why Lego?

I decided recently that the only toys and games worth buying now are Lego's. Although I did buy a Transformer toy recently because it was 50% off, I will "invest" in Lego because even if I tire of them from time to time, they are infinitely reusable and compatible. 


ps: the nephews in California, can I have my Star Wars Episode 1 Lego sets back ?


I purchased the Lego Universe game recently and although it doesn't have as much content as World of Warcraft, it is very fun and has room for infinite play time with the built-in model designer. As part of your adventures you will collect pre-built models and single bricks. You can use the single bricks to form model parts and then manipulate the parts to form bigger models. The money that you also get from your adventures is not the main currency in this game and I think that's revolutionary for these kind of games.

Dishcrawl "week" part deux

After the visit to l'Atelier, we walked to Macaroni Bar, a spot I would never step into. I would come back however to get a bigger portion of what we tasted, the fried gnocchi poutine. Instead of fries they deep fry gnocchi balls and then serve with a veal demi-glace and cheese curds. It's very rich tasting and very good. It's a bit expensive for a snack after drinking but it's all good. We also had pork meatballs served as lollipops but I didn't like the taste.


The night was officially over and some of us wanted to go to Juliette & Chocolat for dessert but it was already closed (11pm for a Wednesday) so we rushed to Lemeac as their kitchen closed only at midnight. I have never been to Lemeac even though I reserved there many times, thinking it was Laloux. Everytime I get to Laloux I'd have to ask the bartender to call Lemeac and cancel the reservation for me.


I'm told by the person in front of me at the table that everything is good at Lemeac. I had the chocolate tartelette with ginger ice cream which was ok.

Dishcrawl "week"

This week started on Wedneaday September 1st 2010. I had signed up for a dishcrawl where you pay $40 up front and you will be guided thru 4 courses at unannounced restaurants. It may be scary for you to surrender your meal decisions to a stranger but our local matchmaker @EatalianGirl was someone I trusted. We also had to wear walking shoes to go from place to place.

Our hostess with the mostess is @Ladyleet from San Francisco where she ran many successful dishcrawls. This event was to launch dishcrawl.com in Montreal. She is in love with our city and its food. As it turned out I got to show her many of my favorite spots in the city.

On our first stop of the evening we hit Restaurant Saluté on Laurier St for a porcini risotto served from a cheese wheel infused with saffron. I have had food served like this before but this was a first in Momtreal.

We walked to Lustucru, a market restaurant with a raw bar. I sampled salmon tartare (good), swordfish carpaccio with thin strawberry slices (meh), a beef tartare (not my kind of food), and duck carpaccio (i was praying for no salmonella).

The thrd stop was at L'Atelier where I wanted to go for the longest time. We had some foie gras on a toast (not for me) and a delicious cube of braised lamb. I will come back for sure.

TV shows

They're going to cancel Ugly Betty! Granted the show is not as funny as before but it's still a feel good comedy that doesn't exist elsewhere. Dollhouse is also going to get terminated :(


Here are other shows I watch this quarter.


Blue Mountain State - silly football low brow comedy
Caprica - a Battlestar Galactica prequel with Eric Stoltz!
Kids in the Hall - Death Comes to Town
Glee - everyone has to watch this
Spartacus Blood and Sand - silly softcore 300 clone
Modern Family - I'm not sure why I watch this, I don't like it that much
Cougar Town - silly old women and young men comedy


No more links ... I'm tired.


Project Runway - reality tv so I must watch
Desperate Housewives - good enough
Grey's Anatomy - good cry
Private Practice - good cry
Skins - british humour
The Hustle - british humour
Secret Diary of A Call Girl - british humour
V 2009 - good so far
How I Met You Mother - Neil Patrick Harris
Greek - silly kids comedy
FlashForward - good scifi
Lost - the last season
Survivor - reality tv so I must watch
American Idol - reality tv so I must watch

A little test

Question 1

Name a goal you have— any goal for the future, be it near or far, small or large, heavy or light. Whatever means the most to you at the moment.

Question 2

Imagine yourself right after having accomplished this goal, in the minutes or hours after you've DONE it. You're on the other side. It's the day after, it's behind you.

Write down how you would FEEL. A few words, one word, a phrase or two.

Question 3

Write down the date you'd like to see this goal accomplished. Could be a day, weeks, months, years. Your ideal time to see it happen.