Google wishes me "Happy Birthday, Marilyn" this morning. This may or may not be a good thing, given the Big Brother headlines these days.
So I have found some Birthday Quotes from the resources available to us - that speak to the Birthday Wishes for the older recipient.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. – Mark Twain
Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. – Larry Lorenzoni
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young. – Fred Astaire
Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born. – Albert Einstein
Brian and I visited Canoe yesterday for our Birthday Lunch. We first checked out The Assembly. This is the opposite of Canoe - an 'assembly' of independent chefs and artists creating a food hall. It is located on Richmond Street at York Street. I don't think there are concerns there about treating the power broker just right. You can check the Assembly out HERE. You can meet the chefs HERE. You can meet the artists HERE.
Canoe is located at the top of the TD Tower - Floor 54. As we got our bill we found out that sitting at the chef's counter overlooking the kitchen is Table 54. This seemed very fitting and most entertaining.
Lunch at Canoe. This is a highlight of being so close to Toronto. We'd been to a few restaurants in the last few weeks - celebrating Canada Blooms at Merlot in our west-end neighbourhood, then to The Good Earth last week, and finally Canoe yesterday.
Canoe has never disappointed and always amazed us beyond our imagination. Yesterday's meal was a wonder of culinary creativity and complexity. T
We particularly like to sit at the 'chef's table' - the counter that overlooks the kitchen. We watch as appetizers are composed and we guess which ones they are. Our lunch chef came over and talked with us. We are interested in their sources of the ingredients - the special crab and salmon from sources in New Brunswick, the purple potatoes from an Ontario farm. And then there are the processes - the purple potatoes were slightly smoked then cooked, and the salmon was maple-syrup smoked/cured.
During our lunch, we found out the benefits of Canoe being located on the top floor of the TD Bank Tower. They had TD Bank name badges on and were wearing old-fashioned waiter uniforms. They gave the TD executives' orders to the chefs, then came over and had a chat with us.
