More b-day pics

Cayls, Sarah and Me at The Mod Club where we went dancing after dins on my b-day. I look super short when I'm next to those two tall girlies :)
Me and my great friend Sarah from Queen's. She's at the Fac of Ed right now. The next day we had lots of fun wandering around Kensington Market.


Here is a cute pic of me and Johnny at my birthday dinner at terroni's restaurant in TO- yummy pizzas and pastas!

Here I am with the amazing fuschia roses my Mom and Dad have me for my 25th birthday. I just happened to have on matching fuschia lippie....a coincidence? You be the judge!! Makes my teeth look white anyway.....(ps. Man, I look pale- I need to get back to the India sun!) For those of you who know my Mom's cool painted stones she makes...she's still doin' em and you can see some in the background.

My B-Day!

Here is one pic from my very fun b-day celebration in Toronto. Blogger is slow right now and won't let me post the rest, so there will be more pics coming soon. I have decided I actually like Toronto a lot and could live there at some point...Thanks to all who came out to help me celebrate :)
Jess

Old art and new art

And a close-up of me!
This one is of me when my little brother was born.

















I'm posting some pics of some of the paintings I did in highschool and one I did just now while home in Canada (Lady with the red hat). I love Andy Warhol- see my 'Marilyn'!!

Perhaps a Princess once more...

I have good news: the Ottawa people got word today that their visas are IN!! That means we should be hearing on Monday. Perhaps I will get the chance to be an Indian Princess once more......I'll letcha all know...

Great Big Sea!

Oh My God,
Last night I went to the best concert I have ever been to in my life!! Great Big Sea played the Western Fair- and it was sooooooo good! They played all my fave songs: Lukey's Boat, General Taylor, Patty Murphy, Ordinary Day- and everyone else's fave songs too! They must have played 23 songs or so.....2 encores totalling 4 songs. Man it was good. They have such energy and they just get everyone clapping and waving their hands in the air. I wore my Roots Canada shirt to show National pride. It was so cute- at one point this little girl handed the lead singer a card she had made in crayon that said 'I Heart Great Big Sea' and they sang a song just for her....it was so cute. Anyway, if you ever get a chance to see GBS live, SEE THEM- even if you don't know a lot of their songs, they put on a phenomenal sh0w. Peace out.
JBW

A Hard Life...

Staying smart by playing Trivial Pursuit at Kurt's house!
Kerschl's barn on his family's property in Welland, ON
Yep...hard life here in Canada with the hot tub parties and all! At Kerschl's for a 'comiserate' party resplete with wine and a BBQ!

Johnny surveys the goods!
Oops- this pic is here twice....
Me and my fave wine to the upper right- Geuwertzraminer!





Well, as you all know- I have been 'stranded' here in Canada for the past few weeks. So, this past weekend a few of us decided to get together to 'comiserate.' Remember, as good as this looks, I'd still rather be slaving away at work in India....is something wrong with this?!

First, John and I travelled to Niagara on-the-Lake (NOTL) Friday night. We stayed at a cute B & B called Whispering Winds (see me and Johnny above..) It had an 'Indian' (from India) theme, so I liked it. We went for dinner Friday night and went out Saturday morning to wander the shops in NOTL. Then at around 1:30 we started visiting some of the many, many wineries in the area. Some we visited were Riverview, Sunnybrook Farm Estates, Peller Estates, Reif, and more. We ate at Hillebrand Sunday night- yummy!! After the wineries, we drove to Kurt's family house in Welland (about 1/2 hour from NOTL) It is a beautiful area and Kerschl's family has a lovely property and a cute doggie, Suma (see pics) We had a delicious BBQ dinner there and melted our visa cares away in the hot tub :) We sure live a hard life over here in perpetual 'wait land'! The next day we just hung around and ate and played games till 5pm-ish. Then John and I left to go to Hillebrand. After Hillebrand, we stayed overnight at the Hilton in Niagara Falls and John took me back to Aldershot train station the next morning! What a fun weekend!

Oops!

So, I didn't know that published the first time, so I published it again....oops :)

Soundtrack to my Life....

Here are some tunes worth rockin' out to....

- 'Catch My Disease' by Ben Lee
- 'Romeo and Juliet' by Dire Straits
- ' Closer to Fine' by The Indigo Girls
- ' Sugar In Your Gas Tank' by Less Than Jake
- ' When the Night Feels My Song' by Bedouin Soundclash
- ' Ordinary Day ' by Great Big Sea
- ' Hollaback Girl' and 'Underneath It All' by Gwen Stefani
- ' Something More' by Sugarland
- ' Thank You' by Alanis Morisette
- ' High Tide or Low Tide' by Ben Harper (with Jack Johnson)
- ' Where Is the Love' by The Black Eyed Peas
- ' Lost Together' by Blue Rodeo
- ' Pour Some Sugar On Me' by Def Leppard
- ' Green Apples' by Chantal Kreviazuk
- ' Teach Your Children Well' by CSNY
- ' I'm Not Ready' by The Dixie Chicks
- ' I'll Be' by Edwin McCain
- ' A Good Man' by Emerson Drive
- ' My Front Porch Lookin' In' by Lonestar
- ' The Outdoor Type' by The Lemonheads
- ' It's 5 o'clock Somewhere' by Jimmy Buffet
- ' Wild Horse and a Cherry Tree' by KT Turnstall
- ' This One's For the Girls' by Martina McBride
- ' Hit Me With Your Best Shot' by Pat Benatar
- ' Fat Bottomed Girls' by Queen
- ' Fast Cars and Freedom' by Rascal Flatts
- ' Hallelujah' by Rufus Wainwright
- ' Up!' by Shania Twain
- ' Kathy's Song' by Simon and Garfunkel
- ' What I Got' by Sublime
- ' Northwest Passage' by Stan Rogers
- ' Sweetest Thing' and 'Pride' by U2
- ' My Love is Your Love' by Whitney Houston

Soundtrack to my Life

Here are some songs worth listening to...

'Catch My Disease' by Ben Lee
' Romeo and Juliet' by The Indigo Girls or Dire Straits
' Closer to Fine' by The Indigo Girls
' Sugar In Your Gas Tank' by Less Than Jake
' When the Night Feels My Song' by Bedouin Soundclash
' Boat Like Gideon Brown' and 'Ordinary Day' by Great Big Sea
'Underneath It All' by Gwen Stefani
' Something More' by Sugarland
' Thank You' by Alanis Morisette
' High Tide or Low Tide' by Ben Harper
'Where Is The Love' by The Black Eyed Peas
' Lost Together' by Blue Rodeo
' Green Apples' by Chantal Kreviazuk
' Teach Your Children Well' by CSNY
' Louie Louie' by The Kinks
' I'm Not Ready' by The Dixie Chicks
' I'll Be' by Edwin McCain
' A Good Man' by Emerson Drive
' It's 5 o'clock Somewhere' by Jimmy Buffet
' Wild Horse and a Cherry Tree' by KT Turnstall
' The Outdoor Type' by The Lemonheads
' My Front Porch Lookin' In' by Lonestar
' This One's For the Girls' by Martina McBride
' Hit Me With Your Best Shot' by Pat Benatar
' Fat Bottomed Girls' by Queen
' Fast Cars and Freedom' by Rascal Flatts
' My Love Is Your Love' by Whitney Houston
' Sweetest Thing' by U2
' Kathy's Song' by Simon and Garfunkel
' Hallelujah' by Rufus Wainwright
' 'Up!' by Shania Twain
' Northwest Passage' by Stan Rogers
' What I Got' by Sublime