Day Three Hundred and Three - Lamb Shank at Tholos

Dear all,

It's an exciting evening! We are heading to Blue Mountain after Darren had a strong craving for Tholos Dip Platter ( it's the best in the business).

Anna and Dale came along too and we all met up early evening for a fabulous Greek feast at our favorite spot up at the village. The weekends are currently a restricted zone due to the population increase of about 20 billion people so mid week it is and it was wonderful!

Tholos is nestled in the heart of the village and boasts a large menu of both Greek and Mediterranean food http://www.tholos.ca

It has a great lay out and staff and if you are lucky, you will be entertained by classic 'plate smashers' that dance around into the night after an oozo or two.

I always get so full from the appetizers that I have no room for the entree but Darren persuaded me to go for the coveted Lamb Shank insisting that it would be high on the blog-worthy list (and he could have a bite or three).

Poor little lamb.. I know... It's rough. But it sure is tasty! Here is a picture of my entree and it was good!

I am looking a little strange here ( only first glass of wine, I promise) but it's a good picture of the shank. Darren helped me out with a large portion of it as I had already eaten my body weight in Humus and spicy feta but I manage to squeeze the rest down. It was delicious. Darren had the Beef Souvalaki ( amazing!) ad did Dale and Anna had the Mousaka. It was all just wonderful.

I love Tholos!

And in other news:

1. It's Ground Hog Day!

Wiarton, just 30 minutes from Owen Sound has been home to the original Canadian groundhog prognosticator since 1956 when local resident Mac McKenzie threw a party called Groundhog Day. The town is now on its third groundhog, after the unfortunate deaths of Willie in 1999 and Wee Willie in 2006. He is famous for being able to predict the weather and his powers are attributed to his position on the 45th parallel exactly half way between the Equator and the North Pole. Some say he is 90% accurate in predicting the arrival of spring. Others {scientists and meteorologists} say it's more like 23 %...but what better excuse to have a party!

Other famous ground hogs include:

1. Punxsutawney Phil ( Big love for the PA crew!)

2. Balzac Billy

3. Buckeye Chuck

4. General Beauregard Lee

5. Octorara Orphie

6. Shubenacadie Sam

7. Staten Island Chuck