Slowly but surely I am catching up.
The christmas holidays flew by way way too quickly. I miss them. But lets not dwell on that shall we?
Today Im going to talk about the christmas present I referred to in my last blog - the gift from Seester.
I just have to say Im so glad that I purchased the many avon nail polishes I have on a very good discount. They take an eternity to dry. It took me an hour and a half to get ready simply because I ended up having to fix my stupid nails three times. Gar!
We ( that would be Seester, momma G, the mother and sister in law of Seester and her friend Heather) All met downtown toronto. For this to happen I had to take....
THE SUBWAY *followed by epic deep voiced echos*
I love the subway. I have learned to bring a book and under no circumstances should eye contact be made. Ever. This has protected me from the creepy people that I used to be a magnet for - that is until I got schooled by experience after experience. Since I was deeply immersed in the land of Katniss Everdeen this was an excellent opportunity to continue immersing myself in that land, uninterrupted. Ah Bliss. Anyhow, I love the subeay because I can read and not feel like puking and it gets you downtown so much faster than a car.
We met up at the mall ( the mall...haha. Anyone from here knows what Im likely talking about. )and their food court is all high class now. Plastic cutlery? I think not!!!! I am impressed with it though. I got a free sample of butter chicken sauce mmm mmm.
WE then made our way to a theatre and watched Aladdin. It was very good. Im pretty sure the genie acts exactly the same in real life. I had to pee towards the end and the usher wouldn't let me back in. I was very distraught but I found a slab of cement to sit on and at least I could still see the show.
We then took some pictures in a park on the way to our restaurant. Poor Seesters plans of having a photo shoot were dampened a little by ice and the reticence of all the people except me. So we had some fun with that.
The sultans tent was an awesome restaurant. We sat in a section that was basically designed to look like a tent. The open areas were closed off with sheets and the decor was all funky middle eastern. Later, at night when they do the bellydancing shows, they open up the tents so you can see the dancers.
The food was.....mmmm. I was especially fond of the maftoul, this meat in spices wrapped in phylo pastry. SO FREAKING GOOD. The waiter had informed us that people usually dont share them. I knew why as soon as I took one bite. I ate a ton of couscous. Bad. Bad idea. But so so good. Unfortunately poor Heather did not have good luck with her salmon. It was raw. Twice. The third time is wasn't, but by then she was full of basically nothing but rice and asked for it to be picked up. It was kind of hilarious and really sad all at the same time. After dinner they served us really sweet mint tea. Apparently you are supposed to pour it from way up high because...um...because.....um. Something to do with messing wtih the flavour if you dont? My dessert was a rice pudding type dessert, only with couscous. I couldnt stomach much of it since I'd already had a butt load of the stuff. Momma G gave me her amazing flourless chocolate cake because after half of it you just can't eat anymore.
Anyway, the bellydancers started. That was pretty cool. Then they invited us to join them. I was wanting to but feeling really shy cuz Id have no clue what to do. Then Jenn launched herself across me and demanded I stand up because we were going together.
hehe
Well to my relief the girl told us what to do. To my horror EVERYONE ELSE had a camera out, with video or snapping pictures. Hmph. It was a lot of fun though and Id totally do it again.
The night ended and off I went back to ...
THE SUBWAY *followed by epic deep voiced echos*
and immersing myself in the world of Katniss Everdeen.
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