happy new year!

it's been a very up and down year for me. when i look back on it. art and new friends....good friends...seem to be the theme.

here are some of the events and people that stand out in my mind...

ani drives me home after rob's bday bash


dan and me at the sing-a-long...


spider charlie...


getting ready for a sinful halloween in ani's bathroom


anne at my favorite new restaurant cobre


i say goodbye to my faile


luv-a-fair reunioun with ian


brenda comes up to dj


the world's worst scooter rally....:)


garbs at art tee shirt thingy


liz and i in portland


garbs puts up my angry icecream...


two hot chicks hit the town...


two hot chicks with tattoos...;)


ani's birthday


getting divorced! :)


dancing with brain at VLEX


charlie and jazz get to know each other.


brent and charlie on canada day


the kyd family....ani meets rob.


i get my tattoo...


birthday in halifax. me with anne pickard


si and kat


birthday in TO


picking out charlie....


charlie and sophie play


ani teaches me how to ride...


rebecca and ani...my cheering team...


my new scooter


blues dancing at jim's...


jen was always good at keeping it real at work....


blog buddy hez....


the jem gallery. met lots of new people there....including ani.


i scooped this from garns blog. it's a long story...but if it wasn't for this picture...i may never have become friends with ani. hands down the best thing that happened to me this year. (next to charlie)


doug and me at the ray condo memorial reunion. another new friend i'm thankful for.


sophie sticking her little head out of ani's... the first time we met for tea.


ani and i drank alot of tea this year...


the arch in st louis..


happy new year....

:)

it's new years eve....day

i took this last night while watching a movie. the kids relax by the fire....


i've been doing lots of work around the house in the last few days. mainly focusing on the bed room. i figured i needed to improve my bedroom feng shui. i got a new dovet cover and sheet...some pillow covers....i also put up this faile shower curtain as a room divider. i think i looks good.





i'm getting a a bunch of prints framed as well in the next week or so. my faile "replacement" piece and a few others. the place should be looking good soon.

more new years post later....in the mean time...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! :)

more xmas pics

here are a few more pics from christmas a friend sent me today...

charlie observes the festivities


darren and me fixin' dinner


:)

merry xmas everyone!

christmas dinner was a success! juicy, flavourful turkey....good friends...what more do you want? ok...maybe one or two things missing....but i was pretty good all and all.

happy christmas everyone!

here are some pics for the last few days.....

darren carves the turkey


lucky and richard talk geek talk...while liz, darren and i cook


lucky, liz and richard turkey digesting....


darren's awesome chocolate cake


the wine ani bought me in bellingham...thought it was a good time to open it.


a cool lamp at cascade on main. clare and i met there for an xmas drink


my retro xmas tree...i like it!


charlie in her new sweater that tom and family gave her...:)


my turkey....just before it goes in


:)

procured myself a turkey.

so i wasn’t having any success getting an in town xmas dinner invite. so i decided to take matters into my own hands. i sent a general invite out on facebook...said i’d be willing to cook he darn turkey. people messaged me saying they’d like to come.

so....i went out today...got myself a turkey. actually found a nice small free range bird at a butcher i’d never been to....rio friendly meats.... on hastings. they’re awesome........and friendly. like the name says. :)

now i’m gonna have to cook the darn thing. eeekkkk......

i’m excited!!

:)

what'ha doin' for xmas??

ok...i don't know how many of my in town friends read this...but thought i'd give it a shot anyway.

i have no plans for christmas dinner....and would very much like to have some. so if anyone has room at their dinner table...i'd appreciate it very much...thanks :)

sorry no posts this week to speak of. i have 2 more days on this indie show then i'm free. all is going smooth....

:)

happy birthday weekend for rob...

and lots of other stuff....



what a busy weekend.....xmas parties....birthdays...friends staying on top of getting ready for that indie i’m doing next week...eeekkkk

well, it was well worth it....

it all started thursday with another 80’s dance night at the luv-a-fair reunion ....i danced the night away with a few friends.

still walker on the dance floor at the luv-a-fair reunioun..


then friday it was robs birthday so i took him and ani for dinner at salt. i swore after that last time i’’d never go again.....but what the hey...the birthday boy wanted to go. i’m actually glad i gave it another chance. this time we had great service and food....so it’s off my list of “never again” restaurants.


ani, rob and i had an amazing dinner at salt....


afterwards we had a lovely dessert at cheesecake etc....a place ani worked 20years ago. then ani and rob headed off to poster for the big birthday bash the next day and i headed to meet brenda, my friend from seattle at Jim's xmas blues party. what a long night. brenda crashed at my place before heading back south oh the border.

saturday another crazy day and night. day i was prepping for 11th spice, the indie i’m doing.....night was rob birthday bash at the cobalt. wow....i forgot what a dive the cobalt is!! hehehe

dude......what's on your head??


it was fun never the less.....and i have to say i was totally blown away by ani’s solo performance. i’ve always known she was talented. i’ve heard her cd and i can just tell by the respect fellow musicians give her that she’s a force. but still live....with no back up....wow.... she’s one with that guitar ....you don’t need a band when you play like that! and her voice.......simply amazing. :):)

rebacca and i looking hot at the cobalt...


ani freakin' rocks....


michael...ani's son...playing his set at the cobalt...



