A Lovely Evening

I met Katie, Anne and Gillian at Bonterra last night for dinner. It smelled fantastic as soon as I walked in and my mouth started watering immediately. The meal was fantastic and they even brought us a delicious dessert wine on the house. It's always nice to get out for a good meal, especially when it's with a group of fantastic women!

Shenanigans

Our dear friends Anne and Katie both turned 25 the other day so Katie's mom threw a party. The wine was going down very easily so I got pretty tipsy really quick. We went to Molly Malone's after (which doesn't wreak of cigarettes anymore) and good times were had by all.

Classic D'Entremont

All the girls

Me, Chum, Paul and Katie at Molly's

Birthday shots

Initially the waitress was pissed of that we did this, but then she dropped and shattered them both, so we all had a good laugh!

Dinner With the Girls

I went to Tamara's for dinner tonight. We had chicken-wrapped asparagus, salad and rice, followed by a bitchin' birthday cake that Anne made. It was a chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting and fresh raspberries! Possibly the most perfect cake that could ever be made for me. I also drank too much wine and got loud and giggly, just the right way to start off the Year of Kate!

Dinner Chez Joey's Friends'

Joey is currently house-sitting for friends out in swanky Bearspaw. He had me, Elaine and Joel over for a scrumptious dinner and lovely soak in the hot tub.

Dinner was Steak Oscar, asparagus, stuffed baked potatos and Caesar salad. Dessert, provided by Elaine, was crepes with nutella, fresh strawberry sauce and an entire can of whipped cream. The hot tub was the perfect temperature and the winter evening kept our white wine deliciously chilled. Yummy! Thanks Joe!

Phone sex

Me, Elaine, Joey and Joel. Post-soak, pre-dessert and "The Office"

Mmmmm... dessert

Cute puppy!

I Found My Camera Charger!

So I was finally able to download my pics onto my computer. Here are some of the things that have happened during the abscence of the charger.

Get-together at Ian and Jodi's house. Somehow in the process of wearing all of his hats at once Jodi's mitten was lost forever.

Xavier Rudd concert. Left to right in first row: Elaine, Guillaume, Dave. Second row: Katie, Jodi, Jose, Derrick's arm (I accidentally cut the rest of him out.)

Joey's birthday tiara

One of Joey's many birthday shots (which eventually led to birthday vomit)

Dinner With Friends

Again, as I have been Debbie Downer lately, I am trying to do what I can to get out of my slump. In celebration of my house being clean I decided to invited some friends over for a tasty dinner tonight.

On the menu:
Olives from Mercato
Olive bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar
Baked brie with pecan caramel glaze and crackers

Grilled rib-eye steak marinated in rosemary, peppercorns and balsamic vinegar
Spaghetti alfredo
Tomato bocconcini salad

Chocolate-cherry cake (supplied by the lovely Alena)

We also tasted many delightful wines, including the Peter Bruce Sauvignon Blanc I was given by the vinter himself! Everything was fantastic, especially the laughs.

My guests: Eric, Elaine, Katie, Kris and Alena

Can anyone tell me what this is? Colourless crystals on the inside of the bottle.

Mmmm... More Charred Flesh

On Saturday night I went to Katie's house for a barbeque. Pretty much the whole gang was there, and it was the first time I had seen a lot of people in a really long time. Good times, lots of catching up and shit-talk.

Katie's dog Ben (with his fancy new haircut). He was in heaven with all the people around to give him attention.


Decent panoramic of everyone at the barbeque... Ian's face got messed-up, meh, his fault for moving.

The moon was pink because of the forest fires. Can't really tell because the street lights were orange... note Rolly looking uber-hot.

Dinner at Chez Elaine

Elaine had Joey and I over for dinner last night. She served up appetizers of bacon-wrapped water chestnuts, coconut shrimp and brushetta. The main course consisted of roasted pork tenderloin, rice pilaf with corn and mint, and potato latkes. For dessert I brought a peaches and cream pie, which we ate with ice cream. All was very tasty, and it was a lot of fun to hang out with Joey and Elaine outside of work. I must have them over for dinner here sometime.

Our chef Elaine

Joey's failed attempt to open a bottle of wine

Dinner

Serving up dessert is dangerous... I almost got beheaded by a loaf of bread

Joey enjoyed his pie so much, he picked it up and ate it with his hands

The entertainment portion of the evening

BBQ

Dino and Becky had everyone over for a barbecue last night. The purpose for the event was to show off the bitchin' barbecue we all chipped-in to buy them for their wedding present.

Dino showing off the fancy new BBQ

Girls standing around the kitchen

Ava, wearing the cutest skull and crossbones ever, the next generation of Apple Blossom Princess.

Derrick and Brian grazing, the same two guys who only hours earlier were complaining that it hurt to sit.

Anonymous ass-crack... this is what happens when you take a picture of your ass with the camera of a girl with a blog... you get your hairy naked ass on the internet... suckah! (Really I suspect that this is an arm, but it's funnier the other way)

Mmmmm... Charred Flesh

I went to Jill and John's house for a barbecue this evening. I finally got to check out the renovations they've been doing (which are beautiful) and see some of my friends for the first time since I've been back. We had burgers, followed by three kinds of chocolate cake and chocolate chip cookies. We worked it all off with some very strenuous games of bocce and some frisbee/bamboo/cup game. It was nice to spend some time relaxing in a back yard, and there was even some hammock time involved.

Dino being Dino

The wind-up...

And the pitch

Jason being Jason. Me fishing a bocce ball out from under the tree

Apparently you are never too old to lose your frisbee over the neighbour's fence

Guillaume and Jason playing Frisbee, Anne maxin' and relaxin'

Dinner With Da Ladeez

I joined Anne, Katie, Tamara and Gillian for dinner last night at Mannie's Greek Restaurant. It was delicious and oh so nice to catch up with my girls.

It started pouring rain just as we were leaving, and by the time I reached the corner of 5th and 17th the power went out. Everything was completely dark. There was pretty heavy cloud cover and a lot of lightening which created an eerie atmosphere. I walked around my house with my headlamp on for about 5 minutes before the power came back on. Little mini-adventure in the city!

The girls at dinner