Day: February 12, 2007

Sunday afternoon brought me to the ScotiaBank Place for the Timbits Jamboree where 7000 kids attended to play hockey on the Senators ice.

Luckily I only had to get there in the late afternoon so I missed the madness which was 7000 kids. Ryley was hitting the ice around 5:00 so I settled into Section 102 with Janice and company and talked for awhile.

It was pretty amazing to be sitting right next to the ice as opposed to the 300 level. It was surreal to be in there with little to no crowd. At one point, there were just 10 of us in the entire building. It took away from the magic which is a hockey rink when grand events are happening (like two NHL teams duking it out). It just seemed…like a hockey rink! Strange I must say.

Ryley was excellent on the ice and it brought up thoughts as to whether or not I’ll ever get my kid into hockey as I can’t skate at all, let alone know much about hockey. Perhaps I’ll get my kid to be a pro guitar player. That’s where the big bucks lie!

iplaying: Kiss on the Mouth – Our Lady Peace (A Decade)

Ah Winterlude…where the ice has formed and fellow return to the Nation’s Capital to take part in festivities.

As well as pay a visit to our favourite establishment – Darcy McGee’s.

Friday night brought me to Darcy McGee’s along with Vero, my cousin Rick, his wife Tracey and Tracey’s sister and in-laws. After we settled into a table (not too far away from where we sat a few years ago), the pitchers started coming along like the train rolling across the tracks and soon enough there were absurd talks of Moustache Contests and Midget Throwing.

I enjoy the annual events such as these. Rick and Tracey come up every year for Winterlude and most assuredly are found at Darcy’s on a Friday night, as it is stumbling distance from the Chateau Laurier.

I have yet to take a look at the other Winterlude activities this year (as the beer hit me hard on the Saturday morning) so I am hoping to check out the ice sculptures next weekend when Mike’s parents come into town. Speaking of which, this is a great time to finally get my Star Wars posters to hang up in the house. We didn’t have room to bring them down (read: I forgot them back home) at Christmas. I’m toying with the idea of where to hang them up. Vero suggests the dark, dark basement. I’m thinking somewhere more prominent, like the bathroom. 😉

On Friday I saw this picture of the mayor in the paper and I thought “Now where have I seen that individual before?”

Uh-oh.

iplaying: Open Your Eyes – Snow Patrol (Eyes Open)