Last night we attended a cousin’s orthodox wedding. Neither of us had ever been to an orthodox wedding before, and although we knew generally what to expect, it was an interesting experience that really contrasted some of the other weddings we’ve been to this summer.
The most significant difference between an orthodox wedding and any other [...]
Archive for July, 2004
Orthodox Wedding
Posted in Family on July 30, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Class Dismissed
Posted in Learning on July 24, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
After five months and 21 six-hour classes, my Tuesday nights will no longer be spent with a group of knowledge-hungry networking nerds, absorbing every tidbit of routing and switching know-how until the wee hours of the morning. Now, my month-long immersion begins, as I gradually drench my brain in the gritty, unglamorous details that need [...]
New Recipes
Posted in Food on July 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
In our contiuing effort to expand the range of our cooking and baking repertoire, yesterday we fired up the griddle and made a batch of tasty whole wheat buttermilk pancakes.
The griddle was a wedding gift from our friends out west, and a frying pan pales in comparison; four pancackes can fit with room to spare, [...]
Cherry Beach
Posted in Pets on July 15, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Since Oreo had his rabies vaccination last week, we’re free to take him out in public. This is good, since he needs to be exposed to as many different environments, people and other dogs as possible so that he becomes properly socialized. Lucky for us, the breeder he came from had a handful of other [...]
St. Lawrence Market
Posted in Food, Places on July 10, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Toronto is home to one of the best 25 markets in the world (according to <a href=”http://foodandwine.com”>Food & Wine</a> magazine), the <a href=”http://www.stlawrencemarket.com/index.html”>St. Lawrence Market</a>. On Saturdays, starting at 5am, there is a farmers’ market with a myriad of fresh food–and when I say fresh I mean minutes from the vine, recently been swimming, just [...]
Oreo
Posted in Friends, Pets on July 6, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
After a disappointing start to the summer weather-wise, it has been a wonderfully warm, sunny weekend. I type this sitting in the back yard, as the dogs wrestle and run through the grass. Yes, I love wireless networking; being able to work or study outdoors makes it much more enjoyable.
Last weekend we were in Edmonton [...]
Canada Day
Posted in Places on July 1, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Canada Day!
As I sit sipping my Tim Horton’s coffee, with the Hip and the Ladies in the background, reading the Globe and cooling a two-four of Alexander Keith’s for this afternoon, I am filled with a sense of appreciation for our great country. Beyond the usual comparisons of how Canada is not the USA, [...]
