Tuesday, May 22, 2007

It's a Helluva Town

The long weekend brought us to NYC and surrounding area. Here are a few snaps of cityscape and others, from our stay in the Big Apple.


I couldn't resist taking a picture of the Apple Store. This cube had a circular glass elevator that brought you down into the store. I felt like I was in the future!


Here are some metal trees we saw in Madison Square park. Vaguely reminiscent of the metal flower that we saw in Buenos Aires. Mr. T thought that it looked like the metal trees were fighting! "Take that you impostor!" "NOOOO, take that you impostor!"

We stumbled upon the Ukrainian festival, and so, Mr. T, insisted on snapping one of me in front of the Trezoob (the Uke trident that you see hanging above my head). It's funny, these festivals are universal. All of the stalls were selling the same things that they sell at the one that happens in Montreal -- painted eggs, embroidered shirts, pirogies, cabbage rolls etc... Haven't we evolved as a people? I mean, how about a Вєрка Сердючка CD or t-shirt or sumfin'? Huh?

In the garden at the MoMA. These were some amazing metal sculptures that you could just walk through and around. One of them was shaped like a slanted ellipse. Depending on your position, your voice would be muted or amplified.

Inside the MoMA looking down a few levels at a super-cool helicopter. Do you feel dizzy?

The mandatory picture of sculpted-labouring-men-statues. My favourite was Mr. Coal. Hey, this gives me an idea for a pageant...


After a couple of nights in the big city we took the train out to visit our friends Mayla and Ron, and their daughter Lirit in Stamford Connecticut (or Stepford, as Mayla likes to call it). Lirit wanted to try out Mr. T's hat.

And then, my glasses...

Call me greedy, but four days (three sleeps) is just not enough... We've made a pact to go back every Victoria Day weekend. Long live the Queen!

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Вєрка Сердючка Sings Her Little Heart Out

Look out Agnetha and Frida, Eurovision’s got a new diva. Say hello to Ukraine’s hottest drag queen: Вєрка Сердючка (Verka Serdyuchka).

I came across this in today’s BBC article summarizing a list of expected performances at the upcoming Eurovision competition.

It’s disturbingly reminiscent of my days of Ukrainian dancing classes: with a distinctly Eastern European pop/techno twist of course. The costumes on the other hand (although outlandish) weren’t quite so avant garde.



I hope this crazy bitch wins the contest!

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Quasiment Comme Batman!

Monsieur anti-mégots: mon héro!

This is the kind of vigilante environmentalism that we need in our neighbourhood:



Maybe I can make Mr. T and I some superhero costumes when we go out to do our work.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

L'André-Boisclairisateur

En mangeant mon sandwich de jambon durant mon heure de dîner, j’ai fait une recherche pour « André Boisclair » sur youtube : Question de voir un extrait du débat de chefs que j’ai manqué hier soir.

En regardant les résultats de mon enquête, j’ai trouvé ce drôle de vidéo qui m’a fait rigoler :



En plein milieu de la campagne électorale, c’est important de rire un peut, non?

Les Joyeux Lurons en font un nouveau a chaque semaine.

Monday, March 05, 2007

Post-Vacation Blahs

  • One week ago to the day: starting back at work.
  • Two weeks ago to the day: our delicious wine tour and lunch in Mendoza.
  • Three weeks ago to the day: our shopping extravaganza in Palermo.

Sigh, I wish it were three weeks ago. To lift my spirits, I have been watching a photo/video montage that Mr. T made this weekend:



Doesn't it make you want to go to Argentina? It sure makes me wish I were back in America del Sur. I guess I'll just have to content myself with making snow angels for the next month or so. Not that I really ever do that...