New Years 2006

This New Years was different then any previous one. In past years I've always wanted to do something fancy and formal but have always ended up due to money, friends, etc to end up doing the classic get together and drink/party thing. Not that there is anything wrong with that, it's quite fun and one of my favourite things. However, I always wanted to do the fancy thing. So I did.

Janet and I did the CN Tower for New Years. The CN Tower in Toronto is the tallest free standing building in the world. I heard the Japanese were planning to build a taller one but have not yet done it. The CN Tower is also known as the world's largest free standing phallic symbol.

Dinner at the CN Tower was in the 360 restuarant: A revolving restuarant that looks out over Toronto. It completes a rotation every 72 minutes allowing you to get a pretty good view of everything.

Dinner was fantastic but expensive. Arriving at 8:30 we enjoyed some expensive cocktails while munching on bread. Around 9:30 we had our order taken off the Prix Fixe. We both had the Lavender Honey Glazed Boneless Half Chicken as our entree. To start Janet had the 360 Ceasar Salad and I had the Roasted Parsnip and Apple Soup. To finish we had the Dark Choclate Tower with Preserved Summer Fruits. The food was amazing. Some of the best food I have ever had (which you would expect from a fancy restuarant at the top of the town). We also enjoyed a bottle of wine and a glass of champagne at midnight.

We also took out a room at the Days Inn at Young and Carleton. Not the nicest hotel in town but definintely a place to sleep and relatively in-expensive for New Years Eve.

Having done the fancy meal, fancy event with fancy duds, perhaps you ask, is it worth it?

Yes.

Would I do it again?

.... Maybe.