Mmmm dessert

Simple: Good cake with Mack ice cream. Hanging out with friends and celebrating a friend's bday. Good combination :)

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:

Snowy evergreen...

Today, I wasn't sure what photo I was going to take. But then when I saw this tree, I told myself, I need to catch a snowy evergreen. This photo was also influenced by a friend who is also doing a 365 and posted a few photos of trees the other day. So here you go:

Savoury donair

Tonight was my normal Tuesday board game night at my old library. We continued on our game of Descent and I suggested we try a new place tonight. On the bus ride (no.85) from downtown, the bus stopped in front of Centertown Donair & Pizza (they don't seem to have a web presence). However, they advertise their donair's as being Halifax style donairs. If you've ever been to the Maritimes, or pizza corner in Halifax, you've hopefully tried out Halifax donairs and you know it's not your typical Ottawa style donairs. They come with a sweet garlic sauce, and the meat is a bit spicier compared to regular donairs. I have to say, they were TASTY! Just like I remember the donairs out east! Might not look appealing to everyone, but it all has to do with the taste! If you ever want an out of town experience in Ottawa, try out these donairs and you won't be disapointed!

Couple of donairs in the middle of our gaming set-up

Yummy Donair!

The new office..

About a week ago, I posted a few pics of my old office, well I figured I'd include pics of the new office :) There's no kids playing, can't hear the kids screaming and laughing, but I've got a little sneak peak of the top of some of the Parliament Buildings. It still needs a bit of life and decoration, but for now it will have to do.

Here's a look at the new diggs and the view:

Not your typical road sign..

I had noticed this sign a few weeks ago, and thought to myself, geeze this isn't a typical road sign. I don't remember seeing that sign earlier in the year, and then it struck me, it's probably only there when people go skating on Dow's Lake and the canal, and the image represents skating, even though the skates are quite long, almost like short cross country skis or something else. On another note, I'm not sure what the sign is doing next to the road as there is no skating right next to the road. A bit puzzling, but then again, quite unique:

Floral illusion and Cat food?

As I was walking in Ikea, I noticed what I thought was an elephant, but it was a ginseng plant. The plant roots had been cut up and it looked like an elephant, which I thought was worth of capturing in my photo today.

For me there was a bit of irony when I saw the text underneat the plant, and figured it was appropriate that I take a second photo as it was very cute and interesting.

Then I went to Walmart and found another interesting opportunity. This was definitely a photo worthy shot. I could't believe it, to the untrained eye, it could mean a few things, but for me, being a francophone, it's sending some pretty mixed messages. Take a look and let me know what you think:

Wish I could...

As I was going through the Halifax airport this morning, I saw this sign and had to take a photo and share it. This photo goes to everyone who does customer or client services, don't you wish you could respond like this? Enjoy!

A long day...

Today was a long day, I started out by sitting in an airport waiting area, hoping I'd be able to jump on the first plane going to Halifax, even though my ticket was only for the last flight of the day. My initial flight was canceled because of the weather, nice foot of snow that fell down. Even though the weather this morning was decent and I think we could have flown. So again I took a photo of the plain with the open area cockpit. At least this time I was sitting in the back, as as you can observe, it's not that far back!





So when I got to Halifax, I rushed into a cab, which I must say costs a lot! Got to DAL and jumped on stage and joined the change management panel. It actually went well :)



I then joined the organizing committee for a nice dinner at "The Story", which I would definitely recommend to anyone wanting a nice meal in Halifax. Here's a photo of the group:




And here's a copy of the special menu the restaurant did for us and they even included the conference logo on the menu!

Big Reminders of Home

Today's photos are really big reminders of home. Some of you may not know, but I was brought up on a farm, and my dad still has cows and I even own some cows. I usually make a trip or two to the barn each time I come home. I like seeing the cows, see how they are doing, etc. They all look nice and healthy. That is something I do miss on occasion when I'm in Ottawa.

Winter line..

Somethings you just don't expect to see. Today's photo was a bit of a surprise to me. I was running an errand this afternoon and ended up stopping by a friend's place and was surprised to see clothes drying or freezing on the clothesline. The temperature was -15C (5F) and -25C (-13F) with the windchill. Not a temperature where you'd expect to be drying clothes, but then again, it might work. I guess any attempt to save energy and help the environment is not a bad thing.

Welcome home

I'm on a road trip this week. I flew home to New Brunswick. As per usual, I usually try to get my seafood intake, and this time my dad surprised me. A short while after I got home, he said "do you feel like having some lobster rolls for dinner" and I was like, YEAH! So he said, come take look at this, and he pulled out a big bag of frozen lobster. He said, let it thaw, and then you can make lobster rolls for us. This is quite the treat!

The image is smaller than normal, trying to upload with no regular internet is not an easy or fast task. I had to re-size the image 3 times to get it uploaded. I'm currently on "Edge" internet speed tethering off my IPhone.

Moving light or light movement?

Today's photo was an attempt to capture light. I am sometimes surprised of what a small point and shoot can do with very little options to control the environment. I decided to be a bit creative today and capture light while moving and see what I came up with and here are two photos that I took. There are aspects in both that I like and didn't know if I was just going to use one or the other, and decided to show both photos.

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: