Big weekend coming up. Bry’s birthday on Saturday and he has confirmed that after hockey there will be a preference(1). We will be going to bad Vernon’s first and then making our way to the Tijuana Yacht Club(2). Rumors suggest that the pick up line for the night is…”you down with O.P.P.”(3)
Took Erin out trick or treating last night. She really like Halloween but what she didn’t like much was anything scary (she was a witch), her hat falling off, staying with the group, when the other kids don’t say thank you, and all that walking. Everytime we came to a house that was remotely done up with the cob webs and the music I had to coax her to go to the door. We started at 6:30pm and by 7:30pm she was already to pack it in…by 8:30pm I was dragging her up people’s steps(4). The smile on her face when we dumped out her bag was worth it.
Tonight is Survivor night at Nolan’s. The kids transform the living room into a theater and at 7:30pm the nachos(5) come out! How can you beat that?
(1) – In 2001 we were still playing Nolan’s Hockey at the Highlander at like 3pm on a Saturday. Afterward we would go for “dinner” and most times is was an easy pick on where to go but sometimes, someone (usually me), would have a preference.
(2) – Tiajuana Yacht Club is also where I was first seduced by Shannon so it’s kind of a special place. Not sure if that night is in the archives but it’s around Vernon’s birthday in December so we will soon find out.
(3) – O.P.P -Naughty By Nature
(4) – I did the same for Ashlyn a couple Halloween’s ago. She hit a wall and I pushed her to the finish line and in the end she thanked me. It’s the same athlete mentality parents have when their kids are playing sports and you want them to succeed the same way you did.
(5) – My reputation for loving nachos came from working trade shows with Nolan. One time they had free nachos and I shut the place down.