Let's face it, Toronto's not really a place I've ever had a desire to go. There are so many other wonderful and exciting places in the world that Toronto is somewhere near the bottom...right next to Manitoba. But since I was going to Boston with Tan, I figured might as well make the best of the jet lag I was going to suffer and check out Toronto while on that side of the continent.
Tan took his hosting duties seriously and as Wednesday approached, he began listing "suggestions" for the rest of the week. First off was dinner w/his nephew on Wednesday. It was his 30th birthday, a milestone not to be missed. Thursday was oysters with his close friends, however they were balls deep in packing, so they weren't able to join. Tan and I still ended up going for oysters and we later met up with his friend Jeff at Reposado a quaint little bar dedicated to Tequila with a live band.
The baseball game was scheduled for Friday. Aside from being surrounded by 14yr old girls, screeching in our ears, calling out to Alex Rios whenever he was in the field, and the fact that the Blue Jays lost in a dramatic fashion - grand slam in the 8th - and the horrifying replacement of "Take me out to the ball game" during the 7th inning stretch with some random song who's chorus is "Ok, Blue Jays, let's play ball", well....it was ok. Frankly it was tough to get over the 7th inning stretch song replacement, I mean, even the Canadians - a minor league baseball team - play "Take me out to the ball game". Sigh, I digress.
Saturday was the musical, and we decided to go see We Will Rock You, the Queen musical. We managed to score front row tickets for $25 which did rock! Aside from fearing we'd be kicked in the head or worse, spat on by the actors, it was a great show and amazingly, I knew more than one song! We proceeded to have drinks on a rooftop Milestones patio before making the subway trek back to Tan's.
Though our evenings were jam packed, we did manage to find time for band practice, a la Rock Band style, and movie watching. There were also numerous afternoons spent drinking beer on the patio and doing the daily crossword or game on Tan's iPhone. I was quite impressed at the patio selections in Toronto. Granted we stayed out of the downtown core and hit up mostly neighbourhood pubs/patios but they seemed to be in the middle of the most unlikely of places. One of my favourites was a mexican restaurant on Balwin street, which was just a hop, skip and a jump away from the AGO, and had amazing margaritas that Tan couldn't resist and had to double fist.
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