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Stornoway Garden Party

This past Wednesday was the epic staffer's Garden Party at Stornoway (the residence of the leader of the official opposition...or Ignatieff's place). It was everything I expected and more. There was lots of great food, wine, Canadian beers, and even better company from Ignatieff himself to Justin Trudeau, Ken Dryden and many more. It was a night of excitement, laughter, awe and just plain old good times with good people. It was definitely a night that Lucas and I will never forget.


The highlight of the night: Meeting Ignatieff

Good times with good people

Lucas' highlights: Meeting Ken Dryden, Ignatieff and Justin Trudeau

The After Party

Tulips, OLO and more!

BE WARNED! I am about to bombard you with photos! :)

Liberal Pics

Me working at my desk in my office on the Hill :)

At the Victory Fund reception held at the National Gallery

Ignatieff speaking to the crowd. To watch his speech, click here

Decorated ramp to the main reception area

Me sitting at Ignatieff's desk at OLO (Opposition Leader's Office)


Around Town

One of the many views from our rooftop patio


Lucas and me standing at the entrance to the largest tulip display in the city :)

SO beautiful

I think yellow was a favourite colour for me that day :)


Montréal

Just this past weekend, Lucas and I went our separate ways for our own little adventures in Quebec. He went to a cabin with some guys in Tremblant and I went to visit Jake in Montréal. In the battle for who got to take the camera I, sadly, lost. Thus these are the only pictures I took - they are of the John Lennon and Yoko Ono exhibit at the Musée des Beaux-arts. Forgive the quality as they were taken on my phone.

La musée

John Lennon's piano. This was in room themed around the song, Imagine.

This is one of my favourite photos and I so wish I had had the camera to have it in better quality.

John Lennon's guitar :)

National Capital Trails

With such a beautiful day, we couldn't resist getting out on our bikes. We started from home and went out to Westboro which is like a little piece of Vancouver in Ottawa (picture W. 4th and W. Broadway). We spent some time here before heading to the National Capital trails which took us along the Ottawa river, up to Parliament and the Canal.

The Ottawa Tulip Festival started May 1st and we caught a glimpse of my favourite flowers along the Canal. They were beautiful! Ottawa receives thousands of tulip bulbs from Holland in thanks for our help during WWII. Next weekend we are going to visit all of the tulip spots so look out for new pictures soon! :)

Sorry!!

I am so sorry that I have been slacking on keeping my blog updated lately. There are a few good reasons but no need to bother with excuses!

Update:
Everything is going very well for me and Lucas. The new job is fantastic! I love coming into work every morning and couldn't ask for more than that. Bonnie Crombie is the MP that I work for and she is a delight to work with.

Other than work, Lucas and I have been keeping ourselves busy visiting the various pubs and restaurants of Ottawa, taking in the museums in the area and just generally enjoying the increasingly warm temperatures (up 27C today!).

We don't have many new photos, but these are my favourite and were taken on Easter Sunday along the canal. :)

Mackenzie King & More

Here is Lucas and me with the newest member of our family, Mackenzie King! We adopted HER from the the Ottawa Humane Society just one week ago now. She's just over a year old and still as fiesty as a kitten. She has really livened things up for us here and it's nice to have the distraction. Really, she's an absolute sweetheart who loves attention and to play with anything that moves! She has quite the name you might notice. She's named after William Lyon Mackenzie King, the longest serving Prime Minister in Canadian history. We just call her Mack for short :)

Besides Mack, everything else is going really great in Ottawa for us. We're settled into our new apartment and slowly adding pieces of furniture and small touches to create a home. You'll notice up there a picture of our new bed which we love! And our new couch which we got for a GREAT deal on, none other than, Craigslist. The apartment building is too good to be true some days when we're keeping warm in the hot tub and relaxing in the sauna. :) We live in a really great part of town and can walk to everything we need from the grocery store to a number of awesome restaurants and even better pubs! I'll post pictures as more excitement continues! I hope everyone is well! xo

Happy Birthday Mum!