Michelle and I had a very enjoyable day on Saturday. We started by going to pay off our new appliances – but the HSBC Finance office was closed, so she’ll have to drop off a cheque on Monday. On the way home, we stopped at the Farmers’ Market, where we picked up some pre-cooked quesadillas from a store in town that we hadn’t known about before – Sabores Latinos.

After that, we met up with Walt and Janice and headed to Oakville where they took us to Whole Foods. We hadn’t been there before because, when we go to Oakville, it’s always along Lakeshore, and this place is farther North. But we were quite impressed and spent a lot of money – it’s very easy to do. Costco has nothing on Whole Foods when it comes to free samples. We also picked up some more coffee from there rather than making the trip to Birds & Beans in Mimico.

We left, then headed to Black Angus Freezer Beef Limited, just East of Cawthra on Lakeshore, for some more ostrich, and peameal bacon (unsalted), and this time picked up some elk. Walt and Janice hadn’t been there before, and they also got some ostrich. (We’d had them over for a barbeque of ostrich steaks some weeks ago, which they’d liked.) Of course, we stopped at the MGM Bakery just across the street and stocked up on some bread (most of which we’ve now frozen) and danish.

On the way back, we stopped at Sharkey’s Dockside Cafe, in Oakville, a place with a lovely view overlooking the harbour / docks, and which is, to our dismay, due to be torn down shortly to make way for condominiums. It’s one of our more pleasant spots to be. They hadn’t been there before, either, so we were glad we got a chance to show them before it’s gone.

After getting home, we went to The Empire Room for a quick wine – then Michelle remembered where I’d seen a wine list recently and commented that Janice would really like it: Sonzi’s rooftop patio. We overlook this from our condo units, and, from behind and up above, it doesn’t look very nice. But once you’re there it’s actually the opposite – a very quaint and “Summer” place to be. (Quite unlike the atmosphere inside the restaurant itself which, while nice, is too “formal” for our taste – unless you’re at the bar.)

Anyway, Janice found some wine there that she liked, including a white Shiraz, that we’d never heard of before (actually a rose; I’ve never liked white wine, or rose, but I quite enjoyed this), and, after asking, another dry rose (0) that’s one of her favourites. It’s not on the wine list, but they had it downstairs and have put a bottle away for us for next Friday (I’m looking forward to this one too). The Sonzi rooftop patio was new to Walt and Janice, who hadn’t thought that much of it from our overlooking view, but they were really quite impressed after having actually seen it in person. It’s going to be our “new spot” while the weather lasts, instead of Pepperwood Bistro which, while a favourite social spot of ours, has always been too pricey for the quality / quantity of food.

Of course, after leaving Sonzi, we did head over to Pepperwood for some more drinks on the way home. When we finally got home, Janice gave us a bottle of scotch which they weren’t drinking (I’d had a glass at Pepperwood, so she found out I liked it). The only thing that happened after that, I’m sure, was the sound of all of us sleeping.

I figure that we spent a lot of money between all of us, but I think we also had one of the most enjoyable days of the Summer.