decidedlyodd

Summer is such a busy time! I’ve got a few minutes before heading off to bed, so I’ll recap what I’ve been up to lately.

Last weekend, I went to Vancouver, BC for the weekend. It was Vancouver Pride, but mostly I just went to visit some friends. It was a fun time, but somehow I managed to spend $300 (CAD = USD these days) without staying in a hotel or buying anything while shopping. It was all food, drinks and cover charges.

Robert and I drove up on Friday after work. Upon arrival, our hosts (Jean and Javeed) were already having a small cocktail party so things started off right away. Later we grabbed some food and went to 1181 where we ran into various other Seattle people. We tried to get into Odyssey, but eventually gave up once the line stopped moving. We ended up at Numbers which was fun but so extremely hot I couldn’t really dance for very long.

Saturday morning involved wandering around Robson St and Davie St doing some light shopping followed by more eating and drinking. That night, we managed to get to Odyssey early enough to get in without waiting forever. Once inside, I felt really old though. I’m not sure why we go there. The crowd is not our scene, it’s not cheap ($15 cover during pride weekend) and there’s always a long line. Oh well.

Sunday was the parade which we watched for a while before seeking out some food. I had some of the worst Mexican food I’ve had in a while. Note to self–just because the employees all speak Spanish doesn’t mean it’ll be decent. Yuck. After that, we went back to the condo for some prefuncing before heading over to the Trouble T Dance we bought tickets for the previous day. It was no doubt my favorite part of going out on the whole trip. There was some dancing, but it was just a nice space to be in with a good number of people. Afterwards, we ended up at an impromptu party at a friend of a friend of a friend’s place nearby. We had some pizza. I spilled my glass of wine all over the place after trying to set it down on the curved edge of this funky coffee table. Robert fell asleep and started snoring in the middle of the party. We were terrible and probably never welcome back. After that, we somehow got the bright idea of going out to Odyssey yet again. I ended up getting to bed around 2am I think after having a few cocktails.

Monday morning, I got up at 6:30 so that I could drive back home in time for a work meeting. Ugh, I was so tired. I didn’t make the work meeting because it took something like 80 minutes to get through US Customs. Every car in that line up had BC plates, I swear. Monday was a local holiday (BC Day) and with the current exchange rates, apparently a lot of Canadians decided to drive over the border to get in some good shopping.