I was expecting AN to be kind of sad this year, what with Bill off on
his honeymoon. And, I mean, it's not like I actually watch anime much anymore.
But it was fun, for the most part. I got to see a few old friends I don't get to see very often. I got to hang out with
people I see quite a lot, but never tire of. And I got to buy an awesome set of Long Cat pins. I mean seriously, check
them out!
I also got to see Rin (who was too busy dealing with real life to bother with nonsense like Anime North this year) and
watch this week's installment of Doctor Who. She wasn't entirely pleased with
the ending, but I thought it was pretty brilliant.
Back at Anime North, score one for Kwartzlab,
as Alex's commissioned Bowser costume (aka the KwartzMonster, so named
because he's been living in the 'Lab for many weeks) won Best in Class in the Master division. Go Alex!
I can't eat out too much these days, which is too bad, since there seems to be a resurgence in interest in finding
decent places to eat in the area.
The 100, episode 4 had a great discussion about the
local restaurant scene. Although I took some exception to the Kitchenerite panel disparaging the selection in Waterloo.
Come on, Kitchener is more than twice the size of Waterloo, people! Of course it has more restaurants!
The main argument was that while Waterloo had some nice, upscale eateries, it didn't have any of the great,
family-owned, hole-in-the-wall ethnic places where you could get a decent lunch for cheap. Which isn't true at all. Just
off the top of my head, there's Classic Indian, Home Garden, Jia Jia Lok, Al Madina (expensive, but they use local,
unofficially organic meat and produce, even if they don't advertise the fact), Brady's Deli, Masala Bay, Kismet... and
then there's a few new places that have opened up that I'd like to try if I was able to eat out.
I can eat out vicariously through others, though.
The Food in Waterloo Region Facebook group just
started up this week and may end up being more useful than the
venerable kw.eats newsgroup, which can be a little crotchety at
times. Loudlunch is a brand new blog dedicated to finding decent lunch spots in the area, mostly
around downtown Kitchener. Well worth keeping an eye on. Sapphire Martini posts
fairly infrequently, but has been around for ages and has a decent catalogue of reviews.
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