so technically this was meant to be a surprise  getaway for sam as a belated birthday celebration  

but there was just one little problem issue is  i don't love surprises i was trying to throw sam  

off the scent with another supposed tiny  house day but with his mounting questions  

and growing suspicions about my lack of grocery  shopping and getting the car ready for this trip  

i ended up revealing the surprise the night before  so i'm going to tell sam on camera because he's  

been pestering me for days now i have been about  where we're going this is what we're doing this is  

a true story i found a luxury hotel in downtown  toronto ontario that has a sale number one  

and number two is offering free room upgrades  wow okay so we are going tomorrow yeah nice and  

when's the last time you were in the city three or  four years ago now that the cat's out of the bag  

let's hop on the go train and make our way into  toronto for a fun couple of days in the city

oh that's a good price  

so  

well well welcome guys welcome back to  toronto canada how many years has it been sam  

four years since we made it downtown you know  the last time we came here i think was when we  

made our guide that would be embarrassing  it's been a while that was before we like  

went to korea that's how long ago that  was but anyways it was a really good ride  

from brampton what would you say like 35 minutes  maybe yeah it was a short ride and yeah i mean  

it was hardly anyone on the train yeah it was  empty so yeah like 10 bucks per person we're  

right downtown we arrived at union station now  we're going to take you over to our hotel which  

is just two blocks away very convenient because  it is cold out so let's get going let's do it

well hello hello we made it we're here at one king  street west welcome welcome that's the surprise  

hotel this is pretty awesome so the first thing  i noticed when we came in here is the upgrade  

that you got for us the second thing that i really  like about this place already is the view checker  

cool that is downtown toronto guys that's  as downtown as it gets we are on the 27th  

floor yeah i'm pretty high up yeah wow it's just  crazy to be back in the city after so many years  

room tour before we get the room super messy which  always happens within seconds of our arrival i  

figured we give you the grand tour oh yeah we  have an uncanny ability to yeah i know even with  

like a little carry-on suitcase you'd be surprised  you'd be surprised so okay as soon as we step in  

we basically have this little kitchenette area  we're going to be here for two nights but we want  

to hit up some really good restaurants so i don't  see us cooking no but if you wanted to cook have a  

self-catered vacation you could because you've got  the the elements up here yeah uh what's this is  

it an oven oh this washer oh wow a mini a mini  dishwasher dishwasher that's really cool check  

that out wow i've never seen one like that it's  got a microwave yeah sink oh a fridge look at that  

and they've got plenty of cutlery cups dishes  plates whatever you could possibly need then if  

you follow me we've got the bed queen size yeah  that's an ice cream sized bed we've got a large  

tv if you want to watch some movies chill out  for a bit which we will be doing yeah yeah we  

should watch a movie something festive christmasy  a nice little seating area over here and then we  

also have a desk actually for the first time  ever we didn't bring our laptops on a trip wow  

get away look at us we should have he's connecting  huh disconnected no disconnecting for the first  

time yeah and of course the views they are  pretty spectacular you can see the whole city  

and let's not forget the bathroom i haven't even  seen it yet oh cool sink large mirror they left us  

shampoo body lotion conditioner the works lots  of towels a little shower there lots of towels  

yeah i'd say that's that's all we need for  two days yeah and the plan is to eat eat  

eat we're going to be at restaurant eat and  don't forget the most important part repeat  

repeat eat and repeat okay so this portion of the  video is sponsored by glassesusa who have kindly  

sent us some glasses to try on they have sponsored  our channel before so whenever you see us wearing  

our sunglasses or editing glasses that's where  they're from so today they sent me two pairs  

sam and i actually placed an order for three  pairs each but now with the holidays shipping  

is quite delayed so i'm gonna show you the two  that arrived first which are mine so show and tell  

so yeah their service is super easy to use one of  the things i like about them is that you can just  

upload a profile photo onto their website and then  you can try on different glasses to see how the  

shapes and colors work with your face and then if  you require a prescription which i now do because  

i went to the optometrist for the first time in  a very long time but it is a small prescription  

so you can upload that and also customize your  glasses based on whether you want bifocal mirrored  

polarized transition single vision you name it  mine are just single vision nothing too fancy here  

