day 5 - hello eaton center

This is the day I've been waiting for my whole life. I'm not lying, I made Anthony get up at like 8am so we could get dressed and go - and hit up Tim Horton's on the way.

Toronto Eaton Center, or TEC..what we like to call it at the L Brand, the shopping mall of all shopping malls. Located downtown, and a number of blocks from our hotel, this was for sure the gem of our trip. We did some damage here.I scored some new cognac coloured boots, a new camel coloured winter jacket, a striped beige and black sweater dress, as well as numerous other things. (I'm apparently feeling beige this fall)

After our shopping trip we tried to get to Kensington Market, however while we were en route somewhere in the middle of Chinatown we were hit with a thunderstorm. Lucky for us we there was an H&M like 20 steps away down Queen St. I found a great linenesque sheer top as well as a beige knit dress.

Today was quite a long day because after all this we went for dinner to a place called Verona, THEN we went out with Ryan and another one of Anthony's friends who moved away. More drinking, cabbing around the city, singing at a piano bar, and mcdonalds made for a great drunken adventure.

In front of one of the theatres on our street.

Getting ready to go out in the hotel room.

day 4 - welcome to Toronto

We didn't arrive in the big city till about 6pm, just in time for dinner! Our hotel, the Hyatt on King, was perfectly located. There were about 150 restaurants on the block we were on, The Score was attached to our building, and the TIFF building was next door. Its a shame the film festival starts the day after we leave, its a huge deal in Toronto.

We immediately got changed and headed to Le Saint Tropez restaurant for dinner. Before we had even left Winnipeg I had scoped this place out and decided we must try it (Mostly because we'd love to go to the south of France). The food was delicious, so was the sangria...to warn you I did a lot of drinking on this trip. We ate outside, and it felt like we were really in a French bistro.

After dinner we ventured to the LCBO a block away and picked up some local beer. Mill Street Lemon Tea Beer and Steam Whistle. The lemon tea beer was DELICIOUS, it was like iced tea beer. We then retired to our (noisy) room and watched some TV.

We made it to Toronto!

day two and three.

My next couple days were spent exploring the suburbs (Oakville, Mississauga, etc). We ran a few errands, visited some family, and of course went back to the Monastery bakery - a few times. (Oxford comma?) By this time I was getting quite restless in the suburbs and was ready for a change.

The day before we left for Toronto we hung out with a guy who Anthony used to go to school with and we had a mid-day drinking adventrure which was quite noteworthy. We started in Oakville at a place called the Tin Cup, had 2 pitchers and some great eats (amazing butternut squash soup). We had the whole day and we decided to do whatever we felt like. We then headed to Sherway Gardens, a shopping mall, and went directly to the Pickle Barrel Grand that was conveniently located inside the mall. After another pitcher it was time to shop. It was smart of us not to purchase anything after 3 pitchers, however I would assume the boys had a higher tolerance for that stuff than me.

Now seeing as I'm writing this after the fact (I'm sorry I've just been so busy), the end of this post would say something like... "Toronto tomorrow, yay!"

Ryan, Me, and Anthony outside Best Buy before our adventure.