Diana The Snowman

So once upon a time Diana forgot to blog and then Vanessa and I got to humiliate her.

This little gem is from a dollar store adventure. Diana wanted a snowman hat. It looked awesome.

Have a safe and happy New Year's Eve everyone! I'm up to blog tomorrow so hopefully I don't forget, as there are plenty of humiliating things of me in existence.

<3 Kathy

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Hey!

Ok, so it definitely isn't looking like Christmas. It's raining outside! Where's the snow? Anyway, I guess that means less traffic and easier times parking... which are always good if you're doing your last-minute shopping this week!

Seeing as Christmas is right around the corner, I thought I'd post some fun SNL, Christmas-themed videos:





Remember this one?!



Merry Christmas everyone!
Vanessa

Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

1) I'm finished school for the semester!!
2) The holidays are right around the corner!!!

In order to celebrate, a bunch of us went out to celebrate with some Wednesday night karaoke at The Bull on St. Catherine's street.  Let's just say after a little bit of liquid courage, this young lady was ready to siiiing!
Songs of the night included: "Go your own way", "Love in an elevator", "Californication" and "Let her cry" by good ol Hootie and The Blowfish.  Apparently I have the same vocal range as Darius Rucker (just kidding, I totally knew that already).  Most importantly though, there was a magical duet to the Bruce Springsteen version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"

Here is the wonderful video of the E Street Band. All the favourites are there: Max, Patti, Bruce and Santa Clarence on sax.  If these guys did it this good, you can only imagine how great it was when I sang it!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend :)
<3 Kathy

Sweet Euphoria

Last Tuesday I took the afternoon off work to sneak off to Burlington, Vermont to check out the Chris Cornell show with our good friend Chris from Luther Higgs.

I've been a big fan of Chris Cornell since Superunknown and still remember watching the video for Black Hole Sun on Much Music back when they played music videos...

The show was Amazing! Probably one of the best vocals I've ever heard live. Good mix of Soundgarden/Temple of the Dog/Audioslave/Solo stuff. Only low point of the night- Scream!

I'm a terrible concert reviewer...so I'll post some videos asap and let you see for yourself..

Have a great week!
Diana

It's Pie Day, Pie Day

Hey there!

Happy late Thanksgiving to those who celebrated the holiday this week. Hope your stomachs are full of turkey and stuffing! Even though us Canadians didn't celebrate Thanksgiving this week, the girls and I sure had a feast of our own on Friday night. We gathered with some friends at our buddy Chris' house for an event we call Pie Day. The rules for Pie Day are pretty simple: only foods that are in pie form or that have 'pie' in their name are allowed to be eaten at Pie Day. Let me tell you, this round of Pie Day sure did not disappoint:

Appetizers: we started off the evening with an assortment of mini quiches: spinach & artichoke, broccoli & double cheddar cheese, mushroom & pepper jack cheese, and swiss cheese & applewood bacon.

Main course: Diana brought a delicious homemade shepherd's pie and a tourtiere. The mashed potatoes on that shepherd's pie were heavenly :)

Dessert: I think there were more dessert pies than any other pies: Diana's peanut butter and chocolate pie with graham cracker crust, Kathy's s'mores pie with a fudgy chocolately centre and marshmallows on top, and Chris' mom's homemade apple and pecan pies. I am so full just thinking about this.

To make our Pie Day extra special, we watched a whole lot of this classic Montreal show:


Have a great week, Friends!
Vanessa

Spam

Once upon a time a man named weird al wrote a whole bunch of songs with food themes. This has been very handy for me when I have to write a food blog post and need a title.

On that note. Last week-ish Martin and Dave united us over for some Paula Deen inspired Lasagna Sandwiches. Basically you take a lasagna and sandwich it between two slices of garlic bun and you have a delicious supper. We so made Felix and Norton cookies for dessert.

I have a delicious picture on my phone that I can't upload right now but for fear of a huniliaton post at my expense I'm gonna post this now and upload the picture now.

<3 Kathy

You Know You Love It

DIANA FORGOT TO BLOG!! HUMILIATION POST


So I've had this little gem on my phone for almost a year now, I knew it would come in handy!

This is why Diana doesn't get a mic.  Enjoy!
Hopefully Diana still blogs this week, just because if it's about our food adventure of last week, it deserves to be blogged about!

<3 Kathy and Vanessa!

