What I Did During Intersemester Vacation
During what I thought would be a quiet break during which I could finally relax, read, paint and run, I ended up going to a burlesque show and visiting what some consider to be Canada's city of sin, Montreal.
The burlesque show came about after Lawrence, our neighbor/friend/Lawrence's lab mate Jesse, and I browsed the neighborhood for quiz nights on a Wednesday before settling for old reliable at The Druid. The 3 of us are usually helpless by ourselves at quiz night, but we managed to snatch second place, which garnered us the prize of a pair of tickets to a burlesque show hosted by Boink. Jesse wasn't interested in going, so Lawrence and I attended the burlesque show the next night. Sadly, the dancing and teasing by the performers were pretty tame. I expected fireworks shooting out of the women's nipples, or at least windmills. The host(ess) however was the most entertaining part. (S)he was a 6'4", big boned, African-American, sassy drag queen. Her antics for the night included having a frat boy kiss her ass to get on stage, and riding another frat boy's ass on stage, only to pull his wallet and cell phone from under her dress after he managed to wiggle away.
The next day, on a whim, Lawrence, Jesse, Hillary (his gf), and I escaped from a cold Boston to an even colder Montreal, where Jesse and Hillary attended university (not college... apparently when you say you attended "college" in Canada, it means you graduated their equivalent of community colllege. Who knew?) The city is lovely, even in the blistering cold. We were introduced to Quebecois bar food, poutine. Consisting of hot fries and gravy with melting cheese curds interspersed, this delicious and absolutely satisfying dish is every cardiologist's dream. We were given the insider's tour of Montreal bagels, coffee, and bars. We also walked around the old port and one of the outer islands that was hosting a winter carnival, but at 20 below zero celsius, we didn't last more than 5 minutes outside at a time. And everything in Montreal is so cheap because of currency conversion! As Lawrence put, it's like everything's 20% off all the time. We did not partake in any "Canadian Ballet", however, but rather had a pretty wholesome weekend, well relative to being in Montreal anyway.
And that's what I did during my 1.5 weeks of intersemester break. :)
The burlesque show came about after Lawrence, our neighbor/friend/Lawrence's lab mate Jesse, and I browsed the neighborhood for quiz nights on a Wednesday before settling for old reliable at The Druid. The 3 of us are usually helpless by ourselves at quiz night, but we managed to snatch second place, which garnered us the prize of a pair of tickets to a burlesque show hosted by Boink. Jesse wasn't interested in going, so Lawrence and I attended the burlesque show the next night. Sadly, the dancing and teasing by the performers were pretty tame. I expected fireworks shooting out of the women's nipples, or at least windmills. The host(ess) however was the most entertaining part. (S)he was a 6'4", big boned, African-American, sassy drag queen. Her antics for the night included having a frat boy kiss her ass to get on stage, and riding another frat boy's ass on stage, only to pull his wallet and cell phone from under her dress after he managed to wiggle away.
The next day, on a whim, Lawrence, Jesse, Hillary (his gf), and I escaped from a cold Boston to an even colder Montreal, where Jesse and Hillary attended university (not college... apparently when you say you attended "college" in Canada, it means you graduated their equivalent of community colllege. Who knew?) The city is lovely, even in the blistering cold. We were introduced to Quebecois bar food, poutine. Consisting of hot fries and gravy with melting cheese curds interspersed, this delicious and absolutely satisfying dish is every cardiologist's dream. We were given the insider's tour of Montreal bagels, coffee, and bars. We also walked around the old port and one of the outer islands that was hosting a winter carnival, but at 20 below zero celsius, we didn't last more than 5 minutes outside at a time. And everything in Montreal is so cheap because of currency conversion! As Lawrence put, it's like everything's 20% off all the time. We did not partake in any "Canadian Ballet", however, but rather had a pretty wholesome weekend, well relative to being in Montreal anyway.
And that's what I did during my 1.5 weeks of intersemester break. :)
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