Vegas Sunday day 1

Vegas baby.... first thing off the airplane, a friendly reminder we are in the desert, making friends with the locals in the airport :-)

our beautiful room in Treasure Island.... and look we don't have to sleep in hammocks!

From our room - with a view 

view from the parkade

first destination, The Orleans home of.... TGI Friday's!

love the door pulls!!

oh how appropriate for Shark week, our table is with a shark... wait a minute this sounds familiar? something like this post!! lol only this time it's dinner and a Shark...

cheers... sip!

speaking of Sips... Carolyn you can get Zombie drinks here!!! They didn't have bud light lime so I had to improvise :-)

the Encore beach front rooms

til tomorrow :-) have a great day!

Sharknado II

OMG it happened again.... that's right SHARK happens..... In honor of Shark week approaching.... Sharknado II was launched... and what better way to see a bad movie, than with good friends.... we gathered together to enjoy a shark cake, and watch a sharknado tear up New York..... it was AWESOME!!! same time next year .... save the date!!!!

Carolyn made a shark cake...

complete with limbs!!!

Kevin and Cam made a pact and shook to be here for next years Sharknado III

Cousin Kevin is visting from Winnipeg, so ... we had to had to have a Shark party!!!

Hammerhead Dave, Angelshark Holly, Sawshark Carolyn and Bullhead Shark Zach practicing their shark bite cheer

Bramble shark Deb 

and Mackeral shark Dean

people prepare your loved ones.....

the Blud light is ready to play, with every shark attack!!

the official announcement to begin the event

SHARK ATTACK!!!!

left over limbs....

awaiting the next attack, Chels and Dean 

Shark storm@ Evanston View!!!

we even had a REAL storm outside tonight.... !!! time to prepare for next year.... same shark channel..... 

Share a coke

Look what Maddie got me:-)

OM Gosh time flies.. sorry Comicon people here is the LATE post

Better late than never :-0 

here is the glorious weekend called Calgary Expo. We got a bonus day this year, it started on Thursday! Maddie and I weren't sure if we wold be able to make it Thursday, until we read that Barry Bostwick AKA Brad from Rocky Horror would be there Thursday night.... you can guess where we were... 

Some awesome costumes....

and some funny ones... not sure if this tribute is for shark week, or Jaws.... either way... I love it!!!

Oh ya... she'd kewl!!! Tiffany and and Chuckie!!! Brilliant!!

Ok... Maddie was a little beside herslef here, she met the guy that draws Adventure time!!! That was pretty kewl!!

Here is Zack signing Maddie's book

Always love characters from Silent Hill!

these guys looked awesome, downside - they don't get to get very far, everyone wants their picture!

Yay Dr Who and River Song!!!! I was so happy when people recognized "who" I was

Lots of Dr Who stuff this year. Here is the evil nemisis of Dr Who made out of lego's! An evil Dalek!

Maddie and her tree friend and Hobbit, this was Maddie's fave!

OM gosh!!! the statue from Dr Who!!! if you take your eyes off it, it come closer until it gets you!!!

A police box and another Dalek. Brilliant costume, the guy under the dalek is actually in a wheelchair! We were in line for our photo op with Matt Smith and karen Gillan, Dr Who and Amy Pond!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Haha love the lego people

getting ready to take a Tardis ride?

Eek watch out hobbits and elves!!!

Maddie was a random elf, but people thot she was from King of thrones..... so King of thrones it was!

Dressed as magenta today, and what better way to deter the snow?rain than a newspaper on your head!

In line for Barry Bostwick photo op!

Haha this guy is from Adventure time...Maddie loves that show

Just chilling around the corner was Cliff Claven from cheers :-)John  Ratzenberger

outisde the men in black attack the Aliens

more lego peeps

This guy was awesome! he did a great job portraying Norman Reedus from walking dead

haha this was also great, in line for Sigourney Weaver.... Aliens crept up on this guy!

Maddie was ascrared!! today she was Totorro

We went to the walking dead panel, Laurie Holden ( Andrea ) and Michael Rooker (Merle)

And to end off.... with a cute little catses!! 

A great great Con!!! Highlight of course was meeting Dr Who, dressed as River Song... and I got to say, "Hello Sweety" lol!!! If I ever get them scannedI will post the pics of our Photo ops! 

Yes!!!!! Sharknado 2 is coming!

We had a great time last year during Shark Week. Particularly because of some awesomely terrible movies.

