Festivus (for the Rest of Us!)

Hi everyone,

Happy Holidays!

A fine day... thus far. Hil and I slept in, ate a big breakfast of apple cottage cheese pancakes, and exchanged presents. Looking back on it, it's these subtle gift exchanges that are so much better - there's less put into the worth of the gift, and more on the quality of day to day living instead.

After some morning glories (and nearly losing an eye trying to open that infernal bottle of champagne), we went for a long walk through downtown TO. While the streets were certainly less busy, there were still going-ons. The Hot Dog vendors on the corner were open for business, transit was running, and Chinatown was packed. Restaurants of people going for dim sum, folks buying groceries, etc, etc.

Eventually we found what we were looking for in Kensington Market - a coffee shop for Hil! After being educated by the owner of the shop that our 5 dollar bills were counterfeit, we took a table, got respective copies of the NOW magazine (kinda like FFWD for Calgary only 100x bigger) and just chilled out. As I was falling asleep in the arm chair, Hil rustled me awake.

Home through the rain.

We're slowly making dinner, phoning friends, enjoying our time (and each other), and waiting for company for our "orphan's dinner".

Hope everything is well with all of you!

jeff and hilary