Neighbourhood #10 (!!) - East Danforth

This is a little bit delayed, but I've been a bit exhausted this week.  I quit coffee earlier this week, so this may have lead to a bit of a disruption.  I don't know if I've gone to bed at 9pm since I was 10.

So last Sunday Sim and I decided to venture into her new hood to see what the good word was.  And there were lots of good words.  The day started with a stop at her new place.  A little walk-around the premise.  A little lookie-loo at the new digs.  And I must say, the new digs, they are fresh.  I look forward to an inside tour as well ;)

Our day started with a breakfast at Melanie's Bistro.  I hate to use absolutes, but that might have been the best brunch I have ever had in my life.  Newfoundland Benny.  Instead of an English muffin it's set on a fish cake.  Wow, wow....wowee wow.  Sim had the Heuvos Rancheros which also looked mighty delicious and minus a plate licking was all gone at the end.  After this most delicious of meals we walked down to Coxwell to do some 5-pin bowling at Danforth Bowl.  I went once for Sonia's birthday party aaaages ago.  It was exciting to get back to the lanes.  And I don't like to brag, but since I never win at bowling ever I will brag.  I WON AT BOWLING.  And although neither of us got a turkey, we did happen to get a communal turkey, which was still satisfying.

The last stop on our neighbourhood tour was at The Circus Coffee House.  Super cute, super local, super smalllll, just super.  Sim went for the Blueberry Pear Mango smoothie, and I went for my regular Americano.  It's what I order when I don't know how to order anything else.  It's my go-to.  We sat and played a most deserving two sets of backgammon.  I think I won one of them, which also rarely happens.  Getting to roll first is usually only something I get to do when I win the first roll-off.  And even then one of the dice isn't even mine.  Just a bit of BG humour.

We made one more detour on the way home which was the Canadian Tire at Danforth and Main.  Apparently there is also one at Pape, but given two choices I will always choose the one more likely to have a larger more accessible parking lot.  Fortuitously, this led to the discovery of the Danforth GO station, which happens to be on the Lakeshore line.  Perhaps it's time for me to get a PRESTO pass.

We got a bit fudged with Santa traffic on the way back downtown.  I thought I had the perfect route but it got all busted up.  I ran upstairs to pick up a moving dolly I had left at Sim's.  And on my way back to the Lakeshore I got stopped at a light while a train of floats zipped by going back to I guess their homes.  Lights were red, lights were green, but we weren't moving.  Sim told me to snap a shot, and I did.  And ironically enough it was the very last float to go by.  And it was smooth sailing home from there.

I may have already said this, but I'm really really enjoying getting back into neighbourhooding.  BTAI.  Big time awesomeness important.

Until next time.