More weekend stories: on Friday, we had a Geek Lunch at Laïka to welcome Tara Hunt to Montreal. She's in town for a few days for Montreal Jazz Fest, and she asked to meet some people in the local Web/BarCamp/hacker scene.
Lunch was good and interesting people came. Austin Hill made it, as well as Patrick Tanguay, Fred Ngo and Ben Yoskovitz, and Niko. I was especially glad to see Seb Paquet, who I don't get enough time with.
All in all a good time was had.
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Rest of the weekend
Friday night John Usher came over for our weekly Pizza Night and we had beers until very late indeed.
Saturday I got a nice glass desk for my office, and we got a big square wooden coffee table off of Montreal Craigslist. We went down to the Pont Jacques Cartier to see the fireworks on Saturday night, part of the International Fireworks Competition. Except there weren't any fireworks on Saturday night. Doh! Long walk home.
Yesterday, Canada Day, we had our new neighbours Jake and Magda over for a get-to-know-you brunch. Jake is a structural engineer, and Magda is a professor of history at UQÀM. They're expecting a baby any day now, so we figured it was a good idea to hang out with them before the madness begins. I made a couple of quiches, a big green salad, and some banana bread. It was a good meal.