Coo-Coo-Ca-Choo!!
The weekend was full of events. Things started off early Friday morning @ 6:00. Stacey and I got up to joined our friends in their annual Stampede Parade Kick-off Festivities. By 7:30 we had a Beergaretta in our hands and a plate full of turkey bacon, potatoes, eggs and fruit. After a couple of drinks we ordered cabs and headed down to the St. Louis Hotel. The St. Louis is a hotel located behind city hall in Calgary.
This is Ralph Kliens old stompin' grounds and the place where he gained the reputation of being a big wine drinker. They have pictures of him on the walls and an old gentlemen thats been around the Louis since 1979 showed us where Ralphy sat. He was quite interesting to talk to.
We waited outside for about an hour, we got to the pub at nine and it opened at 10:00. The bouncers didn't even bother ID'ing people, the doors opened and everyone rushed in to find a set. With in minutes this joint was packed, Stacey made me laugh by commenting on the lack of evacuation routes incase of a fire. Man she was right when Stacey said "This is a friggin' death trap down here". Have a look. It was a basement pub to boot.
Our good friends Melanie and Jeremy is whom we got the invite from, or we invite ourselves, it doesn't matter we still had a lot of fun.
We hung out at the Louis for a couple hours, jugs were $14 and the company was free. The main tradition of the Louis is when the parade is finished, this Scottish marching band comes into the pub and plays a couple of songs for all the patrons. It was pretty cool, even though I couldn't see anything, it still sounded great.
After the band came 12:30 and it was eatin' time. So we packed up and headed to a bar by the name of Coyotes. Here we grabbed a bit to eat. Stacey got a chicken wrap with fries and I had the Chicken burger. We stood there for a couple of minutes watching them construct our meals. I was so hungry that I thought the beef burger they cooked looked like a chicken burger. He added cheese and bacon, I thought this was weird, having cheese and bacon on a chicken burger. When I told the guy that the burger was mine, Stacey looked at me said "I don't think thats a chicken burger"and I replied "sure it is, it looks just like chicken". 'Well Jeremy got the chicken burger and it had three individual strips of chicken. The only conclusion I can come to is that I was sooo hungry I was hallucinating that everything was made of chicken. I might have to ask a doctor friend to took into that for me. www.wedmd.com
Lunch was over and it was time to go to the Stampede grounds, we figured that we should hit the grounds that afternoon and get it over with. It was piping hot and the grounds are located on a huge slab of asphalt. So it was sweat city, good thing we had a bunch of beers in us. (always remember to drink lots of water when at the Louis!) Stacey, Mel, Jer and me took in some of the games and got a bunch of Mini Doughnuts. These little suckers are only around during Stampede and they are so good. If you ever go, get a bag of them.
The time was 4:00 and time to go home. We jumped on the C-Train, Matt picked the four us up and we all went home to bed. What a day!
Saturday, we had our annual Culd-de-sac Stampede party. Our neighbor's Gary and Dawn hosted the party. We had burgers, hotdogs, salads and bunch of other fixin's. We have great neighbor's, lots of fun and not afraid to have a couple drinks or stay up all hours of the night. We brought a friend of ours, BMO, if you know BMO, after a couple of pops he starts to swear. My lord, he knows how to turn a couple heads! We stayed around till 1:00 and hit the hay, not BMO, he was fillin' up his drink and was off to help keep the party going.
Sunday was the Golf Depot's employee tournament. My team ended up second, we shot a 62 (par72) and the winning team took home that championship with a 60. It was a lot of fun, tourney was at Wintergreen G&CC www.wintergreengolf.com great course and the price is affordable for the Calgary area. During the day had a huge hail storm, I thought my car was toast with the size of the hail stones. The only damage was Stacey's garden ball in the backyard. It's too bad cause it was a cool backyard ornament.
The ride was terrible out to and from the course. On the way out I was tied up on Hyw 1, a 18 wheeler was on it's side and across the whole road. The Highway was at a stop, it took a good 1/2 hour to get through the mess. On the way home I had to drive through a wild lighting storm. Lighting struck right across the road from me. The force of the crack felt like it push my car sideways about half a foot. Good thing I am professional driver or else who knows what could have happened. Anyway, I got home at 11:30 and that ended the weekend. Time to sleep.
