September 19th, 2011, 3 Comments »
Julie is a bridesmaid at an upcoming wedding, and organized a stagette. They didn’t play many games, but they did play the one where you ask the bridge questions about the groom. In the case of this stagette, if the bride’s answer doesn’t match the groom’s, she had to take a drink.
Julie did a little research to see what kinds of questions were available online, and she was disappointed by the results. So she devised her own list. I thought I’d post it here for posterity:
The questions game
Here are 20 questions for the groom.
- What was the name of your first pet?
- What’s your favourite band?
- What’s your all-time favourite meal?
- What’s your guilty pleasure?
- What’s the best meal that the bride makes for you?
- Who’s your movie star crush?
- What would you say is the bride’s guilty pleasure?
- What’s your biggest pet peeve?
- What city would you most like to visit?
- What is your least favourite chore?
- Where was your first kiss?
- If you and the bride have a song, what is it?
- Who’s your favourite hockey player?
- What super power would you choose?
- How many countries have you visited?
- What’s your favourite movie?
- If the bride could throw away one thing from your wardrobe, what would it be?
- Where did you go on your first date?
- What is the bride’s favourite book?
- What’s the best trip you’ve ever taken together?
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January 7th, 2009, 7 Comments »
Last fall, we went to a wedding in California. Julie was the maid of honour, and (as one does) gave a funny, kick ass speech during dessert. She had several funny charts as visual aids, and it was my esteemed job to hold them. Here I am, holding them.
I also made the charts, which was a nice break from the intense socializing with strangers that is most weddings.
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October 15th, 2008, 2 Comments »
This past weekend we were in Palm Springs (well, technically speaking, Palm Desert) for a wedding. The highlight for me was the morning I slipped away from the festivities and went for a hike by myself in the gorgeous Joshua Tree National Park.
The drive to the park was a pleasure in itself (and that’s saying something, because I hate driving). I passed through huge wind farms (here they are in Google Maps), and then left the highway to climb into the mountains. I drove through a series of tired small towns–a pleasant change from the middle-class no-place that is Palm Springs–and then into the picturesque badlands of the park.
In the park, I tried to pick a less popular hiking trail. I took the 7 km walk into Lost Horse Mine (again, here’s the shaft house on Google Maps). The terrain reminded me of sections of Morocco, as we drove out of the Atlas Mountains and into the desert. In terms of wildlife, I saw a few other humans, a red-tailed hawk, some ground squirrels and sundry lizards. And, of course, lots and lots of Joshua trees.
I learned sundry things about the Joshua tree, but this is my favourite: the loggerhead shrike uses the spines of the tree to skewer its prey (lizards, insects, small birds and so forth).
I snapped a few lousy photos with my iPhone, but here’s a better one:
And, of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention U2:
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August 28th, 2005, 1 Comment »
This weekend we took a quick overnight trip to Manning Park Resort to attend a wedding. A big congratulations to Trina and Ben, and thanks very much for inviting us. Their ceremony was at Lightning Lake, a small body of water near the lodge. I took some photos there, and have posted the best wedding photos here.
Today we went on a hike up a nearby mountain, to a place called Dry Ridge. In this part of the province, you can really see the devastation that the pine beetle is wreaking on the forests. I took some photos there as well. I’m particularly happy with these macro shots of a butterfly and a cricket. I’ve also stuck a few photos into that set from some long exposure experiments I did the night before. All of them were futile.
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