weekend pics

we had a couple of highlights this weekend.  the first was spending a leisurely afternoon enjoying the camaraderie of our good friends, kam, ghazaleh and their gorgeous little boy kayan.   it is always very relaxed visiting them, even now that they have an almost one year old.  kayan has taken on his parents calm and charming personalities.  i loved watching kai interact with him; he was engaging, patient, and amused by the baby.  kam and ghazaleh are pretty awesome; they built their own home (i posted about other friends who did the same here), are purveyors of really good tea, and have an eye for art.  it is always a treat to be in their company. 

 

 

 

we took advantage of the sunshine and spent time outdoors.  we ate at the beach house restaurant located right on the waterfront of west vancouver.  it conveniently has a little beach at its doorstep and fantastic views of the burrard inlet and stanley park.

    

 

 

 

  

the symphony with special guest conductor bugs bunny (+ a few other loonie tune characters) was pretty fun; who knew you could laugh out loud at the symphony!  the cartoons were projected on the big screen, with their original scores played live. take a peek with this short video clip:

we took advantage of being downtown and did some eating at bel cafe.  again.  twice in one week (last week kai, who had a day off school, and i met stefan for lunch before catching a movie)! both my boys, on both visits had the sandwich with roasted berkshire pork, red cabbage, jalapeño, and house-made mustard. i had a most lovely soup with white cannellini bean, garden vegetables, and smoked bacon. and then of course there are the sweets!  if you live in vancouver or work downtown, do make a point to visit bel cafe, i doubt you will be disappointed.  

image from here

and other scenes from the weekend include mario and harry, kai's highlights!

watching harry potter, movie # 4

playing super mario brothers, i joined in but was not very good!