date night

It seems to me that when the topic of relationships comes up - no matter who I talk to - one of the most common complaints is that our busy lifestyles make it really challenging to find time to spend one-on-one.  To counteract this issue, my boyfriend's mother is a very vocal proponent of the practice of scheduling a weekly date night.  While it's a goal we're still working on (our last "weekly" date night was, in fact, two weeks ago), Darren and I had quite a lovely evening when we took in a play and dinner.  To be fair, the play was actually a fundraiser at the Arts and Letters Club being organized by a friend (so we didn't spend the whole night as a twosome), but it was nevertheless a night of gazing deeply into each other's eyes talking about our weeks and enjoying each other's company.  We had a late dinner at the Queen and Beaver, an upscale gastropub that I'd been wanting to try, where we spent our meal surrounded by royal family paraphernalia (and if you know me, then you'll know that's pretty much my idea of interior decoration perfection).  Oh yeah, and my ox tongue was pretty good, too.

Theatre at the Arts & Letters Club

Can you believe this is only 5 minutes from Yonge & Dundas Square?

Born a model

I've been eating some Spirit Tree Cidery granola for breakfast, so obviously I had to have some of their cider!

Duck & potato pie

Ox tongue & beet root

Cute little nook

Liz Windsor makes for a fantastic dining companion