Halloween en francais

This year I flew to Montreal for Halloween weekend.  Montreal (and its lovely inhabitants) always seem to take my favorite holiday way more seriously than Winnipeg does, so I just couldn’t bear to miss it.  I had a hard time coming up with a costume idea – I eventually went with Gym Teacher – and [...]

Nice stereo!

This past weekend Matt and I hosted a surprise birthday party for our good friend Antonio.  Despite my incredible butterflies and overall lack of faith in myself not to blow the whole thing, it was a success.
Surprise!
One of the highlights of the night for me came when a bunch of us were standing outside having [...]

Bad Shows and Bowling

Let me start this off by saying that I love going to see live music – no matter who the artist.  I’ll buy tickets to a show if I think it’ll be a good time, even if I’d never buy their CD (read: download their music illegally).  It really takes a lot to make me [...]

Do the Bus a Bus

I can’t do hangovers like I could ten years ago.  Despite the fact that this admission makes me feel incredibly, boringly old, it is the harsh reality that I was faced with this morning at 8:30 a.m. as I awoke to a wave of pain and anguish after drinking my face off on a Monday [...]

Housewarming Shenanigans

This weekend we had our first party in the new house: a belated birthday party for me, and a housewarming party for the two of us.  It was sooo fun.  Both Matt and I were nervous about whether or not people would show up, but it turns out we had a full house: about 30 [...]

Vacation Highlights

After realizing that my dreams of sandy beaches and fancy drinks with umbrellas in them were not meant to be, I thought that my summer vacation was kiboshed.  But, always the amazing friends that they are, the lovely folks in Montreal responded to my desperate, last minute e-mail request for a possible Montreal retreat with [...]

Chillin’ with Raekwon

On Friday night I invited a few friends over for drinks and apps before we all headed down to Blush to see Raekwon perform.  Mine and Meghan’s goal of getting our photo taken with every member of Wu Tang is slowly on its way to fruition.
After a few drinks (or, you know, a bottle of [...]

Golfing into your 30s

On Saturday, Matt turned 30.  Despite Matt’s history of playing down his birthday (which I’ve never understood…it’s all about you!), this year was a particularly noteworthy milestone, so he decided that the best way to ring in his 30s was to get completely obliterated.  I concurred.  But, before we got shitfaced, we spent the day [...]

This line is thinner than swiss cheese!

That is a quote from one of the guys that I was sandbagging with on Saturday afternoon in April’s backyard.  There’s a science to effective sandbagging, and it’s amazing how quickly you can pick it up again, even after twelve years.
The last time I sandbagged was during the ‘97 flood – our high school organized [...]

The Genius

On Monday night I went to the Pyramid with Meghan, her sister and brother-in-law, and a few of their friends to see GZA.  I have always had a fun time at the Pyramid, and Monday night was no different.
We started out with a few drinks and some tasty appetizers at Bree-Ann and Curran’s place (a [...]