Once you label me you negate me. -Soren Kierkegaard, philosopher (1813-1855)
Hi Charlie and Susan, we would love to come. Will be in touch closer to time to find out what we can bring, Cheers Corinne
Corey William Wait... This isn't Mexico.... Hard to wake up this morning and not get ready to head to the pool.
Patrick James Dunn Hard to wake up at all when you go to bed at 2:30 am, in Vancouver, after a seven hour layover in Houston!
Chloe Alexis Dunn Home from Mexico, congrats Nicole Marie And Marvin Angelo Mercado!!!
Hit the ground running once back! Not abed until 2:30 am this
morning, (long, long flight with 7 hour lay-over in Houston!), but
considering, all went well. In the morning Sarge and Cora Lee took Elly
and Antonio up to Whistler while I was multi-tasking as errand boy after
I had a re-entry ride. Quite pleased to be back in the saddle again,
inasmuch as I think the elliptical at gym at resort held me in very good
stead. In spite of fairly fierce head wind I was able to manage an AVG
of 23.3 km/hr, my best ever, as well as hitting 60.3 km/hr on first
Prospect Point Hill descent! Two tickets later I was still chuffed!
Stats for ride:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/495795893#.U2wfvGi7eJU.email
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/495795893#.U2wfvGi7eJU.email
Colleen Teahan Waldron Picture Perfect- Patrick James Dunn All the Babes were so hot I was steamin'!
Ayn P Great shot! !
Hello Patrick, I'm guessing you have decided by now that I am no longer
living at the winery - having not heard from me for many moons. I do
apologize. I have just been overwhelmed with this and that and more of
this and that, and
figured I'd let Dave do all the corresponding with you about our trip
in June. But now that we're only a month or so away, I decided I'd
better "show my face," and let my thoughts be known!
First of all, thank you for so kindly offering us room and board for a day or two whilst we visit Vancouver - we are very much looking forward to it. Secondly, please don't go overboard for us. We like things simple and don't want to be too beholdin' to you and Corinne :-)! We want to be on our own as much as possible and not a burden to be entertained or taxied around. And I believe that we are going to be in Vancouver for two evenings before meeting up with you and yours, so possibly you can just give us some ideas of what we should do/see on our own before meeting up with you. I know Dave has some dinner plans in mind (I always let him choose what he thinks are going to be the best restaurants and that makes him happy), so we're probably pretty set in that department.
Marvin Angelo Mercado Having coffee at Starbucks instead of a beer in the pool/beach... Little sad about it
Corey William
Wait... This isn't Mexico.... Hard to wake up this morning and not get ready to head to the pool.
What should we do during the days before we arrive at your place? I know that is kind of a broad question, as I am sure there are a multitude of things that we can see while in Vancouver, and a lot would depend on our interests.
Wait... This isn't Mexico.... Hard to wake up this morning and not get ready to head to the pool.
We're both to the point in our lifespan where we don't like to do a lot of standing (museums and such), so maybe some kind of guided tour of the city or something of the like would work for us and give us an overview of Vancouver at the same time. Do you have Ride the Ducks in Vancouver (if you know what I'm talking about - I am just joking - Dave would never get on a Ride the Ducks bus). I love walking and may like to do a walk on my own while Dave rests in the afternoon.
I'm not sure if you are actually home right now, but if not, no worries about responding until you get back. Still plenty of time to make plans and actually I won't really gear up for an itinerary until a week or so beforehand. Talk to you soon. Pat
Thought you two might be interested in this film society of Ian’s.
Hi Chloë! Thanks, I'm on mailing list. Think I've only been to
the Rio once before, ages ago. We should plan to take in a film and
perhaps a meal beforehand, somewhere along Commercial. Love, Dad!
Sounds lovely, we will have to watch for what’s playing at the Rio! xx
Sounds lovely, we will have to watch for what’s playing at the Rio! xx
Hi Chloë! Keep an eye out! I wouldn't mind going to TacoFino as
I've never been there. We plan to go to the Gin & Tonic Friday, next week, at
Long Table Distillery. TacoFino Food Truck will be there so entire gang,
(Elly/Tony, Michelle/Doug), and Usual Suspects is going. Cheers and
Love, Dad! Yum!!
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| Antonio's Evil Eyes! |
From Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years by Mark Lewisohn. In 1957, at a social event at St. Peter's church in Woolton, John Lennon first met Paul McCartney. At seventeen years old, John was already a dominant personality, the forceful leader of both a gang and a not-particularly-good new band called the Quarry Men, who had been invited to perform at the event. Paul had turned fifteen only three weeks earlier:
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Ophelia
Art: Thomas Francis Dicksee, c. 1864
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"On stage at about 4:15, the Quarry Men's set probably lasted half an hour. ...
