Something Is Going On!

What's up?  All of a sudden, Rose is here and Phil is showing her how to work all the stuff in the house.  This is weird on a couple of fronts.....Rose always comes with Don and why does she need to know what our schedule is?

OK.  The gig is up!  The people sneak out the basement door with suitcases at 5:00AM.  What about us?  No worries....turns out they have gone away and Rose is going to stay with us so we don't have to *shudder* go to a kennel.  We have never been to a kennel and would like to keep it that way.  I would do my best to troop it out, but Noodles is pretty old.  Rose agreed to take care of us and we are super happy about that.  Don is in Hood River with his new kiteboarding BFF, Bronwyn.

Rose told us that Janet and Phil went to Toronto and Montreal.  They went in a plane, which precluded our participation.  Another bad word - crate.  Have never done the crate either.

They took the bus and subway in from YYZ for a grand total of $5.00! How is that for a bargain?  Phil paid the "seniors" fare whilst Janet paid "adult".  Janet was certain she would get busted if she purchased the "seniors" fare.  Phil told her to get a grip on herself!  They stopped at Earl's and had a late lunch.  Earl's has the most beautiful patio.

They met Ted and Briana for supper and went to Guu, a Japanese/Korean restaurant.  Briana said she heard it was noisy, but they didn't have a clue!  Noisy doesn't even begin to describe it.

You are greeted very enthusiastically when you come, when you leave and if it's your birthday!

The next day, they pretended they were in Tokyo and took the ferry over to Toronto Island...to get away from the crowds (not!).  The only thing missing was the paid employee to shove you on, like they have on the subways in Japan.

Here they are boarding.

The unwashed masses that weren't fortunate enough to get on this sailing.

On board.  Janet told Phil if this very was in India, or Malaysia or Thailand there wouldn't be a hope in hell she would get on.  You have all seen the articles in the paper about over crowded ferries going down in shark infested waters.  Janet spent a fair bit of time perusing the water for sharks and was relieved to see there weren't any.

Toronto Island was beautiful and they had a great day.  They rode bikes and went all around the island.

This was Janet's bike.  No gears and you have to pedal backwards for the brakes.  Just like when Janet was a small, bike riding tyke!  Actually, she doesn't remember having a bike as a child, but it appears that even back in the olden days it was quite common, so she must have had one!

After a full day of fun and sun, they went to Briana and Ted's for dinner.  Banana made BBQ'd sausage, zucchini fritters and Bread Salad.  All very delicious!  And, check out their tomato and cucumber plants.

Banana's office moved since the last time Janet and Phil were in Toronto, so they went to check out her new space.  Check out this Collaboration Room, aka lunch room.  Who wouldn't want to eat in here?

They walked from Briana's office to the Billy Bishop Airport (back in the day, when Janet was gainfully employed, it was called Buttonville.  Code YTZ if anyone is interested.  More interesting is the fact that Janet can remember that!

Look, Mr. Baby.....Yoyo has a street named after herself in Toronto.  Cool, right!  You can be super proud of Yoyo.