Thomson’s restaurant, one of the "Top 10 Places to Dine" in Calgary, occupies the 1893 Thomas Brothers Block, where the well-spaced tables are surrounded by a historic setting of brick columns and stone arches coordinated with high-back leather chairs, rich wood wainscoting and ornate metal chandeliers. The trio, Mark, Butch and myself, ordered Canadian regional cuisine. We all gave thanks and had a wonderful dinner. The brave men had their bison steaks (horns optional) and I ordered a petite and demure tenderloin steak. The Canucks know how to eat steak – they eat it large, and an average of about 1” inch thick and really hefty. My petite steak could serve 2 Medina sisters easily. But I noticed while the Canucks were generous with their meats, they were a little bit shy about their veggies. I’ll tell you about that on the following evening’s dinner.
After dinner, Mark went up to sleep while Butch and I walked around Stephen Avenue, up and down the avenue. Butch and I lost no time to bond and talked well into the midnight. He showed me the “hot spots” and interesting architecture, the sandstone and brick materials, the restoration involved to bring it back to its original state and overall, the history of Calgary while the “new” Calgary symbol – the Calgary Tower hovered a block from where we walked. We planned to climb the Tower during our visit. But first things first, we caught up with each other with many, many stories until 1 am. I walked him to Stephen Avenue and at the corner where he would head home. I hated to see him (the last time I saw him was four years ago) go but we agreed to meet for coffee at Second Cup, banking at CIBC and sight-seeing (everywhere!) tomorrow.
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