It’s tired time again. A big part of the job here at Ingram is building the programs I’ll be selling and living with for all of 2008. This year I inherited them from my predecessors and they certainly aren’t what I would have done. It’s my first chance to build something I want, but it’s also exhausting all my time while I create this large Vancouver event with my team.
In between it all I had a rather busy weekend as my cousin Crystal and her long-time boyfriend, Chris, came to town from Cornwall, PEI on Friday. This is their first visit to the Toronto area so we tried to take them around to see the sights. Saturday we headed to Toronto for a small walk around and a Blue Jays game. Our goal to head up the CN Tower was thwarted by a three-hour wait so we strolled around, hit beerbistro for the Belgian Frites, HMV for some shopping, and eventually the Keg Mansion for dinner.
Sunday was a 60th anniversary bbq for my grandparents. I wanted to create some food for it and spent the morning coming up with: Roasted Fennel and Orange Salad with Mint and Almonds; Coconut Cashew Basmati Salad; Thai Peanut Chipotle Sauce (for chicken); Roasted Garlic White Bean Hummus; Tzatziki Sauce; and Blueberry White Iced Tea. It was good times catching up with the family I don’t see so often.
Monday we were off to Wonderland. After a hideous park entry experience that involved the parking guy telling us we had to go to another lane when there was no possible way to do so and a group sales fiasco that took us over 45 minutes to break through we entered the surprisingly lightly-attended park. I think this is my first time there since Cedar Point and my memory is telling me that the Canadian version is too slow and rough compared to the American counterpart.
I’d ask what everyone else did for the weekend but Junkeater – and thus comments – are still down. Boo-urns.