Dane's birthday party 1c (CAKE!)

Our lovely neighbour Isabel made Dane a Cake for his birthday. Isn't it beautiful! It was SO good. Isabel is from Brazil and she made a Brazilian icing that was really rich and wonderful. In fact, it was so good that people were commenting on it days later. I couldn't find a photo of her in my mad collection of Birthday photo's. She looks a lot like my friend Leanna (when Leanna has a tan) in Toronto, especially when she smiles.

" Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm........Take the photo already we want cake!"

Dane's Birthday Part 1c (meat meat meat meat and birthday steak)

Those of you that are in Toronto may be surprised to find out that we have become full on carnivores. I got HUNGRY!

The truth is that we spent some time in the company of hardcore vegans and they brought out the meat eaters in us both. It's a long-ish story and all I want to say is that the fog has lifted and I can think more clearly and I have more energy.


When Dane turned his back for a moment his plate grew lemon boobs!!!!



Arghhhhh mmmmm snarl MEAT!

Precious!!!! My Precious!!!

Dane got drunk on steak.....look at how cute his is all woozy and delirious with joy.

Dane's Birthday Part 1b

Here are some photo's of the party that give you an idea of just how great it really was. Here we all were on the sidewalk enjoying food, beer , wine and the company of great people and no police officers hassled us. It felt so spontaneous and adventurous, everyone was happy and the night couldn't have been better.

See how close to work we are!
Dane is in the orange and brown striped top....now you can play 'where's Dane'

The guy with the cap is Christian, he's from Paris and has more stories then anyone else I know. He lives life like it's the most precious and wonderful gift that a person can have. He helped us build much of the shop and we were so glad that he and his lady Patricia joined in the celebration. They brought duck breast to grill....how very French!

holly came to visit.

Dane's Birthday Part 1a

This is going to have to happen in pieces as I can't upload all of the photos from Dane's Birthday party in one go for some reason that I don't understand.


Here is a photo of Elaine. She is fast becoming one of my favourite people.

This is Stephanie and Steven. Stephanie owns Umeboshi, by far Vancouvers best shoe boutique. Stephanie is wonderful in so many ways, one of which is how genuine she is, it's refreshing. Steven is my friend Polly's fiance, and he has a hair salon (Oo La La) that he runs out of a private studio....he can serve you wine and really good espresso while cutting your hair!. I don't have a photo of Polly, she escaped my mad camera happy spree.

This is our Neighbour Jeremy. he thought that there weren't enough forks for everyone....there were, so we gave him one.One the left is Nick Tay who is a computer game designer that has organized group art shows at the shop. The next one is on Friday (June 16th), he'll also be having a solo show in December. I think that his group is fast becoming a collective with a lot of talent. Joe on the right is also a very good artist. He manages SOMA and will be having a solo show at the shop in September.

Angela and Kye were too cute to not photograph. i don't have the space to write about all of the amazing things that Angela does. She is primarily a photographer, her boyfriend Kye I don't know very well, but if he's with her he's got to be awesome.

On the left we have Rose, he's from L.A and before that the Caribbean islands. He is a part of the art collective showing at the shop on Friday, also incredibly talented. Shauna of Hey Shauna is on the right with an empty wine bottle...she was having fun! Shauna is our web designer...so back off she's too busy already!!!
Here we have Joe drinking a beer, Devon who I must say I love being around, being in her company is a natural high....and Shauna with more wine.

Hi Shauna! You're so cute.

There are more images on the way with more introductions.

I like Elizabeth

I saw Reggie's band 'Elizabeth' play one song a couple of weeks ago. I thought that the show started a half hour later than it did. I loved the one song though! Reggie is my friend Andie's boyfriend.

They were opening for a band called Elephant who should have been opening for them. The lead singer's voice was good not great, He liked to do three very cock star poses while singing, and the music was also good not great. Basically I didn't believe them, why I'm even spending so much time writing about a mediocre manufactured band I'm not sure.

This is a photo of Andie and Reggie, who is hiding behind a beer bottle...nice try Reggie...we can still see you. To the left we have Christine who dates Daver who is also in Elizabeth. Christine is a creature not of this earth. She is beautiful, funny and really happy. She is so happy that she floats, I'm sure her feet have never touched the ground. Elaine is to the right, I don't know the guy in the cap.
Reggie couldn't hide from my camera forever! I have a feeling that his band is going to do well. They are a lot better then most of what is out there by far....or at least that one song that I really liked.
I think that Andie and Elaine called one another they are both wearing gold shoes.......

..........wooden pendants from Lark, tank tops and dark jeans.

I had a really good time being out. Thanks Elizabeth's people!