Working for the Weak-end: Patio Princesses

It's 8am in the morning and it's Terrible Tuesday. Your eyes are groggy and your stomach still has not settled down from last night's disaster spinach chicken dinner. Five clients come in at the same time while the phone rings and you think that having a couple of bullets in your face is the only cure to the volcanic rage that comes with middle of the week blues. Only three more days to Friday. You would see that Finally Friday finish line clear in sight....if only your eyes weren't so blurry with sleep deprivation and gastrointestinal distress.

We're all working for the weekend. But I think I might speak for all nine-to-fivers out there when I say, 5 days is way too long (and painful) a wait. And so is born a new branch of Tout Toronto called Working for the Weakend. Myself along with my good friend Lisa break the monotony and the soul-killing boredom of the proverbial nine to five and throw our office dramz into an apple martini. Or a beer if times are hectic.

This week, Toronto's miracle high temperatures and Lisa and Karen's Tuesday low spirits lead to us to the patio of Milestones at Yonge and Dundas Square.

Lisa's extra tall Sex and the City-esque bellini. A tell-tale sign of the Terrible Tuesday syndrome.

Karen's extra large please-kill-me-now-esque glass of wine. A tell-tale sign of the Traumatize Tuesday syndrome.

While drowing our sorrows in large glasses of alcohol does not sound like the ideal way to deal with life's problems, it does change your outlook on life when you combine booze with sunshine, a large plate of delicious food and a patio on the third floor overlooking the city.

Just to be fair though, save the Milestones rockstar treatment for those Tuesdays that are superbad. You know those days when you wake up and you stagger and stumble on your way to the bathroom, fall asleep on the toilet, cry when you see the Mount Everest of paperwork piled up from I-Don't-care Friday and Can't Function Monday and completely lose it when you miss your bus because some asshole kept you on the phone at work to tell you about his tomato plants.

For days that are morderatly uneventful, unproductive, unnerving, unexciting and unhappy, we will go Tout Toronto on the world and search till we find our appletini oasis.

Appropriate average price of the night: The average cost of 2 beers.

Apropriate days for Working for the Weakend: Terrible Tuesdays and/or Wackjob Wednesdays.

Remember to wear sensible shoes to prepare for walking with after-work feet. Hydrate and cool down with some water and an icecream cone. Have a theme song with an equally frustrated 9-5iver friend and beer up!