October 11, Bob continues to celebrate his birthday (over three weeks ago)!

We always have fun with our dear Toronto friends. We cabbed over to their Hotel Santo Mauro, an exquisite mansion built in 1894 and now a luxury hotel, where we had a glass of wine in one of their sumptuously decorated lounges. Then we walked a couple blocks to a contemporary restaurant, El Mentidero de la Villa, where we were their guests for dinner. Excellent food! First we were served an outstanding Iberian ham. Some of us had the ceviche made with butterfish, totally unlike the ceviche we have in California. This was very tasty, but not soupy like ours. The entrees were equally delicious. Mine was hake, a delicious fish served with vegetables. Then they brought out the cake (tiramisu, yummmy!) and we sang Happy Birthday, Bob. At 11:30 we bid them adieu and took a cab back to our hotel, the lovely Westin Palace. As we left for the evening, there was a special cake in the lobby as the Palace Hotel is celebrating 100 years of service! We have a 6:30 wake up call in the morning.

 

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