Victoria day long weekend

It seems like this long weekend is too long overdue and finally it came but it's almost gone now. Even though I was so looking forward to it but I did not plan anything special to do. The only thing I wanted to do was to spend time with J.

The premiere to the long weekend was a "supposedly" big VIP event our company hosted at our new project, River Green's story center on Friday. Everyone got all dolled up which was a nice change from our normal everyday un-glam work outfits. We were expecting approx. 200+ guests but as it turned out, possibly due to being the long weekend only 100+ guests showed up. Red carpet was rolled out, along with a bar and mini mingle tables for guest out by the front entry. A stage with podium was on the main floor and another bar up on the roof top level and hors-d'oeuvres were served. A cute but frankinstienish cocktail was served(a blue/green fluid with smoke and bubbles)and it was ever so popular at the party. The highlight of the party was we invited the long track relay speed skating team and they were the soul and pride flashing their big cute smiles and gold medals. Us girls managed to sneak some photos with them and we all looked like little fans.

The first day was more or less with J watching the playoffs as his "team" the Montreal Canadians was playing the quarter finals. We managed to watch "Letters to Juliet" which was a movie that we both looked forward to watching since the trailer seemed pretty good. As it turned out, it was a very romantic movie with lots of breathtaking scenery in Italy.

On Sunday, we got together with some friends and play Mahjong. I can't remember when was the last time I played but it was refreshing for the mind. Ended up both me and J won at the tables we played in. The night concluded with a late night sumptuous seafood dinner consisted of large prawns and lobsters. We all left with a pretty full belly.

Today, being the last day of the long weekend, we took it easy. We decided to have lunch at Granville island and both tried the potpies at “A la Mode". J had the clam chowder potpie and I opted for the corn chowder potpie. It was a whopping $9 per pie, which was a bowl of soup with pouf pastry on top. I think it was a bit much for a pouf pastry soup but it was good. Afterwards, we wandered around the market and I couldn't resist but bought my favorite "rainier" cherries plus some bright red large strawberries. I don't know what it is with the fruits at Granville island but they always look so fresh and makes your mouth water that it's hard to resist buying some although they are a bit high priced.
We headed home soon after since J had to catch game 4 of the Stanley playoffs around 4pm. The game is 3-1 Philadelphia in the 2nd period but I have faith in the Habs and they will make us proud once again. Go Habs Go!!!!!