but yeah the first pair i want to show you is the  ototo valitudo which i have right here in my hands  

these i got um blue light blocking and  i also put my new prescription on there  

so these are the ones that i use whenever i'm  editing video which we're doing a lot lately we're  

catching up on edits so let me just come a little  closer so you can see the frames i really like the  

the dark rim combined with the gold i think  it's super cool and it's also got a bit of  

tortoise so that's really nice and then the next  pair i want to show you is the ototo stefano  

these are my sunglasses and yeah i just thought  they looked a little bit modern and futuristic so  

i thought i would try something different because  i tend to go for like aviator style or more of  

like a round lens like john lennon style so yeah i  thought i would try something different with these  

in black and gold and i think they're really cool  so yeah that's this pair and since my third pair  

didn't arrive on time i thought i would show  you my other pair of glasses i ordered earlier  

this summer which i have been using a lot so these  right here are the muse brook line and these are  

basically my go-to glasses like i wear these every  day when i'm in front of the computer doing emails  

or editing video that kind of thing i really  like these black and gold i seem to be drawn  

to black and gold there's a lot of black and gold  with everything i've shown you today but yeah i  

just think they're quite versatile they work with  different looks and yeah they're just really fun  

so those are the three pairs of glasses i wanted  to show you guys today so if you're interested in  

checking out some of the glasses that glasses  usa have to offer we're going to leave a link  

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international shipping and they also have a  14 day return and exchange policy no questions  

asked so for some reason the glasses don't work  out for you you can always contact them and get  

that sorted so that's it for the little glasses  fashion show i think sam is getting hungry so  

what do you think sam pizza time pizza time pizza  time i'll see you later so sam this is the place  

i have in mind for what do you think holy mole in  a bowl it's naples-style pizza yeah i can't wait  

to have that i mean my goodness we got to try some  while we were in halifax and that was such a treat  

actually you didn't no you went out for  pizza on your own on my own date night yeah  

yeah well you were doing something else and uh  oh i can't wait to have some so yeah i agree so  

ready for this it's called pizzeria libretto  university and it's just a few blocks away  

so we'll bundle up and head on over waddle on  over scarf down some pizza sounds good to me

so so we made it to pizzeria yes and  the most fascinating part about this  

whole dining experience is we're doing  it out here in the patio yes they've just  

basically blocked this off with a  tent there is no heating in here guys  

we are braving the elements but has cut the wind  considerably and we have this oh to keep our hands  

warm and toasty you've got your gloves on right  now yeah so you're doing just fine but for me oh  

it's so nice i could almost roast a marshmallow  this is this is date night during a pandemic when  

you can't dine in there's only takeout or we're  eating at like a super strange hour too it's like  

just slightly after 4 p.m in between lunch and  dinner so we're the only people here at the moment  

it's kind of cool so i want to show you guys the  menu and basically they specialize in all kinds  

of pizzas pizza napolitanas so yeah naples style  pizza yeah the margarita the barata marinara the  

pepperoni i ended up going for the diavola exactly  which is spicy salami mozzarella can't wait to  

have that i'm fresh so hungry and you go you  ended up getting the special oh a truffle pizza  

our server came over and told us about that  truffle pizza and with all those good truffle  

experiences we had especially in croatia oh yeah  greece and other places you're like you jumped  

on board that one yeah we're just we've placed  our order we're waiting for the pizzas to arrive  

and we're enjoying outdoor dining in the basically  a canadian winter day the pizzas are here and they  

look amazing i went for the truffle pizza with  cremini mushrooms lots of cheese doesn't that look  

awesome yeah it looks so good i'm so hungry  it's just weather i know it's basically the  

coldest day that we've experienced since you know  winter from from earlier caramelized onions yeah  

how is that sweet cheese i'm just gonna i'm  gonna go in with my hands here and they gave  

us the chili oil yes so good so good oh  we're also warming up by eating this too  

it's functional wonderful um yours looks amazing  oh my goodness look at this guys as much as i  

want to eat it for the taste i'm also eating it  to warm up as well check out these giant slices  

look at all the different ingredients i have  on here basil to the fresh onion to the tomato

that is divine i am in my happy place like what  could i want to be eating more right now than a  