Coffee and Cigarettes

Hey there!

Hope you're having a great weekend! Ours started off quite well. On Friday night, we played a show at a coffee shop in Dorval called Urban Agenda (http://urbanagenda.com/). The vibe and smell in that place was amazing. Nothing better than the smell of fresh coffee on a cool fall night :) The calm atmosphere in the shop was definitely a welcome change from the loud venues we're used to playing at! Thanks so much to everyone who came to the show and made it a delightful evening. Oh, and the best part of the night? Lots of people brought their adorable children to the show!

Seeing as we just played at a coffee shop, I thought this song would be appropriate:


See ya!
Vanessa

Sexy And I Know It!

It's Halloween weekend everyone!

In true Halloween spirit, we decided to dress up pretty sexy-like this year.  Most people couldn't even handle how hot we looked.  Here are some pictures of us at our super-fun Halloween show!

       

       

Most importantly, at one point a possibly homeless, drunk man told me that I looked beautiful.  He may have made my night.

Happy Halloween everyone!
<3 Kathy

Big Casino

It was Kathy's birthday Friday, so we all went out for awesome amounts of all you can eat sushi.
As usual Kanda did not disappoint, and Kathy and I discovered raw beef can be delicious and have been getting the meat cravings ever since. We also were so distracted by eating that no one took any pictures...so here is an artistic representation of what it looked like:

After sushi, sometime around 12:30 we decided we really needed to be at the casino.

Kathy is super lucky because next week she gets to blog about our awesome Halloween costumes for our show next Saturday (I won't give any spoilers!)

Have an awesome week!

DIANA

P.S. Here's us with a giant cheque from the Leucan fundraiser we played a few weeks ago!

Strawberry Swing

Hey Friends!

My blog this week is going to be short and sweet, like this apple dessert I'm going to eat later today!

Apple, vanilla ice cream and caramel on top. Perhaps a little oatmeal crumble on top as well. Here's the recipe in case you want to make some too: http://timeforalittlesomething.com/2011/10/02/apple-ice-creams-with-brandy-caramel/

Fact: when I see an apple, it reminds me of the fact that Chris Martin from Coldplay named his daughter Apple...and now I have a Coldplay song stuck in my head. And it happens to involve fruit as well! Here's some Strawberry Swing:



Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Vanessa

Albany!

...apparently Albany has a theme song, google it if you must.

Hello!
I'm getting this blog business back on track, no more slacking from us. This week my mom and I decided to abandon thanksgiving weekend and drive to Albany to shop, and only to shop. It was amazing. I'm actually still in the hotel and it's awesome!

The only downside though, and what makes me miss Montreal is that everything is closed on sundays! Their malls were open until 6, but we drove around forever trying to find an awesome, quaint restaurant but they were all closed! Also every corner claims to have awesome "wood oven" pizza but that's a lie. I want good pizza so bad right now!

Until next time :)
<3 Kathy

Fashion!

The posts are a little off schedule this week. Vanessa blogged super late (a whole week!) and stole my blog last week, so I'm blogging tonight.

This week's inspiration: (awesome)


Fall is here, and one of the ways to cope with the weather getting scary is to focus on pretty coats and accessories that come with the cold.

I couldn't resist but pick up this super cute wool coat at H&M. Thankfully it hasn't gotten that cold yet, but I'm ready!

I also found these for super cheap at Winners a few weeks ago- But mine are charcoal gray.

Tahari pumps (see more peep toe pumps)

Last for now:
New episode of New Girl this week meant I cut my own bangs (in the dark :S ...)
AND I want that dress!

Have an awesome Thanksgiving weekend!!
Diana

Learning is fun!

Hey Everyone!

First of all, thanks so much to those who supported the Leucan Fundraiser last night at Clydes! The venue was packed and we all had a great time supporting a fantastic cause :)

So, it's a rainy Sunday evening, which means in a few minutes, I will make myself some warm hot chocolate with marshmallows and lazy out for the rest of the night. Or I'll go to sleep (I ate too much today...). BUT FIRST, I will tell you a few things I learned this week:

1. Homemade General Tao chicken beats restaurant General Tao: This is the reason I'm currently feeling sleepy. I just came back from Martin's house, where his grandma and mom made some delicious General Tao chicken. There was a deep-fryer involved. I almost took it home. Here's the recipe they used: http://www.ricardocuisine.com/recipes/88-general-tao-s-chicken

2. I don't think I'll ever get sick of The National's "Terrible Love": I've been a fan of The National for a while now and recently re-discovered this song. I've been listening to it on loop for about a week and a half and love it each time! P.s. they'll be playing a show at the Bell Centre on December 9! I would highly recommend seeing them live :) I can't wait!



