Vinterlude!

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. 😉