Busy times
Well, gentle reader, it has been a while since our last posting. Things are very busy around here with the return to school for the Boy and the return to work for his Dad. January is a very busy time at my work with most of us on the road serving the Citizens of Alberta. Suzanne and I are back to Band Practice weekly, and are looking forward to performing George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the band at Easter time.
I had the pleasure of visiting Medicine Hat for the first time in a long time this week. Last time I was there was on Youth Orchestra tour in about 1993. It is winter, which generally means cold and dark in Alberta; nonetheless I had a good experience. As part of my work duties I had a very interesting tour of some of the Historic Clay District. Turns out that Medicine Hat was a centre for Pottery and brick making 100 years ago, and they still make bricks there today. The confluence of easy transportation and plentiful natural gas along with suitable clay in the general area made it a perfect location for that kind of industry. Turns out they were so prolific in their production that you have likely used some of their stoneware or fine china if you have lived in North America at all... restaurants, hotels, trains, cooking supply places: you name it. I recommend the tour if you get a chance next time you are in Medicine Hat Alberta.
CONSUMER ALERT: while it is not our general modus operandi to go around criticizing the good merchants in our lives, in this case we must make an exception. Last week we indulged in a "President's Choice - Il Forno" frozen pizza - specifically the "All Dressed" version. Frankly if that was all dressed I have a hard time imagining it naked. The picture on the box was a luscious looking pizza with dripping, colourful toppings. What came out of the box was a thin crusted hunk of frozen dough with a few pathetic bits of pizza-like acoutrements scattered around. We dressed the all-but naked pizza with significant additions from our own fridge at which point it was edible. In our opinion: don't bother.
Best
S. and S.
I had the pleasure of visiting Medicine Hat for the first time in a long time this week. Last time I was there was on Youth Orchestra tour in about 1993. It is winter, which generally means cold and dark in Alberta; nonetheless I had a good experience. As part of my work duties I had a very interesting tour of some of the Historic Clay District. Turns out that Medicine Hat was a centre for Pottery and brick making 100 years ago, and they still make bricks there today. The confluence of easy transportation and plentiful natural gas along with suitable clay in the general area made it a perfect location for that kind of industry. Turns out they were so prolific in their production that you have likely used some of their stoneware or fine china if you have lived in North America at all... restaurants, hotels, trains, cooking supply places: you name it. I recommend the tour if you get a chance next time you are in Medicine Hat Alberta.
CONSUMER ALERT: while it is not our general modus operandi to go around criticizing the good merchants in our lives, in this case we must make an exception. Last week we indulged in a "President's Choice - Il Forno" frozen pizza - specifically the "All Dressed" version. Frankly if that was all dressed I have a hard time imagining it naked. The picture on the box was a luscious looking pizza with dripping, colourful toppings. What came out of the box was a thin crusted hunk of frozen dough with a few pathetic bits of pizza-like acoutrements scattered around. We dressed the all-but naked pizza with significant additions from our own fridge at which point it was edible. In our opinion: don't bother.
Best
S. and S.
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