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I was out to Edmonton the last week of January and headed to Flat Valley, SK for a couple of days. On the way back to Edmonton, we stopped in Glendon, AB to see the big pyrogy statue.
In the middle of town is the giant pyrogy on a fork statue.
It is located on Pyrogy Drive.
Unfortunately the restaurant was closed until the end of February.
We headed downtown today to the TIFF Bell Lightbox located at Reitman Square on the north-west corner of King and John Streets. Since December they have been showing films from Studio Ghibli. Princess Mononoke is one of the few films of Hayao Miyazaki that we have not seen.
We took advantage of the extended family day pass for the TTC over the holiday break. For $11.00 we can all tavel on the TTC. With the weather so cold today it came in handy as we did the subway and streetcars. Here are the girls on the subway on our way downtown.
The girls with Totoro.
Afterwards we headed up to Dundas Street and the Japanese Noodle House Kenzo Ramen for an early dinner.
We had our annual skating night at the Meadowvale 4 Rinks. We still had 22 people out despite the snowy weather. A couple of gillian’s friends from residence that live in Milton and Georgetown were able to make it. Here are the Torrao girls having a rest on the bench.
Steve and Miranda.
Susan, Gillian and Claudia.
Gillian with Brittany, Julia, Amanda and Marcus.
Angela.
Katie and Claudia.
Claudia.
Katie taking a rest.
It was an early start on New Years Day morning, I picked up Stam at 5:00 am and we headed off to Ann Arbor, Michigan for the Winter Classic at The Big House.
The drive took us 5.5 hours, Google says it takes 4.5 hours, so we made pretty good time given the weather conditions. We crossed the border at Sarnia and the weather was good up until Livonia when the snow started coming down. I prepaid for a parking spot in one of the downtown parking garages, it cost $10.25. The lot was about 1 mile from the stadium.
Approaching the Big House, home of the University of Michigan Wolverines.
They had a Spectator Plaza beside the stadium, with food, beer, games, and live entertainment.
Me out front of the stadium, the snow kept falling.
Taking our seats before the game, we were in section 30, row 91 in the northwest corner of the stadium.
The guys on skates shovelling the snow, they had a busy night ahead.
You can see the division between blue on the left and red on the right.
The pre-game warm up skate.
The stadium at near capacity, the announced attendance was 105,491, a new record for watching a hockey game.
The American national anthem sung by the Zac Brown Band. The Canadian anthem was sung by the Tenors (Who?)
Stam and I in the Big House. For another photo of us in the Big House see this photo (we’re in the blue circle).
Where’s “no-shirt” Waldo in the crowd? One of the two guys sitting near us that took their shirts off in the cold. The game time temperature was -10 deg C.
The announcement that the Maple Leafs second goal was good.
Tyler Bozak’s winning shootout goal.
The final score Leafs 3, Detroit 2!
Despite the 100,000 plus people it didn’t take long to get out of the stadium.
The throngs of happy and disappointed fans filling Main St for the walk back to their vehicles.
We had dinner in Ann Arbor before heading to our hotel in Livonia, but the traffic was still bad when we finished. It was the snowy conditions and icy roads that made it worse, we passed numerous cars that had gone into ditches. The usual 30 minute drive turned into 2 hours.
We left the hotel the next morning at 8:00 am and headed for home, after dropping Stam off at home, I was home by 2:00pm. When we arrived at the border, the lady asked how long we had been away. I told her we were at the hockey game and she said “you were one of the smart ones”, although she did say they had extra staff for the night because they were expecting a big rush after the game, but it never came. When we checked in there were three families ahead of us who had checked out that morning, planning to drive back to Burlington after the game, but were trying to check back in because of the weather.
Like the Leafs thank you e-mail said “you made the journey, you braved the elements, you were a part of the largest attended game in NHL history”. Stam and I had a great time and may try and plan for a road trip to Philadelphia to see his NFL Eagles play next year.
Only a couple of more days until the 2014 Winter Classic at the Big House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I’m heading down on New Years Day with Stam to be part of the expected 110,000 fans. I had the tickets for the 2013 Winter Classic and held on to them after it was cancelled due to the NHL Lockout.
Michigan Stadium almost ready for the Winter Classic.
Update:
An updated photo with the packed Big House. That’s me inside the blue circle.
A few of days after Christmas, Angela, Claudia and I headed into Scarborough to make mochi with G-ma and G-pa. Mom and Dad were without power for almost 63 hours after the ice storm. They lost a big branch off of their birch tree in the front.
Not everyone had power on their street, while we were there, a couple of Toronto Hydro trucks pulled up across the street and were hooking a line back up.
Angela, Claudia and Alex making the mochi patties.
Claudia wearing her hairnet.
It was a challenge to see who could make the perfect mochi.
Mom cutting the mochi.
We headed out to Dundas on Boxing Day. After dinner things got serious and Claudia pulled out the Rummoli Board, she had been looking forward to a re-match from 2011 with Uncle Ken and Aunt Bev.
Claudia was the only one to win the 7-8-9 pot and she had the Ace-King of Diamonds but was unable to play it.
Here is some video of the last hand, won by Uncle Ken.
We headed out to Lori and Dale’s for Christmas dinner this year. Sara and the kids arrived and it was time to open presents.
Kaiden is a happy kid.
Lily and Kaiden.
Lily was right into the unwrapping mode.
We were crammed into the living room due to Marley getting into anything and everything.
Great-grandma and Kaiden.
Lily trying on one of her hats.
Gillian Skyping with Shanna, David and Jesse.
Lily getting a little tired…
…Angela getting a little tired.
Susan and Kaiden.
Angela trying to get Kaiden to smile.
After dinner he was smiling.
Angela with Marley.
Here is Marley bugging Chloe one last time before she left.
Merry Christmas to all of our family and friends! Here is our 2013 family Christmas photo.
And one with Chloe.
Angela and Gillian as I was setting up the photo.
Our tree and a couple of the ornaments.
Chloe having a biscuit from her stocking.
Not sure what Claudia and Susan were talking about.
Santa was good to the girls this year.
Angela and her Hedley ticket.
Chloe having a rest under the tree after it was over.
Angela and Claudia were out in the backyard last night. Here they are wearing their ice hats.
Claudia, Angela and I went out for a drive this morning to see how things were around the neighbourhood. I put the GoPro on the windshield. Here are a few minutes of our 17 minute drive.
The sun came out this afternoon, it made for some nice scenery with the ice covered trees.
A lot more pleasant than yesterdays view looking down Rainwater Drive.
One of the trees in our backyard.
The maple tree that I grew from a twig is still doing well.
We turned our house into a warming centre. Steve and the boys came over this afternoon as they have been without power for a couple of days. Mom and Dad and Carolyn are also coming over for dinner as they have been without since Saturday night.
