This was my 4th time in Toronto, the 2nd time Sean and I have been together.  So we have learned our way around a lot of the city which is nice.

T.O. is awesome.  Its super clean like you’re in Disneyland, everyone is super nice.  We stay at this hotel that is above a jazz bar that is right on QUEEN ST WEST, which is like South St in Philly but a million times cooler.

We got in on Thursday around noon and went to eat and shop for a bit (really I just shopped and bought a pair of Capri pants and a new top); then we napped until the late afternoon (we had to be up at 6am for our flight) & met up with the “groom” and friend Jeff.  He took us to Smoke’s Poutinerie.  POUTINE is the best food ever – it basically consists of fries topped with cheese curd, gravy and bacon.  We had a variation of the basic that had peppercorn gravy and pulled pork. OH MY GOD! So f’ing good.  Sean and I both had smalls but we could’ve shared and been plenty full. It was ridic.

We got tickets to STAR TREK but I think the Poutine put us in a coma b/c we were asleep by midnight and missed the movie.

Friday we shopped (I got a new t-shirt and new dress; Sean got a new belt and a gift for his son), ate a lot (awesome creperie and Canadian/French place called Nota Bene), drank a lot (2 bars called Gorilla Monsoon & The Horse Shoe Café), and went to a sappy goth club (Club Z- the party was called “happy music for Sad People”) that p*ssed me off to no end b/c the dude didn’t know how to spin music, let alone PICK music that people would want to dance too.

FOOD INFO for FRIDAY:
Mary’s Crepe: ham, swiss, egg and mayo with sweet onion aioli on the side
Sean’s Crepe: spinach, egg and feta w/above mentioned aioli on teh side
(this is also where we got it in our heads again that Cafe Mocha is the best thing ever)

Mary’s dinner app: tuna tartare
Sean’s dinner app: crispy duck salad
Mary’s dinner: suckling pig w/blood sausage tart which included truffles and some crispy wontons
Sean’s dinner: pasta and rabbit soffriti

Mary’s drink of choice: jameson & diet
Sean’s drink of choice: jameson & coke

Saturday was the wedding.  The day started out dreary, rainy, but by 4pm it was cleared up save for crazy winds. They’re wedding was at 4:30 at City Hall, Toronto’s city hall looks like a space ship so that was kinda cool.  Jeff and Kiara had a great ceremony; I know Jeff through comic book conventions so he’s a huge geek that is also ridiculously funny.  He dropped the ring (which is good luck so they say) when putting it on Kiara’s finger but made a joke out of the whole thing.  Afterwards we had a dinner with the small wedding party at a pub-like restaurant called THE DUKE.  I was drinking “black velvets” – champagne and Guinness. 

We went back to Jeff and Kiara’s for the after-party where I played DC VS MORTAL KOMBAT and STREET FIGHTER for an hour or so but then we took our leave since we had a flight the next morning.

FOOD info for SATURDAY:
Mary and Sean’s dinner: Shephards Pie

Mary’s drink of choice: “Black Velvet” - guinness + champange
Sean’s drink of choice: Jameson & coke

Sunday we caught a cab with Kiara and Jeffwho were leaving for their honeymoon the same hour we were catching our flight out so that worked out.  We got home and had late lunch @ TGI FRIDAYS and vegged the rest of the day.  It was a nice time for everyone.  Of course we forgot our camera so we only got pictures via Sean’s mobile phone.