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The Real Dinner for Shmucks

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Headed over to Mr. Perizzolos on Saturday for a Summer BBQ in the rain. He had the table nicely set and everything ready to go before we even got there. Shit, he was more prepared then I am for most dinners!

We were told to arrive around 6pm. Chad and I were early birds because we couldn’t wait. Shannon & Kelly arrived non to short after, but the damn Tyrrells were too busy making out to show up on time ;) Actually, it was that damn HWY 1 that is going to annoy us all to hell by the time it’s finished being upgraded.

Drinker

This man…who does he think he is?

Door Whore

I was bringing back 1985, just for Ryan.

Dinner Time

Dinner for Shmucks!

Dario served us Chicken & Beef burgers, salad and fries, not to mention an abundance of wine.

Aim
Nice Hole

Before all the cool people showed up Chad, Dario and I were having a conversation about the flow of his house. While doing so we  collaborated and came up with a great idea to knock down half of this wall to create a bar.

While re-telling this story at dinner something was said about whether or not Dario would actually have the motivation to build this bar. Well, no sooner was that said, but the hammer was taken out (from it’s convenient cubby in the kitchen) and smashed into the wall, providing ample amount of motivation for Dario to get on it!

Dancer

Just because it’s not his party doesn’t mean he can’t control the evening!

Dario at Work

Mr. Photographer at work.

Smart Ass

Ryan clearly thinks he is just too cool.

Oh Chad

You seriously can’t take him out of the house.

Touch Down
Caught it!

Sporadic Moment of Proof #2

Apparently one drunken evening the question was asked, can Dario throw the football over his house? Well, it wasn’t solved that evening, but it sure was solved on Saturday. Dario threw a perfect pass to Chad from one side of the yard to the other, then did the exact same thing back to Ryan. To say the question was answered would be an understatement. It was like Christmas morning for those boys.

Ryan

This then meant that football had to be played in the house as well.

Teaching Kelly
Kelly Caught It!

We found out that Kelly was unable to catch any sort of ball, so Chad gave her a lesson. Chad is good at catching balls…

Yoga Time

While the boys were in the kitchen discussing world politics, the girls somehow got into an impromptu yoga lesson. Now, I have never done a minute of yoga in my life, but Kelly showed me a few poses and it was like I was a natural, which I actually found very surprising. I actually couldn’t believe how much of a work out I got and how sore I was the next day. It was pretty damn amazing.

Ryan
Cahd & Dario

Who know what was going on in here.

Where is Kelly?

Where is Kelly!?

Kelly and Shannon are sisters and good friends of my cousin Francesca. I’ve known them for a while, Chad has known them some and they met Dario for the first time at Ryan and Elise wedding. The group of us really hit it off  at the wedding and it was great having them over for dinner on Saturday. Shannon is actually going to be in Italy at the same time as us so we’ve planned to meet up, which we are both really excited about. I really hope we plan more events with these two lovely ladies in the future!

An awesome Saturday evening as usual with our favourites. The boys ended it outside on the patio with Scotch, and the girls decided to watch Knocked Up the uncensored edit, filled with ‘head popping’ scenes. Ick!

I Have Nothing To Say

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Pouring Beer
Lovers
Ewww
Slick Zaph
Pat Down
Wha
Hi Pat
Vipers
Chicken Cheers
Clip Clip
Head lock
Chad & Pat
Ear Tickle
My Boys
My Boys

Where does the time go?

Elise’s Stagette is tomorrow. Chilliwack River Rafting in the AM and then Roosters in the PM. Neither of them I have ever participated in before. Have I already told you that? I have no idea what to expect, and oddly enough, the thing I am worried about the most is if my hair is going to get ruined while river rafting and how I will re-due it for the evening. Silly, yet important to plan out.

I get so overwhelmed when there is a weekend with a million things going on. I focus so much on the big picture and I just start to get stressed about it all. This weekend feels like that right now even though there is nothing to stress about and everything will work out.

I need to relax.

I don’t have any time anymore. I just keep repeating the same things over and over again. I am possibly loosing my mind.

Fubar 2010

Monday, June 14th, 2010

It took me a week, but I’ve finally got the highlights of our camping trip organized and ready to post!

You know how I’m notorious for posting a million pictures, well I really tried to pair it down this time…if you can believe it.

So…here are the highlights!

Jack and Lemonade

Sometimes husbands are very thoughtful. My husband is usually thoughtful only when it comes to booze. He knew how much I love the Jack and Lemonade they serve at Memphis Blue, and found this stuff at the Liquor store. Yay!

