fran’s the next morning. Lou and Alasdair had a hockey game to go to and I went and met up with Bobbi and Brian for a bit. Later that evening Lou, Alasdair and I went to Just Desserts for dinner and a great martini.

Monday morning I drove down to Niagara with them. We first made a brief drive-by of Brock U. and then stopped off at the German Deli for Fanta and Eucalyptus candies. Then we took a stroll through Niagara-on-the-Lake before continuing on to Niagara Falls. Had lunch at TGI Friday’s before walking down and around the Falls. Unfortunately the Canadian side was pretty misty, but we saw some pretty fantastic rainbows and went through the tunnels at Journey Behind the Falls. Heading back up Clifton Hill we went into a haunted house and acted like complete wimps screaming at everything. Before leaving Niagara we drove back down to see the Falls with the lights on.

Finally it was then time for East Side Mario’s. Mmmm daiquiris!!

I then dropped them off at their hotel, I had checked out that morning, and then headed back home. Got in at about 1:30am and headed to work first thing in the morning.

Right at 5pm I headed back to Toronto for a final dinner with Lou, Alasdair, Al, Hart and Rob. We went to the Green Mango (at least I think that’s what the place was called)…anyways, I quite enjoyed the Thai food. It was then back to Just Desserts for a final drink.

It all came to a close too fast, but it was great to see Lou again, and to meet Alasdair and see that Lou and made a great choice and to know that she will be well looked after and taken care of in Scotland.

I can’t wait for the next visit!! Though it won’t be even be close to soon enough!

Here are a few photos of the weekend:

Skating at the Square:

Lou at play at The ROM:

Out at "The Dance Cave", including this for Bobbi because she likes this picture for some reason:

Lou's funky hat (1 of 3) that she tried on while souvenir shopping on Clifton Hill:

Our Souvenir Photo from "Journey Behind the Falls"