Raymi vs. Quebec

hitting the road as soon as i can stuff my favourite clothes into my suitcase which hasn’t been unpacked ONCE since june. ridiculous. the last time i went to quebec city i was 13 so this is going to be a mega-treat. all i want are cobblestones in the sunshine, windy twisty whimsical lanes, wildflowers spilling out of windows, maybe a crepe or two, and that is what baby gets. here’s some blackberry shots from last night. i met the mayor and dan aykroyd and let tracey the minx pounce on them. can’t wait to see the shots. dinner was lovely, the entertainment, stellar. there’s something truly very special about the fpp – famous PEOPLE Players theatre where everything went down last night. the entire staff who serve you, work, train in the banquet hall and kitchen are also the performers in the show, and these amazing people are all, how do i say this, special? they’re savants, various shades of learning disabilities, some have down syndrome, all walks really, and they are incredible. so many happy tears in the room last night, we were blown away. i am in full support of this theatre and can see why mr. aykroyd is so endeared to it as well. some cast members/staff have been there for decades! diane is a saint. i’ll tell you more about it when i get the rest of my shots from my little princess perch in gay ol quebec.

they razzed him a lot and got him up dancing during some numbers. i’m glad he wore his white shirt so i could keep my eyes on him the entire time.

there’s the mayor! we only f’d with him slightly. turns out slightly is all you need. his brothers were there too, they are identical. i am waving to rob ford with the rob ford puppet at this point in time. you don’t feel humiliation when you order bottles of champagne for the table. practically invincible.

everyone was pawing and clawing their way for a moment but the twin towers (mom and i) killed it. one woman comes over and says hello mayor I”M a mayor too! meanwhile his arm is wrapped around my and mom’s waists. the buzzards hated us. dan aykroyd wouldn’t stop squeezing my mom’s hand or let her go when he walked not even halfway across the room and was swarmed by more blue hair vultures in ball gowns. it was such a scene. loved it. i was invited to city hall. you have less than a second to spit out what you want so of course i said I AM CANADA’S MOST FAMOUS BLOGGER. you could say anything and they’d believe it. i basically said I AM CANADA’S FASTEST UNICYCLE RIDER. in the real world, blogging is irrelevant still to many.

hand holding evidence. we could construct any story we wanted now right? mom kept saying, we’re gonna be partying with him tonight. yeah ok i will give you $100 if you can make that happen. i also egged her on to go get this photo but then when she got up to do it i couldn’t watch, SO AWKWARD, couldn’t look away either. our table was a riot, rob told my mom (a different rob not the mayor) that she was hilarious and another table of dudes he knew thought she was a famous tv personality. we had two personal photographers with us shooting us, we were a scene. also, lois looked ultra hot and also, i called the mayor tom ford a few times. whoops. HAHAH.

we toasted to paul newman.

oh man so many old people in the house with old people accounts like that 95 year old chick over there, she gave my mom an earful. mom has the propensity to extract people’s life stories (i do too) she comes back to the table with this woman finding her independence and what not and other tales. ok now can you do that again but with dan aykroyd please.

the table to be seated at. that’s paula beside me i know she has a lot of good shots, so on the ball. before i’d get up to pull a prank i’d pinch her, motion with my head, and we’d make our way like platoon through the room, stalking our prey.

clearing up space on my phone haha.

almost wore the blue dress behind me last night i would have murdered my colleague. i’m like, i want to wear my short black dress, too slutty? then he picks up paula and SHE is wearing a short black number and even dorothy, chris woods hot wife was wearing a short black dress very similar to mine. i would have looked ridiculous in that blue thing last night. ridiculously hot, but still ridiculous all the same.

smile melodie you’re too cute.

all roads lead to adventurehouse. do you know how many people are confused over the name of this dj night and think it’s our actual monthly house party? do you ever SEE any pictures of a house party you morons?

such a pro that the morning after a gig i’ll still get up and do the thing. shopcatch kicked off their launch with captain raymbo first. long story short, i’s awesome.

luckily i’ve got the brit pedigree to assimilate with one kate middleton. keep it matriarch with the pearls and no one’ll know the diff.

stella gaga. loves her mummy. put up zero fuss about this.

black tie is for lovers. they didn’t stand a chance. that is actually a shirt. thanks steph!

they did a blues brother number too. perfect!

thanks for the china glaze bronwyn! green always photographs brilliantly.

sample of the show. it’s crazy. they walk out into the audience in black jumpsuits and it’s like 3D all wild to disco fever tunes. if you sit in the front row prepare to be messed with. after the show my mom and i jumped the stage and played with all the props, they had a foam dan aykroyd bottle of wine. so much work goes into the props and it shows. take your kids to this or your grandfolks.

these are my new friends.

au revoir!