Here are the videos from Paul’s black belt demos. They’re all in QuickTime format, and 2MB or less.
The photo album of Paul’s earning his black belt (and the ensuing booze-up) is up: Black Belt Baranowski.
It snowed in Accordion City over the weekend, which while inconvenient for drivers, makes the city look terribly pretty. Here are a couple of shots I took yesterday.
The first one is of Sullivan Street, looking east. You may not know it, but this quiet little street is located in a residential neighbourhood tucked between several noisy areas: Chinatown to the north and west, the formerly-boho-now-boutiquey Queen Street West neighbourhood and the club and theatre districts to the south, and the financial district to the east.
Here’s a shot of the house, Big Trouble in Little China. Paul, Sam and I occupy the basement and first floor; the upstairs floors are a loft unit occupied by our neighbour Richard.
The facade is historic (there’s even a historical society plaque), but the house interior is from the future!
It’s congratulations day here at The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century.
The next person whom I must congratulate is my housemate Paul Baranowski, who received his black belt in taekwondo last night. Now he’s really earned the nickname we’ve given him, the Drunken Master.
Congrats, Paul! If I ever have to assemble a team of misfit heroes to save the world, I’m going to pick you as the martial arts expert with the tragic hippie past.
I’ll post the pictures plus some pretty amazing video of “Triple B” in action later tonight.
Here’s a photo of me and Sam at the drinking party that followed the black belt ceremony (where Paul got his black belt last night) at World Taekwondo in Kensington Market. I’m always up for having my picture taken, but Sam’s not so sure…
My friend Tara Hunt runs her own marketing firm, Rogue Strategies, by day and her disco revival party, Cream Soda, by night. It seems to have gone over well; her Cream Soda nights are always packed, and now the National Post has a story on her.
(You may remember Tara from my report from the Naked News launch party.)