Selena documents such hits here in this post

One of our favourites terribles was Sharknado.  Well, we just found out there will be a Sharknado 2!




It looks twice as horrific! We can't wait!

Cool Moments in Traffic, Life and Hockey.

Today started like any other. As I have done dozens of times over the past 10 years - I headed to one one of my favourite places in the city.  Downtown.  Selena, Maddie and I play a car game named "I See The Tower."  When we are all in the car, the first one to see the tower shouts the name of the game. Family fun squared. Haha. I sent this picture to Selena this morning claiming yet another "win" in the game.

I not only see the tower - I send cool pic of tower! Victory!

You will also notice the Palliser Hotel in the shot. It is celebrating it's 100th birthday this year. It opened in 1914 and it is cool to walk by because of the fully uniformed doorman complete with top hat.  I am always in a hurry because the phone thankfully never stops ringing. But when I pass the Palliser I always slow down slightly. Because celebrity.  Many movies are filmed in and around Calgary and I always think maybe, just maybe, Daniel Craig or George W. Bush or Brad Pitt will walk down the stairs. I would hopefully avoid a scene like this however:


I walked past the Palliser without incident and took care of the call in the Calgary Tower. I started my journey back to my faithful Kia. I slowed my pace slightly as usual and this time IT WORKED!

I was doing my face scan as I approached the Palliser and I got a hit. My brain recognized a very famous face. As I got closer, the face I recognized smiled.

I stuck out my hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Gretzky." He shook my hand and said "Hey, how ya doing" and walked on. No entourage. Just one dude passing another in the street. It was me and The Great One for 4 seconds in front of the Calgary Tower. Good talk. Good meeting!

All I could do is snap this photo 11 seconds later: If you look past Mr. Safety Vest - that is Wayne Gretzky walking towards the Calgary Tower. And that's Wednesday! How was your day?

 

UPDATE : The Calgary Sun reveals why he was in town.

Gretzky and Howe bless guests at COP

By Scott Mitchell ,Calgary Sun

First posted: Thursday, April 03, 2014 10:21 PM MDT | Updated: Friday, April 04, 2014 06:36 AM MDT

Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky spend time together Wednesday night at Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary.

Their eyes were on the exhibits.
Everyone else’s eyes were focused squarely on them.
But that’s what happens when you put, arguably, the two greatest hockey players of all time in the same room, as Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe were Wednesday night inside Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.

In attendance for a private function, Gretzky and Howe toured the facility — and their own exhibits — and shared stories for the approximately 250 people in attendance.
One of them was Mario Siciliano, president and CEO of the hall of fame.
“It was absolutely incredible,” Siciliano said Thursday. “They have been together before, as we know, but not very often. It’s pretty rare to get the two of them together.
“We were thrilled to have them see their own exhibits for the first time. Just listening to the banter between the two of them and the fun they had, it’s clear that they have a very strong connection. Gretzky shared with me his history with Gordie and how he had written 100 letters to Santa Claus when he was five years old with the hopes of getting a Gordie Howe jersey and sure enough he got one and that sort of started his long association with Gordie as a role model.
“It was just really neat to see one of Canada’s greatest role models, Wayne Gretzky, talk about his role model and have him there in the room.”
While anyone interested in checking out the exhibits on their own can do so by dropping in or checking out sportshall.ca for more details, Gretzky, 53, and Howe, 86, stole the show on this night.
“They wandered through our exhibits and (it was a treat) just to see them point out other players or watching Gretzky look at his stick from when he was 17 years old, and even Gordie, looking up at the picture we have of him with his two sons when they were all playing at the same time,” Siciliano said.
An autographed wall mural commemorating their visit will be on display at the hall of fame.​
scott.mitchell@sunmedia.ca
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St Patrick's Day 2014 - Hot Tub Time Machine.

We wanted to go to Nine Fine Irishman for St. Patrick's Day.  It is an authentic Irish Pub.  New York New York Casino actually bought it from Ireland and moved it to Las Vegas.  So it's super cool.  We had to wait two hours for a table but it was worth it.

IT was St. Patrick's Day so people celebrated.  We were trying to describe what the night was like in words and we kept on going back to one of our favorite movies Hot Tub Time Machine. Annnnyway, this is basically what we witnessed at Nine Fine Irishmen that night.  Minus the Hot Tub - but otherwise true. Enjoy!