1. FRIDAY NIGHT HAPPY HOUR
Friday night is the true happy hour night. It happens every other night here too, but Friday is when people go all out. For example, there's a hotel called the Fairmont Princess (crazypants expensive to stay at), and every Friday night people head over, all fancied-up and have a drink with friends. Except, it's turned into this event where you walk in, and have to buy tickets for drinks and food. Seemed a little odd to me, but it's a very, very popular event.
Anyhow, we bought some drink tickets (boring me, stuck to diet Coke), and started walking around. We ran into theses guys.
They were in town from somewhere (can't remember, the hats distracted me from hearing what they said), stopping in on their way to somewhere else (again...). They had gone to a bar earlier that day, were told by a schmoozy bartender that they weren't dressed "Bermudian" enough for The Fairmont Princess. They promptly went to a store along Front St. and bought all of this jazz. It was, well, it was Bermudian meets Safari. Hilarious.
This is a picture of the group gathering after work. It got quite a bit more busy after a half hour or so. It's all very fancypants (that comment right there, perhaps proof that I don't necessarily belong at this weekly event!).
2. THE MOVIES
Later that night, I decided that it was about damn time that I check out the Bermuda movie theatre scene. The new Tyler Perry movie was out that day, and I love his movies! Judge if you must, but dude can tell a story and dresses in drag better than any other.
Tyler (we're on a first name basis) is huge in Bermuda, so the movie was at the theatre just up the street. There are a few other theatres on the island, and the smaller release movies play at the theatres farther away.
I got there a half hour early. You know me, gotta get my ticket, popcorn, maybe a hotdog, and get my seat!
Oh Hayley. No.
I walked up to the counter (where you also buy your food and drinks), and said, "Can I please have one for the Tyler Perry movie, and a hotdog?" The look I got, I thought that I'd perhaps asked for a chopped up chicken spleen with cheese and a Charlie Sheen. I hadn't. The thing was, I forgot that there was only one movie theatre at this theatre, so technically, I was the moron.
Here's the counter. They actually have fresh-made wraps, lasagna, meatballs, for the movies! It's pretty awesome! I had a hotdog and some of the delicious caramel corn that you see on the right.
I walked up to the counter (where you also buy your food and drinks), and said, "Can I please have one for the Tyler Perry movie, and a hotdog?" The look I got, I thought that I'd perhaps asked for a chopped up chicken spleen with cheese and a Charlie Sheen. I hadn't. The thing was, I forgot that there was only one movie theatre at this theatre, so technically, I was the moron.
Here's the counter. They actually have fresh-made wraps, lasagna, meatballs, for the movies! It's pretty awesome! I had a hotdog and some of the delicious caramel corn that you see on the right.
Then, it was time to get in line for the movie! It was 8:50pm, and I was worried that I wouldn't get a seat for the sold out movie. It was a 9pm show. I got in line, about sixth there, and I stood. For ten minutes. Then twenty. I noticed the crowd behind me getting a little antsy, given that the movie was supposed to have started twenty minutes before.
Finally, at 9:30pm (yeah, a half-hour late!), we were let into the theatre. They had to clean it. I'm sorry, what on earth happened in there that you needed forty minutes to clean it?!
Never mind, I don't want to know.
Never mind, I don't want to know.
The previews started at 9:37pm. I know, because I took a screen grab of my phone to prove that this actually occurred. In Toronto, if this happened, do you know how many angry people would be at the front desk having a hissy? One of which would be me? Loudly? Somehow, no one cared. Everyone just stood there, a few huffs and puffs, but nothing.
This is a very different place, in the best way possible for me. Calm people everywhere is rubbing off quite well!
The movie was good! Not as heartfelt as the previous one, but I had a blast.
3. CANADA DAY-ISH
The next day was June 30th, but Bermuda celebrates Canada Day a day early, my understanding is so that they have the Sunday to recover before work on Monday.
Anyhow, there's a huge party up at a beach called Warwick (pronounced Warick) Long Bay, and it's an all-Canadian celebration.
Here are some shots of the are near the beach and the celebration!
It was a pretty good time, I must admit. I will say this though, the one-piece bathing suit seems to have gone out of style?
Anyone? Beuller?
Can someone explain this to me, why every woman on the face of the planet appears to be rocking a two-piece? As a woman who would never in her life, even if she were a cat (the whole nine lives thing, see what I did there?), wear a two-piece, this new movement is just pure insanity.
I refuse to conform, and trust, you'd thank me!
4. BUTTER TARTS!
This one has nothing to do with "entertainment" or "galore", only to do with delicious pastry and heavenly filler.
Tonight was the first time that I have baked in Bermuda. It's been four weeks, and not a single home-made treat. Here's the reason! It was $72 to buy the ingredients for twelve butter tarts! Yeah, you heard me right. I will admit, some of that was a baking sheet and measuring cups, but that maybe totalled $30. That means, for twelve butter tarts, I spent $40. That's $3.33 each! I'm just saying, the people that have them, you better enjoy them like I enjoy a pound of bacon chased with one of these butter tarts!
No comments:
Post a Comment