Smarties Are Rockets In Canada
I don't know about you, but this just blew my mind. Up in Canada, Smarties are called Rockets. And something that is like a cheap M&M are called a Smarties. Weird, right?
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Toronto Visit
I am back this week from a week long visit to Canada at some internal meetings. And, although this was the first time I'd flown into Canada, I came away liking everything about the experience. I have been a couple of times including a few road trips to Windsor in my college days (with some Fraternity brothers) and right after (with the Pawlak brothers) and my parents took us to see the Niagara Falls back when I was a kid. But, this time was different: it was for work and I was on my own. We stayed in the Yorkville neighborhood and had a bunch of great meals and walked everywhere during the full week. I did, even, eat poutine and drank a Labatt's Blue, in addition to a few other Canadian treats. I'll post about the poutine and candy and such later this week once I dig through my email inbox and have some time!
Found: Lake Louise Sigal Brothers Canadian Blue Plate
At a yard sale this weekend, we came across this blue Lake Louise plate that we couldn't pass up. My in-laws have been to Lake Louise and have come back with lots of photos and stories from Banff. The plate was made by the Sigal Brothers in Windsor Canada and has at $5.95 price sticker on the back. It is "made in Japan", so it likely has *some* age to it, but I can't figure out how old. I did find a companion plate on Ebay ( here ), but the one we bought has a larger/longer description on the back and appears to be a bit older than the one being listed for sale. They're asking $10.99, so my $0.50 (I haggled!) deal is looking pretty good.