A Composer and a Super Male Model at the Salon

Dom and Steve went to get their hair styled together a couple of weeks ago. Their styalist Guy works right by our house so I snuck over and took some shots of their hair date.

Last Trip Out West

Jenn and Dom working for their room and board in the Grove and the Roomies posing with some other super models...

Jenn's Old!

We celebrated Jenn's 25th Birthday on April 11. Yes I know I am so far behind.
Actually, we had the celebration on the 9th because she was in the middle of exams on the 11th. Dom was out of town but his parents subbed in for him and joined us for dinner.

Song of the Great Khan

Steve's piece, Song of the Great Khan, premiered on April 3, 2008. The piece was written for the McGill Percussion Ensemble and incorporated over 40 different percussion instruments!

He's been working on this song since October last year and it was super cool to actually hear it after watching him toil over the score for 6 months. The piece was amazing and as our friend Jo aptly said "it was the best piece there and would have been my favorite even with my eyes closed so that I didn't know it was his"!

Steve spent months muttered that it was super weird and no one was going to like it so he just about fell over when I told him that I had mass emailed everyone that we knew within a 500 km radius and invited them to the show. Fortunately/ unfortunately (?) he's actually not as weird as he thinks he is and everyone in "Steve's section" loved it. He was the only composer that got hoots and hollers from the audience when the song ended! Dom even yelled out "that's my roommate!". I think Steve sort of wanted to die a little at that point. (He was also the only student composer and the rest were all faculty or composers from Europe and the US)

There was a problem with the recording and it has to be re-recorded. Once that happens I will try to figure out how to put the song on the blog. Here are a couple of pictures that I managed to catch before the show started and I was forced to put the camera away.

PS. Steve's looking a lot less haggard as of late in case anyone is worried.

More Ottawa

We took our new camera to Ottawa and had so much fun taking pictures of Parliament. And by "we" I mean Steve because he doesn't let me anywhere near "his" new Christmas present. That being said, the day was perfect for taking pictures and while his finger actually snapped the shots, you had better believe that I was chirping in his ear about what shots to take.

Week of the Moms

It sounds like the title to a horror movie but alas, it was great fun having my mom and Lois in town. They came out to see Steve's performance but we managed to pack in tons of wandering around Montreal, dinners and and dinners out, shopping and a quick trip to Ottawa to hang with Jenny.

More Massif

Here are some more pictures from our weekend at Le Massif that Jean-Luc took. Seriously, have you ever seen a ski lodge party so hard?

Team Ski vs. Team Study

Dom and I left Dr. Funk and Ms. Spazz-Attack in Montreal this weekend to work on their schooling while we partied it up in Quebec. Team Ski definitely had more fun~

On Friday night we had dinner with Dom's parents, Carole and Cajetan at their home in Mont Ste. Anne. Dom's mom is an amazing chef and she made shrimp cocktail, Chinese fondue with MOOSE, cheese, asparagus and mushrooms, followed by strawberry salad and chocolate fondue!!! Super yum!

On Saturday Dom's dad dropped us on the side of the road to be picked up by the ski bus filled with Dom's friends!!! The boys competed in the Le Massif Open, until the race was cancelled due to too many injuries, and then we partied in the lodge until the bus took us home later that night. The Quebecois really know how to do things right. The Apres Ski event saw the lodge turn into a bar with a live band!!

After we left the hill the ski van dropped us off at the poutine shop in Mont Ste. Anne and we ordered poutine and roast beef sandwiches in an effort to neutralize some of the beers in our belly. (You will note that the sandwich is mixed in with the fries and also covered in gravy) After dinner Dom's dad came and picked us up and after a quick chat with his parents we were in bed at 10 pm!

Carole and Cajetan treated us to lattes and a wonderful breakfast and then it was back to Montreal to hang with Team Study. I don't think they realized that we were gone...

Carole, more pictures of the Massif to follow, I promise! Thanks for the wonderful hospitality!

Easter

Jenn was in Edmonton for Easter weekend, Dom at Nationals and Steve in a horrible nasty funk (fitting out about his piece of music that is being performed later this week)..so to keep myself busy and feeling closer to home I spent the weekend cooking and preparing an Easter dinner for some friends that joined us on Sunday night. Did the full meal deal right down to the cabbage rolls and biscuits but I have to admit that my Grannie's cabbage rolls and Steve's Grandma's biscuits are way better. But, I did outdo myself with my easter cookies and table decorations, if I do say so myself.