Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea at La Petite Cuillere for Anna's birthday with the ladies. It was lovely and I was so stuffed from all the pastries and creamy Earl Grey tea (yum!).

Giosy's Birthday

For Giosy's 26th birthday, we celebrated by going to The Acorn, a restaurant on Main that I had never heard of but turned out to be an immensely popular vegetarian restaurant. Being a big meat eater, I surprisingly thoroughly enjoyed the food! Then we had huge ass slices of ice cream cake with extra cookie, just the way she likes it.

I love you Giosy! XOXO
(It's official when I post it on the world wide web)

194: I'M ON A BOAT

I've wanted to go on a boat for years, so for my birthday we finally got around to renting one. It was the perfect day for a boat ride - sunny and warm, but not too hot. We sped around the Burrard Inlet and down into False Creek, where Cat's dad came out to wave at us as we passed by. I waved at all the cruise ships and Aquabuses, and we hit some big waves when the Holland America ship passed by us. Boy did our boat get some air from those waves - we were bouncing around like a banana boat!

Oh yes, and I also went to The Bibo on 4th for lunch today. The Italian Flag appetizer (Arugula, burrata, and tomatoes) as well as the diavola pizza were sooo good!

170: SPECIAL SURPRISE

It was an elaborate all day surprise party.

First we surprised birthday girl Rae at her house, then took her to Miranda's place where we had pasta and baked brie and ice cream (made with Rae's ice cream machine). Giosy happened to be on skype, so we had her up on the big screen tv as we ate our lunch. Very nice!

Then we blindfolded Rae to take her to the mystery dinner, which we booked with Swallow Tail, an underground supper club.

The secret location was revealed just a few days before the dinner, and it ended up being at a pretty plant store in Gastown. We had a six course meal, complete with a violinist in the background. It was such a special dinner. I would like to go to another Swallow Tail dinner again. The chef forages for her own mushrooms, catches her own crab, and hunts her own venison - amazing!

We had a three layer gelato cake from Bella Gelateria - strawberry, dulce de leche, and dark chocolate. Delicious.

We finished dinner at about midnight, and then off it was to Library Square for 80s night! Yes, I was pretty destroyed at work the next day...

366: HIDE YOUR KIDS, HIDE YOUR WIFE

Run and tell that, homeboy

This is Jamie. Instead of the happy birthday song, he was serenaded by 30 of his closest friends with the Bed Intruder song. Happy 24th birthday!

200: A MIRACLE

A beam of light magically emanating from my friend's bosom...it was a miracle.

Day 200 is dedicated to my friend Rae, whose birthday we celebrated at Vij's today. I hope you enjoy that ice cream machine (see day 195: My first cargo). Make me some ice cream, or better yet, go to gelato university in Italy and get a masters in chocolate. I believe in you, and I will definitely not abandon your gelato stand for the rotisserie man!

9: BIRTHDAY WISHES TO A PARISIAN

This looked a lot better in my head... anyway here is a sign on a stick, in front of some lit up poinsettias. Happy birthday, Cat!