Double Dutch


I've been doing something my friend Steffi refers to as "culture sniffing." Steffi, AK, and I have been out doing something together for the past couple weeks starting with the International Comedy Festival (still going on til May 7). Together we have seen Corrinne Grant "Faking It", Charlie Pickering "Auto", Life After Dick (the gal fluffers for Puppetry of the Penis), Jimbo's Big Night Out... I've also seen a few others with different friends and all have been amusing, if not just flat-out funny!

This past weekend Steffi and I ate, entertained, and (mostly window) shopped our way through the city. We started on Friday night with hot chocolates (I had a spicy mexican that left me scratchy throated for an hour!) at Max Brenner's, dinner at Groove Train (I had a coupon for buy 1 get 1 free), and a movie. Saturday we went out shopping and I finally got myself another pair of easy to wear winter shoes - a sweet little pair of light green suede Adidas and it's love. We ate our way through Brunswick Street starting with yummy eggs florentine and onto San Churros for some dark chocolate and churros (fingerlike donut) and then ended at a tapas place where we scarfed down 6 plates for the price of 5. We also shared some good drinks in about 4 different bars. So after the drinks and shopping, why not end the night with a show called "Sam Simmons and Tales of the Erotic Cat"! HA! Random comedy!
Sunday we met up with AK in Federation Square for the Dutch Fest where Steffi introduced me to some of her favorite foods from home and we watched people walking around in their big wooden clogs and wearing orange. It was raining, so we left to grab a tram to St. Patrick's Cathedral to see the art installation on Crisis, Catharsis and Contemplation. Some of it was really good and some of it left me scratching my head - but that's art!
It's good to have some great galfriends!
Read Steffi's take on events here.



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