I had planned on making the banana bread I posted below but thanks to the remnants of Irene (hurricane) we had a power failure after I posted that lasted the whole day up until 10:00 AM this morning.

When I woke up this morning at 5:00 AM I decided to get ready and take the 6:00 AM bus downtown. I needed to wash my hair but with no electricity I wouldn't be able to dry it after washing it so before going to work I stopped at the gym and took another shower washed and blow dried my hair and put on my make up.

I was at work at the usual time, 7:30 AM. At 10:00 AM the network went down and we had no computers for the rest of the afternoon. Could do much of anything, so I filed and took phone calls and answered best I could without the use of a computer. Couldn't blame it on the weather as it was a nice bright sunny day today.

Since it's such a dull day I was searching around the Internet for things to make. I remembered the Banana Bread we use to get in the CN station, it came from
the Beaver Club in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. It wasn't too difficult to find, thought I`d share it with you.

The Beaver Club's Famous Banana Bread

Makes 2 loaves

1 pound (about 4), bananas, peeled and very ripe
2 1/4 cups sugar
7 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
3 1/4 cups flour
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 275 degrees F and set the rack in the middle of the oven. butter and flour 2 loaf pans.
Combine the bananas, sugar, baking soda, and salt, and blend at high speed in a blender for one minute. Pour the mixture into a bowl and mix in the eggs one at a time. Blend in the flour alternately with the buttermilk and oil, and beat the mixture for two minutes or until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 2 1/2 hours.
Note: For a rich banana flavour, be sure to use very ripe bananas and bake for the full 2 1/2 hours. This banana bread improves with age and can keep for several days.

Oh my almost a month since I posted.

A few of my friends are on vacation, they are visiting my favorite destination, Paris!
The last time I saw Paris was in 2008. We are not able to go right now so for the moment I satisfy my love of Paris by reading articles and blogs about Paris and looking at pictures. These are a couple of my favorites:

Bonjour Paris

David Lebovitz Living the sweet life in Paris


The festivals continue in Montreal, it was Nascar Montreal on Thursday thru Saturday, streets were closed with cars on display and concerts in the evening, not to mention traffic more traffic conjestion for those using their cars.

Also on is the Reggae festival and the Montreal World Film Festival. I used to enjoy the Film Festival but haven't attended for the past couple of years. Ever since Toronto started and hold their festival at the same time, the stars opt for Toronto instead of Montreal.

Last Saturday the town that I live in put on an International Festival complete with a live concert and fireworks. We live just up the street from where the event was held, I could see the fireworks from our house and took this picture