June 16, 2011: That was one night I'm glad I wasn't in Vancouver for! Dinner with Alexander and Sarah! Another class field trip! Lunch so bad I want to punch the chef in the face!

Yesterday, Akemi and I joined Alexander and Sarah for lunch at Terroni Restaurant on Adelaide Street.

Alex and Sarah putting up with the requisite pre-meal photo op.

Facing off against Akemi and me!

The pizza was fine, the pasta was cold, but the clear high point of the night was the surrounding decor.  Specifically THIS ill-advised piece of art (?):

I think this particular piece is called: "Making an example of potential collaborators". Enjoy your meal!

After dinner, I went home, worked out, watched part of the hockey game, grew disillusioned, then walked the dogs and started reading Charles Yu's How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe.  It wasn't until this morning that I heard about the riots.  What amazed me was not so much the fact that these assholes would be stupid enough to loot and destroy property, but that they'd be stupid enough to pose for pictures or brag about it on their facebook pages.

Would love to see all three of these douchebags face charges.

As for the game itself – meh.  There's no denying the best goalie and best team won.  Although Vegas had the Canucks favored to win last night (-160 to the Bruins +140), one has to remember that the guys who set the odds do so ever-mindful of, not who they think will win, but who the betting public thinks will win. In other words, people were putting money on the Canucks to win, no doubt betting with their hearts and making Vancouver a pricey favorite…much to the delight of Bruin fans who ended up making $40 on every $100 bet.

No doubt feeling the pressure to come up with consistently creative bento breakfasts, Akemi delivered this little culinary masterpiece this morning…

I didn't have much time to appreciate it though because, today, we were off on another location scout for Transporter: The Series…

Alexander, rarin' to go!

Tim Owen, Location Manager by day, Sears model by night.

First stop = Creepy hospital location.

While the rest of the survey moves on, I'm prepped for surgery.

They're labeled now because I always used to get them confused.

Okay. Let's make it quick.

I'll take one from column A and two from column B. I would also request a sneak peek at the dessert board.

No hospital would be complete without a basement prison.

Tim Bider is locked up until he finishes designing the interior of Frank's house.

Hate to say it, but Alex seems quite at home.

The almost perfect spiral parkade ramp.

Alexander is Vitamin D deficient and, sadly, also lacks the ability to separate good food from bad.

We returned to the Production Offices late - and hungry. Awaiting us was THIS.

Pasta so offensively bad I wanted to punch the chef in the face.

Alex on the other hand...

I ended up tossing my lunch and going out for a burger…

My Gourmet Burger burger with tomato, lettuce, mayo, mushrooms, and caramelized onions.

That's it.  I'm going to have to start going out for lunch!

Tagged: Bento, Cute Food, Transporter: The Series