This weekend Carole and I finally made our obligatory pilgrimage to Krispy Kreme Delta, and picked up 2 dozen of the most fattening, artery hardening, head rush giving....and DELICIOUS doughnuts in the world. Damn - those things are good, but a word of warning: DON'T buy two dozen! You'll end up eating them all in a day, and you'll PAY for it!!!
Saturday was such a beautiful day (23 degrees) that we went for a drive (through Delta), and ended up at the Alaksen Federal Wildlife Preserve on Westham Island, just a few kilometers west of Ladner. It was a pretty neat spot, that we had no idea even existed - tens of thousands of birds - pretty cool sight.
Later that afternoon we invited our drummer Ron and his wife over for some drinks and a BBQ, then Saturday night, we all headed down to 'The Drink' to see a friends band OmegaCrom. They put on an AWESOME show, but the bar cleared out all the metalheads at 11pm to make way for the 'paying' customers... the dance crowd. That was kinda lame - but sinceI wasn't driving that night, I managed to get good 'n' loaded before 11 anyway, so it was perfect timing, I guess...
Last thursday, Carole and I went to The Roxy to see another friends band, 'Jacob'. This was the first time I've been to the Roxy, as it is also a dance club, but with free admission, and a free first drink, there was nothing to complain about - well, except that they cleared all the rockers out at 11 to make room for the dance crowd, but hey - baby steps man, baby steps. It's freekin' awesome that all these clubs are finally giving live music a chance - what with all the live venues that have closed in the last decade, it's great to see that the owners are starting to realize that there's a real need!
Lets see, what else... it was a pretty eventful weekend, though Sunday was spent laying out in the sun (23 degrees again) - I started a new batch of beer, I haven't made beer in a while, but with Carole not working, soon I may not have the 'available funds' to keep up my Molson habit, so this is my ten dollar, 23 litre hedge fund.
Speaking of Carole, my sweetie won an international photo contest yesterday!
Check this out: Carlson Wagotlit Travel Photo Contest - pretty nifty, eh?
So today, Avril Lavigne is playing a free show at Metrotown Mall. NORMALY, I wouldn't even give this the time of day, but hey, it's free, and it's only 3 blocks from where I work, plus I've never seen a mall parking lot concert before, so I'm going to swing by and check it out - could be fun, you never know... plus, it's supposed to be 20-something degrees today, so it'll be an excuse to work on my tan. See you there Sage, I know you onky work a block away... you'll be there, woncha Skater Boy!
Posted by Calvin at April 6, 2004 07:37 AM