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| - I just started work at a great company on Bay Street. Fortunately for me my desk is right next to a lovely unassuming intelligent lady named Cathy. She's the kind of person who leads by example rather than telling you what to do, and fortunately her biggest passions are also my biggest passions such as classical music, theater, the arts, travel, opera, great food, and great movies. She devotes a large amount of her time to be a volunteer for incredible organization such as Roy Thomson Hall, Massey Hall, and the Toronto international film Festival, which again or I'll some of my favourite places in Toronto . I was raised in a house with annual memberships to Roy Thomson Hall and I'm used to seeing the Toronto Symphony orchestra regularly, and in fact I play clarinet and that was my lifes dream was to play for the TSO. Both my sons play clarinet and I have a 13-year-old who also successfully plays guitar in restaurants, therefore we've always had a very musical family. I've also always been addicted to travel - and also good films, in fact two movies have been filmed in my house, and I try to get out to see as many tiff films every year as possible, therefore Cathy and I have quite a lot in common and quite a lot to chat about. Therefore it was disappointing to hear after only two months of working with her and that she was retiring. During her time with the company, Because Cathy has great taste in restaurants as well, she would often book corporate events to this amazing restaurant Bravi. Therefore because Cathy would never ask for a favour for herself, and because I am a pushier kind of person and I have many years of experience working in restaurants and assume that I know how to talk to fellow restauranteurs, I took the time to meet the owner of Bravi and begged on Cathy's behalf that perhaps we could have a nice going away lunch for her at this beautiful restaurant, but because the people attending were mostly secretaries and not necessarily the millionaires who can afford these prices, is there anything he could do for us? He fortunately said he could bring us free appetizers and I said that would be great. We arrived and I expected very little such as bread-and-butter maybe some olives and Bruschetta, but they fed us a free feast so perfectly prepared, presented, and delicious, I was completely shocked- most especially the delicious Charcuterie, wild Boar, and calamari. This was above and beyond what they needed to do, and I will always be thankful, and my feelings are shared by everybody else at the table who were so happy to celebrate with Cathy in such a beautiful setting. The entrées were spectacular as well, as for the desserts, my favourite was the tiramisu -I highly recommend Bravi! They care about you and they go above and beyond.
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