I need to have travel plans at all times.  I need to be looking forward to a trip, looking at ticket prices, checking on tripadvisor.com for hotel reviews, asking friends for opinions and suggestions.  Lets just say my Thanksgiving trip to Seattle makes me smile every time I think about it.  And I think about it alot. I think I have mentioned to everyone I have seen in the past month.

My office is closed at the end of the year, so obviously I have been looking for flights around the world.  Proximity-wise, it makes most sense to visit the Caribbean.  Here is my short list:

• Cuba (yeah Canada!)
• Turks and Caicos
• The Virgin Islands
• Coasts of Mexico
• Barbados

Thoughts about my options?  Choices are aplenty, but ticket prices are ghastly, so the cheapest option will win.

On another note, I didn’t want to say anything and jinx it, but the Montreal weather so far has been AMAZING.  So much better than I was anticipating for mid-November.  So good, I actually rode my bike to work yesterday.  It is still cold, but there is plenty of sunshine…and NO snow so far.  We had two days of snow tease, but it didn’t stick and melted.

And finally, eventhough we argue about it the entire time — some of us like more cheese than other, some of us like mushrooms under the cheese, and some of us think differently and are therefore wrong.  The point is, Pedram makes the best homemade pizza…ever.  From scratch.

Homemade tomato sauce on homemade dough

Before going in the oven

The final result

I am not lying when I say it is pretty darn good pizza.  Come over, and he’ll make it for you.  I played the role of sous-chef — I prepared the mushrooms.