JAZZ FEST WEEKEND
So this weekend was great. Isaac came up early friday morning and crashed. We then enjoyed the fruits of little italy (massive italian cold cut sandwiches and the belgian beer pub in lovely weather). We then walked through the glebe and hit another pub for nachos and more refreshments on a warm day.
Later that evening I made steaks on the BBQ and home made marguaritas and we just sat around on the patio at my place and chilled. Called adam but he was sick so we got called to pick TJ up at the Bus station. HOwever the time of the bus got screwed up so TJ ended up at adam's place and they came over for a bit. TJ ended up staying the night as Adam was quite sick. Adam took off after chatting a bit and having some sore throat tea.
The next day it was off to Montreal (with a very pushy TJ constantly trying to grab shotgun even though he wasn't really navigating) and lunch at Manzo's pizzaria for their - literally - world famous subs. And much gorging and enjoyment was had by all. Before actually chowing down though we needed to get some cash and the bank near my house had a broken door so their machine was blocked off, the two banks we tried near where we entered montreal didn't have machines or were locked and the convinience store we stopped at with a Royal Bank machine was ALSO out of order. So we just decided to make TJ pay.
Once we'd finished our subs we parked the car near my grandmother's place (a good location to leave the city later that night and also near a metro station to get downtown). We stopped in and had some cookies and tea with my grandmother which is always nice then headed down to the centre. We got programmed walked around.
It never ceases to amaze me how Montreal blocks off about 8 sq blocks with 8 free stages tons of vendors and street shos and tens of thousands of people. It was wild as always.
We caught 'the california guitar trio' which was just spectacular. Their last tune was a kick ass rendition of bohemian rhapsody which they got the crowd to sing while they played the tune on guitar. Later we saw Don Ross a folk guitarist/singer that I think I enjoyed a lot more than anyone of the other with me. To finish the night off we caught the montreal big band (which rawked) and a little trio doing a guitar blend of spanish, arabic, and classic music. It was a nice touch to finish off. Especially since their last song was a very 'special' rendition of the theme from the good the bad and the ugly.
Anyway we made it back to Ottawa. Adam and TJ crashed and Isaac and I wen tout for Pho at about 130am. Had a really good chat and ended up in bed around 5am.
The next day was quiet. Breakfast, gorceries and dropping Isaac off at the bus station.
A very good weekend!
Cheers,
P
So this weekend was great. Isaac came up early friday morning and crashed. We then enjoyed the fruits of little italy (massive italian cold cut sandwiches and the belgian beer pub in lovely weather). We then walked through the glebe and hit another pub for nachos and more refreshments on a warm day.
Later that evening I made steaks on the BBQ and home made marguaritas and we just sat around on the patio at my place and chilled. Called adam but he was sick so we got called to pick TJ up at the Bus station. HOwever the time of the bus got screwed up so TJ ended up at adam's place and they came over for a bit. TJ ended up staying the night as Adam was quite sick. Adam took off after chatting a bit and having some sore throat tea.
The next day it was off to Montreal (with a very pushy TJ constantly trying to grab shotgun even though he wasn't really navigating) and lunch at Manzo's pizzaria for their - literally - world famous subs. And much gorging and enjoyment was had by all. Before actually chowing down though we needed to get some cash and the bank near my house had a broken door so their machine was blocked off, the two banks we tried near where we entered montreal didn't have machines or were locked and the convinience store we stopped at with a Royal Bank machine was ALSO out of order. So we just decided to make TJ pay.
Once we'd finished our subs we parked the car near my grandmother's place (a good location to leave the city later that night and also near a metro station to get downtown). We stopped in and had some cookies and tea with my grandmother which is always nice then headed down to the centre. We got programmed walked around.
It never ceases to amaze me how Montreal blocks off about 8 sq blocks with 8 free stages tons of vendors and street shos and tens of thousands of people. It was wild as always.
We caught 'the california guitar trio' which was just spectacular. Their last tune was a kick ass rendition of bohemian rhapsody which they got the crowd to sing while they played the tune on guitar. Later we saw Don Ross a folk guitarist/singer that I think I enjoyed a lot more than anyone of the other with me. To finish the night off we caught the montreal big band (which rawked) and a little trio doing a guitar blend of spanish, arabic, and classic music. It was a nice touch to finish off. Especially since their last song was a very 'special' rendition of the theme from the good the bad and the ugly.
Anyway we made it back to Ottawa. Adam and TJ crashed and Isaac and I wen tout for Pho at about 130am. Had a really good chat and ended up in bed around 5am.
The next day was quiet. Breakfast, gorceries and dropping Isaac off at the bus station.
A very good weekend!
Cheers,
P
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