For our 25th anniversary, we decided to retrace the route of our 20th anniversary trip and also explore some more areas of Detroit, the GTA, and Niagara. Our friends in Sterling Heights, Michigan were such amazing hosts for the first two nights that we nicknamed their home “The Beaver Arms.” We spent four nights in Brampton, Ontario, taking the train into downtown Toronto a couple of mornings (we did grocery shopping the first day and enjoyed cooking in the evenings and snacking on Canadian favorites). We also enjoyed a Brampton specialty: butter chicken fries, a tribute to the city’s large Indian community and to Canada’s favorite dish, poutine. (I couldn’t wait to get home and make it myself!) Our final two nights were spent in an Airbnb in Niagara Falls called The Time Warp, and visiting familiar sites as well as new ones (including the world’s best wonton soup for breakfast at a Chinese donut shop) before traveling to Buffalo to have lunch at our favorite restaurant there with our favorite Buffalo resident.
The Soup Diva 
I’m behind on my favorite blogs this month, and just realized you’d blogged about this Canada trip on top of posting on Facebook. How adorable that you linked to the Matzo Ball Soup post — how has it been almost 5 years? — and I also included the repeat of fun-angle (in front of the fireplace) photo with my mommy. (It’s funny seeing my childhood home’s ceiling on the internet!) I know she’s so glad you all got to hang out, and I’m delighted you enjoyed your brief time in Buffalo.
Some day, you’ll have to have the opportunity to explore the whole city; Buffalo is a real foodie city, with 150 years of Greek, Irish, Polish, and Italian food history, and about 50 years of modern immigrant food fun, like Vietnamese, Indian, Ethiopian, Burmese, and more. Maybe you could be there during Taste of Buffalo, or at least sample the food at a Greek festival. (There’s always a Greek festival somewhere!)
Even though I don’t cook, I do love reading your blog. Nomnomnom.
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The “ceiling angle” shots were the brainchild of Mr Tony Burgess 🤷🏼♀️
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