Visiting Toronto!

[bjarvis]

cuyahogarvr, kent4str and I are coming to Toronto for a few days at the end of this week. Who'd like to get together for a lunch or dinner?

We're arriving in Toronto around lunchtime on Friday. trawnapanda (and anyone else in the vicinity of U of T)... how about Swiss Chalet on Bloor for lunch? We have to get our Swiss Chalet fix in at some point.

On Friday evening, we're taking our hosts John & Chris out for dinner in the vicinity of Pape & Danforth... anyone want to join us?

Saturday morning, we're hitting the St Lawrence Market, then touring through the downtown. brunorepublic, you available to join us?

We have the afternoon & evening with family in Mississauga near the airport. I'm not sure how late we're staying but we might be able to meet up with friends for a drink or dessert afterwards --emramesha and london_bill, we're thinking of you.

We have no plans for Sunday morning or lunch but we have to head to Niagara Falls, NY, in the mid-afternoon. If my grandmother can't join our family gig in Mississauga Saturday, we may need that time to go visit her directly in Drumbo, ON. TBD.

danthered, bitterlawngnome, djjo, vaneramos, bearfinch... are you available any time this weekend?

To those I haven't mentioned explicitly, I offer a pre-emptive "oops" and beg your forgiveness for being a little scatterbrained at the moment. I'm still getting over some jetlag and am up to my ears in work-related stuff before furiously packing Thursday night for our Friday morning. Contact me to arrange a get-together and I'll grovel further in person. :-)

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[brunorepublic.livejournal.com]

Sure, and I'd love to join you for dinner on Friday as well if that's okay. :)

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Sounds great to me! I'll nudge John to see if we have a restaurant selected. Is your cell number still xxx-xxx-8808?

[brunorepublic.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's me. :)

[pklexton.livejournal.com]

I wish I could join you - always wanted to visit Toronto. I have a client there, so maybe someday. It seems like half of HGTV airtime is devoted to it.

You Canadians do lovely little cities. :) I'm a big fan of Vancouver, Montréal and la Ville de Québec.

good news - bad news - good news that cancels the bad

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

good news: you're in trawna!
I'm very glad to hear that you'll be back in the great white north (where we've had a milder winter than you did) and would love to get together -- and indeed to meet cuyahogarvr.

bad news:
However, I have sad, tragic news. The Swiss Chalet on Bloor at Bedford (which was the mothership, the Very First Swiss Chalet Ever) has not been there for several years. It was demolished, was a hole in the ground for a long time, and is now the site of an almost-completed very high priced condominium tower.

redeeming good news
but never fear! there is one at 700 University Avenue, at College (that's the old Ontario Hydro building/ Hydro Place, not sure what it's called now that Ontario Hydro has been split into two crown corps). I b'leeve it's in the lower food court/ shops area. (all this from www.swisschalet.com)

I've not actually eaten at that branch, but it's closer to moi at College & St George than the one up on Bloor St was. And I have even MORE reason to celebrate, as tomorrow (ie the day before you visit) I have my last lab teaching contact until after Labour Day.

So, I've written you into my datebook for Friday, and I'm using ink!

= = = =

some humour from This Hour has 22 Minutes: "Congratulations to the Americans for their new Health Care Bill. Now get yourselves some hockey players and some better beer and you just might be on to something!"

in all seriousness: that's good news. See you Friday!

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[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

OK, no prob... we'll collect you at your office when we get there!

[brunorepublic.livejournal.com]

The one at Bloor just west of Sherbourne is easy to get to by transit as well. The one on Yonge near Gerrard is closing soon... on one hand, it's kinda ghetto, but it was still the closest one to me.

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

yonge & gerrard - the only SC where I've ever had food poisoning. twice. because I am stupid.

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[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Would it be problematic to ask you to come to the Swiss Chalet near Bloor & Jarvis instead of University & College? It looks like the center of gravity for attendees is closer to the Bloor location.

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[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

I can probably manage that - whenabouts?

[london-bill.livejournal.com]

Jeff and I would love to hang out at the market and downtown with you guys and Bruce on the Saturday... let us know.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Let's aim to rendez-vous in front of the St Lawrence Market for about 10am Saturday.

[london-bill.livejournal.com]

Seems Jeff will be in London Friday night so we will not be able to make it during the day time Maybe we can get together in the afternoon or evening.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Contact me to arrange a get-together and I'll grovel further in person.

I was reading this post without my glasses and thinking how lovely. Then, I came to the final sentence. I read ... Contact me to arrange a get-together and I'll grovel further in prison. ... LOL!

Have a great time!

HUGS!

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

actually lunch Friday at SC sounds perfect ... which SC are you-all going to? (there are a couple on bloor)

[brunorepublic.livejournal.com]

I'm working near Yonge and Bloor on Friday, so I could join this too depending on the location.

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

can you phone me and let me know if and when?

swiss chalet south side bloor just west of sherbourne

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

it looks as if it'll be noon at the Bloor just west of Sherbourne Swiss Chalet (check the conversation between Brian and moi above)

see you there!

- - chris alias trawnapanda

Re: swiss chalet south side bloor just west of sherbourne

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

got it!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I can't make it to TO this weekend, but if you are passing by Guelph en route to Drumbo, Danny and I will be there and not busy. If that is possible, I should give you my cell number. I still have the same land line, but no voice mail there.