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I finally have time to catch up on my blog posts.
First up, Jeff and I were lucky enough to go see Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto do a food demo during a Food Network festival. We weren’t able to actually eat any of his creations, but it all smelled fantastic and I imagine that everything tasted good. I’ve been to Morimoto’s in New York and I liked everything there so it all had to be good! He was surprisingly really funny, but at times it was hard to actually understand him. The funny thing was I don’t think most of the audience knew what he was saying, but we all just laughed along anyway.
Having dated a Canadian for over 8 years, you would think I would have gone to Canada many many times. Suprisingly, this year marks my first visit to our neighbor up North.
The trip began in Brooklyn where Jeff’s brother, mom, and aunt picked us up. Almost always being the smallest person in the car, I assumed my usual spot during a road trip, the hump, and rode for 10 hours alongside 4 other humans, 2 dogs, and a trunk full of cheese pimento. After crossing the border, we soon arrived at our destinaton, Markham, a suburb of Toronto.
Spending a week in Canada, we did a lot of eating – mainly Asian food (Thai, Korean, Chinese, and of course Filipino), shopping (although I didn’t actually buy anything; that 13% tax rate is crazy!), and we visited Niagra Falls.
Things I noticed about Canada:
- There are barely any fat people! I attribute this to Canada’s smaller food portions. Their large drinks are the size of our mediums and they don’t seem to “super size” anything.
- Tim Horton’s will eventually rule the world. They must put crack in their coffee cause they’re so damn tasty.
- There are a whole lot of Asians in Canada. However, it’s true what they say about Canada being a salad bowl as opposed to America’s melting pot. Everyone lives in their own distinct neighborhoods, not completely assimilating.
- Canadians love their malls.
- Canada, at least Toronto, isn’t really different from any other US city/suburb.
Now the best part, the pictures:
I can’t have a site called I Love White Rice and not cover this news. I learned about this while in our office elevator; we have little televisions that show news and ads. Apparently, the rest of world loves rice as much as I do!
As AZCentral.com reports, “
As word of food riots and export shutdowns in Asia reached California in recent weeks, worried shoppers have been buying up hundreds of pounds of rice at a time from the Asian supermarkets, looking for security against rising prices.
“When people saw the price jump $2 or $3, they started buying like crazy – 10 bags, 15 bags,” said Cu Van, a floor manager at Goldstar Supermarket. Each bag weighs 50 pounds.
BJ’s and Sam’s Club have even started to limit how many bags people can buy to 4. With all this love of rice spreading, it’s actually a great time to buy one of my shirts! Show the world who you really love!
I now know how I will be spending the rest of my late 20s – going to an endless parade of weddings. So far, Ricky’s and Jessica’s wedding has had the best groom’s cake. What other type of cake would a bodyboarder get anyway? In 2 weeks, I’ll be back to Virginia for wedding number 3. They should give out frequent gift buyer points at the stores people register for – for every 5 gifts I buy, the store should be giving me a gift.
Ate at BLT Prime last night by Madison Square Park and who happens to walk in just as we had started on our appetizers? Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady! Gisele: very tall, very thin, and very happy. For those who care, she wore skinny jeans and a black shirt. Tom: surprisingly unremarkable, looked like any other “dude” walking around. He wore jeans, and a white long sleeve t-shirt with a polo over it.
Not only was my table directly in line with theirs – most of us spent the night ogling their every move, but I also used the same bathroom stall as Gisele. As I was going into the bathroom, I couldn’t tell which stalls were empty so I tried all of the doors. When one was finally free, the person that came bounding out was Gisele. She seemed pretty happy; she was even happier at the dinner table – she and Tom made out about 10 times. They didn’t even mind all the doing all the PDA action in front of about 2 other friends. After the meal, they left the restaurant and there was a few flashes of light, seems like the paparazzi found them. Oh and the food was really good! I had filet mignon, grilled asparagas, grilled beans, and 3 desserts – thanks Scott! Celebrities and steak, dinner doesn’t get any better than that.
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