Honky Tonk Woman

August 23rd, 2008

When we went to “the Dunes” yesterday, I had it in my mind that we were going to see some sand dunes or something. Turns out there’s a funky place called the Dunes where my Aunt was shopping for a necklace for her bother’s girlfriend. The guy who runs the place goes to Bali every year to pick up all these wild items which he then resells at his store. He’s also got a large garden in the back. I grabbed a few photos but my camera battery died halfway though.

After that I wandered through Founders Hall with my cousins. It walks you through Canada’s formation from Confederation with a series of multimedia exhibits. I learned heaps and it really helped crystallize the chain of events that put Canada together. It even went though each province’s creation including Nunavut.

In the evening we all piled into a cool pub called Rum Runners for dinner and then Bronwen and I went to check out the showing of The British Invasion - America Strikes Back. It was a great show! What they do is present a history of music through (roughly) the early 60’s to the early 80’s with a focus on the bands coming out of Britain and the US. I thought the caricatures they played of people like Mick Jagger and Ozzy Ozbourne where bang on and you could see the cast making a little bit of fun of these people as they played them. One guy who I thought did a particularly good job was Terry Hatty, who was famous as one of the vocalists for the Guess Who. He’s older, but full of energy and his portrayal of Keith Richards was fantastic!

Today we’re heading out to Greenwich Provincial Park at the north side of the island.