Cirque du Soleil

Heather was here a couple of weekends ago and one of things we did was go to the Cirque du Soleil show that is in town.

They are here for about a month and the tent is fairly close to our place.

Just a walk down the seawall.

So we got some dinner and walked down.

Besides entertainment they had all the regular circus fair.

Popcorn, candy and drinks. The also had a lot of Cirque merchandise, but man that must be where they make their money.

We goofed around a bit and bought some not so cheap refreshments.
It was a great act. There were massive trampolines, trapeze artists, tight rope walkers, strong men, gymnasts, flying angels, you name it.
It was really amazing. I don't have any good pictures though because photography was not allowed. I took a few without my flash that didn't really turn out and even then an usher threatened to take my camera away, so I gave up. Apparently there is the danger that the performers might become distracted and fall and break their necks, bah humbug.
The next day we got up early and drove across the border to do some shopping in the outlet malls.

There were lots of great deals at nice brand name stores. Where the dollar is and given the slowdown in the US, the sales were terrific.

We got home fairly late, but some friends of ours were doing a little concert at a little pub that has a free lance night.

They did a great job and it was a really fun night.

Here we are dancing and singing along.

Believe it or not this is the best picture I have of either one of us for the whole weekend.

My camera seems to have had some ridiculous redeye issues that night.