I am sans accreditation pass, sans italia mobile phone, sans stress, sans work… ahhh… breathing calmly and feeling great. (”calmE”). I am sitting in an artsy, funky cafe bar (Jitters-esque) in the centro of town, shooting my first espresso of the day. It will be tough to ween myself off of this drug.
Going back to [...]
Monthly Archive for February, 2006
End of Day 16… sipping a departure vino, enjoying some delectable formaggio e prosciutto… the gang at the IBC of the CBC are having a few last laughs and relaxing moments before the closing ceremonies commence and the Games finish…. what a trip. I have to hit the hay fairly early ce soir, as I will [...]
GG in the House
Posted in Torino on Feb 25th, 2006
Her Excellency just cruised through the CBC italia, spent some time, took the tour, chatted with some folks. She was just as stunning as ever.
Dad and I will indeed be at the medal ceremony tonight. A hot ticket, however, these are our boys!! How truly fortunate I am. Can’t wait - look for us in [...]
First Gold for Newfoundland
Posted in Torino on Feb 25th, 2006
Watched the victory in Ron’s studio with dad - pretty perfect. Well, being at the rink live would have been pretty spectacular as well. The changing of the guard from one ice surface to the next has launched this sport into Olympic splendor and I could not be more ecstatic. It’s about time. Rumour has [...]
School Is Out
Posted in Torino on Feb 24th, 2006
Not only has the world stopped across the province of Newfoundland each and every time the St. John’s rink has taken to the ice over the past few weeks , and each and every office in the downtown have televisions on bust, but schools across the province are shutting down for those precious 2 hours [...]
Few Words Can Describe
Posted in Torino on Feb 23rd, 2006
I’m not entirely sure if this translated to television, but to me, our Boys had very little passion for the duration of these games. I think that was the difference.
We are assured of the first ever Olympic medal for Newfoundland. The story of these Olympics is that for me. What colour will it be… Time [...]
Harry Houdini Pulls It Off
Posted in Torino on Feb 22nd, 2006
As a Mr. Neale very bitterly and uncharacteristically seriously remarked once off head-set, “Harry Houdini showed up for the second and third and won that one for them”. Our Boys are struggling. They are the sole team who have yet to play anywhere near their potential. Alas, I am not worried and most folks here [...]
The One Thing Not To Do
Posted in Torino on Feb 20th, 2006
In this International Olympic mayhem, it seems that the whereabouts of two items are of grave importance. One: accreditation - it is my ticket to life essentially. I did have one brief mishap one night when one of our drivers went home with this item in his car, unbeknownst to me, and to him for [...]
Wayne Time
Posted in Torino on Feb 19th, 2006
Cruising through a private area in one of the arenas yesterday and lo and behold, smacked right into none other than Wayner and Kevin Lowe…. our boys had just lost the brutal match against the Swiss, but I had to say a hello anyhow. They were great… despite all that currently surrounds this man and [...]
Ah, Riiiight…
Posted in Torino on Feb 18th, 2006
I had forgotten that I was a morning person and loved to get up with the dawn and ease into the day with a light run. It’s been a week of night-owl activities and I thankfully took the night off last night and was able to feed my morning addiction. The city had a light [...]
