Of course Basher would choose a restaurant called “bite me“. I do believe he expected a Hooters-type place with his favourite Buffalo Wing meal, but exceptional chef Marc Thuet gave him a happy surprise. With a focus on local ingredients, chef Thuet excelled at heightening our tastebuds to an haute Canadian level.

During our fabulous dessert of tableside Crêpes Suzette, complete with Inniskillin’s exquisite 2003 Cabernet Franc Icewine, my ex-husband presented me with an array of lingerie!

Quelle surprise! And quelle horreur!

He made me open box after box of lingerie in public. I know everyone was staring; I will not be able to show my face on the King Street restaurant strip for a year. At least I did not see my dear colleague Shinan Govani at the restaurant. If the episode was reported in the National Post, it would absolutely be the death of me. I know people are curious about my relationship with Basher and the press love to cover it, but I would never be able to get over the public embarrassment of this episode.

But a good thing came of it: Basher actually gave me beautiful Canadian lingerie from Blush, Kenan, Arianne, Montelle, and Third Floor. During our marriage, Basher always tried to have me wear trashy lingerie, but I would never wear the cheap designs he found near Super-Sex in Montreal. Tonight was different.

Perhaps after all these years, he is finally understanding my sophisticated needs. Though it was rather tacky to give me lingerie in a public place, it was the most romantic thing Basher has ever done. I had no idea he wanted to get back together.