The funny thing is that I woke up with Strep Throat, not too cool now.
Thank you and happy stampedin''
JP
This is Ralph Kliens old stompin' grounds and the place where he gained the reputation of being a big wine drinker. They have pictures of him on the walls and an old gentlemen thats been around the Louis since 1979 showed us where Ralphy sat. He was quite interesting to talk to.
We waited outside for about an hour, we got to the pub at nine and it opened at 10:00. The bouncers didn't even bother ID'ing people, the doors opened and everyone rushed in to find a set. With in minutes this joint was packed, Stacey made me laugh by commenting on the lack of evacuation routes incase of a fire. Man she was right when Stacey said "This is a friggin' death trap down here". Have a look. It was a basement pub to boot.
Our good friends Melanie and Jeremy is whom we got the invite from, or we invite ourselves, it doesn't matter we still had a lot of fun.
We hung out at the Louis for a couple hours, jugs were $14 and the company was free. The main tradition of the Louis is when the parade is finished, this Scottish marching band comes into the pub and plays a couple of songs for all the patrons. It was pretty cool, even though I couldn't see anything, it still sounded great.
After the band came 12:30 and it was eatin' time. So we packed up and headed to a bar by the name of Coyotes. Here we grabbed a bit to eat. Stacey got a chicken wrap with fries and I had the Chicken burger. We stood there for a couple of minutes watching them construct our meals. I was so hungry that I thought the beef burger they cooked looked like a chicken burger. He added cheese and bacon, I thought this was weird, having cheese and bacon on a chicken burger. When I told the guy that the burger was mine, Stacey looked at me said "I don't think thats a chicken burger"and I replied "sure it is, it looks just like chicken". 'Well Jeremy got the chicken burger and it had three individual strips of chicken. The only conclusion I can come to is that I was sooo hungry I was hallucinating that everything was made of chicken. I might have to ask a doctor friend to took into that for me. www.wedmd.com
Lunch was over and it was time to go to the Stampede grounds, we figured that we should hit the grounds that afternoon and get it over with. It was piping hot and the grounds are located on a huge slab of asphalt. So it was sweat city, good thing we had a bunch of beers in us. (always remember to drink lots of water when at the Louis!) Stacey, Mel, Jer and me took in some of the games and got a bunch of Mini Doughnuts. These little suckers are only around during Stampede and they are so good. If you ever go, get a bag of them.
The time was 4:00 and time to go home. We jumped on the C-Train, Matt picked the four us up and we all went home to bed. What a day!
Saturday, we had our annual Culd-de-sac Stampede party. Our neighbor's Gary and Dawn hosted the party. We had burgers, hotdogs, salads and bunch of other fixin's. We have great neighbor's, lots of fun and not afraid to have a couple drinks or stay up all hours of the night. We brought a friend of ours, BMO, if you know BMO, after a couple of pops he starts to swear. My lord, he knows how to turn a couple heads! We stayed around till 1:00 and hit the hay, not BMO, he was fillin' up his drink and was off to help keep the party going.
Sunday was the Golf Depot's employee tournament. My team ended up second, we shot a 62 (par72) and the winning team took home that championship with a 60. It was a lot of fun, tourney was at Wintergreen G&CC www.wintergreengolf.com great course and the price is affordable for the Calgary area. During the day had a huge hail storm, I thought my car was toast with the size of the hail stones. The only damage was Stacey's garden ball in the backyard. It's too bad cause it was a cool backyard ornament.
The ride was terrible out to and from the course. On the way out I was tied up on Hyw 1, a 18 wheeler was on it's side and across the whole road. The Highway was at a stop, it took a good 1/2 hour to get through the mess. On the way home I had to drive through a wild lighting storm. Lighting struck right across the road from me. The force of the crack felt like it push my car sideways about half a foot. Good thing I am professional driver or else who knows what could have happened. Anyway, I got home at 11:30 and that ended the weekend. Time to sleep.
The funny thing is that I woke up with Strep Throat, not too cool now.
Thank you and happy stampedin''
JP
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