3. Food Network's Paula Deen has no limits, and I want to be more like her:



Have a great Sunday!
Vanessa

This is Halloween!

So here's the thing, we are playing a Halloween show with The Koalas and we really want to have some kind of coordinating costume.  So far all the internet has to offer is Three Blind Mice or the Three Stooges and frankly those ideas aren't cool.  Any and all suggestions are welcome!

Also here are some adorable costume ideas I've stumbled upon in the process of trying to figure out our costumes.

<3 Kathy

Ain't nothin but a G-Tang

Last weekend Kathy and I went to good ol plattsburgh for some some end of summer shopping. We almost didn't go to Hannafords but I was not going to leave the country without getting my pop tarts! I ended up with 100 pop tarts and impulse buy of tang powder, so I am SO set for breakfast for the next while.

More importantly, we have a show this Wednesday the 14 at L'esco on st Dennis !!

Have a great week,
Diana!

Last Nite

Hey there!

Hope you've had a fantastic long-weekend so far! I'd say that one of the highlights of my weekend was playing a show with our buddies The Koalas (http://koalasband.blogspot.com/) last night at Clydes Pub in Pointe Claire. It's always a pleasure to share the stage with them. Great show guys! And thanks very much to those who came out last night!

It was also nice to be back at Clydes. It's been about a year since we've played there, and I'm not gonna lie, playing there last night made me realize how much I missed that stage! That's actually where we played our first show back in 2006. It was wonderful to see that some of the people who were at that first show were there last night too :)

Question: what are you doing on the evening of Saturday, October 1? No plans yet? Great! Come to a benefit show we're playing for Leucan (http://www.leucan.qc.ca/en/). Leucan is an association that aims to help children with cancer, as well as their families. The benefit show will be held at Clydes (286 Lakeshore, Pointe Claire) on Saturday, October 1. Mark that into your calendar! It's for an excellent cause.

Alright, time for me to get some sleep. Seeing as this blog is about what happened last night, I thought this song would be an appropriate way to end the post:



Good night!
Vanessa

Nightmare

Hello!

So I started school this week ... That's never fun or exciting.

This week I also watched season 1 and 2 of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and I have to say I LOVE GORDON RAMSAY! That is one inspirational man. Anyway for many episodes he gets pissed off when English people can't make proper Yorkshire Pudding. So I thought, challenge accepted Ramsay! I've never made it before, and never really eaten it but 2 seasons of that show made me crave yorkshire pudding in gravy so bad.

Here is my successful run at them (which p.s. they were super easy so I don't understand how so many restaurant owners failed so hard. Maybe I'm just awesome):

For some reason one of the middle ones didn't rise but I like the first picture because it looks like a pac-man.

MORE IMPORTANTLY! NEXT SATURDAY (SEPT 3, 2011) WE ARE PLAYING A SHOW WITH OUR BUDDIES THE KOALAS AT CLYDE'S! MAKE SURE TO COME BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T PLAYED A SHOW IN A WHILE!

<3 Kathy

I Forgot to Remember to Forget

So, I just remembered its my week to blog 5 minutes ago!!

For my birthday this year I bought myself a ukulele, so here is some awesome ukulele music:





I LOVE that man!!

Good night,
Diana

Canadian Pie

Hey Y'all!

I've noticed that we talk about food pretty often on our blog. Guess what? This post will ALSO be about food. The girls and I have had some delicious food this week that I'd like to share with you.

Tuesday night: We headed on over to Martin's apartment and were lucky enough to enjoy some bacon spheres with a garlic-packed mashed potato topping, apple pork with a pecan topping and a chocolate & peanut butter pie. For those who are wondering what's in a bacon sphere, get ready to have your mind blown: the core of the sphere contained cheddar cheese and jalapeno peppers, surrounded by a baseball-sized meatball made of Italian sausage. Then, the meatball was wrapped in candied bacon and baked in the oven. Before being wrapped around the meatball, the bacon was covered with brown sugar and baked in the oven. (I am so hungry right now. Note: never write a food blog before eating lunch). Once cooked, the bacon sphere was topped with a nice dollop of mashed potatoes.

