Grey Cup memories, Election coming ...

The Grey Cup game was fantastic - and the Eskimos even won, in overtime. Some highlights of the weekend:
-talking to other fans on the harbour cruise we took Friday night (everyone in their team colours of course, even if their team wasn't in the game!).
-the Save-On-Foods shopping cart drill team in the Grey Cup parade (original and hilarious idea, seeing as I think every pipe band in BC was also in the parade it was good to have something different).
-the groups of fans in the parade, like the Fritos Fandemonium winners, the BC Booze Brothers and the Box J Boys from Hamilton. The Box J Boys chanted "Thank you for waiting" as they were the last entry in the parade and we were watching towards the end of the route - plus they did the Ticat Cheer "Oskee Wee Wee...", at the end when someone then yelled out "Arrrr-gooos" they responded "Suck!" without any hesitation.
-the Cheerleader extravaganza - well, actually for me it got a little repetitive, but Ed enjoyed it. The Eskies' guys (the only cheer/dance team with guys because they're the only team that does acrobatic stunts) did their own little dance number - the females in the crowd loved it.
-seeing the excitement on Ed's face as I took a photo of him with league MVP Damon Allen.
-the game itself - heartstopping excitement at the end of the 4th quarter and into overtime. And Ricky finished the game and was named MVP!

Now we're into a federal election campaign, Warren Kinsella had a good column in the National Post today about why the Liberals should lose (even though he's a Liberal).

(addendum - non-football highlights included crab ravioli, French onion soup, and the calamari sandwich at Feenie's)