Thursday, January 05, 2006

CANADA WINS GOLD!

Yah, I'm a nerd!!! But, VANCOUVER TOOK GOLD!! We were the total underdogs of the tournament and we didn't loose one game!!! Kick a@@!!



Tuesday, January 03, 2006

New Years at Ranchmans!

Well, New Years in Calgary was fun (yes, really, it was fun!) I had a blast! And drank just a tad too much (too much free flowing alcohol). There were lots of saddles and dead things on the walls, I actually danced to country music (Shania Twain of all people! my god!) and there was a huge mix of people in the crowd. People were dressed so casual they looked like they just crawled out of bed and didn't change clothes yet and people dressed in tuxes and ball gowns. . .that was pretty interesting see these people two stepping on the dance floor!

(below) I decided that since I was in Calgary, I needed big hair!


(below) Me and Diana!


(below) Diana is thinking about how to best steal something for me without getting caught!


(below) Well, she didn't!


(below) This country singer is actually from Scotland, he's sold a huge majority of his records in Alberta, hence why he was there for New Years. He was actually pretty good!


(below) Me and Diana just before New Years


(below) Woohoo, I'm excited (in reality I think she was saying, stop taking all the damn pictures and let me drink this damn champagne!)


(below) I'm a little more excited


(below) We couldn't wait for New Years to drink our champagne so we got a second glass!


(below) There is this really annoying couple dancing beside me, dancing and making out! They were forgetting about personal space. . .bastards!

(below) Happy New Year!


(below) Dead things on the wall decorated for Christmas


(below) Random picture of the bar


(below) Diva Di!


(below) Diana and Mike


(below) I can't remember their names, well, he was being called chicken wing! lol


(below) Antlers!


(below) Random bar shot


(below) Just before a mess of shooters

Random Calgary/Cochrane shots

Well, Cochrane is pretty! I took a ton of pictures and these are a sampling of the ones that I really liked.

(below) This is the church around the corner from where my friend lives.


(below) One of the best ice cream shops in the country. . .it's not bad either!


(below) mmmmmm, ice cream


(below) Streets of Cochrane


(below) clouds over Cochrane


(below) These people make the best lattes!


(below) Spent a few nights here! Met some great regulars and people (except the first night when a weird group of people showed up!)


(below) playing pool until the wee hours of the morning


(below) Steve the bartender


(below) Some of the regulars. To get them to stop asking if we wanted a drink, we had to say yes! Had a few raspberry Stoli vodkas that night. They guys in the picture were really nice, and most had been going to this neighbourhood pub for at least 20 years! They beat us a few times at pool, we beat them more (only because they stratched a few times)


(below) The next day Diana and I went shopping at Chinook Shopping Centre. In the food court, they have these models moving around the entire area of the food court. Pretty cool. It's hard to tell in these two pictures how big they really are.

Monday, January 02, 2006

Mountains, mountains and more mountains (and some cows)

I love the mountains in Alberta!








Jennifer's Cochrane (AB)

Hi all!! I just got back from Calgary/Cochrane. There was no snow (I was very sad) however it was snowing as soon as I arrived to Calgary, but stopped about 20 minutes later. My flight out was awesome, I got called up to the desk (of course, I was thinking that I snuck something in that was wrong!) and I got a seat in the emergency row and didn't know what to do with all the extra room! It was WestJet though, there is usually a ton of room anyway!

(below) One of the many pieces of beautiful artwork at the Vancouver Airport (and next picture as well)



(below) Diana, she took me out for pool and a beer (or couple) as soon as I got into Cochrane, AB (it's about a 30 to 45 minute drive outside of Calgary, or at least from the Airport)
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