amber, mikey, and hak.5’s darren

jenna & amber with the cake jimmy & i gave them

adam from wasd.tv, me, and mikey

boys in the kitchen with cheesecake.

on saturday a big group of us went to see king kong. it wasn’t a movie i was dying to see, but everyone else wanted to see it, so i tagged along. i ended up really enjoying it; the movie was a good combination of action, drama, romance with touches of comedy and of course stellar animation. and i’ll confess: i did well up a little at the end.

after dinner on saturday, we went to the social with some of the kids from command n, hak.5 and wasd.tv. we had actually tried to go to a couple other places before we ended up there, but they were full of reservations. and even at the social, we were told that the couches were reserved for later in the evening. i’ve never been to a bar where they said they had some reservations, so that was a bit strange. thankfully we were never kicked off the couches though. once the place got a bit more crowded, the dj started playing better music, including some great songs from the 80s. even though the dance floor was crowded and full of people just standing, i couldn’t resist popping down there when the dj played “true faith.” new order, yum.

the social
1100 queen street west
toronto, ontario
m6j 1h9
416.532.4474

darren, amber, robin [jeff’s wife], and the back of jeff’s head

me talking to mikey. “welfare” is painted on the wall.

afterwards we stopped by squirley’s for tea and coffee. squirley’s has a great back room with asian prints on the wall. it kind of looked like a dive, but i think that’s why i liked it. on our way to squirley’s, amber, jimmy and darren decided that rolling down a snow-covered hill was a good idea. i was wearing a skirt [like i do everyday], so i decided to abstain. jimmy forgot to zip up his coat pocket before rolling down the hill, so we ended our evening by heading back over to the hill and searching around for his mobile [found], change [partially found] and ttc tokens [lost forever… or at least until the snow melts].

jimmy & mikey looking in vain for jimmy’s ttc tokens.

on sunday after we had brunch with mikey, jimmy & i walked around queen street west, checking out the various artsy shops. the most fun and interesting place we went to was the knit cafe. there you can buy needles & gorgeous yarn, take knitting classes, or have a tea/coffee, relax and knit. if i lived in toronto, i would definitely visit the knit cafe often.

the knit cafe
1050 queen street west
toronto, ontario
m6j 1h7
416.533.5648