This past weekend/week beginning has been full of activities. Yeesh. It’s no wonder I’m feeling the need for coffee this morning. (Starby’s, of course). And now you can read all about it!
Friday, as announced, M and I travelled to Casino Rama after work to hit up the 
Blondie concert. I’ve never been to Rama, let alone Orillia before – so it was a new adventure. Rama was cool enough – lots of very gambling oriented stuff (obviously) and lots of grey hair. That’s not meant in a mean way, just a truthful one. We had dinner, then headed in to the seemingly empty theatre for the show. Our seats were pretty decent, and we spent the pre-show prep time playing a game of “spot the people younger than us!”. Then the show started at about 9:03 (on time! WOW!) and we were launched in to the awesome vocal stylings of the amazing Deborah Harry. I couldn’t believe it! She’s 63, and she’s still looks like she just walked on to the stage at CBGB. Too cool! Her voice was fantastic – and the band was great too – some of the original members and some new young’uns. The drummer was really good – the only complaint was that the one guitarist was a little loud (even for M, so that’s saying something!) The other thing I was totally impressed with was how much of a show the crew put on! Everyone was wanting to address the crowd, and well, they looked damn good! But then again, I’ve always maintained that Debbie Harry is one of the sexiest and coolest women in rock and roll! Seriously.
After the concert, M took driving duty and we headed to KW to crash at Mum’s place. (I, as per usual, fell asleep in the car and was a terrible driving buddy). We got in around 1:00, and got up early the next morning so we could get on the road to Leamington for Brad & Jana’s wedding. We managed to get organized and get out the door around 10:00, which worked out well for the long drive. We got to Leamington around 1:00 in the afternoon, and we glad to see the hotel let us check in early. We also got a chance to relax a little before heading out into the very warm day for the ceremony.
The wedding overall was a bea
utiful, love-filled day! The ceremony was very special – the couple was married by one of Jana’s best friends from UW, which was really sweet. Every little detail in the church was covered, and it was just beautiful. After that, they had all of the guest hang out in little groups so we could chat and get a nice candid picture with the bride and groom. This was fun because M and I fit into the “School and Toronto friends” group – and seeing as he knows Jana from school, and I know Brad from school, and we have intermixed friends, meeting up with everyone and meeting new people was a breeze! None of the awkward weird wedding feeling was present. Definitely good.
The reception was wonderful – it was in a giant tent in the back yard of Jana’s parents. There was tons of food – each being served from a themed station (ie. Country Menonite, Greek) and the appetizers were spring rolls and edamame because it was the first thing Brad and 
Jana made together in the kitchen. (So cute!) The tables were family style, the wine flowed at a good rate, and it was all about having a good time. The kissing game was particularly inventive as you had a choice to do one of two things: 1) act out a kissing scene froma movie and watch the couple perform it or 2) make a charitable donation and pick a theme for the couple to act out during their kiss. M and I donated to ALS research and got them to do “awkward 7th grade first kiss where you’re braces get stuck together”. Hilarious! 
Dinner wrapped up and we got to enjoy the musical stylings of Franklin’s Fault who had a reunion for one night only. We danced away and kept it going for as long as we could before we needed to get to sleep!
The next morning we all met back at the tent for a brunch to help eat up all the leftovers! Super smart idea as there was still tons of delicious food to eat. M and I headed out right after eating, as it’s a long drive home – which I admit I was awake for most of – and we got back in Toronto with enough time to relax a little before I headed to church and M headed back to work.
Monday, we barely had time to recover! After work we had dinner, then M and I headed to the new Future Shop at Dundas Square to get him something he’s been eyeing for a while – a new flat screen TV. After much debate (even a rebate), we settled on a new Sharp Aquos which got set up last night. It’s way cool and it’s going to be even more awesome when we have time to sit down and watch it. Last night we spend a good chunk of the evening cleaning/organizing and buying a new TV stand from Ikea.
Tonight – Dave Matthews Band at the Ampitheatre (interestingly enough with Brad and Jana and some others). More news to come!
It’s good to have a “life” back!
Other than cottaging and drinking beer, it seems that some of my friends found a new past time over the “long” weekend – getting engaged!