A Beautiful Bacon Sphere

Sharing the plate with the bacon sphere was Martin’s apple pork dish. I wish I had taken a photo to show you! The pork was cooked and served with apples, then topped with a chopped pecan topping. The topping added the perfect amount of sweetness to the dish. Speaking of sweetness… Diana made probably the most delicious pie I’ve ever had. It contained chocolate, peanut butter, cool whip and a graham cracker crust. Seriously, what else do you need in a pie?! Apparently, banana. This was added to version 2 of the pie, which was eaten on Friday.

Diana's Chocolate & Peanut Butter Pie

Friday night: MARATHON SOUVLAKI. That’s all I’m going to say about that. Then, the banana chocolate peanut butter pie (with a chocolate crust!) was enjoyed. Unfortunately, I was not able to try that pie, but I heard that eating it was a magical experience.

Ok, time for lunch! Hope you all have a delicious week :)
Vanessa

Teenage Dream

OMG YOU GUYS IT'S TOTALLY PROM TIME!

So last night we went out for Diana's birthday and to avoid feeling like we're getting old (and to wear the fancy dresses we always buy for no reason) Diana decided to have a prom themed birthday!! It was SO much fun! We started off the evening at La Milsa which is an "all you can eat" MEAT restaurant! Hello, genius idea! Then we went dancing at McKibbins. I have to admit, I wasn't sure how McKibbins would be, because we were looking for awesome 92.5/94.7 kind of dancing music. It was fantastic. Played all the cheesy (amazing) songs we wanted to hear and the dance floor was empty so we had it all to ourselves.

The absolute best part of the night was seeing all the ladies looking pretty in their dresses and seeing all the guys looking handsome in their suit apparel. Definitely an original idea! Go Diana.

p.s. when we were at La Milsa there were crazy dancing people and they got Diana, Vanessa and myself to dance and all we had to say at the end of it was "that lady's butt had a mind of it's own".

here is a blurry picture to prove that it happened. Also this is the only picture of us 3 all together :( Camera fail!

We also decided that we're starting a new version of FML, and that is FYL.  So on that note...we went to prom this weekend and you didn't FYL.

<3 Kathy

Bicycle, bicycle

I try to go for a ride on the bike path along the lakeshore in Lachine at least once or twice a week, but today I decided to bring a camera to share a bit of the view. (I'm not great at taking pictures...)

Sail boats!

Seagulls!

Ducks!

My new favorite spot!

I wasn't tired when I got to where I usually turn around, so I kept going and found this really beautiful, quiet spot. The only problem was 10km later, I remembered that I still had to ride all the way home!

So that was my awesome 20km bike ride, here is some of my fav biking music:

Have a great week!!
DIANA

Firework

Know what makes a great weekend? I'd say ... Mexican food, fireworks and Felix & Norton cookies. And finding free parking in Old Montreal! That's what we did Saturday night. First off, Diana and I had a deliiiiicious meal at a Mexican restaurant in Old Montreal called Casa de Mateo. To start, we each ordered a Tequila Sunrise: tequila, orange juice and grenadine. New favorite drink? Yes. Then we ordered some guacamole as an appetizer. A few minutes after we ordered it, a woman came to our table with a cart and made the guacamole right in front of us! As we waited for our main meals (fajitas and stuffed chicken), we got to enjoy the sweet sounds of a live MARIACHI BAND! I had never seen one before, other than on TV, so it was quite a treat to hear them. Not gonna lie, I've had "La Bamba" stuck in my head all day :)




After dinner, Diana and I headed to the Old Port to meet up with Kathy and Bronson. We found an excellent spot near the Clock Tower where we got a great view of the fireworks going off at La Ronde. It was amazing to see how many people came out to see the fireworks. And Old Montreal at night, all lit up, is probably my favorite area of the city. It's a beautiful place to be.

Finally, on our way back home, we spotted it: a Felix & Norton cookie truck. Kathy almost made us jump over a fence about 3.5 feet high to get to it faster! Seriously though, best cookies. They were so gooey and chocolatey, and full of butter. Great way to end the evening :)

Oh no, now I want a cookie...

Have a good night!
Vanessa

Run To You

Hey everyone!