"Ivan Vaughan had known John since infancy. In some ways they were markedly different characters, especially in the way they applied themselves at school, but Ivan admired his gangleader's many talents and paid full respect. Introducing other people to John was a role he carried out with care: only 'great fellows' would do. One was Len Garry, who'd been accepted into both the gang and the Quarry Men; and now there was another 'great fellow' for John to meet. After the group's first set, John wandered across to the scout hut to leave his guitar safe for a while, and it was here that Ivan introduced him to his schoolmate Paul McCartney. There wouldn't have been a handshake and there wasn't much talk; Pete Shotton, never far from John's side, says Paul was quiet and remembers a certain wariness -- 'they were almost standoffish' -- but then this wasn't meant to be a summit encounter or a meeting of like minds, it was just lads standing around gassing, probably about music or birds.
Paul felt self-conscious about his age:
like Ivan, he'd turned 15 only three weeks earlier, whereas John was
clearly much older, well on his way to 17 -- a veritable chasm, boy to
man. 'I was just the wrong side of the cusp and they were just the right
side of it. That's the way I remember feeling.'
Paul also realized he'd seen John Lennon before. 'I saw him a few times
before I met him -- 'Oh he's
that feller, the Ted who gets on the bus.' You notice who's hip
... I wouldn't look at him too hard [on the bus] in case he hit me.'..."According to the program,
the Quarry Men had to play a further stage spot, probably for half an
hour from 5:45 as the festivities were winding to a close, but no one
can definitively remember if they played or not.
"There was a fourth
appearance of the day to come, but not until well after eight: they were
booked as the small-print name at the church-hall dance over the road,
the interval filler for the George Edwards Band,
a small-unit dance band playing waltzes and foxtrots. So, there was now
much hanging around. A couple of the Quarry Men went home for tea, but a
cluster of boys -- including John Lennon, Pete Shotton, Len Garry,
Colin Hanton, Ivan Vaughan and Paul McCartney
-- kicked their heels inside the hall while it was being prepared for
the dance. They hung around by the stage and also in a small anteroom to
the left which had a piano.
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| Quarry Men |
"As they lounged around, so the talk hit on music. Not one to hold
himself back, Paul asked John for a go on his guitar, and noticing its
strange banjo tuning suggested he could retune it. The way he held the
instrument upside down prompted a few sniggers,
but after a minute or two of fiddling Paul suddenly stopped and burst
into 'Twenty Flight Rock.'
Here, right away, was talent, already way out
of John's league. And it wasn't just that Paul could get through the
song from start to finish, singing with a strong
rocking voice and playing those chords with confidence, it was knowing
all the words. 'Twenty Flight Rock' was
trickey ... and it was another connoisseur's piece. It hadn't
made the charts, so anyone who'd learned it had gone out of his way --
an expedition made only by the passionate, not something you can fake.
"After this, Paul went into full exhibition mode, showing off, confident
of his ability and aware of his audience. He demonstrated one or two
chords he thought the gathering might not have heard, and he played them
some other numbers ('Be-Bop-A-Lula' was one,
something by Elvis surely another).
Then, showing real neck, he
switched to piano and started belting out his Little Richard routine,
yelling alone into the quiet of a cavernous church hall. Paul couldn't
have known it, but by slipping into 'Long Tall Sally'
he was sliding into John's main artery. That constantly thrilling,
screaming black voice of Little Richard Penniman was now coming out of
Ivan's little mate from Allerton.
No matter how much John affected an
air of coolness, his insides had to be leaping.
Bulls-eye. Paul McCartney had impressed the guy on whom making an
impression was suddenly so vital. He'd set out to do it and he'd
achieved it; a tad eager but trying to hide it, his eyebrows raised,
probably biting his lip, talking slightly too fast, switched
on, and good. Really good. None of the Quarry Men could do anything
like this. ..."The quandary for John Lennon was whether or not to invite Paul McCartney to join his group. 'Was it better to have a guy who was better than the people I had in -- obviously -- or not? To make the group stronger or to let me be stronger? And [my] decision was to let Paul in, to make the group stronger ... It went through my head that I'd have to keep him in line if I let him join, but he was good, so he was worth having. He also looked like Elvis. I dug him.' ...
"John Lennon didn't pick partners easily, but at 15 years of age Paul
McCartney already had enough about him to impress the big league. A boy
who believed he was it, and had the ability to back it up, had met
another boy who clearly was it."
The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably
that which must also make you lonely. -Lorraine Hansberry, playwright
and painter (1930-1965)
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