:)

divorce toast

sean and i have been trying to get together for a divorce toast for a few months now...his idea. he got a nice organic sparkling wine from italy called “proseccco” from villa teresa. very nice...and apparently reasonably priced. afterwards we threw the champagne glasses (a wedding present) off the roof of my building...also sean's idea. hopefully no one noticed...you can get fined for that. oh well...it was fun. probably worth the risk.



charlie met kimba and daisy for the first time and wasn’t too sure of what to make of them. maybe b/c she’s smaller than kimba’s head. although....i think kimba was more scared of her.

:)

auction results in...

not quite as crazy as the hype on the faile board....but still pretty darn good.

Faile Lot 1: 25,700GBP

Faile Lot 2: 41,300 GBP


lot 1 is a piece smaller than mine...and in my opinion not as nice. lot 2 was a choice piece and bigger. i think mine will get in between the two...here's hoping anyway.

:)

a xmas card from sotheby's

today i got a christmas card from sotheby's london...along with a few other christmas cards. it's nice getting mail that's not a bill for a change and getting one from sotheby's isn't something i would have expected any christmas until now.

tomorrow 2 failes are going up for auction at sotheby's london and i'll be watching online...with great interest. the chat on the faile board has been pretty positive. some people are speculating one piece to go for as much as 60,000 pounds....we shall see. tomorrow.

:)

odd nickel

the first monday of my hiatus. feeling a little down....cleaned my apartment. ani called she had to put her cat down today and was sad....so we went for a little doggie walk and tea.

we were chatting about a show on A&E about paranormal events then we talked about tessah. ani was telling me about her near death experience at age 5.....as well as an operation she had the same year. she made a comment....“yeah...age 5 was a bad age for me”. i look down and see a nickel on the floor. i pick it up make a wish and give it to ani. she looks at it and says...hey it’s a 1965 nickel...isn’t that the year you were born?

weird....

:)

new addition

new addition to my growing print collection. a shepard fairey signed limited print....



:)

beautiful mole, dancing and lots of ham don't forget the cheese:)

last night i had a gorgeous meal with anne at a relatively new place in gastown called cobre.

we were actually trying to go to the irish heather but it was an hour wait so the waiter recommended cobre and i’m so glad he did. reminded me allot of a place i go to in portland taqueria nueve. neuveu latin cuisine ....i think the menu is actually better than nueve....there were many things i would like to go back and try. the guy next to me had an awesome looking desert i will try next time.

we had a duck mole that was to die for and makes me smile.... service was also highly recommended.


anne's relaxed at cobre


check ot out here....
http://cobrerestaurant.com/main.html

after than anne and i headed out to the yale for a little blues dancing to a portland band the insomniacs not too many leads to dance with....but a great time never the less.

i had promised my buddy doug i’d go to the canned ham xmas special were his band the nervious breakdowns were playing...so after the yale i high tailed it over there. got there a little late missed their band completly...but i did manage to catch the wet spots one song and canned ham.

nice legs......


these guys are insane....


they were kidding about the ham but they should have called it “extra ham and extra cheese”........too crazy to even explain here. i laughed allot. last time i laughed when watching a band...not sure?! it was great.......:):)

what xmas special is complete w/out a candy cane dual


doug and andrew join canned ham and LBJ (little baby jesus) on stage for a “do they know it’s Christmas” finale. they kept inviting people on stage ‘till there were about 3 people in the audience.



:)

sing-a-long time again

last night was the sing-a-long at the railway again. i haven't been in awhile so it made it extra fun! they're having a christmas eve one as well...all xmas carols! that will be one not to miss.

the hard rock miners gave it last night. aaron even had his musical saw out.....


:)

one day to go....

on day left of work! until the strikes over i guess....



that's a reason to smile!! :):)

i saw this full double rainbow today at work. amazing....i think it's a good omen.


:)

let it snow, let it snow.....

we got snow in vancouver today.....and i say bring it on!

charlie wasn't so sure...


last night i popped by the jem for a little "naughty not nice" art thingy with ani and rob.






tonight it's staying home with charlie and maybe a little iron chef. party on...

:)

'tis the season....

:)