Joey Speaks...

WinterCity Festival

Toronto must be the city of Festivals. Although it's not at its craziest (that usually comes in the summer), there is still something happening on most weekends. This past weekend the WinterCity Festival opened so Vineet and I spent our Saturday at Nathan Philips Square. Yes, the weather's been below zero for the past 2 weeks and people still go out.. oh well.









We went through the American Express Gallery where they featured "Paintings Below Zero", abstract paintings made of ice (and gave away free coffee / hot chocolate from Starbucks), watched the skaters on the ice rink (but didn't go cause we weren't sure if Vineet could keep me up given he's been out of practice and I have zero skills on ice - except for the 2 or 3 times I went to the SM Megamall rinkin high school!), saw the world's largest SnowGlobe, took in the free concert (we were able to hear the Jon Levine Band - really liked their song HAPPY - listen to it on Jon Levine Band Home Page) and the free side shows (see Gustavo the Impossibilist in the pic).

Move over Martha Stewart...

... well, not quite. But thought I'd share the "Stepford Wife"-ly things I've done the past week.
First, I made blueberry cheesecake which was a hit with Vineet. It was almost from scratch - except I used pie filling for the topping =) He claims it's the 2nd best cheesecake he's had... unfortunately, the one we had in Boracay still topped it. But hey, not bad for a first attempt!


Second, I crocheted a sweater for Joey! It's been cold here and I couldn't find a sweater for Joey that I liked so I made him one. Vineet now calls me Granny Leila =)

Surreal.

That's what Delia said when I talked to her over the phone and I agreed. She was the one who told me the unfortunate news that our house in Manila caught fire!!!!!!

Luckily, no one is hurt. However, the damage is significant enough that my mom, my sister and her family and my lola had to move out and rent a house to stay in.

It's weird when big accidents like this happen. You always think they never happen to you, nor do they happen that close to home. As Del said, surreal.

I swear....

Joey (my puppy) farts. And for such a small (4lb.) dog, his farts quite a bit of a stinker. Just thought I'd share that.

Snowing in TO!

Today was the first day that I woke up and it was snowing in the city. It was nice to wake up and look outside the window and see snow! So I put on a jacket over my PJs and went out on the balcony to take this pic. You can't see the lake in this one, cause of the snow falling. The "real feel" temperature today was -13 degrees!

Mont Tremblant Pics

Check out http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser. Thought this was a cool way to share our Tremblant pics over Christmas =)

Toronto Sunday

Just to give you an idea of what we do on a Sunday in Toronto when we just want to relax...

1000: Let Joey out of his crate so he can "do his business then go back to bed for a bit more shut-eye
1115: Eat Dunkaroos while watching TV and playing with Joey
1200: Shower
1250: Vineet and I go for "street meat" just outside the condo since we need a quick lunch cause we're walking to the Air Canada Center to watch the TO Raptors vs. Washington Wizards.
1315: Raptors win by 7-pts (sad given their lead was 21 pts. early in the 4th). We then say bye to our usual "seatmates" at the Raptors game... since we got the East Coast pack
1530: Pass by the Video rental store since it's on the way home. I got "teen movies" of course. Hehe.
1600: Pick up Joey at home to bring him to the park. He made lots of new friends!!!! And he was "off-leash" at the park for the first time. A moment to celebrate as his dad Vineet was finally able to "let go"! =)
1700: Vineet plays XBox while I play with Betty and catch up on email

That's the day so far... =) Now, we just have to figure out what to do for dinner.

Ski Shot from my Instructor Yvon