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 [...]

Canoe Trip Extraordinaire

This past long weekend I went on a canoe trip in the Whiteshell with Matt and 10 of our friends.  It was, obviously, amazing.

On Friday evening we rented canoes at Caddy Lake (where my grandparents have a cabin) and canoed north through to South Cross Lake, where we camped the night.  Two friends of ours [...]

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 [...]

What the Folk

I’ve been going to the Winnipeg Folk Fest for a very, very long time.  My parents took me there when I was but a wee child, and I started camping there every year with friends when I was about 16 or 17 – whatever age it is when your parents start to losen their grip [...]

Tropical vacations that will never be

After planning and talking and getting excited about our trip to whichever cheap, all-inclusive resort we could find, my tropical vacation with Meg has been cancelled.  After finding out yesterday (10 days before we were supposed to leave) that Meg can’t go, I’m left scrambling to try and salvage the time I’ve booked off and [...]

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 [...]