Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Sandwich Box
The first location of this fine lunch spot is closing down tomorrow! Yesterday from there, I ordered a yummy soup (lentil & veggie) and sandwich (eggplant, Portobello mushrooms with goat cheese and arugula on whole wheat).
www.sandwichbox.ca (Sorry, the insert link option is not working)
The Sandwich Box has other locations and more opening soon. The closest will be on Richmond just east of Spadina... but today, I visited it for the last time on Queen Street East, just a few steps east of John Street in the Queen Street Market. The $10 salads there too are to die for. Expensive yes, but you get your daily protein and veggies all in one bowl!
Today I got lunch from the "Box" again :
Carrot and Roasted Cumin soup
Sweet Red Peppers, Portobello Mushrooms with Goat Cheese and Arugula on Whole Wheat
It is SO good.
www.sandwichbox.ca (Sorry, the insert link option is not working)
The Sandwich Box has other locations and more opening soon. The closest will be on Richmond just east of Spadina... but today, I visited it for the last time on Queen Street East, just a few steps east of John Street in the Queen Street Market. The $10 salads there too are to die for. Expensive yes, but you get your daily protein and veggies all in one bowl!
Today I got lunch from the "Box" again :
Carrot and Roasted Cumin soup
Sweet Red Peppers, Portobello Mushrooms with Goat Cheese and Arugula on Whole Wheat
It is SO good.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Crepe Cafe
On Queen Street West, just east of John Street in Toronto is a really great crepe place. Arlene & I often go there (at least once a month) and our last visit was Friday, August 22, 2008.
I can never refuse the sweet (dessert) crepe for lunch even though some of their savory ones are good too. I always have dark chocolate with bananas (on the menu) and ask them to add walnuts, cinnamon and coconut. YUM! Washed down with a couple of mugs of Jasmine tea, it's delicious!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Milestone's
May suggested lunch out today so Alka, Ayron, May and myself went to Milestone's. I had the California salad (that May was craving) with glazed pecans, strawberries, lotsa greens and feta cheese washed down with a glass of Chardonnay (Australian Lindeman). Too chilly for the patio. The A/C wasn't a lot warmer (but less breezy).
I am really having difficulty focusing on work this week. I am distracted but today I managed to exceed the minimum on my fundraising goal of $2500 for The Ride! Just 2 days shy of the deadline!
The Social Committee (of which I'm a member) is hosting "Ice Cream" day at Points! We bought 200 individual ice creams and will be serving them in the lounge. After a light lunch today, I can afford to indulge. Been watching more how much I put in my mouth the past couple of weeks. :)
To answer a comment from yesterday's post, yes, I got my belly button pierced October 31, 1999 when the other fitbuddies got theirs! I had gone to Way Cool Tattoo on Queen Street in Toronto; that location has since closed but there's still one on Yonge Street. I think Kary was the only one who already had hers done prior to that. In March 2001 I managed to pop the ball off the ring by holding a grocery basket at my waist then pulling it away from my body, it caught the ball and off it went, rolling down the freezer aisle. :) So I've had a barbell ever since...
I am still undecided about what to brand myself with but am currently considering: a red outline of a maple leaf (Canadian flag); a green "L" (like the "L" in Laverne & Shirley for "Lorne") and if I can find an accurate Japanese kanji character for "endure" I'd like that as well. Possibly in small script font "Brittany" and "Benjamin" but I'm not really sure about those... or where I'd get.
My friend Janet last Friday finally got her first tattoo (she is working towards getting a huge one done on her back). This one is a simple red and blue "bracelet" with the "tie" strings and "SeantT" written next to it on the inside of the wrist. She had always worn the actual bracelet her son Sean gave her but was asked to remove it when she trained in karate (and is now a black belt) so she says nobody can take THIS bracelet off. It looks quite nice actually.
I am really having difficulty focusing on work this week. I am distracted but today I managed to exceed the minimum on my fundraising goal of $2500 for The Ride! Just 2 days shy of the deadline!