So last week-ish we worked on this little gem for a contest that we are entering.  It's a cover of Bryan Adams' "Run to You".  If you're old school Line Spectra friends, you know that Bryan Adams is no stranger to our band.

Here is our cover.  Go to our youtube channel and Like/Comment/Watch our video!

Have a great week! 

<3 Kathy

Give Me Everything Tonight!!

It was my brother's awesome amazing wedding last night!I won't do a long re-cap, but the food was delicious, the music was great and it was a crazy party! Kathy and Vanessa were there too, of course...which means Line Spectra have officially played at a wedding! Here's proof:

Have a great week, it's going to take all I've got not to fall asleep at my desk tomorrow...
DIANA

City Stars

Hey Everyone!

Hope you had a great Canada Day weekend! We have some exciting news to share: Our videos for "City Stars" and "Les Etoiles" can now be viewed on MusiquePlus.com! The goal now is to get these videos on TV. We would really appreciate it if you would please check out the videos and "like" and/or comment on them to help us get them on the air!

You can find "City Stars" here: http://www.musiqueplus.com/line-spectra/city-stars and "Les Etoiles" here: http://www.musiqueplus.com/line-spectra/les-etoiles

Thank you! :)
Vanessa

Holiday Road!

Hello!

Yesterday Diana and I went on an "impulsive" road trip to vermont.  Vanessa's in Manhattan right now and we were a little jealous of the awesome shopping and cereal she's probably buying.  I say it was "impulsive" because Friday night we got together after some St. Jean festivities and did research of all the places in Burlington we wanted to go.  Mostly, we just wanted to eat at Olive Garden.  We hunted down their menu and pre-planned what we were going to eat!  Secondly, we just really wanted to find Tom Messner.  Anything that came after that would be a bonus.

Here is my STARTER salad at the Olive Garden (Diana got soup so this was really just for me):

After some deliciousness at the OG we went to a few of the malls.  Our most successful trip, of course, was to the grocery store Hannaford.  I think I bought 8 cake mixes amongst other things.  We were scared when coming back over the border that we would have to pay taxes so we just wore all the clothes we bought back home.  Here is the beautiful outfit Diana got to wear:

When we did get to the border and all we had to declare was our boxes of cake mix, cereal and that we went to Olive Garden the dude said "you must have a lot of free time".  You know what judgy pants? we do. and it was delicious.

We also went home and watched Jackass 3.5...BEST DAY EVER! 

<3 Kathy

In a Little While...

I'm leaving for New York City for the weekend in a few hours (and have not even started to pack for a second...) I won't be able to blog Sunday night - so blog of my adventures when I get home!!

-DIANA

Coming Home

Hey There!

Hope everyone is doing well and had an excellent week! For me, this week was filled with concerts, plays and food! Living in Montreal is great :)

Last Friday, we shimmied on over to Crobar to witness Luther Higgs tear up the place with their glorious instrumental tunes. These guys are awesome and if you haven't heard them live yet, I'm not sure what you're waiting for. Sidenote: Diana and I decided to pick up some poutine from Belle Pro before LH's set even though neither of us was hungry... GREAT idea. I forgot how good poutine was. Gravy, cheese, fries...honestly though, what else do you need?

This Saturday, I went to see the play "8 Ways My Mother Was Conceived," written and performed by Montreal's Michaela Di Cesare. In the play, Michaela guides the audience through her family history in a quest to find out the real story behind her grandmother's miraculous pregnancy. Check out this article about the play, and check out the play itself! : http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp/2011/06/09/virgin-mother/. Food of the evening: pulled pork sandwiches from a restaurant called "La Porte" on St-Laurent Blvd, cooked in an enormous outdoor roaster. Delicious. 

Conclusion: I'm so excited for the fun festivals and events going on in Montreal right now. I'm also excited that we're playing a show on Wednesday, June 22 at L'Esco (4467A St Denis) with Primitive Notion and Thick Blooded. Come check it out! 9pm, only $5.

p.s. This song is currently stuck in my head:

Goodnight, Friends!
Vanessa

Smoke On The Water

Hello!

Since yesterday afternoon all of the water where I live is contaminated so nobody in Dorval has been able to drink or use any water for food preparation. Someone told me we couldn't wash our hands or even shower but they were obviously liars since the memo from the city said we could. We just can't use the water to brush our teeth. Frankly, I was going to shower regardless so I'm thankful that showering and hand washing was given the "ok".

