Am currently sipping the world's greatest coffee, looking out the window when not typing. A slow, thick rain.
I went out to Folkfest yesterday, my landlord was kind enough to give me a ticket to the whole shebang. The music is the worst part, or the weirdest part. I got there and there was canned music coming from the stage and all these teenage Doukhobors from Alberta dancing with tambourines and such. Then afterwards a scruffy dude came out with an acoustic guitar and starting wailing on really political ballads as if we had no idea that there even was a 1960s.
The food is good. I ate Kimchi for the first time, and enjoyed it. I expected it to be stringier. And then a portly Black woman with an enormous bust insisted that I order the lentil combination when I told her I had never eaten Ethiopian food. So I did. I got: a floppy pita thing, three different piles of goo, and another floppy pita thing rolled up like a crepe. I was told it was finger food, but insisted on a fork and knife. Quite good, actually. Then a beer at on the floating beer garden, listening to drunk women rant on about drinking.
I need to:
Get my bike fixed
Look for many pieces of missing ID
Get my passport in order
Get a new graphics card to play BATTLEFONT and GTA SAN ANDREAS
I like Ethiopian food, but there's usually not enough crepe to eat everything with.
Good Ethiopian place over in Cook Street village.
Posted by: ben at July 8, 2005 1:52 PMThe Ethiopian food was interesting, but I don't know if I'd get it again. The Indian food was great as usual, and the Mediterranean was delicious as well. Today I tried the Korean, and it was pretty good. The woman at the counter freaked out when I put soy sauce on the rice for some reason. "Noo! Too salty!"
I got my picture taken eating hummus and pita and ended up on page C1 of Wednesday's Times-Colonist, and now I'm famous.
Posted by: Tweek at July 8, 2005 6:58 PMHave you got a web-link, R? Tried to find it online and CAN'T! Would love to see.
Posted by: Joy at July 9, 2005 1:19 AMhttp://www.ryansteele.ca/meinthetc.jpg
Feasting under the elements
A little rain couldn't stop lunch for Ryan Steele, right, or a number of other hungry FolkFest-goers who were forced to eat under their umbrellas on a damp and dreary Tuesday afternoon. Showers are expected to continue for the rest of the week.
Ryan Steele strikes again! (my headline)
Posted by: Joy at July 10, 2005 9:00 AM