Making use of a movie pass that Yvan gave me for my 29th birthday (for those keeping score, I turned 30 this past February…) we saw “Away From Her” at the Empire Theatre at Square One. Wow. This is a great film, and I totally understand why there is Oscar-buzz around it. The emotional connection established between the viewer and Gordon Pinsent’s character is immediate and, at times, overwhelming. If you want to see a great film, a Canadian film at that, see this one.
Monthly Archive for May, 2007
Yesterday we attended the wedding of Emily & Kris at McLean House at Sunnybrook. It was a beautful day for the celebration of their love and really got Leah and I excited about our upcoming event!
Our only concern is how Leah will make it through our day – she was overcome with tears of joy a few times throughout the evening.
We finally got around to registering for our wedding (HBC Home Outfitters & Williams Sonoma if you care…) and discovered that real bargain hunters out there should really capitalize on this program. All you need to do is go to a place the offers a registry, create a fictitious wedding and registry, add all of the items you might ever possibly buy to the list, and then come back after your “wedding” and you can buy the items at a minimum of 10% (in our experience) less than the sticker price. HBC and Williams Sonoma offer this plan for 6 months after your event. Since we are planning on replacing a lot of our kitchen equipment, we added all sorts of things to our registry that we know no one will buy us as actual wedding gifts, but we know we want to buy them – and I’m a sucker for saving money.
Doors Open 2007 is next weekend.
150 buildings citywide open their doors
For those who are unfamiliar with this event, here’s what the Doors Open City of Toronto site has to say:
From heritage landmarks to modern structures, hidden gems, places of worship, halls of learning, boardrooms, bedrooms, breweries, mansions, museums, green roofs, theatres, national historic sites, centres of rail travel, cemeteries, factories, banking halls, architects’ offices and more:
“…Doors Open is one of the best things to have happened to Toronto architecture so far this century — or any century for that matter.” Christopher Hume, Toronto Star, May 19, 2005
Get to know the city, whether you’ve lived in Toronto all your life or you’re visiting for the first time. See Toronto like you’ve never seen it before!
With all sincerity, I want to know the answer to this question. The majority of people that we talk to regarding our upcoming wedding are astonished that we were able to plan it, and get everything organized in such a short amount of time. With each subsequent person I/we get more and more anxious that we are forgetting something of extreme importance.
Here’s what we’ve got planned/booked:
Wedding venue
Reception venue (food/drinks/staff/music included)
Photographers
Officiant
Limo
Leah’s dress
Invitations
Marriage licence
Wedding favours
Honeymoon destination and timing chosen
No cake needed, but come on, that doesn’t take a year!
Have we forgotten anything?
Last night we booked the photographer for our wedding. We’ve opted for something a little different than the standard wedding photography. Something a little more real. After taking care of the photography, we went out for dinner at kubo radio on Queen Street East. It was VERY good – great food and great beer. And to top it all off, it only took us 14 minutes to get home! When the highways in Toronto are free from congestion, you can get from A to B very easily. Sadly it took me nearly an hour to get from my office to the photographer’s. 
Chris recently surprised me with two of my favourite things rolled up in one:
1. Tinker Bell
2. A Teapot
I shrieked when I saw the perfect pixie pot perched on our breakfast bar.
