We escaped Montreal just as a brief cold snap was approaching. We arrived in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) at 4 am and got to our all-inclusive at around 5am. This is us getting off the plane- what you don't see in this picture is the hundreds of Quebecers on their knees kissing the tarmac. Thanks GongGong and PoPo for the wonderful vacation!
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
familytime
The only shot we have as a family. This is us in our typical afternoon spot- under a shady palapa.
Secret Weapon
What you can't see in this picture is Holden's portable DVD player playing Baby Einstein so that we could enjoy our dinner sitting in one place. This became the strategy towards the end of the trip.
sickboy1
LL came down with a cold and fever on the last day of our vacation. On our last day J, Ann, LL and I just relaxed on the beach
sickboy2
Mom listening o the greatest unsigned band in the world, while LL recovers from a hard week's play
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Monday, December 19, 2005
LBD
Ali threw a Christmas 'Little Black Dress' party at a restaurant across the street from her place. Lots of fun and a chance to see everyone before the holidays. Thanks Ali!
nice job danny ocean
Love the Plateau- Ann went to get our bike and store it indoors. Someone tried to steal our back tire and ended up just leaving our bike in a state of dis(re)pair.
Saturday, December 17, 2005
get on up
We had a 40cm+ dump of snow in less than 24 hours- first time in a long time for us ex-winnipegers. This is the sidewalk in front of our house.
why i hate being 2 feet tall
The more you fidget the longer this is going to take so just be a good boy and get your blog on.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Revised Link
Mr. Summit su'mitted a new link for his blog- see sidebar.
http://summitretreat.blogspot.com/
http://summitretreat.blogspot.com/
Monday, December 05, 2005
birthday girl
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to po po, ana and nai nai
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to po po, ana and nai nai
Happy birthday to you
Saturday, December 03, 2005
SMILE DETAIL
This one is for Dave's benefit. Over the past year, I've had a couple of chance bump-ins with Dave over the internet- once while googling "Elvis Costello" and once while Dave was googling "Bumpershine." That's Dave below me one row and to my left.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Friday, November 25, 2005
Lost hiker
Help. Apparently Mr. Summithiker has forgotten his password.
Must be the lack of oxygen at that altitude.
Anyone have any good guesses for what his password is?
Must be the lack of oxygen at that altitude.
Anyone have any good guesses for what his password is?
Bah humbug
So the thing with living in the Plateau is that parking is a pain in the ass.
Most people that have cars park on the street with a street permit and have to move their cars every few days.
It's become part of our routine.
So Monday afternoon around 1:00 pm I went to Waverly street (one street away from us) to move the car and moved it to an area where parking is prohibited on Mondays and Thursdays 9:30am- 11:30 am. Fine.
Fast forward to Thursday morning when I go out at 9:00 am to go move our car to the other side of the street. Lo and behold my car is surrounded by trucks and various heavy equipment and a small crew of guys working on a 1 m x 1m portion of the sidewalk right next to our car. Crud. Construction foreman comes up to me and berates me in French. (I can only really tell he's berating me by his facial expression and not through any real understanding of the French that is pouring out of his mouth.)
This seems to happen once every year where they come and put up a temporary "no parking sign" AFTER I've parked and locked myself in at home. Apparently I need to get out of the house more. Every year, 52 bucks poorer, I swear to get rid the car that we only use to hustle back and forth from one side of the street to the other. Last year they towed our car and left it on a street 10 blocks away. Another interesting Montreal phenomenon- they don't tow you to a lot- they just find an empty spot somewhere in your neighbourhood and move it there for you.
ps. I just read in the paper that street permits are doubling in price as are parking meter prices. I'm thinking of moving to Ontario.
Most people that have cars park on the street with a street permit and have to move their cars every few days.
It's become part of our routine.
So Monday afternoon around 1:00 pm I went to Waverly street (one street away from us) to move the car and moved it to an area where parking is prohibited on Mondays and Thursdays 9:30am- 11:30 am. Fine.
Fast forward to Thursday morning when I go out at 9:00 am to go move our car to the other side of the street. Lo and behold my car is surrounded by trucks and various heavy equipment and a small crew of guys working on a 1 m x 1m portion of the sidewalk right next to our car. Crud. Construction foreman comes up to me and berates me in French. (I can only really tell he's berating me by his facial expression and not through any real understanding of the French that is pouring out of his mouth.)
This seems to happen once every year where they come and put up a temporary "no parking sign" AFTER I've parked and locked myself in at home. Apparently I need to get out of the house more. Every year, 52 bucks poorer, I swear to get rid the car that we only use to hustle back and forth from one side of the street to the other. Last year they towed our car and left it on a street 10 blocks away. Another interesting Montreal phenomenon- they don't tow you to a lot- they just find an empty spot somewhere in your neighbourhood and move it there for you.
ps. I just read in the paper that street permits are doubling in price as are parking meter prices. I'm thinking of moving to Ontario.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Contagion
Thing with mail filters is that sometimes we don't get the memo.
Welcome to the fold. For all things East of St. Denis go to
http://heavybassoon.blogspot.com/
Welcome to the fold. For all things East of St. Denis go to
http://heavybassoon.blogspot.com/
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Welcome to the new kid on the block
http://www.gtakoidies.blogspot.com/
btw-" Jo-jo," Flickr has been giving me fits for a month now. Welcome to my world.
btw-" Jo-jo," Flickr has been giving me fits for a month now. Welcome to my world.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
quality time
A Saturday night tradition- training LL to sit through 6 hours of double-header of hockey
thanksgiving 2005 009
This is a photo (courtesy Stephane) from Sarah and Stephane's thanksgiving dinner last month. Stan, Walter and LL.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
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