Sorry all that I have not written more regularly but things have been very busy. This weekend was Thanksgiving in Canada which was very pleasant to have early but fairly disorienting because now all I can think about is Christmas and Halloween hasn't even happened yet! On that subject though, I'm pleased to report, that we have settled on being Mounties for Halloween. It's going to be epic. As for this weekend though, we went to Michelle's grandparents house in Toronto. It was an 8 hour bus ride there which was too loong but a much more manageable five on the way back. We got in late Friday night, subwayed to the burbs, and then her aunt picked us up at the end of the line and drove us home. We then proceeded to binge on all of the goodies Michelle's grandparents bought to spoil us with (like all good grandparents should). It was pretty thrilling considering how little we eat junk food. After that, we rented "Adventureland" which was a very awkward but well done comedy that we all throughly enjoyed. I highly recommened it. Then, on Saturday, we ventured into the city and explored. There were copious amounts of fur-lined jackets bussling through the city in and around us. The highlight of the afternoon was when we went to the harbor. We were admiring the birds (malards, seagulls, etc.) when a fellow admirer gave us each a piece of bread to through at them. What ensued what nothing short of brilliant madness (see photos). After that, we realized we were freezing and quickly rushed to find a place to each. Michelle's grandparents treated us to a delicious meal and afterwards we explored College Street which is one of the main bar streets in Toronto. It was nice but nothing thrilling. On Sunday we went to the Art Gallery of Toronto which is a museum desgined by Frank Gerhy, the same man who built the Guggenheim. It was spectacular. What was even more spectaular was the exhibit on Edward Steichen during the years when he did fashion photography for Vogue and Vanity Fair. His photos literally took my breath away. After seeing that I want to become a professional photographer and/or be him. If you can look up his portraits of Amelia Earhart or Sylvia Sydney (my favorites) or really anything he has done. Then, after that life changing experience, we came home and feasted. Her grandmother even made me fake chicken to eat and butterless mashed potatoes. Yum!
The weekend was quite an adventure and I'm very grateful to Michelle's family for putting us up and putting up with us. T'was a lovely weekend.
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