Covering the Last Laker's Home Game of the Season

It has been an exciting summer here in Peterborough. Although the weather hasn't been the nicest - we've had a great season of concerts with the Festival of Lights and the Lakers are fighting for a chance at the Mann Cup.

We've had great games here this year and the TVCogeco crew has enjoyed bringing you all the action on Cable 10.

Did you know that Peterborough fans provide the largest spectator audience to any of the teams. Not by a small margin either - we have, on average almost 2000 more fans per game show up! http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=832&seasonid=4236 Now if that isn't proof that "Peterborough Rocks", what could be!

Last week, I had the privilege of delivering the game ball to centre field on behalf of TVCogeco's staff and volunteers. I would have loved to run out there with the whole crew - you'd be surprised how many volunteers show up every game to help bring the game to you on Cable 10. There is a significant commitment from every one of the crew to ensure that each game is covered through the season, so you know its fueled by a love of what we do.

On Monday night , I was pinging Twitter's server by the minute to catch the game's results and thanks so some fans and the Examiner's posts - I was able to get some details.

Tonight's game is bittersweet. The Lakers are down 3-2 against Brampton in a fight for a chance at the 2009 Mann Cup. A Laker's win would force a Game 7 and put them one step closer to that chance - but unless we travel to Brampton - we wont see that game.

Tonight I'll be in the end corner with the camera rooting on our guys in the hopes that there WILL BE a Sunday game.

Let's pack the place and show Brampton what team spirit really looks like!

Day Trip - a pre-taste of "The Taste of Danforth"

I don't often head to Toronto, but a co-worker was coming to town and we had scheduled a lunch meet-up for Aug. 6th. It's been less than a week since the strike was over and by all reports I was a bit worried it might be a stinker of a visit.

The weather reports promised the day to be beautiful - so I decided to take a chance and plan an outdoor picnic. Tiina and I both telecommute (we work from our home offices) so a day in the sunshine and fresh air would be perfect. I looked at the tourism websites and decided on Ashbridges Bay.

For picnic goodies, I thought "greek" might be a nice treat. My sources on Twitter provided me an excellent food guide. @greekfood made several excellent suggestions: "Finger foods: dolmades, taramoslata, some pita bread, tzatziki, gigantes beans (canned r good), a village salad, cheese. Oh, and don't forget the spanakopita & tiropita, go to Athens Pastries on Danforth for that, and get some Loukoumades from there too".

So the first stop in Toronto, after I did the Don Valley Parkway Creep, was to stop for desserts. No it wasnt because its the most important part of the meal ... really!!! The bakery just happened to be open before the restaurants. I wanted a selection of small treats and ended up buying quite a bit more than expected - they all looked so good!

The lovely woman at Athens suggested I just try the restaurant a few doors down - The Greek Grill. She said it would be a healthy sized lunch.

After reading through their sizable menu - I decided on ordering a large Chicken Souvlaki dinner - it had everything! Tzatziki, pita, greek salad, potatoes, rice and lots of juicy pieces of chicken souvlaki. I added an "extra" chicken stick to be sure there was enough and a Spanakopita as an special treat.

I have to say - there was more enough food to feed the two of us. I knew Id be taking extra desserts home, but I didnt expect to have so much lunch left over. We had a great feed and there still was lots of rice & chicken. Its was an amazing lunch deal and such a great choice for a picnic on the beach.

The location was a great pick as well. The air was fresh and the park itself was pretty clean. We found a table under a big tree near to the beach to enjoy our feast. I couldnt imagine a nicer way to have a "business lunch" ;-)

Enjoy the rest of your stay in Toronto Tiina!!!

A great big thankyou to Sam (@greekfood) for his wonderful suggestions.