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Aug. 28th, 2004 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tvordljIt's hot and sticky and hazy today. I really had wanted it to be like is has been all week, with no humidity and a blazing clear blue sky. I went over to check out the art but it was a bit of a disappointment. There weren't very many set up but i was talking to one nice woman about painting. Rang my nephew but his voice mail kicked in right away so probably his phone was off. Though we could meet for a coffee but perhaps he was working. I didn't go to the hotel to check.
I had a lovely lunch at a little cafe on Birmingham Street though. It was a veggie omelet on a toasted cheese focaccia bun and a cup of home made chai tea, not that horrible sugary syrup the coffee shops use. what a lovely meal too. The cafe, Annie's Place, is small and in an old heritage house. There's a small area for a few small tables and some tables out on the sidewalk. The kitchen is open with the cash counter to the side. When i paid for my lunch the woman cooking, i think maybe she was the owner, asked me how my meal was and was i new because she'd not seen me in there before. Yes it was my first time. But not my last, she stated as fact. *smile* no i'm pretty sure i'll be back. She asked my name and repeated it and said she'd see me again. Now *that's* that kind of service and welcoming attitude (even when you're on your way out) that will make you return.
I came home earlier than i thought i would because there wasn't much to see as far as art goes and there wasn't anything i saw on the sales and it was hot and sticky. Graham called after i got back home and then i went back out to a meal with Mom and Dad, Dad having won 151 in that lottery last night that i won crap on. Nice :o)
So a lovely Saturday in spite of the heat. My back is still a bit off but i've got the chiro again on Monday and my ice pack until then.
I had a lovely lunch at a little cafe on Birmingham Street though. It was a veggie omelet on a toasted cheese focaccia bun and a cup of home made chai tea, not that horrible sugary syrup the coffee shops use. what a lovely meal too. The cafe, Annie's Place, is small and in an old heritage house. There's a small area for a few small tables and some tables out on the sidewalk. The kitchen is open with the cash counter to the side. When i paid for my lunch the woman cooking, i think maybe she was the owner, asked me how my meal was and was i new because she'd not seen me in there before. Yes it was my first time. But not my last, she stated as fact. *smile* no i'm pretty sure i'll be back. She asked my name and repeated it and said she'd see me again. Now *that's* that kind of service and welcoming attitude (even when you're on your way out) that will make you return.
I came home earlier than i thought i would because there wasn't much to see as far as art goes and there wasn't anything i saw on the sales and it was hot and sticky. Graham called after i got back home and then i went back out to a meal with Mom and Dad, Dad having won 151 in that lottery last night that i won crap on. Nice :o)
So a lovely Saturday in spite of the heat. My back is still a bit off but i've got the chiro again on Monday and my ice pack until then.
