"Meet me in St. Louis, Louis! Meet me at the Fair"
OK, so we weren't in St. Louis, we were in Toronto -- but it turns out that what I dubbed as "a little fair" was actually the Canadian National Exposition -- CNE for short. It's the National fair and it had the insane carnies to prove it. It was really a fun night with RKZ. We are definitely "fair people." There were a lot of rides (we rode the giant ferris wheel) but even more shops. You know, those little booths where you buy things you'll never use again because when the demonstrator uh, demonstrates them...you just can't help yourself?
We were able to avoid the "clean up quick" gadgets but leave it to me to spend a lot of money in a very short time on a purchase that is more sentimental than practical. Shawn and I were walking around a corner (and I was, ironically, thinking about how much people spend on those "sit in your closet" items) when we stopped dead in our tracks because we came upon a beautiful picture of a town in the Cinque Terra. The Cinque Terra is a tiny strip of 5 towns along the Italian coast. Shawn and I went there for our second anniversary and it is a really special place.
The picture is actually a photograph of the main plaza (plaza is kind of a big word for this place) in Vernazza -- a beautiful little fishing/tourist town. I got a little teary-eyed when we came upon it, I'm ashamed to admit. It is a great picture (sorry for the tense switching. I'm emotional). We just stood and looked at it. It is quite a large nice picture. It also had a nice large price tag to match, of course (but not too large - it's not a picasso, or anything). Anyway, RKZ & I had quite a talk about the necessity of our buying this picture -- guess who was for and who was against.
And so, we bought it :)
I would attach a photo of the photo here, but we're keeping it in the box until we find a house in Calgary. Only 7 more day until our trip begins! Then, I will illegally post the picture here.
To finish on the CNE, RKZ & I spent the rest of the evening drinking Labatt's Lights & listening to jazz bands -- also watching fireworks from the beer garden. A good night, really. I forgot to snap a picture of our sitter (who is really just the person we pay to watch "The Hills" as Buck is always asleep). She's off to Peru on Friday. Hopefully we'll see her again & I'll get that photo.
Today, we're trying to finish up the preliminary packing -- and RKZ wants to video our house before it's dismantled (the furniture of course, not the actual house, that'd be silly). We've packed away all old baby clothes (sad) and started accumulating our winter gear. The rumor is that it will be getting cold sooner rather than later on our journey.
It's already in the 60's today (which is cold for the summer, I find) and a little windy. But that feeling of fall is really romantic (in the classical sense - this is not that kind of blog). I'll try for pictures tomorrow!
We were able to avoid the "clean up quick" gadgets but leave it to me to spend a lot of money in a very short time on a purchase that is more sentimental than practical. Shawn and I were walking around a corner (and I was, ironically, thinking about how much people spend on those "sit in your closet" items) when we stopped dead in our tracks because we came upon a beautiful picture of a town in the Cinque Terra. The Cinque Terra is a tiny strip of 5 towns along the Italian coast. Shawn and I went there for our second anniversary and it is a really special place.
The picture is actually a photograph of the main plaza (plaza is kind of a big word for this place) in Vernazza -- a beautiful little fishing/tourist town. I got a little teary-eyed when we came upon it, I'm ashamed to admit. It is a great picture (sorry for the tense switching. I'm emotional). We just stood and looked at it. It is quite a large nice picture. It also had a nice large price tag to match, of course (but not too large - it's not a picasso, or anything). Anyway, RKZ & I had quite a talk about the necessity of our buying this picture -- guess who was for and who was against.
And so, we bought it :)
I would attach a photo of the photo here, but we're keeping it in the box until we find a house in Calgary. Only 7 more day until our trip begins! Then, I will illegally post the picture here.
To finish on the CNE, RKZ & I spent the rest of the evening drinking Labatt's Lights & listening to jazz bands -- also watching fireworks from the beer garden. A good night, really. I forgot to snap a picture of our sitter (who is really just the person we pay to watch "The Hills" as Buck is always asleep). She's off to Peru on Friday. Hopefully we'll see her again & I'll get that photo.
Today, we're trying to finish up the preliminary packing -- and RKZ wants to video our house before it's dismantled (the furniture of course, not the actual house, that'd be silly). We've packed away all old baby clothes (sad) and started accumulating our winter gear. The rumor is that it will be getting cold sooner rather than later on our journey.
It's already in the 60's today (which is cold for the summer, I find) and a little windy. But that feeling of fall is really romantic (in the classical sense - this is not that kind of blog). I'll try for pictures tomorrow!
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