For One Brief Shining Moment, A Place Called Swiss Chalet

[moon_custafer]

My parents got us tickets to see Camelot today, and drove us from Hamilton to Stratford and back (the Toronto-Hamilton leg was by GO bus, not as yet on strike.) Geraint-Wynn (Forever Knight) Davies played Arthur. Don't recall who played Guinevere and Launcelot but they were both very good (and it's very hard to make Guinevere not come across as childish and annoying, at least in the first half.) Brent Carver played Merlin/King Pelinore (liked him better as Pelinore, but then he gets more to do). There was a live falcon in the opening scene. Also unsure who played Mordred in the second half but he came across as Blackadder+Loki, only also Scottish. Mwahahahaha.

Afterwards mom was determined for some reason that we should eat at Swiss Chalet; the first one we went to had moved - the second one was the new location, but was overwhelmed with diners; another forty-odd minutes later we finally came to a third and could stop for supper.

Camelot=easy to get to. Swiss chalet, not so much.

Comments

[leave-harmony.livejournal.com]

Ah, Swiss Chalet...beacon of senior diners everywhere.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

And families with small children.

Not sure why my mom was determined to go there, though. She and Dad are usually pretty adventurous.

[leave-harmony.livejournal.com]

Well, sometimes y'just want chicken.
I found a bread tag in one of their sandwiches once. Kinda put me off the place. Lol

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

Due to having watched Camelot, I googled "palfrey," which ladies in arthurian romances wee always riding, and have just watched a couple of youtube vids of racking horses. I had no idea any of this existed, all the riding I ever did was modern English style, and completely focussed on learning to *compensate for* the movements of the trotting horse.