Yeah, you probably can't really tell from the photos, but the hedgehogs are so cute it's almost a shame to eat them. They have little spikes, and eyes and even noses etched onto the surface of the milk chocolate shell. But I always do eat them eventually, because the hazelnut praline inside is damn good.
Yeah, they expanded into Ontario fairly recently. 2008 or so, which probably wasn't the best timing from an economic POV, in retrospect. If you guys are going to Windsor anyway, a trip to the shop might well be in order.
I had to chuckle at "Security Theatre". It's funny because it's true! I know the border crossing just south of Vancouver is a bloody nightmare these days unless you have a Nexus Card. And if you guys haven't been to Ontario since your mom died, then you wouldn't go often enough for Nexus to be worth your while. I'd say make sure you have the car radio tuned to a station you like, or maybe you and your dad could bring books to read in the line-up. But on the bright side, you're both white!
I remember seeing an episode of the Rick Mercer Report a few years ago in which Rick and the camera crew were attempting to cross the US border south of Toronto to film one of their "Talking to Americans" segments, and owing to a mix-up, nobody had their passports with them. He looked straight into the camera and deadpanned, "Dealing with the border guards should be fun. But on the bright side, everybody in this van is white." I don't remember if they actually got across the border. Hopefully not!
Mercer is an intensely funny comedian, and not the slightest bit vulgar with it. I don't like comedy shows usually, but he's hilarious. Possibly because he knows when to stop. Everybody in Canada loved "Talking to Americans" but he stopped filming new segments a few years back because he decided that particular schtick was getting tired and he needed to move on to new material.
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Date: 2017-03-11 06:51 pm (UTC)Yeah, they expanded into Ontario fairly recently. 2008 or so, which probably wasn't the best timing from an economic POV, in retrospect. If you guys are going to Windsor anyway, a trip to the shop might well be in order.
I had to chuckle at "Security Theatre". It's funny because it's true! I know the border crossing just south of Vancouver is a bloody nightmare these days unless you have a Nexus Card. And if you guys haven't been to Ontario since your mom died, then you wouldn't go often enough for Nexus to be worth your while. I'd say make sure you have the car radio tuned to a station you like, or maybe you and your dad could bring books to read in the line-up. But on the bright side, you're both white!
I remember seeing an episode of the Rick Mercer Report a few years ago in which Rick and the camera crew were attempting to cross the US border south of Toronto to film one of their "Talking to Americans" segments, and owing to a mix-up, nobody had their passports with them. He looked straight into the camera and deadpanned, "Dealing with the border guards should be fun. But on the bright side, everybody in this van is white." I don't remember if they actually got across the border. Hopefully not!
Mercer is an intensely funny comedian, and not the slightest bit vulgar with it. I don't like comedy shows usually, but he's hilarious. Possibly because he knows when to stop. Everybody in Canada loved "Talking to Americans" but he stopped filming new segments a few years back because he decided that particular schtick was getting tired and he needed to move on to new material.