weekend

Here's the weekend update, for old times' sake...

Friday - I walked home after work, and then we went to D&J's for dinner.

Saturday - we biked out to little India to meet up with the Woods and the Huang/Bowsers for lunch. Except the restaurant we arranged to meet at doesn't exist anymore... so we ate at the new restaurant in its place. On the way home we got soaked.

That afternoon I went to the saddest Bloor street festival ever. It was pretty much rained out, and I felt bad for the artists and crafters who had rented tables, and for the bands playing to two people.

That night we went over to the Woods to hang out.

Sunday - we went to church in the morning, and then afterwards went to the Common. That afternoon we did laundry and grocery shopping. I barbecued a dinner, and then that night we watched It Might Get Loud, which was pretty decent...

And that is all.

wknd

On Saturday we went to Saving Gigi for breakfast, and then walked to the Outdoor Art Show. As usual, there was a lot of art, and some of it was pretty sweet. It was also hot and really packed, and I got sunburned.

That evening we went to the McG's - who are recently returned from Europe. It was good to see them and they showed us a bunch of pics and video from their trip.

On Sunday I went to church in the morning. Later we did laundry (mostly Leah did laundry and I watched soccer.) And then that night we watched SLC Punk, which was good.

long weekend

Hope everybody had a good Canada Day / 4th of July / Pride weekend...

I decided to work all of last week and take Monday off. On Friday I got off at lunch time - so overall it was a 3 1/2 day weekend...

Which I kicked off by going grocery shopping. On the way back from No Frills I stopped in at the library, where I watched the last 20 minutes of regulation play in the Ghana/Uraguay game (the quietest soccer fans are at the library!) When it went into overtime, I went home and put the groceries away, and then went to the local Portuguese bakery to watch the rest of what turned into a heartbreaking defeat for Ghana...

On Saturday I got up early and took the subway up to Yorkdale to meet Cyril and his boys and get a ride out to our church camping trip location, where we hung out for the day. We played soccer, volleyball, and ultimate, had a barbecue, lit a fire, swam in the lake (not me - it was FREEZING), and had a good time. I got a ride back with Andrew and Esther, and got home sunburned and tired at around 1am.

Sunday - I got up early and went to church. For the rest of the day I just hung out at home, and then that night I rode my bike over to Yonge street. I forgot that it was Pride weekend, so there were quite a few crazy revellers still out.

Monday - I did some cleaning... and then later bought some more groceries and went over to Andrew and Esther's for dinner. On the way home I stopped in at Value Village and bought a couple of shirts...

Also - the weather all weekend was great. It is HOT (it was 30 degrees in the living room when I got up this morning!)

That is all...
Leah comes home tomorrow!!

weekend etc

The weekend was an interesting one... The big news in Toronto was, of course, the G20, and the associated protests/anarchy/police presence associated with it. I was down on Queen Street on Saturday afternoon, taking advantage of some sales at record stores... when a bunch of cops on bikes started yelling at people to turn around and leave the area (I was just west of Spadina at that point). Anyway - I went home and listened to the news as some misguided blackbloc'd people vandalized this town.

I don't have too much to say about the whole thing, other than that hatred and violence seem more like problems and less like solutions. Also, all the protests (peaceful and not) seem to me to be highly ineffective ways of promoting a cause.

I also did some painting on the weekend (see above)... and hung out with some people after church on Sunday...

Also - last Thursday night was the last night of my sculpture class... I don't have any good pictures of my coffee cup carving, so here is a crappy pic instead. I am super happy with how it turned out...

weekend

We went for a lot of walks on the weekend - despite the weather not being all that great.

On Saturday morning we walked to the Peak Gallery to see my carving teacher's show. We ended up talking to the owner of the gallery for about an hour, which was cool. We also met his dog, Max.

That afternoon I went for a walk in the Annex. I randomly stopped in at Sonic Boom just in time for an in-store performance by Robyn Hitchcock. I don't really know his music at all, but it was pretty cool to see him play a few songs. The crowd was mostly older music-nerd types, although Julie Doiron was there too...

On Sunday morning I walked through the street festival in the Annex. That afternoon we tore down the wall that was partially enclosing the porch on the house. It went pretty smoothly, and the porch is now way more open and slightly less ugly.

That evening I went to church, and then afterwards we had dinner and went for one more walk...

weekend

On Friday I left work a little early in order to get my driver's licence renewed. Leah met me at the licence place, and on the way home we saw a crazy bicycle/car accident. Luckily everyone seemed OK - but it was pretty nuts - the driver was doing a U-turn in the middle of College, and basically just pulled in front of a courier. Somehow (it happened behind us, so we didn't actually see it happen) the bike ended up in front of the car, while the biker was on the ground behind the car...

That night we went to see Basia Bulat/Julie Doiron/Wilderness of Manitoba.

The rest of the weekend was pretty low key - with some laundry and groceries, and going out for coffee...

After church we went out for dinner with the Woods and Emily & Colin...

weekend

This weekend finally got sunny and warm. On Saturday we went to the Common, and did a bunch of grocery shopping. Leah also did the laundry.
In the afternoon, I tried my hand at postering the construction hoarding near our house - with a somewhat sketchy recipe of one part evaporated milk to one part water.
That night we went to see the Jessica Stuart Few at the Rivoli... check out their music here.

On Sunday I walked to the Annex to get some stuff at Midoco. I also read quite a bit of this book. Later we went to church.

skip a week

Last weekend we went to Kingston for an afternoon Your Heart show...

This previous weekend I worked on some semi-successful drawings/paintings.
Also, we had brunch with Don and Jessica on Saturday, and then dinner with some folks from church. Afterwards we went to a Great Lake Swimmers show at a Legion Hall. It was like a trip to a small Canadian town.

This cover is awesome

weekend

On Saturday, Leah took Mabel to the vet for one of her usual expensive checkups. She is not into this.
I made my way down to Queen and Spadina, to stop in at Criminal Records, for Record Store Day. There was actually a line-up to get in the store, which is weird enough, but especially weird at 9.30ish on a Saturday. I bought a couple of the Record Store Day special editions - vinyl reissues of R.E.M. and Tom Waits records - as well as a couple of other records.
That afternoon we went to Mike's party/barbecue. There were one million babies there.
Afterwards Leah and I roamed around the city on foot/streetcar.
On Sunday we went to the Common and to No Frills. Also, we went to church in the afternoon.

weekend

Friday night was the Your Heart album release show. I was pretty tired from a long week, but it was fun. Special thanks to the Billie Hollies and to Elissa & Joseph for opening.

Saturday was weird, 'cause late nights throw me off completely. In the morning we went to the library and to get some stuff from an art supply store. I also bought a used copy of the Athens, GA: Inside/Out soundtrack at Zoinks.
That night we went to see the dress rehearsal of This is What Happens Next, 'cause Kate has hookups like that.

On Sunday, I went to an elders' meeting while Leah went to play bass at St John's. Afterwards I worked on taxes while she worked on finishing her final paper of the year...

That is all.

Easter weekend

On Thursday night we went to a housewarming party, and then went to D&J's to watch the Lost Boys, which is still pretty awesome (I don't think I'd seen it since high-school).

On Friday we met Katherine for breakfast. That night we had a show at the Central. It went pretty well, and was a good warmup for this coming Friday's show at Supermarket.

On Saturday I went to Ikea to get some picture frames. It was sort of crazy (Ikea on a Saturday).

On Sunday, we did some laundry, and then went to Kensington for lunch. After Easter church, we went to Rancho Relaxo for dinner.