I'm blogging a little early because I'm quite excited about some purchases I made tonight. I went to an Epicure party at my friend's place (it's one of those home-demonstrator-type of parties but dedicated to spices, baking and cookware). A parent of a child I had in my class once upon a time got me a Tiramisu blend a few years ago from this company and I still have it and use it and it's so good! Tonight I bought a bunch of different dip mixes as well as a curry blend, a pumpkin spice blend, salsa blend and guacamole blend. What I'm stoked about is that all of what I bought are just dry spice blends so I can use them on a lot of different things and not just for making dips. I swear I should get free stuff for all my free advertising here!

I love cooking (obviously) and like everyone else I want to save money so this summer I plan to make many a meal Sunday nights that will last me through the week so that I don't have to buy lunches (and dinners when I'm home). The amount of money I can spend in ONE day only on food is ridiculous so if I can save money doing something I enjoy than I'll be a happy girl.

Just so this blog isn't only text, I'm going to add a few pictures of recipes that I can't wait to try when I get my new spices.

HOMEMADE SALSA

PUMPKIN PANCAKES

TURKEY/ONION BURGERS

VEGETARIAN LENTIL BURGERS








Time for me to go to bed now! Night night everyone!
<3 Kathy

One Thing Leads to Another

I couldn't think of anything extra interesting to blog about this week, so it's going to be a music video post. To make things a little more interesting and challenging for me, I decided to make a song chain where the next song has one word in the title from the previous song. Then, to make it harder, I chose the first and last songs and tried to fill in the rest.

Except for the ones that are obvious filler, I LOVE all these songs, so give them a listen!!





















HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!
Diana

Bad Medicine

Hey There!

Question: Are you a fan of music from the '80s? More specifically, are you a fan of Bon Jovi's music? Well, we are! So much so that yesterday, we got together with our friends Chris from Luther Higgs (www.myspace.com/lutherhiggs) and Dan from the Koalas (http://koalasband.blogspot.com/) for a Jovi Jam. That's right, a Jovi Jam. And it was awesome.

Our set list included:

You Give Love a Bad Name


Livin' on a Prayer


Wanted Dead or Alive


Keep the Faith


Always


...And many more Bon Jovi classics! We had a glorious time playing those Jovi tunes yesterday. Hopefully we'll hit the stage with our Bon Jovi covers soon...

Have a great week!
Vanessa

Five Days In May

Hey!

So for the past week I feel like I've completely lost track of the days of the week since I've had a week off between school and starting work and my new stage next week. It's been fantastic. To wake up on a Wednesday and think it's Saturday or to wake up on a Saturday thinking it's Sunday and then realizing that it's still only Saturday is great. This will all end for me on Monday of course, but it's been nice!!!

So this week I bought tickets for two shows that I am so excited for! 1) Blue Rodeo 2) Craig Ferguson!!! I'm super stoked for both and I just finished Craig Ferguson's book (I bought the audiobook so I can listen to his soothing Scottish accent) so I'm looking even more forward to seeing him live.

Last night Diana, Vanessa and I went to the Apple Store downtown to see a FREE Sam Roberts Band show! Diana and Vanessa went last year when Stars came but this was my first show at the Apple store. Despite my love/hate relationship with Apple I have to say, it was really cool and intimate to see a show there. Plus it was free so that's even more amazing. It was sweet because the guys stuck around after and we were able to say hi. Their kids were there too which was super duper adorable too. Here is a picture of Vanessa, Farah-I mean Diana and myself with Sam Roberts after the show :

Alrighty everyone, have a great week, wish me luck at my stage!!! eek!!

<3 Kathy

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day all,

I ran out of things to buy, so this year I made my mother's day gift.

It's a felt plushie Cosmo!

Cosmo doesn't like the competition...

Here's some DANZIG:


Happy Mother's Day!
Diana

Why Don't You Get a Job?

HUMILIATION POST!

Well this week something special happened, one of us FINALLY forgot to blog! We're so overly organized that it's taken so long for this to happen and frankly, I never thought it would!

Vanessa is at stake here today.  Diana and I decided we would come up with a number of different careers that Vanessa can choose should she decide that the band is no longer for her.  Here are her only other options:

(I posted these pictures small so that it would look pretty, but please click on them for a bigger size)

Vanessa Balboa fighting against Apollo Creed:

She can help Postman Pat deliver packages as his black and white cat:

She can work with Gord as a cheese sandwich factory:

 

She can join Thomas and his friends over at Shining Time Station:

Finally, if all else fails, she can become Michelle Duggar:

Alright everyone, have fun!  

