Gold Jerry, gold!

Watched Curtis E. Bear (#27) play some hockey up at the Maple Leaf Gardens. This week was pretty hockey focused. Canadian ladies won gold at the Olympics (and I nearly had a heart attack watching it).

We went to a new brewery called "Left Field Brewery" and tried some of their delicious brews. Their IPA is fantastic.

Great job on the branding.

There was a wall where we could suggest names for their future beers. We came up with "Who's on Thirst". Boom.

Sunday morning was the Canadian men's gold medal game in hockey. We got to the pub for 7:00am to watch it. I asked the bartender for coffee. His response: "No coffee. Only beer."

Canada won GOOOOLD! Party down at Dundas Square. Dejavu to 4 years ago!

This street car was brave enough to try to break through the masses.

An evening stroll

We went up to mom's to help paint the basement. I came across some treasures of my youth. These pretty much sum up my personality at age 16.

While we were in Muskoka, Guman's dirty 30 party was going on, so we popped in for a few suds.

T-PAIN.

I found a very cheap dress to wear to one of the six weddings we have this year.

Krisha had George, Tam, Stu and I over for dinner. I had so much fun talking and laughing with her and her incredible family. I didn't think to get any photos while I was there, which I'm kicking myself over.

First walk-home of the season. At the start, the weather wasn't so bad, but it gradually got so cold that my phone shut itself off.

Went for Thursday pub night at the Rebel House and we had a great turnout! Skoobs, Curt, Jeff, Pedwell, Tara, Adam, and even Cody all came out. The pictures I took sucked though. Other than this gem.

Another evening where I walked home. I love this building.

In this terrible cold, here are some of the things I've been clinging to to keep me thinking sunny, tropical thoughts!

Olympics up at Francis Lake

Saw Alex's play, Firebrand, at the Mackenzie House. Alex is incredibly smart, talented and inspiring. What am I doing with my life?!

After the show, went to one of my favorite joints in town. Good ole Imperial.

Let's all go to Imperial

Met up with Jeff, Curty and Smythe at the Caledonian on a rainy Thursday for a few Scottish ales.

For Family Day weekend, we went up to Francis Lake, as per tradition.

Who needs Sochi?

 

We had just been watching the Men's Skeleton Olympics so naturally Stu went face first on the toboggan.

Buddy aka Gordon, the coolest cat I've ever met. He's a giant Maine Coon.

Arm wrestling, of course.

Week started off with a good ole snowstorm. The commute took ages.  Have I mentioned how much I miss my bike?

Definitely toque and big warm poncho weather.

Way too early Valentine's Day flowers from Father.

I love Saturday mornings.

We went for a wander and stumbled upon a gem of a pub. The Museum Tavern was doing a Winterlicous deal so we gave it a go and were pleasantly surprised. The decor in there was fantastic. We were expecting a tacky 60s faux-pub (a la Firkin chain), but instead got a real deal, proper vintage tavern. It's a really great little spot that we've been overlooking this whole time, unfortunately. We'll certainly be going there more often now.

I'm a sucker for fonts in this style. This is below the Museum Tavern.

Saturday night was Stuart's birthday party!

Arm wrestle for the last sausage roll. Classic.

We went to the most bizarre club I've ever been to. It's called The Boat. It's nautical themed and I've never seen so many strange characters on a night out. Maximum hilarity. There was a miserable guy with a green face, a 70yr old bar tender, a guy carrying around a toddler doll and cuddling it like it was real, a Sasquatch who befriended Curt.... and more. Anyway, it did have sweet bathroom tiles.

My Saturday party pretties.

I made a naughty purchase - Diptyque's Eau Duelle. It's incredible. A warm, spicy vanilla fragrance is just what the doctor ordered to help make this horrible winter slightly more bearable.

Morning sun.

Spotted on a snowy winter walk.

The U of T Campus is one of the best looking places in the city.

Sunday evening was all about tea and Mucha. In the Spring we're going to Prague, so I'm brushing up on Mucha. Looking forward to going to the Mucha museum.