Day One Hundred and Twenty Nine - Deidre's 40th Birthday!

Dear all,

Today was a a glorious day. After work, Darren and I set forth on a glorious drive down to Toronto to celebrate Deidre's 40th birthday!

Once we had navigated our way downtown using D's marvelous GPS we encountered the ever-frustrating problem with driving in cities: Parking.

Darren unleashed his inner warrior and after displaying some impressive improvised navigational skills, we found a cheeky car park just around the corner from the bar with an hourly charge that didn't involve more than 2 zeros.

The day previously, I had been feeling rather raunchy and had bought myself some significantly sized stilettos for the party. Walking was therefore an interesting venture especially in a town where there are numerous 'vents' and 'grates' that could easily cause great distress/ embarrasment if you were to get your heel trapped mid stride.

I have gotta say, the venue was fabulous! A gorgeous oasis in the heart of the Toronto financial district. As per the website and so, so true: 'The restaurant you would have built'.

http://www.southoftemperance.com/

It had an expansive outdoor seating area that was beautifully decorated and almost felt like we were in an expensive resort on a remote island. They even allowed smoking on the terrace ( smoking in bars is now somewhat of an 'urban legend').

But the main event was gorgeous Deidre and it was FABULOUS! Vince ( Deidre's amazing fiance) put on a BRILLIANT party, it was so fab. There was food, drinks, gorgeous people and beautiful Deidre floating around looking like the happiest girl in the world.

We had such a lovely evening, it was so much fun. Vince was brilliant in every way and always making sure every last person was happy and having a great time. He was the perfect host.

Come midnight, a fabulous cake arrived as if by magic through the busy bar and we all sang and cheered Deidre, the gorgeous birthday girl.

It was wonderful and once again, Happy 40th Birthday Deidre!

And in other news:

1. Another big day on the birthday calender! Huge Birthday congratulations today for Big Paul: 60 today!!!!