Well, I missed the Saturday scattershot boat! Primarily because it was Thanksgiving holiday last weekend, my birthday happened and the biggest surprise of all – my son came from LA to surprise me! Because it is a big birthday, I intend to continue celebrating for a year!

This was the crudite platter I made to bring to the in-laws Thanksgiving lunch last Sunday. I surprise myself with whatever modicum of creativity I occasionally have.

We drove up north a bit to enjoy the fall colours. My son was especially excited because he misses fall, as the LA weather is consistently sunny and warm every single day. The lack of seasons will be an adjustment.

Our favourite tree, always takes longer to turn…

We then did a very touristy thing – my husband booked a Toronto Harbour tour. It was perfect weather, and a wonderful vantage point to take awesome pictures of the iconic skyline…

We had a lovely dinner at Alder in the Arc Hotel. It was absolutely delish! Had champagne, of course…

Then a couple of days later, my siblings took me and my Mom to Cafe Boulud for another BD dinner…another amazing evening…Seafood risotto!

The week went by quickly – I got up super early to take him to the airport this morning, and was witness to a pretty suburban sunrise.

With all that eating and drinking, I made sure not to miss too many of my workouts:

“Are these my traps?” I asked my husband. “Yup, those would be your traps – you look like a dancer”.

Now that is an awesome birthday present LOL!