Aberdeen Street Party

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Holy Molly! The Aberdeen Street Party did not disappoint. In fact, I think there were more people there this year than last year. I met loads of people that were from out of town as well. Including an entire bus load of people from Montreal! CrAzY!!!

One of the best parts was at about 11pm, a band broke out into live tunes at the corner of William and Aberdeen. The lead singer sung the entire set while standing on the porch rail and hugging the corner post. Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and AC/DC! They cranked out about 5 tunes before the cops told them to shut it down. Boooohooo!

Julie and I had a great night at the party and the evening was capped off with a mandatory stop at Bubba's for poutine! YUM!

Want to see more shots of the day... check out this set on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/actionhamster/sets/72157607554231695/

Maxime at his first football game!

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Maxime had a great time at his first football game!!! Go Geals Fo! Queen's crushed Western to retain a perfect undefeated record of 5-0.

The Chicken was flipped!

What do you get when you mix together 19 friends, 1 stranger, 2 rubber chickens, 20 bicycles, a disturbingly carved piece of wood, playing cards, loads of beer and a trophy with legs? You get the drunken bike tour (aka the Chicken Flip!). The weather was absolutely glorious - with full sun all day - as we biked from Kingston to the US and spent most of the day frolicking in the surf at Wilson's beach between Cape Vincent and Snug Harbour. It was the 20th annual trek and it was very well attended. It's absolutely the best way to kick off the start of the school year! Thanks to everyone who joined in. Stay tuned - pictures to follow shortly.
PS: Congrats to Ken who won the 'power run' part of the day with a hand that included three 3's! Nice!