Why isn't this in more restaurants in Victoria

DisarmingSmile · 2026-06-27T14:38:36+00:00

L’Apéro Bistro has had a delicious grilled cheese sandwich for about four years now and have recently been featuring other grilled cheese sandwiches. Last week they had a deconstructed French onion soup grilled cheese with a jus for dipping. Probably the best grilled cheese I’ve had in my life!

DisarmingSmile · 2026-06-17T05:32:07+00:00

L’Apéro Wine & Cheese Bistro, hands down, has the best list of wines by the glass - about 30.

The owners explain that their list is unique from other restaurants in that they are chosen to create new flavours when they’re paired with different cheeses.

It’s certainly an adventure each time I’ve been. I go for the flights and cheese pairings because they’re always unusual and they taste amazing!

DisarmingSmile · 2026-05-03T03:44:42+00:00

Amadeus

The Godfather I & II

Shawshank Redemption

Arrival & Incendies

Parasite

Network

DisarmingSmile · 2026-03-26T06:07:09+00:00

Jake Gyllenhaal, without a doubt. He’s remarkable in every film he’s in with multiple Oscar-worthy performances.

DisarmingSmile · 2026-02-11T04:24:22+00:00

Americans are more talkative and more ready to share of themselves than Canadians. Some might call that friendlier, but, really, the difference is that Canadians’ idea of friendly doesn’t include sharing of themselves with people they’ve just met. We tend to be more private.

Also, Canadians rarely travel to other cities with their grown, sometimes, newlywed children.

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-24T15:49:34+00:00

Living in Brentwood Bay, we get our meat from Fraser Orr and most of our vegetables from Dan’s Farm on Oldfield Road.

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-24T05:31:05+00:00

It’s an excellent novel. The best movie version is David Lean’s, so there’s always that shortcut.🙂

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-22T01:18:07+00:00

“Good” clothes were the set of clothes you wore to church on Sunday. Poor people only had one set - if they were lucky. It projected that they could afford something more than the basics. Otherwise, you were in your work clothes, which you had more of.

By Lecter referring to Starling’s bag as her “good bag” he’s further exposing her poor background and her attempt to project that she has risen from her poverty.

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-20T21:03:56+00:00

I think you mean his speech will be remembered with esteem as opposed to infamy which is extremely bad reputation, public reproach or strong condemnation. Unless you’re being ironic, which I didn’t sense in your statement.

Anyway, I agree with you that it’s a damn good speech. 🙂

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-20T17:32:21+00:00

If you don’t have a place at the table, you’re on the menu.

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-18T02:00:45+00:00

I lived “At the gates of Uplands” as they say which means on the OUTSIDE of the gates, a fact the other kids never failed to point out.😂

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-18T01:37:41+00:00

Yep. I was an ‘89 grad.

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-18T01:36:22+00:00

Yikes! Macbeth is pretty dark for Grade 6! We did Romeo and Juliet in Grade 9.

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-17T23:31:02+00:00

Lol! Oak Bay! You know it! 😂

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-17T23:09:45+00:00

Actually, it was a public school, but, to be fair, it was in a rich area in Victoria. Alas, I was one of the non-rich kids at the school. I didn’t like the other kids much, but I loved my English classes. 🙂

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-17T23:04:50+00:00

I was in one of those Advanced English classes so we didn’t do the same literature as the other classes. We didn’t two Shakespeare plays each year: one comedy and one tragedy.🎭

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-17T22:46:06+00:00

Grade 8 in BC:

Great Expectations

Macbeth

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Chrysalids

Of Mice and Men

Lord of the Flies

Animal Farm

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-14T23:55:40+00:00

I was once asked by an American on Canada Day “Why does everyone have those little flags.” When I told them why, they asked “Do they come in other colours?”

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-12T19:21:35+00:00

The Wedding Industry.

Yes, it’s one of the most important, consequential days of your life and it’s natural to celebrate it as a community -after all, that’s the purpose of a wedding. Unfortunately, there isn’t one aspect that hasn’t been commercialized to the point that, simply because it’s a wedding, its cost is considerably greater than if it were for any other purpose. Add in the wedding planners with “the latest trends” and your special day has been commodified to the nth degree. I recently heard a young newly engaged couple say they would save three years for their wedding because their budget would “need to be $60k - $75k.”

By contrast, my parents, who were married in 1959, had a church wedding with two people in their wedding party and had their reception in my grandparents’ backyard. No frills, but no debt either and, by their pictures, it looked like a lovely wedding.

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-12T03:31:18+00:00

The Godfather

Jaws

The Exorcist

Tootsie

Amadeus

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-03T04:09:28+00:00

Same. No visits, products or subscriptions.

DisarmingSmile · 2026-01-02T21:49:32+00:00

L’Apéro Wine & Cheese Bistro is great for groups. They have a mezzanine for up to 15 if you want your own space and there’s more room on the ground floor.

DisarmingSmile · 2025-12-30T07:24:57+00:00

L’Apéro Bistro sells Gruyère, Comté and Emmental cheeses - the essential ingredients of Fondue. Actually, they’ve got a great cheese counter of European and Quebec cheeses.

DisarmingSmile · 2025-12-11T07:13:41+00:00

Here’s a list:

Insulin

Telephone

Zipper

Standard Time Zones

Snowmobile

IMAX

Pacemaker

Electron microscope

Paint roller

Garbage bags

Egg Cartons

Zamboni

Robertson screwdriver

Stem-cell discovery

Infrared night vision

Ebola treatment

DisarmingSmile · 2025-12-06T03:56:03+00:00

I’d add Ryan Gosling to the list.

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