Better late

Thanks to our Elevator construction adventures, you can drop anything you want down the elevator shaft and you'll get it back in a few short months!

:(

T's mom has to leave, but we're sending her with some friends to remember her trip by.

SQUISH

New friends arrived TO CRUSH US.  We placated them with a small, subservient fief.  

Mary!

Blog!  Did I tell you about Mary?!  She lives in Edmonton now!  Goodly!  Awesome!

Makers of Things

I don't know who this is, but so far I agree with them almost completely.

Kind of them to call it "food"

I think your supply of dented cans of Almond Oil will last quite some time.

Yes......

VERY YES!!!!!

Aftermath

Yesterday's storm didn't just knock out power, of course.

Calamity

My camera regained power just in time for about 10 blocks of Whyte to lose it.  Mob rule ensued.  Some guys came charging at me screaming and wielding a longboard, but it turns out they just thought I was their Asian friend so they invited me to their hipster party instead.  Not knowing anyone there, not being nearly as drunk as any of them, and dressed more douchester than hipster, I didn't last too long.

Diversity

Thanks to poor battery planning, the only picture I took in Vancouver was this sign for the espresso/crepe/chicken wings/beer restaurant that takes up about 10 square feet.

Then we took the road to Vancouver, where the mountains were just as photogenic

And the hotels were just as classy

Banff

Of course we took T's mom to Banff, to show her that the mountains are even beautiful in the rain.And the tourists are friendlyAnd the hotels are so classy they're worth posing with
outside and in:

Sabzy

Fari took us to Edmonton's new Persian restaurant, Sabzy.  Good times: She and Irina were like sisters who hadn't met, and Alessandra's Russsian is fantastic:  

... And I heartily recommend the place, if not for the hookah then at least for the desserts.

Family 5-pin

Alison's mom was in town too, and we took the moms out to enjoy the uniquely Canadian 5-pin bowling experience:

In return, Irina took us to school:

CALVES, ABS, FOREARMS

I was going to take these free-bench fitness videos until I saw that you don't get to SAFE & SMART until the last tape.

More Moms

We have another visiting mom, but instead of Looking at plants, this one likes to cook delicious food in copious quantities.  And take photos, which bodes well for the blog.  And its creator's  stomach.

Live Action Role Playing

Why isn't this cool?  People are hitting eachother with swords!  In a way that is unplanned!  It should be cool.  And yet, it is somehow very not.

Hard Times

You and me both, moose.

Don't be a Knocker!

Fort Edmonton park is a fun place to spend Dominion Day.

Especially if you get in free so you can help out with a vintage dance performance.