Somehow I managed to take over 800 photos on my trip to Greece this past summer. It took me a while, but I’ve gone through them and selected a subset of 82 photos to upload. The trip was great – in terms of islands I visited Naxos, Paros, Mykonos, Ios and Santorini. I spent 15 days on the islands and 7 days on the mainland (Athens/Tripoli/Nestani).
Saturday night had me in downtown Toronto looking for good ribs. I could have gone to one of the usual suspects like Baton Rouge or The Keg, but instead settled on Houston Steaks and Ribs. The restaurant is typical of a steakhouse with dim lighting, large booths and a relaxed, casual atmosphere. As an appetizer we had the baked goat cheese and the main course was (of course) the ‘Houston Ribs’. I particularly enjoyed their desert menu, which was all 7 options on a platter brought straight to our table. Overall the entire experience was above average and I left satisfied having had good ribs. For 2 people (dinner, dessert, tax and tip) your looking to spend around $70 to $80.
I was downtown today after work with a good friend celebrating my 25th birthday that just passed a couple days ago. We didn’t have any particular restaurant in mind and just happened to stumble upon Le Papillon. The restaurant is tucked away on Church street, just south of Front with a warm Mediterranean atmosphere and inspiring menu. As an appetizer we started with a unique blend of chicken liver, spices and cognac eloquently called Pâté Michelle. As my main course I had the Filet de Saumon à l’Aneth – Atlantic salmon with rice and fresh vegetables covered in a ‘white wine, lemon-dill butter sauce’. I would highly recommend anyone looking for authentic French cuisine to make their way down. For 2 people (dinner, wine, tax and tip) your looking to spend around $80 to $90.
Update (July 27/07): They were very strict on using a camera anywhere on the course. I managed to sneak a couple videos, here’s Mike Weir on the 1st hole taking his 2nd shot. It was great to have Mike Weir and Vijay Singh in the same pairing, but its too bad John Daly pulled out.
A friend is volunteering at the Canadian Open this year at Angus Glen and offered me a free day pass for Thursday/Friday. I can’t go Thursday, but Friday I’m going to head down from 11am to about 2pm. The likes of Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia and Phil Mickelson won’t be attending this year, but there’s still going to be some big names including Mike Weir, Vijay Singh, Mark Calcavecchia and more.
It must have been hard to get big names to commit to the Canadian Open, especially with the British Open just last week. Luckily the organizers pulled out all the stops and actually chartered a private jet to fly players from the British Open to Toronto.
A host of the top names in golf were shuttled by private jet from Scotland to Canada on Sunday night in order to compete in the Canadian Open which begins on Thursday. The Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA), organisers of this week’s Canadian Open, chartered a luxury airplane to fly over 20 golfers and their guests to Toronto from Edinburgh immediately after the Open Championship ended.
I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures.
Last Saturday I went to one of the better Indian restaurants Toronto has to offer. It was the first weekend back since Greece and we weren’t thinking Indian food at all. We initially planned on going to this French/Italian bistro in the area (Young and Lawrence) and just happened to stumble upon Tabla. We had a fantastic ‘dinner for 2′ option which covered all types of authentic Indian dishes including curry lamb, butter chicken, amazing samosas and more. For desert be sure to have the strawberry rice pudding. For 2 people, your looking to spend around $60 to $70 including taxes and tip.