The Social Committee (of which I'm a member) is hosting "Ice Cream" day at Points! We bought 200 individual ice creams and will be serving them in the lounge. After a light lunch today, I can afford to indulge. Been watching more how much I put in my mouth the past couple of weeks. :)
To answer a comment from yesterday's post, yes, I got my belly button pierced October 31, 1999 when the other fitbuddies got theirs! I had gone to Way Cool Tattoo on Queen Street in Toronto; that location has since closed but there's still one on Yonge Street. I think Kary was the only one who already had hers done prior to that. In March 2001 I managed to pop the ball off the ring by holding a grocery basket at my waist then pulling it away from my body, it caught the ball and off it went, rolling down the freezer aisle. :) So I've had a barbell ever since...
I am still undecided about what to brand myself with but am currently considering: a red outline of a maple leaf (Canadian flag); a green "L" (like the "L" in Laverne & Shirley for "Lorne") and if I can find an accurate Japanese kanji character for "endure" I'd like that as well. Possibly in small script font "Brittany" and "Benjamin" but I'm not really sure about those... or where I'd get.
My friend Janet last Friday finally got her first tattoo (she is working towards getting a huge one done on her back). This one is a simple red and blue "bracelet" with the "tie" strings and "SeantT" written next to it on the inside of the wrist. She had always worn the actual bracelet her son Sean gave her but was asked to remove it when she trained in karate (and is now a black belt) so she says nobody can take THIS bracelet off. It looks quite nice actually.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Not too hungry (a surprise)
Today at 12:15 or so I was uncertain what I craved for nourishment. Many times I eat at my desk, whether I go out to buy it or bring something from home. Today I had an invite for lunch on Friday just because a couple of the girls (Rita & May) want to get together and "catch up" so I'm game for that.
I ventured outside, a bit cool but no cooler than the over worked air conditioner in the office. (Even *I* was a bit chilly inside.) I walked on past the market and decided to check out New Tribe the closet piercing / tattoo parlour to work on Queen St just east of John. It's upstairs. I had been there before with Arlene. A tattoo place a bit further west on Queen got ruled out due to proximity. Adriana accompanied to that one and both her and Arlene would "be there" for my very first tattoo.
Today however, I checked out New Tribe to inquire about getting my 15-year old daughter's belly button pierced. They'll do it if I'm there with her. Great. We want it done prior to the end of the month before we leave on vacation (I want to take her, rather than her mother, for her 15th birthday in July). I am also still considering a tattoo. I saw a couple Canadian flags in their books, both of which I liked and considered before actually (just the outline but one of them I liked the filled-in look). I also want an "L" (like the "L" from Laverne & Shirley) - $80 and both names in the smallest font (Brittany & Benjamin) would be $80 for both. Brittany's piercing is $50 including jewelry.
I later learned the karate grading is being changed from Saturday, June 28th (the day we planned to head to NB) to Tuesday, June 24th. That's also the end of school so we'll go back to New Tribe either June 25, 26 or 27th.
I ended up getting greens, asparagus and mushrooms for lunch along with a banana.
I ventured outside, a bit cool but no cooler than the over worked air conditioner in the office. (Even *I* was a bit chilly inside.) I walked on past the market and decided to check out New Tribe the closet piercing / tattoo parlour to work on Queen St just east of John. It's upstairs. I had been there before with Arlene. A tattoo place a bit further west on Queen got ruled out due to proximity. Adriana accompanied to that one and both her and Arlene would "be there" for my very first tattoo.
Today however, I checked out New Tribe to inquire about getting my 15-year old daughter's belly button pierced. They'll do it if I'm there with her. Great. We want it done prior to the end of the month before we leave on vacation (I want to take her, rather than her mother, for her 15th birthday in July). I am also still considering a tattoo. I saw a couple Canadian flags in their books, both of which I liked and considered before actually (just the outline but one of them I liked the filled-in look). I also want an "L" (like the "L" from Laverne & Shirley) - $80 and both names in the smallest font (Brittany & Benjamin) would be $80 for both. Brittany's piercing is $50 including jewelry.
I later learned the karate grading is being changed from Saturday, June 28th (the day we planned to head to NB) to Tuesday, June 24th. That's also the end of school so we'll go back to New Tribe either June 25, 26 or 27th.
I ended up getting greens, asparagus and mushrooms for lunch along with a banana.
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