Monday, May 10, 2010

" Loving you lots and lots"


Hmm it would appear that I have been neglecting my blog, let me give you a run down of the last little while...

Friday night we were inundated by sever winds and thunderstorms and decided to put the kobosh on our plans to hot yoga it up, and ran to Rainbow to see "Iron Man 2", it was everything I expected it to be I enjoyed it quite a bit, if you liked the first one, you'll enjoy the second!

Saturday we hid from the horrible weather and eventually met up with Katie and Andrew to take Bette and Ed out for Mothers day dinner at Kelseys. The service and food were horrible, but the company was fantastic!

Sunday we went to Joanne's for Mother's day brunch - which thanks to Jen ended up being more like Mothers day late lunch ha ha, but it was worth the wait, and we had another fantastic family day with everyone!
When we returned home, where our apartment was freezing, we decided to kill time at Rainbow, before Sunday night yoga and see "Date Night" again, it was worth the 4.00 to re watch a movie to stay warm. They turned the heat off in the building early this year, because it has been so unseasonably warm - no one expected that we would get a week of rain followed by a weekend of snow, so our apartment was very cold and we had no way to warm it up! Anyway, we followed up the movie with some hot yoga! We finally made it out together! I go on a semi regular basis, but Colin hasn't been with me in over a year! So, it was fantastic to get back in the moksha studio!

Also totally unrelated, but we picked up some TVP (textured vegetable protein) this weekend, at the suggestion of my sister in law, I will follow up with how that turns out!

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Used book stores - a love story.


I just wanted to take a moment to mention how much I love used book stores. Seriously, LOVE THEM. Yesterday I wondered into my favorite used book store for a little gander. The book store I am referring to is called "Attic Books".
What is it about "Attic Books" that I like, you ask?
Well, let me tell you, I love the atmosphere, old hard wood floors, big open space, extremely helpful staff, and excellent prices! When I first moved to London, I really liked "City Lights", but eventually the over crowed shelves, small store and disorganization drove me away, my heart now belongs to "Attic Books", because unlike at "City lights" the whole experience feels like an old world book shop, instead of a hipsters paradise. What I enjoy most about it, is the ability to purchase books without dropping a small fortune, like I would if I was at Chapters. Don't get me wrong I still have a pretty big spot in my heart for Libraries, but sometimes there is something nice about becoming the owner of a new book!
Yesterday I picked up Douglas Coupland's "JPOD" and so far I am loving it!

Monday, May 3, 2010

‘cause I don’t know where it’s going but I like where we are...


Time for the weekend wrap up!

This weekend was marvelous.

Friday night we hit up white oaks for some shopping, finally got a pair of shorts that are not 4 sizes too big! Picked up some groceries and even better than clothes and food, we got a new toilet seat! You have no idea how much you take your toilet seat fore-granted until yours is broken!

Saturday night we met up with Darcy, Shelley and her husband Tim at Yuk Yuks! To be honest I was a little nervous about the show, I hear going to Yuk Yuks can be pretty hit and miss, and often the comedians are pretty crude, but the show was free, so we figured we would give it a shot.
Turns out we were extremely fortunate because both comedians were HIGH-LARIOUS.
The comedians were Eddie Della Siepe and Darren Rose and they are also on the show "Video On Trial" which Colin and I enjoy a great deal, so we had high hopes for the show.

Sunday morning we had a nice breakfast at Winks - I always forget how fantastic the breakfast food is there. Colin played baseball and then we hung around the house listening to our new records and the Northcote album that Andrew burned for us.
We actually saw Northcote back at Nite Owl, he opened for Dave Hause. I have to say that Northcote is making its way to my favorite list pretty fast, especially the song "Worry". If you don't know about Northcote, then you should get to googling and learn to love it!