There’s nothing more fun than when you have a weekend all planned out – and then out of nowhere it gets completely derailed by spontaneity…. or pints of free beer… or a combination of the two.

On Friday – Vacuity played the Piston on Bloor for NXNE. It was super great. I was at the back working the free pin giveaway – but Skeesh got a ton of good photos, which you can see HERE. Awww. Best weekend ever Alicia. thanks again for letting us crash… even though you were trying to appear respectable for your fathers…

brunettes for life, indeed.

Oh Hello Mike Christie – You are very tall in this photo…

After the show – P, Mike and I made the rounds to a couple other places… I handed out Vacuity buttons to a bunch of people waiting in line at the Horseshoe to see Mudhoney, hahahaa, Then the boys had a whiskey at the Imperial and I basically passed out at the table. whoops.

The next day, I invited myself to tag along with the Vacuity boys to Joao Cavalho’s NXNE BBQ. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect… and i was a little hung over- but holy amazing time. There was Amsterdam Blonde, Burgers and Bean Salad flowing all day long, and a ton of bands that were doing 3-4 song sets in the backyard. Totally fell in love with The Grates… who i recommend you check out. And a friend pointed out that Hey Ocean was there – you should also check them out. Oooo summer music. love it. Thanks Joao!

Anyways, I was way too much of a geek to be at the party – but i kept my cool and think i did an ok job of blending in. I even made a new friend named Del! Around 9ish, we left (with our new friends) to go experience Iggy Pop and the Stooges at Dundas Square.  IT WAS CRAZY. So many people in one little intersection.

Then we headed along Queen (we may or may not have seen Miley Cyrus perform some horrid song outside Much for the MMVA rehearsal) to Tattoo Rock Parlour to spend the evening in the basement listening to music from the 90s – which is UNBELIEVABLY awesome and also a little depressing that I’m old and think back nostalgically on the 90s. But oh well – super cute time with a bunch of super great people. Thanks for the Photos Mardel!

On the walk back to Skeesh and Jogees place, we saw a couple cops on horseback break up a fight on Queen st. That was also fairly entertaining… and P got yelled at by Emeri’s favourite street meet guy. so funny.

The next morning we had a delightful little breakfast at my favourite place in TO… Petit Dejeuner. And then we headed home for an afternoon of Father’s Day eating.

Great weekend. I was sad to miss the closing party for Magnetic North – but I couldn’t resist Iggy Pop.

If you need to know why… you need to read THIS book.

Back to the restfullness that is my cubicle now… more posts later today.

H.