life with more cowbell

Holy moly – lots to keep me busy and out of trouble (relatively speaking) this past weekend:

Thursday, June 30: the annual CHIC Productions’ women’s Pride dance at the Palais Royale. Amazing live band on the patio, hot music from the DJ on the dance floor and hundreds of lovely women. This event sells out every year – and for good reason. A fabulous way to kick off Pride/Canada Day weekend.

Friday, July 1: Cabbagetown Theatre producers Blake Thorne and Kim Sprenger hosted their annual Canada Day bbq/potluck at Blake’s house. We’re talkin’ two large bbq’s cookin’ up chicken, burgers, shrimp and veggies, with loads of tasty appetizers (I brought sushi this year), salads and desserts supplied by party guests. Fireworks and sparklers after dark – loads of fun, interesting peeps and good times.

Saturday, July 2: My friend/neighbour Phyllis took  me along to the OSSTF annual Pride brunch at Spirit’s, where I bumped into two women I’d met at the Palais dance (small frickin’ world!). Then I was off to see Larry Crowne at the Rainbow Market Square with my pal Kerri MacDonald – which we both agreed was a fun, sweet romcom – followed by an early dinner at the Jersey Giant (where we bumped into actor about town Steve Flett, who was taking a break from his Fringe rehearsal schedule).

Sunday, July 3: Pretty much did sweet bugger all, except for grocery shopping and dishes. Too damn hot to do much but sit around and drink cool beverages, which I did all afternoon on Phyllis’s loft patio (we started with raspberry/banana smoothies, then moved on to booze and mini-Fudgesicles).

Speaking of Fringe, that opens this Wednesday, July 6 and runs till Sunday, July 17: http://www.fringetoronto.com/   And you know I’ll have lots to tell y’all about that.