holy long weekend

Friday.... DIPLO... need I say more. Holy shit. The night started early and ended late. Between drinking, dancing and meeting a ton of great people, the night was just insane. So I may have stumbled once or twice, but it's all in the name of party. You can check out Taz's blog for a more detailed review of the sets as well as some dope mixes.

My poor friend Ellie missed her flight in from Ottawa on Friday so she had to miss Diplo, but there was still plenty of weekend to be had. Saturday we went to Latitude 53 for the 53 Ways To Leave Your Lover event. All I can say is Edmonton has some serious talent. There were tons of amazing pieces. Some of my favorites included a pair of 3D pieces, including the infamous glasses, as well a couple wood canvas works that were really stunning. Sipping on a glass of wine, Ellie and I enjoyed all that was the DJ. She relentlessly encouraged everyone to get on the dance floor and jam to the new wave beats. Unfortunately we couldn't stick around for the fashion show, but I'm sure it was stunning. I actually had the chance to participate in it last year which was a blast.

Family Day Monday, Ellie, Mary and I headed downtown for some Zuppa. In the back of my mind I was hoping it would be open, unfortunately due to the holiday, it was closed. We ended up walking all over downtown just searching for somewhere to have lunch. We covered about 10 blocks and found ourselves at the all Canadian Soup/Sandwich place in City Center. For what it cost it was actually pretty good. While we were walking downtown we saw that the Art Gallery of Alberta was having a free family day. We stopped in and spent a couple hours looking around. I saw one particular piece that looked really familiar. Then I realized it was actually by a friend of a friend, Jaime Calayo. His work featured lyrics from Daft Punk. Automatic win in my books. So if you get a chance you should head down to the AGA, check out the features by the UofA students in particular. Really creative, exciting and colorful. There's something for everyone.