Getting home

After a very late night game of soccer, this is the last view that I get before walking into my apt. I'm not the biggest fan of those 11pm soccer games. I get home around 12:15am, wide awake and not ready for bed. Only good thing I can say, I napped earlier hoping that I wouldn't be too tired tomorrow morning.

The Net

Tonight I was playing soccer with Captain Pony's Rainbow Squad (the team has made it in my blog a few photos this year). The photo represents what this game felt like. It was a big net, we scored one, but couldn't seem to get the upper hand. Even though I am sick, I decided to play, and for some reason, I felt like my legs were at their best this year. I was running good, back and forth. I had a good hustle going, drilled a good shot on the goalie, which I should know not to shoot at the goalie, but rather beside the goalie. Even if some players on our team did some pre-game drinking, what else can you expect, when you play on St Patty's Day and your game is at 11pm. As for me, who knows how I'll feel tomorrow, either this was a good way of sweating out the bad stuff out of me, or I might be wiped in the morning. As I'm sitting writing this post, I still feel like my lungs are breathing cleaner than they have been all day! Lets hope my body can fight this cold!

The Rebels

I played soccer today and took some shots from the sidelines but in the end, I decided to use the team shot that was taken at the end of the game.

Warehouse retro-fit

On Sundays I've been playing 5 on 5 coed soccer with a new team called The Rebels part of the Ottawa Footy Sevens League. We play on a gym floor which took me a while to get used to compared to where I play on Thursdays which is turf. I'm slowly getting used to the floor and the smaller ball. I had played in the foundry (centre multisport) before, but on their turf fields. The old warehouse has three pitches, two with turf and one with a gym floor. The gym floor is also used for basketball, badminton, volleyball and I've also seen roller-derby being practiced on the space. Definitely a great re-use of an old space. I really like the floor the ceiling windows. It's great during the day, as the natural light fills-in the space. On a bonus, tonight I scored my first goal with the team which felt great!

Team shot of tonight(missing a few players)

Ottawa classic

Thursday's are usually soccer evenings, and tonight was a fun night! We won our game, we have not lost a game in five weeks! This really feels nice, however the best spot we can finish in the standings is 5th place. We used to go to the Royal Oak, as they support the league and give out some freebies, but the team decided a few weeks ago that we should try out other different pubs in the neighborhood. Tonight we ended up at The Georgetown Pub on Bank St. A quick mention, I had their Montreal burger which was quite tasty, and upgraded my fries for sweet potato fries, which ended up being a bit disappointed. There might have been just over a handful of fries, on the plate, which was really not enough. I figure if you're going to offer fries and allow to pay more for sweet potato fries, the portion shouldn't be smaller than the regular fries. I decided not to take a photo of the food or the pub as I was fairly un-impressed!

On the way back to my car, I saw an Ottawa gem. I had to take a few photos of this Ottawa classic! The Mayfair Theatre was built in 1932 and has been an entertainment icon in Ottawa for many generations. It still shows movies, and has that old authentic theatre feel. The shows are generally older movies, but at a bargain price. The old-school interior which you don't find often is very neat and has a lot of character. If you ever get a chance, check out the theatre it's worth the experience! Here's a few photos from the outside:

Tried to take over the world...

Tonight, I had a boys night with my Thursday night soccer teammates. We had decided to play Risk, and we knew that there would only be one victor, one person who would rule the World! Well that wasn't me! I was the first one out! I had a series of bad rolls of the dice, and I got attacked in all directions from the get go, as two guys made an agreement that they wouldn't attack each other on one border, which meant one guy had to go through me and I was trying to secure North America and got annihilated in a handful of rounds! Ah well, it was lots of fun. After our game, we decided to play a different game called Ticket to Ride, which I had never played, but basic strategy game where you need to create a long railroad visiting different town on a North American map. I ended winning that game, so I didn't get to rule to the world, but I won at the second game. Unfortunately, I was so concentrated in the second game, I forgot to take a photo of the game. However, here's my shot of Risk:

A victorious evening!

Our team won at soccer! This isn't an unusual occurrence, we win about half our games, but tonight just felt good. We went out as we usually do, but we went to a different spot. We went to the Clocktower Pub. The food was pretty good, but the service was pretty crappy!

I decided to take a few team photos from within the pub and at Lansdowne Dome where we play.













and then we see the violent Sara!

Soccer team (Captain Pony's Rainbow Squad) and beers...

Tonight, was my regular Thursday night soccer night with Captain Pony's Rainbow Squad. I joined the team just over a year ago. A friend suggested this team, and I joined and it's been a good year. Tonight we tied, it was a good game, we played well and like we do often, we go out for a celebratory drink at a local pub. I told the teammates that I was doing this blog and taking photos, so they suggested I take a photo of the team, there's a few guys and gals missing, but here's the most of us.

I also decided to take a few other pics, that I figured I would add as notables. Since we were having some beer, I figured I'd catch a neat shot of a beer glass and the last photo is an unexpected photo of a decoration in the bar. We noticed this oddity a few months back and since we had a new player on the team, I said did you see the small statues on the wall. Did you see how the men of Henry the VIII protected themselves. If you look closely at the picture, you'll understand everything. Kind of funny, but at least you know the men of the time knew how to protect the valuables!