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Friday, June 15, 2012

Plumb Visit

Last month we had another visitor.  Jay Plumb, his wife Sara Zucker, and their 9 year old daughter Raphaella.  They were here for a long weekend that was sort of a make up date.  They originally had planned to visit us last August for just a couple of hours during their layover on a plane trip from Boston to Quebec City.  At the last minute Jay discovered his passport had expired.  He managed to salvage the QC trip but wound up making it a road trip instead.  They were left with vouchers for the airfare and applied them to this trip.

Because of that turn of events months ago we were able to spend two days together instead of two hours.  Their visit was a great reason to get us out of the apartment and back into some favourite spots and also some new places we have been meaning to check out like the restaurant row on Baldwin Street.  A couple of highlights were taking the ferry out to the Toronto Islands again and we were also able to catch the very last day, in fact the last hours, of the Leonard Cohen print exhibition downtown.  The exhibit was around the corner from the Hockey Hall of Fame where Jay was able to acquire a souvenir,  a hockey puck with the old Kansas City Scouts logo.  I learned from him that franchise still exists today and is now the New Jersey Devils.

At Centre Island looking out on Lake Ontario

Allen Lambert Galleria, Brookfield Place, Toronto


"Artworks" by Leonard Cohen


Outside the old Bank of Montreal building that now houses the Hockey Hall of Fame


I should point out that this is the very first time Jay and I had ever met face to face.  We have been friends for several years but only online.  This is not the first time this has happened to me.  In fact, it is becoming more frequent all the time.  These virtual friendships have led to many adventures that couldn't have been imagined years ago.  In this case Jay's trip to QC inspired us to go that route and we even stayed in the same hotel that they did.  More about that in the next post.  So now we have plans to visit them on their turf in Boston.