Last night was Carrie Lightbound-Buday's retirement party at the Cue. Hard to think of someone retiring from anything at the age of 25...except in sport. A lot of people were there from all over to celebrate Carrie's career with the National Canoe/Kayak team.
It was especially great to see everyone from the band. Former V.O.C. frontman, Kris Sziraki tells me he's playing bass for a new band at work. If he told me the band name, I've forgotten it (which has nothing to do with the kamikazes we were drinking since those came much later in the evening). Anyway, I hope to hear a recording sometime soon because if Kris says they're good (which he does) they must be!
So the party was great, everyone looked fabulous and I think Carrie is excited about the prospect of what's on the horizon. Congrats on all those years of great racing!
There was an attempt to get a poker game going after the bar but it didn't quite get off the ground. Carrie, Maclean Alyson C-W (who drove up from Ottawa) decided to call it a night and that left the 3 guys who only played one game. Apparently young Ben R. took everyone's cash. Eve, Katy and I ended the night at Gino's Pizza gossiping and eating dried-up, overheated slices.

At the moment, I'm listening to Erasure, waiting for a poker game to come together. I can hear AKJ, Atti and Ben at the door and I am ready to go rake in the chips...