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April 17 One Night in TorontoDan and I went home to Canada for Easter weekend and it was a fantastic, much-needed trip. We were based out of Burlington at Dan's mum's place, which was nice because we had less than 48 hours in the GTA over the winter holidays due to our hectic, cross-provincial itinerary. It was also really nice because I hadn't seen our friends in Toronto for 7 months and Dan hadn't seen anyone for 10 months. So, our trip consisted primarily of quality time with the fam and quality time at the bar with friends and (finally!!) some good beer  [Beer selection is quite limited in Jamaica (Red Stripe, Red Stripe Light, Heineken and Guinness) and you can only get beer in a bottle; no cheap pitchers!]On Friday night, we went out with Dan's mum, step-dad, his sister and her boyfriend to a local pub for a few drinks. Coincidentally, it was Karaoke night and Dan wowed us all with a stirring rendition of George Michael's "Faith"... though, it definitely wasn't up to Joe-Mercury-standards (read: Dan kept all his clothes on). It was an early night but we still managed to pick up a late-night poutine from Burger King (it didn't hold a candle to ESD poutine!) and have an enlightning conversation about middle-east politics with our Palestinian-Canadian cab driver. Then, we took it up a notch on Saturday. First stop was the Duke of York pub to watch the Sens/Leafs game with friends and fellow Leafs and/or Sens fans. The Leafs ended up winning the game (the Sens clearly threw the game in hopes of poignantly eliminating the Leafs in 4 during playoffs!) but unfortunately, Tampa Bay also won their game, which resulted in the Leafs having no shot at a playoff spot; this means the Sens won't have their shot to sweep the Battle of Ontario this year. At least the Leafs got to feel like winners for one last night before heading out to the golf course. Once the games were done, we headed over to the Madison, where we met up with more people and drank more beer. We spent time at the piano bar, caught up with friends and indulged in another poutine (also disappointingly sub-standard). When the bar closed, we decided that the most logical thing to do would be to walk to Chinatown and get some cheap food. After a long, cold walk, we went in to the first restaurant we saw. This fine establishment offered such delicacies as "Vegetarian Goose" and "General Tsao's Vegetarina Chicken". For some reason, our friend JV thought it would be a good idea to order substantially more food than we could eat. Like, five times more. After paying our $75 bill for cheap Chinese food, we decided to call it a night. Sunday was much more low-key; we went out for a nice brunch with my brother (who came up all the way from Ottawa!) and my cousin and then had a wonderful Easter dinner at Dan's mum's place. We're back in Jamaica now, feeling refreshed and energized. It was so wonderful to see everyone this weekend. Thanks to everybody who came out on Saturday! Dan and I have really missed our family and friends and we're both so happy that we were able to make this trip. Comments (3)
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