This weekend felt very blog-worthy!
On Friday night I drove to Calgary for a catch up with my long time friend Cheryl. Both of us wanted to try ‘The Dark Table’ restaurant. This is a spot where you eat your meal in pitch black so it encourages use of your other senses. All of the servers are visually impaired.
We were both feeling adventurous enough to have the surprise 3 course meal. It was fun to try to figure our what we were eating and navigate the eating process without vision. We both had a few ‘air bites’ and I ate my main course with my hand. We noticed that the restaurant was very loud. Without the eye contact and cues that someone is listening, I think people get louder! There were also many clangs of dropped cutlery and smashes of broken glass.
Here’s what my meal looked like:
LOL.
All in all it was a novel and fun experience, but not something that we would do over and over.
Saturday we did a few fun activities, which included a visit to the amazing new Central Calgary Library. Anyone who believes that libraries are a thing of the past needs to take a visit here. There are so many amazing activities and learning opportunities, all under amazing architecture.
On Saturday night we completed the final bucket list check with a zamboni ride at the Flames-Oilers game. Can you believe that the 2nd zamboni seat was free so RobO got to ride too?! What a cool experience! The only thing that would have made it better would have been a win for my Oil!
Who looks more excited?
We finished off the weekend with a great visit with the Bristow’s.
Livin’ the dream!