Sunday, April 4, 2010

A Bunny, A Barrel, but no Monkey


Easter weekend is upon us and on Saturday the hospital hosted an Easter egg hunt on the lawn. It was more of a carnival than a hunt. The eggs were laid in a cordoned off section of the grounds and different age groups went out to hunt for their allotted eggs. There was also a bouncy house, bouncy obstacle course, face painting, balloon animals, egg dying and the Easter bunny stopped by to make an appearance. Gabriella and her friends had a great time trying everything, her favorite was the bouncy obstacle course and dying easter eggs. Greg got a chance to say hello to a few colleagues and watch his daughter have fun.

After a trip to the park and a short nap at home we decided to go out to dinner. Tonneau restaurant is shaped like a giant barrel and for a restaurant that seems to have a gimmick the food was surprisingly delicious. The inside of the restaurant has an eclectic mix of decor which ranges from wooden airplanes to vodka bottles with fake fire burning in them. We sat down in the mostly empty dining room and quickly began to peruse the extensive menu. Deciding on what we wanted we picked up the phone at the table and called our waiter over. Yes it's a real phone that calls the bar where the waiter picks up and comes over. It proved to be quite handy when we asked for water later in the meal, Greg ordered it in perfect Japanese. We chose a wide variety of food including crab pizza, spaghetti carbonara, sushi, yakitori and fried oysters. The yakitori was absolutely amazing, if we go back I will definitely order it again. Greg loved the fried oysters and Gabriella devoured the spaghetti. The crab pizza and sushi was just so so. It was a delicious meal and the setting was quite dramatic. Before we headed home I popped into the ladies room and wouldn't you know it there was another aquarium in the bathroom stall. This one had no fish in it, which was a little sad but it was still an impressive aquarium. All and all the meal was fantastic and it capped off a great day with the family.

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