Monday, July 20, 2009

Sun n' Salsa and the Seed. The End of a Busy Weekend

I went to Sun and Salsa today. Which is an annual festival in the swanky Kensington area of Calgary. The streets are closed for the day and there are all kinds of vendors set up - jewels, clothes, credit cards, you name it -but most importantly, salsa. You buy a bag of chips for $3 and test out salsa's. And anyone who knows me, knows that my favorite food in all the land is salsa. So a co-worker (wait til I tell you about her), her husband, little girl and I went to it. I met them at Eau Claire market. (another chic chic place that I'd not been to yet!), we had coffee and proceeded on our way. First to the train station (or Thomas as the 2 year old called it). We get on, start riding our way to Kensington and the driver gets on the intercom advising us that the train was now stopping, we had to get off because they were doing work on the line. ! There was a bus waiting for us - wellllll....we didn't want to take the bus. (crowded, smelly etc) so we got back on the train to go back and get their car and drive there! We were sitting there chatting, and we hear the driver say "to the gentleman in the white shirt who just got on the last train, I don't appreciate you giving me the finger. That behaviour is not tolerated and its not my fault that you need to board so we can be on time." We had a little giggle over that. How mortifying.

$3 bag of chips. Which led to much yumminess. And mouth fanning. And oohing. And "oh, THIS one is my favorite."

Precious little girl not happy to be forced to wear an elephant hat.

Strong Man Competition


Not an "Are You Smarter Than a 2nd Grader" competition.

I'm JOKING. Don't be hatin'! But seriously, what do you think their combined IQ is?
Kiwi Creme and Chocolate Flake Gelato. Maybe the highlight of the day. Though there were many.
Little girl getting fed by her adoring dad. He's 6'3 or 4 and he turns to mush with her. Its the cutest thing.
Now moms turn to be fed. I love this girl! She's from Truro! Unfortch is leaving the company next week. But will be close by. We have very close encounters with each other in our past life. The Frederiction part of our lives. We lived there at the same time, as did her husband. We haven't figured out who we mutally know from there, but she worked at an establishment I used to frequent. So we're pretty sure we've run into each other somehow in Fred ! She is so funny and carefree. She has the biggest and most ready laugh. She's upfront -tells it like it is. Totally cool chick. I told you. Everyone I meet here is amazing.

Tired little girl. Hot little girl. Filthy little girl. (do you think the woman in the background is trying to ruin my shot? She is sticking out her tongue. you know how some people do that? purposefully pick their nose or whatever when they know they are in the picture? I think thats pretty funny if thats the case)

Strange sight. He was really good though. But how do you know if someone is good at bagpiping?? isn't it all kind of bad?

Half naked man taking pictures from his home window. He could be more than half naked. We will never know. Thank goodness.

Salsa dancing

Bad shot of a street. But just to give you an idea ...
I went to the Seed afterwards and had a great shift there. Its so neat to go there and not see the people you've become friends with. They are moving on in life, into their own places and back on their feet. A shelter in the area closed down, so there was 115 new people there today. So many new faces and so many who don't know the rules of the road there. They can be very demanding and bossy when they want to. For example, I was in the laundry room again today and a new guy comes up to me and I'd gotten his dried laundry for him and somehow a hoodie was still soaking wet. (which i dont understand because the clothes were so hot that i could barely touch them when i got them out of the dryer for him) and he said to me "put this back in the dryer for me, its still wet". No please, no would you mind, just a command. If nothing else, working there makes you stand up for yourself. All the while realizing that their dignity is on the line and pride makes you act ways that you normally wouldn't. But it was a great few hours and I have to say that bed is looking pretty inviting right now. So its off to dreamland for me. Off to a new week - with challenges ahead that I can only pray I have the energy and gumption to tackle. It's gonna be a tough one.
Thats it, thats all.
Later folks!
L.

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