"Be A Kid For A Day" Scavenger Hunt

Part of the requirements for the Sport & Event Marketing program I'm in is to plan and execute a charity event. My friends in the program organized a scavenger hunt all across downtown Toronto and it was a great success. I made a group with Vivian and Becky and called ourselves The Thunder Thighs! It was 3 hours of walking and sweating. There were 25 clues scattered from Yorkville to Harbourfront and Spadina to Jarvis. Vivian did a great job at keeping us motivated. I don't know how she had so much pep. Becky was mute, trying to "conserve energy", haha.

Relaxing at Oasis Patio afterwards

We managed to get to all 25 places with 5 minutes to spare. I was so happy to see the Oasis Rooftop Patio! When we got to the finish line, there were a bunch of teams right ahead of us so we figured we were somewhere in the middle of the pack. The runner up and the grand prize winners got some pretty sweet gifts - tickets for a Leafs, Raptors, Toronto FC game, Sirius XM radios, and other gift certificates. And then we found out we were actually in third place...and we lost by mere minutes! I knew we should have taken the subway! It seemed silly at the time to spend a token going from Bloor to Dundas but I totally would have done it if I knew how close we were. Oh well. I'm still really proud of us for being one of only 4 teams who completed the entire race. And I won the Davids Tea prize pack in the raffle! It was a fun day, completely exhausting, but a lot of fun.

Now I need to get working on my event: An Olympics Opening Ceremony Celebration in support of KidSport on July 27 - save the date!

Come And Get It!

This blog is slowly becoming food-centric. Before watching The Hunger Games with Alexandra and Nicole, we decided to grab a bite to eat at the pop-up restaurant, Come and Get It!, since it's been getting rave reviews and they could pack up and go at any time.

In a shocking turn of events, I went with the Chipotle Beef Short Rib sandwich instead of the Hawaiian Pork Belly. We all know how much I love pork but I don't regret the decision at all; the beef short ribs were delicious. You know it's good when you save some for the last bite of your meal.

Braised beef short rib with chipotle aioli,
ancho chili bbq sauce, crispy onions and
a sweet and sour coleslaw on a milk bun

I shared half of my sandwich with Alexandra and had half of her Special of the Day sandwich: duck confit with maple poached pear, pommery, and frisee. I'm so glad we shared because both sandwiches were equally good. It was nice to have something slightly spicy and something sweet. The sandwiches tasted a tad greasy but the coleslaw and frisee helped cut down some of the oily taste in my mouth.

Nicole's Pork Belly Poutine - Yum!

I love that the retro-hipster decorated Come and Get It! has a simple 4-item menu with 3 options each: sandwich, salad, or poutine. I get the feeling that they make everything with a lot of love. 

Come and Get It! menu
Source: Food With Legs

Surprises in Mystery Pucks, Surprises in Elevators

Since my internship started, I haven't seen any of my classmates from GBC so when Sabrina asked if I could help her sell autographed Mystery Pucks during the Leafs game at the Air Canada Centre, I was happy to help.

Before we got to work, we met up for lunch at Fran's. I'm not a big breakfast fan but I couldn't resist ordering their "favourite prize winning pancakes since 1940". If it's good enough for the Jays, then it's good enough for me. I got the banana chocolate pancakes and they were honestly the best pancakes I've ever eaten. It's a shame I could only finish 2 of the 4.

Photo Credit: Sabrina T.

For the next 3 hours, I wrapped and sealed roughly 200 autographed hockey pucks in the MLSE office. If there's anything I learned today, it's that I don't mind doing menial work. What can I say? Efficient is my middle name. Sitting on the floor for 3 hours can get quite painful though. Also, some of the Maple Leafs have terrible autographs. I'm looking at you, Dion Phaneuf. Oh, and Darryl Sittler walked by and said hello, no biggie.

The Mystery Pucks were on sale for $20 and one of the pucks had a winning sticker for a game-used Luke Schenn hockey stick (I touched his stick! ;) haha). I love seeing fathers buy pucks for their kids and it's adorable how excited the kids are to find out whose puck they got. By the end of the night, we made over $2800, all of which goes to Team Up Foundation. I'd say it was a pretty successful night.

And then the night got better. After saying goodbye to Sabrina, I headed to the elevators to leave the office. The elevator doors opened, it was super packed, and standing right at the front was MIKE KOMISAREK and JOEY CRABB! I have to say, I did a pretty damn good job at keeping my cool but boy, did they look gooood in suits. Acting nonchalant, I asked if there was room for me to squish in or I could wait for the next one. Komisarek scooted in so I hopped on and  for the next minute, I was a very happy girl. Who would've thought I'd ever share an elevator with two Toronto Maple Leafs?! Maybe it's a good thing I'm not working at MLSE; I'd be overly happy every day.

Also, I would like to thank my phone for working all day. Seriously, thank you for not being your usual shitty self.

Girls' Night In

Last Friday, I wanted a manicure and had a craving for pizza. There was only one logical place to go for both: Michelle's house! I'm not sure if I was just really hungry but we created the best pizza I've ever had from Pizza Pizza. We nixed the classic tomato sauce and went for BBQ sauce with chipotle steak, chipotle pork, and pineapples on top. So good! We devoured half of it before remembering to take a picture.

After browsing Michelle's extensive nail polish collection, I decided on OPI's Tickle My France-y. It's a gorgeous nude colour with a hint of lavender. Michelle did a great job filing, buffing, and painting my nails but for whatever reason, it took forever to dry, which is especially torturous when a girl really wants to eat a chicken nugget! I ended up smudging my thumb twice but Michelle fixed it and I was good to go. Or so I thought. When I got home, I was exhausted and fell asleep on the couch. Apparently, my thumb wasn't completely dry yet and the leather couch left a textured imprint on my nail. After a brief, "Nooooooo!!", I figured it was only noticeable if you looked at it really closely and there was nothing I could do about it now so the imprint stayed. Now I've got a little reminder on my thumb that not everything goes perfectly but you can't sweat the small stuff.