<3 Kathy

Easter Hunny Bunny

First off this is incredibly creepy, but I wanted an Easter song for my title:

Second, last week was my cousin's 14th birthday so I made her an awesome cake.  Here it is:

Third, this weekend has been awesome.  School gave us Friday and Monday off but I decided I also wanted Thursday off so 5 day weekend is the best! As much as most of it has been dedicated to doing homework, I've also spent most of my time in pyjamas.  Ain't nothin wrong with that!

Tonight is Easter and my aunt is making a ridiculously amazing turkey dinner. Seriously, her stuffing is better than anybody else's.  People can say that their family has better but it's just not true. So I'm looking forward to eating a plate of stuffing with gravy and some turkey and then falling into a tryptophan coma. If I can still move, I may crawl to Diana's because word on the street is that they have lamb at her house.

Me thinks this is a night for stretchy pants!!!

Happy Eating (I mean Easter!) Everyone!!

<3 Kathy

Skills To Pay The Bills

First things first:
We are playing at BURRITOVILLE (2055 Bishop st) this Wednesday the 20th!
It a fundraise for a great cause with some awesome bands, everyone is invited!

Next thing, it's that time of year where it gets above the freezing point and people can't wait to get outside- Summer's coming!!
In my student life, these were also the final weeks of the semester right before that wonderful gap between school and working full-time (if you were lucky enough to have a few days in between). So, even though I've been working for over a year, summer still feels like the time to get things done. My goal this summer is to hone some awesome skills. Over the next few months I'll be updating on my progress, but for now here's what I'm working on.

First, I fixed up my mom's old bike and decided I want to make it to the old port for some sweet Queues de Castor - hopefully have a future blog of awesome picutres when that happens.
Next, I started to crochet a blanket to see if I could do it - photos to come.

Lastly and most importantly - I finally bought an accordion

So, that's what's coming up in my future blogs

Hopefully see you Wednesday,
DIANA

Pour Some Sugar on Me

Today, my family and I headed to a cabane à sucre in St. Eustache for a maple-syrup-soaked lunch. After getting pumped up in the car on the way there, we were ready to enjoy a feast of all-you-can-eat pea soup, coleslaw, ham, omelettes, sausages cooked in maple syrup, feves au lard, ice cream and crepes. (I won’t be eating dinner tonight). I hadn’t been to a cabane à sucre in years and I must say, it’s quite an enjoyable experience. It’s nice to be outside of the city for a change, where your only concern is whether or not to add maple syrup to your coffee. The answer is always add maple syrup. If you live in Quebec and haven’t been to à cabane a sucre yet this year, I believe you have until the end of the month to go – I would highly recommend it!

Now, if you're sick of the traditinoal cabane à sucres and want to step it up a notch, do yourself a favour and check out the Au Pied de Cochon’s cabane à sucre:  I'll let the video do the talking.

It's nap time! Have a great week :)
Vanessa

You're My Best Friend

Hello!

So this was a week for me that was filled with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Before getting to the highlights of the week, I can't do this blog without mentioning how my Buddy had to be put down this morning.  It's been really hard, and I've never had to go through something like that but it had to be done. Here is a picture of my pooper at 14 years old! I'm gonna miss you Buddy :(




Onto some happier thoughts, this week LINE SPECTRA joined forces with THE KOALAS to make some of the best hamburgers I've ever tasted.  I guess we were inspired by the guys from Epic Meal Time but honestly, these were amazing. Here is a photo of me, preparing the base.  It included a ton of ground beef, some maple bacon, some spicy sauces, hot jalapeno-like peppers, onions, eggs and tons and tons of BBQ and hot sauces.

We also made a giant batch of poutine and made fixins for our burgers.

Here is Pete's finished product:



While the burgers defeated Diana and myself, Vanessa did us proud and finished a whole burger.

FINALLY Diana had the awesome idea to make "meat-cupcakes" they were meatballs with mashed potatoes as the icing. We used the same meat base from our burgers and almost didn't share with anyone.  I did the piping.



So while my week has been really up and now really down I've had some amazing friends get me through it. Have a good week everyone, here's to more eating!

Kathy
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