warm pizza authentic naples pizza in toronto  on a day when it's minus outside and we're  

eating outside this is awesome and because  sharing is caring we're trying each other's  

what do you think of the the  one i ordered yours is so good  

so spicy it's so spicy and i didn't realize mine  has like a fig a fig jam wow so it's like really  

sweet yeah so this is a perfect contrast  going from sam spicy to my sweet one it's  

almost like a dessert pizza so which one would  you choose between the two you like them both  

yeah they're that good huh okay sam's gonna try  mine i'm really excited to try yours when you  

talked about the jam feature oh yeah wow it's  sweet tell me what you think we can do half and  

half if you like it yours is like a dessert pizza  i know yours is really good wow i wouldn't have  

thought to order one like that i was sold on the  truffles that's what got me truffles for the win  

oh it was cold oh my gosh i have  no idea how cold it is outside  

we're just not acclimatized to winter yet we we  had extended summer weather just a few days ago so  

but to console ourselves over this cold weather we  stopped at a cafe so next door to the pizza place  

there's a spot called cafe land yeah  um so we got some cappuccinos cheers  

and i thought i was getting like uh chocolate but  it's a croissant with um nutella inside nutella oh  

i think sam's gonna want some of that and then we  have carrot cake sam got a little bit of carrot  

cake with cranberries yes walnuts that looks very  good and i think we're going to watch a movie and  

just chill get into our pajamas warm flannel  pajamas and enjoy but it was a fun evening out  

it was it was a lot of fun it was so nice just to  go for a walk to go have some pizza and chicken  

that was so legendary oh it was it was also  nice to see that we we talked to the person  

who was serving us and they said they're doing  a really good business with ubereats and other  

things yeah and they've also started selling  their pizzas as frozen pizzas and supermarkets  

so it's cool to see businesses kind of like evolve  and find new ways to get through these right  

because because no industry has been hit as hard  probably as restaurants i mean yeah so it's really  

good to see that there's some restaurants that  are able to enjoy this time we would be rolling

hanging out back in the room are we in the frame  we are in the frame yeah we forgot to bring the  

tripod rookie mistake right there well we've  got your glasses case acting as well as a rest  

pod there you go well you know what was one of my  favorite things about today pizza aside from the  

pizza which was amazing was just getting back into  the warm building because i was so underdressed  

yeah i mean sam went out with like a flannel it's  like minus eight outside i'm like sam are you  

sure that's gonna be enough in all fairness it's a  wool shirt and some people call it a shirt jacket  

but when it dips to like minus eight minus ten  yeah not quite enough not quite not quite enough  

i wasn't it wasn't quite teeth shattering  chattering chattering you know you go like that  

it wasn't quite at that level but it was getting  there it's getting there yeah but you know what  

before we left for the restaurant i turned on the  heat like i put it up by five degrees so when we  

got back it was nice and toasty and yes i borrowed  a flannel so yeah we're nice and warm in here  

just to have those cappuccinos and a little bite  to eat and we've just been chilling and it's been  

a lot of fun i'm really glad we did this we've  kind of just been cooped up in basements and  

small little rooms this year and so you know  this wasn't like a a big trip or anything  

brampton is part of the the greater toronto area  we live in the greater toronto area we're just  

downtown right now but it is like a different  world here yeah and it's nice to be able to  

support some industries and businesses that are  are really struggling in a responsible way right  

now yeah generally i mean like just to be you  know wearing your mask to be social distancing  

but at the same time to sort of  be out in the world a little bit  

i feel like at this point i i'm okay with doing  a bit of that yeah and one thing i've noticed  

is that people are so appreciative when you  go to their restaurant you go to their cafe  

it's like you can tell that they're so thankful  to have customers after like months of yeah just  

yes i i i i feel like this year has uh has humbled  just people and businesses to their to their core  

not only that but i think that there's just  there's you know people are in the mind frame  

right now that there's just there's a lot of  gratitude just for you know just for being able to  

to exist and to be able to continue your business  yeah in a time like this a lot of people haven't  

made it through so yeah anyways that's uh not not  to be uh depressing or anything but i i just feel  

like it was a trip that i'm really glad that we  did good yeah i'm glad you're happy to be here