We had the best ribs and pulled pork at the Rib & Chicken Cook-Off down on Sparks this weekend. Of course, I have been trying to get Hubby ( a rib lover) to go for years. Now that he works Downtown he finally understands why I love it so much. He had ribs for lunch on Thursday without me, so we had to go again on Sunday. It was so yummy, and we brought A who had pulled pork for breakfast (yes, he is truly a teen, slept in till noon!)
Here is one of my pictures from Friday, before the battery died. J loves fountains so this was the first one we visited. This fountain is located at the end of York Street. To the right is the US Embasy and the left is Stats Canada. I got the clock from Parliament in the background, which J loves, he is still singing the “Ding, Dong, Ding, Dong” song of the clock today.
I thought I would include a photo of me, yes, I am slouching, but A took my photo at the Cook-Off and I couldn’t resist posting it. Most of the photos of my are taken by J in the wee hours of the morning, when I have just woken up. So I had to be thankful for a not so bad photo. And yes, that pulled pork was AWESOME. And it was soooo hot down there on Sunday, I am surprised that you couldn’t see the sweat around my hairline, but it was so worth it.
And finally J at the fountain. I think I am going to make it a thing this summer to take J to as many fountains as I can. I know of a few more around town that we could go check out so it might be a fun project to work on. It would be a fun summer photo essay of J and the fountains.
*If anyone knows how to post a slideshow on blogger without using flicker, I would be forever grateful for the instructions 🙂
***Edited for Dani!! I knew that the fountain was in front of Revenue Canada, but somehow when I typed it, I thought Stats. And we did think of you when we were there!! Appologies.
I set out on an adventure today. I had to take Hubby to an appointment and then drive him to work. My plan was then to head over to the market and pick up a few fun things and take some photos of the great architecture, vegetables, people, fun stuff.
“J” and I were having a great time. I started taking a few photos. Found “J” his first water fountain. I promised he would see a few water fountains and clocks. He just loves the “Peace Tower” so he likes to see other clocks Downtown as well. Which is another cute thing. He used to call it “Treetown” until last week when he switched to Downtown. Anyhow, back to my story. So I was taking some photos, got to another great site, then …
… my battery died.
How sad is that?? I had this whole morning planned all week long. As the battery on my new camera has never died before, I had no idea that when the battery looks like you have a quarter left, you only actually have 1/16th left. And then without flashing lights or much warning whatsoever, it just stops taking photos. So needless to say, I will have to return again to have my photo day.
I did just remember though that I took a few last Friday when we met Hubby for lunch, so I will post one just so it looks like I was Downtown.
Are these two of the most touristy photos of Ottawa or what? We were pretending to be tourists for a lunch hour and walked around Parliament. “J” loves the “Peace Tower” and the “Eternal Flame”.
It was great to be a tourist for a day.
p.s. the scaffolding is there to set up for the “Sound and Light” display and “Canada Day“.
I have been tagged by TwinMom to post my fridge. Mine isn’t quite as exciting as hers is 🙂 here it goes…
Truth be told there is more on top of my fridge, than on the front. I tried to make it neater by getting the two offenders boxes (Hubby & J) but, the piles are now growing on top of the boxes!
On the front of the fridge are:
-Easter magnets, becasue the kids love them. Although we are missing the Easter Bunny, but am hoping that it will turn up again soon.
-A magnet from our honeymoon in Cancun.
-A magnet of a beach house in Delaware.
-A flip flop note pad
-A postcard from Secret Agent Josephine of her trip to Paris. I love her work, and it serves to inspire me to be more creative.
-A photo of me with “J” & “J2” at my Mom’s when my sister was having her Baby. The boys were jumping all over me so my Mom snapped a few shots.
-A photo of my Sister with “J” & “J2” at the park sitting in a train.
-A postcard from Opa and his most recent trip to Alaska.
– A magnet with a list of how to prepare for an Emergency (such as a pandemic, that was hubby’s help in the planning when he scared the crap out of me last spring).
-Insurance papers for the van, that should be in the van, but since we don’t drive it anymore, there the papers sit…. just like the van. Did I mention it is ugly and depreciating the value of our house? Just kidding, we are thinking of getting rid of it now that Hubby takes the bus, but I am not a one car family kind of person so we are waiting to see what my Dad’s mechanic has sitting around.
And voila. That is my fridge. Nothing too exciting, all of it pushed to the top because “J” would pull it down with his hockey sticks, now it just adds a bit of colour to our kitchen.
I thought I would include a photo of me, yes, I am slouching, but A took my photo at the Cook-Off and I couldn’t resist posting it. Most of the photos of my are taken by J in the wee hours of the morning, when I have just woken up. So I had to be thankful for a not so bad photo. And yes, that pulled pork was AWESOME. And it was soooo hot down there on Sunday, I am surprised that you couldn’t see the sweat around my hairline, but it was so worth it.
And finally J at the fountain. I think I am going to make it a thing this summer to take J to as many fountains as I can. I know of a few more around town that we could go check out so it might be a fun project to work on. It would be a fun summer photo essay of J and the fountains.
