Canadian Squirrels

I know I have mentioned this before on my blog but I still can't get over the fact that the squirrels in Canada are black. How did that happen? How come none of them have migrated down to Rochester?

Of course, they are just as chubby and cute as the ones in our backyard. We stood and took pictures and video of this fella gnawing on a peanut for quite awhile.

King Tut. Not so much.

Last month we saw billboards around Rochester advertising a King Tut exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Aaron got us tickets for Valentines Day but because of snow we couldn't go until this weekend.

Despite taglines like "King Tut returns to the Art Gallery of Ontario!" King Tut was nowhere to be found. There was lot's of King Tut's stuff, items from the outer chambers of Tut's tomb, like King Tut's bed, King Tut's sandals and statues of King Tut. There were also statues of other pharohs and even an ancient Egyptian toilet seat (no joking) but no King Tut. No Tut mask, no Tut coffin and no Tut mummy.

We heard other couples asking where King Tut was and heard that King Tut is permanently on display in Cairo. I totally understand that, in fact I probably should have realized it, but it really sounded like he would be there and I'm kind of surprised it wasn't more clear and we were pretty disappointed. The exhibit was interesting, I just wish I would have had different expectations. King Tut bummer.

Toronto

Aaron and I are in Toronto for the weekend so we are hitting up some old favorites like Crepes a Go Go...

and we discovering some new ones like Korean Grill House!

Pet of the Week

What a cutie! I love that her one ear is bigger than the other. Looks like she is always saying "Eh? What's that you say?"

Ivy #9589773

Ivy is a 7-year-old female cat who was brought to Lollypop Farm with nine other cats -- they had all been abandoned. She is a beautiful calico who was born with one ear a lot smaller than the other. Her hearing is just fine, though! She enjoys spending time with people, but she likes her alone time, too. Ivy likes other cats as well as dogs, but she can be nervous around children. She is eligible for our Seniors-for-Seniors program, so adopters age 60 and older can take her home free of charge!

Frosted Cupcakery

When I was in LA, I hauled down the street with my coworkers to check out a cupcake cafe that was spotted. It turned out to be Frosted Cupcakery.

I loved the shop - the colors are so cute, brown, sky blue and orange. And the cupcakes were creative and delicious! I would definitely go back.

Lollipop

The last time we were in Vegas, Aaron got me one of these fancy shmancy lollipops at Sugar Factory.

It is very cute, but what I really like is the protective snap cover. So convenient for enjoying your lollipop off and on without getting cat hair stuck to it. Just sayin'.

Sandwich

Sandwiches seem like a simple thing, bread with stuff inside. I was excited to see there was a 'wichcraft in Vegas, the sandwich shop I became enamoured with in NYC.

This time I got the goat cheese, avocado, celery, walnut pesto & watercress on multigrain bread. It was wonderful and as I was eating it all I could think was "why don't I make sandwiches like this?"

I try to get creative with my sandwiches... an egg in our grilled cheese, avocado in our BLT... but I could do more. I think I will put the 'wichcraft book on my wish list. Time to kick our samwaches (as Aaron says) up a notch.