It's Friday, and I'm taking it easy.
I had a rough night. I've been dreaming a lot lately. And it was the one night of the year where the heat actually hit the basement, and I tossed and turned, sweaty and uncomfortable between dreams.
So, the city has gone crazy, because it's Stampede, and even crazier than usual because the Royal Newlyweds, Will and Kate are in town for the first days of Stampede - the last official stop on the Canadian part of their first tour. That means I'm pretty much going to avoid downtown for the next ten days. Stampede is a major tourist attraction, but mostly it seems to be an excuse for the entire city to party and drink to excess for ten days every summer. Calgary actually has a baby boom every year nine months after Stampede.
That said, Stampede always means free food. If you know where to look, you can get a free pancake breakfast every morning and usually a BBQ lunch and supper somewhere too. I'll definitely be getting pancakes at least once or twice, and I'm going to my first BBQ, hosted by Dad's church, tonight. (I'm providing the country music CDs for that one!)
I accepted a two week temp position as a receptionist, starting next Wednesday. It'll be good to have a bit of income again. And, in the mean time, I'm going to take it easy for a few days, see a few friends, do some reading and resting. And then, then it'll be time for new things to start again.
I'm thankful for Fridays. For time to be quiet and rest.
Friday, July 08, 2011
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 325
Today's Daily 5:
- earrings that jingle gently
- a flowy skirt
- a good appointment
- sharing food and laughter with good friends at house church
- mango swirl ice cream
You Ask, I Answer, Take 8
Today's question comes from Christianne again. She asked:
Hands down the answer to that is a Vietnamese dish that appears on the menus here as "bun". There are good Vietnamese restaurants on almost every corner here in Calgary, and one of my favorites is about a 5 minute walk from my parent's place. It's called Bow River Restaurant. The variety of "bun" that I love is a bed of rice vermicelli, with lettuce, cucumber, shredded pickled carrots, bean sprouts, peanuts, grilled pork and spring rolls on top of it, and then doused with this "fish sauce" (more like a sweet tangy slighly spicy sauce with bits of chili and carrot in it) and a bit of hoisin sauce It is SO good. Best of all, a huge bowl, which will often feed me for two meals is usually prepared in about 10 minutes of waiting in a restaurant, and usually costs around $10.
In general, I like most ethnic food. I draw the line at anything that at one point lived in water or swam. I don't do fish or seafood. I also don't do bugs. If I eat out in Calgary and it's not fast food of some sort, it's almost always at an ethnic restaurant of some sort. In the last several months I've had Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, Korean, Italian and Mexican, and quite possibly a few others besides!
What is your favorite food?
Hands down the answer to that is a Vietnamese dish that appears on the menus here as "bun". There are good Vietnamese restaurants on almost every corner here in Calgary, and one of my favorites is about a 5 minute walk from my parent's place. It's called Bow River Restaurant. The variety of "bun" that I love is a bed of rice vermicelli, with lettuce, cucumber, shredded pickled carrots, bean sprouts, peanuts, grilled pork and spring rolls on top of it, and then doused with this "fish sauce" (more like a sweet tangy slighly spicy sauce with bits of chili and carrot in it) and a bit of hoisin sauce It is SO good. Best of all, a huge bowl, which will often feed me for two meals is usually prepared in about 10 minutes of waiting in a restaurant, and usually costs around $10.
In general, I like most ethnic food. I draw the line at anything that at one point lived in water or swam. I don't do fish or seafood. I also don't do bugs. If I eat out in Calgary and it's not fast food of some sort, it's almost always at an ethnic restaurant of some sort. In the last several months I've had Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, Korean, Italian and Mexican, and quite possibly a few others besides!
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 324
Today's Daily 5:
- a few more positives on the job front
- a relaxing afternoon
- finding something I'd planned to order online at a major discount for an even better discount in a store I happened to be in today
- "shockingly sane conversations"
- loads and loads of laughter with a soul friend
Whimsical Wednesday, July 5, 2011
The latest edition of Whimsical Wednesday is another mish-mash of visual inspiration from Pinterest. These are some of the images that made me smile, inspired, or challenged me this week.
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