http://enjoyingtoledo.com Loving life in Toledo, Ohio Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:50:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This past Friday was the opening night of Har Simrit Singh's one-man-show at Bozarts Gallery, downtown. The gallery was packed with people nibbling food, drinking wine, and enjoying some really great artwork. The works were a mix of portraits and fine lettering with strong color choices, in a nice flat graphic style. You ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2010/03/rius-aqua/ I made these guys earlier in the week. And now there's more snow... to make more men! The little guy reminded me of Colonel Kurtz, hence the Apocalypse Now reference. http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2010/02/snowmen/ R, M, and D met us for Thai food on the East Side this Saturday. Bangkok Cafe was a suggestion of R & M's... and it was a GREAT suggestion. It's been a long time since I last had Thai beef jerky. Bangkok Cafe served it up perfectly warmed and with ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2010/02/bangkok-cafe-andres-lounge/ The Ottawa Tavern, along with the rest of Adams Street, celebrated Mardi Gras this year with beads, silly hats, "hurricane" drinks, and lots of dancing lights... in the bottoms of the glasses. Golab played live, as did Detroit's Charlie Slick. And it was a pretty wild and fun night. Ottawa Tavern (use ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2010/02/mardi-gras-2010-at-the-ot/ Last week was spent in Sarasota, helping out my grandparents... it was a LONG week and I was happy to return home. To help me detox, D. took me to Eddie Lee's for dinner on Saturday. This was our first visit to this "Toledo Tradition". While we waited for our table ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2010/02/eddie-lees/ Friday night was a blast! We started at the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion for a wine tasting. After a flight of 4 wines and some tasty cheese, we wandered around the building. The TMA plays host to live glass blowing all the time. And the wine tastings are going ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2010/01/its-friday-and-urban-forest-project/ Following up from our post on June 18, 2008, we had a chance to visit Koreana again with our friend T., who happens to be Korean. We were excited to have her help in ordering off the menu for us. One of my favorite things about Korean food are the multitude ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2010/01/korea-na-or-koreana/ We met up with J. & A. and some new friends at Calvino's this week for a celebratory dinner. J. & A. had just come off a 3-day fast... and if you haven't enjoyed real food for a few days this was a fantastic way to bring back the yum. D. ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2010/01/calvinos-deux/ Yesterday, D. asked what we should get for lunch and I replied, "sandwiches"! We had just read about a relatively new sandwich shop, featuring Boars Head Meats, in The City Paper and decided to give it a go! I had a turkey with brie, romaine, tomato and dijon. The first half, ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2010/01/jb%e2%80%99s-sarnie-shoppe/ This cute little coffee shop saved the day last weekend. We really needed coffee. And a little scoop of gelato was a good accompaniment for my espresso on ice. D. enjoyed a petit quiche and then we were off. Our visit to Caffeinis was short and sweet. Caffeinis | 1471 Secor Road (inside ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2010/01/caffeinis/ Friday night, J. hosted a group of friends in her office's suite at the new arena. This was more than my first time seeing the Walleye play--it was my first hockey game ever. There were people dressed like furries, posing for photos. And a fight... someone should break it up! Snacks were yum, ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2010/01/toledo-walleye-game/ Hope everyone has a great 2010! http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-toledo/ I'm really not a comedy fan. But it's good to push yourself to do things you wouldn't normally once in a while. Right? Friday night, our friends M. and K. invited us out to see M.'s cousin do stand up. Jon Ueberroth is originally from the East Side so his routine ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2009/12/connxtions-comedy-club/ It is crazy freezing outside, so in the efforts of keeping warm we invited a few friends over for a make-your-own-pizza-dinner on Tuesday. That means we stayed in! And invited J. and A. (thanks, A. for the photos), T. and A., and M. The pie crusts and fixings came from Sofo ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2009/12/pizza-party/ We visited the Toledo Zoo a couple weeks ago. My favorite animal is the polar bear... He played with a large plastic trash bin for a while. And there was much more to see. The colubus monkeys (above) were very Alexander McQueen. This fish was acting curious. I made some new friends and it ... http://enjoyingtoledo.com/2009/12/at-the-zoo/