Friday offered up some fun times all around in the form of a brutally cold day, coupled with the annual work party AND a Wintersleep concert at Bronson Center!
The morning started off with a (final?) visit to see Marie-Eve who managed to get a job back in the place she calls home…les Iles-de-Madeleine. While we were thinking flowers would have been a nice going away gift, we realized that a pretzel really shows a person how much you love them. We wish you well Marie-Eve!
Best going away gift ever? Perhaps.
Dana was nice enough to hook us up with a parking spot at her apartment building next to the Bronson Center so we dropped the wheels off there after getting a bite to eat at Mucho Burrito. On the way back we were laughing maniacally at the thought of offering up a burrito as a gift in the gift exchange. Imagine! Then we decided upon a smoked meat platter and while everyone was joking in the car, I realized that I could not pass this opportunity up to pull such a great prank.
But then Etienne dropped the hammer with the greatest idea of a gift.
That’s right, I walked over to St. Hubert in -30 degree weather and picked up a quarter chicken meal and wrapped that up for the gift exchange!
Etienne and I were giggling all the way back to the office. Imagine receiving that as a gift! Ha!
Andrée was the lucky recipient of the gift!
I don’t know who brought these sunglasses to the ‘Christmas in July’ party, but they provided hours of entertainment for Clive and I.
Party.
After some rocking good times as the Christmas party, Nat, Etienne (who magically grew hair) and I headed to the Bronson Center to catch the Wintersleep concert!
Now, for everyone who has been to a Bronson Center concert, let me ask this question…when did they change it so there is a large floor area with beer being served? That is awesome! We ended up getting there super early because I have fallen victim to showing up late to the Bronson Center and getting really bad seats in the past, but that wasn’t the case tonight with the giant floor area with Beau’s beer on tap!
As always, Wintersleep put on a fantastic show. Their new album is killer and you need to pick it up.
Damn, we were pretty close to the action that night. Unfortunately, the sound in the Bronson Center sucks large. I never remembered it being that bad before. Etienne even walked around the entire theatre trying to find a better sounding spot and it was impossible to find. Bronson Center, you are great in some ways, but kind of horrible in other ways.
It was fantastic night out with friends and Wintersleep brought their best to Ottawa!
Meanwhile back home, Vero and Sierra were nice enough to let me go out while they had loads of fun that night!
Setlist
Santa Fe
Spirit
Drunk on Aluminium
Archaeologists
Caliber
Jaws of Life
Weighty Ghost
Freak Out
Metropolis
Oblivion
Laser Beams
Amerika
Smoke
Orca
Nerves Normal, Breath Normal