Dinner for 6

We always go gourmet when it comes to camping. Dinner for 6 – Flank Steak, Baked Potatoes, Caesar Salad, and all the fixings!

Chad & Ryan

There was some very interesting conversation that when around the camp site including a comparison of the male genitalia and the Canadian/US border.

Beer Pass

A photo ruined by a classic Beer Pass.

HEY

BEST FRIEND SHOT

Mike Pees

Every time Mike went to pee, Elise would throw rocks at him. She successfully hit him several times.

Its Raining

It started to rain Friday night so we had to adjust our seating.

Chad and Colin

Chad braved the rain with a home made water proof vest (garbage bag) and Colin brought out his Golf Umbrella.

Jerky Fight

Chad and I had a Beef Jerky Tug-O-War.

Dry Ass

Neil sat in his chair after it had rained for quite a bit and got his ass wet. The solution? Warm it by the fire.

Elise Amused

Elise was clearly not impressed by this.

Nice Face Steve

Dario made everyone Flaming Etna’s. Chad had a hard time getting it down so Neil had to help. You can clearly see how Steve felt about it.

Resist 2010

Pat resists 2010, Bitches.

The Burning of the Shoes

Chad left his shoes in the rain. Classic. He tried to warm them but ended up burning them.

Frozen Eggs

What happens when you have too much ice in the cooler? Frozen Eggs.

Steve and Tongs

Steve was too lazy to get a fork so he used tongs to eat his eggs. Ha.

KETCHUP!

Dario doesn’t believe in Ketchup. Well, maybe not ‘doesn’t believe’ but he doesn’t like it. Therefore, he does not have any in his house. Now, this poses a problem when friends come over for burgers and expect to find it. Solution – buy Dario Ketchup for when we come over!

Breakfast

What is the smartest thing to do when you are massively hung over? How about eat your most hated item of food! Thats what Neil did! Eggs and Baileys nom nom nom.

Breakfast

The Pouwel/Tyrrell McMuffin.

Dario taking pictures

The photographer emerges.

Nature

TREES

Neil Sleeping

Neil spent most of the day like this.

Hey Good Looking

No need for words.

Dario and Nyla

Dario and Nyla play.

Camp

CAMP

Neil Cooking

Neil and brunch

Holding Hands

Patz tent and our tent are holding hands. Awww.

Chad Sleeping

Ol’Man asleep in the daisies.

Daisies

Summer Toque.

The Making of Bacon Burgers

The boys played poker, but were too drunk to remember to put it away. Bad idea since it poured Saturday night.

1 ruined Poker Set.

The Making of Bacon Burgers

The making of the BACON burger. A dedicated post of this to come.

The Making of Bacon Burgers

70% Bacon

The Making of Bacon Burgers

Grill grill grill

Burger Passout

The Bacon Sleeps

Adam Tanning

Adam and Alicia show up and Adam immediately gets naked.

Beachy

Nice and hot down at the beach!

Adam

Adam naked again.

Squirrel!

SQUIRREL

Moving the Tent

The moving of A & As tent. Long story short – the rangers kept screwing us over and our second campsite was moved…3 times.

Mike Asleepy

Mike the hobo takes a nap.

Stick Ball

Stickball induces anger.

Stick Ball

The Resolution of Stickball.

Nothing More Sexy

One damn sexy couple. I think I see some nipple.

Elise

Elise got fish eye again.

Chad & Neil

Two best friends with a bet on who can out live who.

Jiffy Pop

Steve made the first successful Jiffy Pop I have ever seen.

Nyla

Nyla is hungry.

Darios Dinner

Darios Dinner

Ryan passed out

Ryan is passsssed out.

Burn the Chair

Someone thought it would be a good idea to burn a chair.

Smoke

You can blame us for global warming. Sorry Al.

Snort

Thank God for this toque.

FSJ

Most successful hat of the weekend goes to… The Fort Saint James LED hat! Woot Woot

THANKS MARLEE!

Family Photo FUBAR 2010

The Family Photo – minus Colin who would not get up.

Another successful camping trip.

Most of the quotes from this weekend are R rated, so they probably won’t go up on the blog. THANKS STEVE!

Want to see the rest of the photos? Click HERE.

Its Just Regular

Monday, June 7th, 2010

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Camping was a success.

We didn’t write down all the amazing one liners this time so I’m going to have to try to remember everything.

It rained 70% of the time, but that’s OK, we made it work.

Ranger Danger attempted to kick us out (apparently) on Friday night, but that didn’t happen.

They totally left us alone on Saturday night.

Mike and Anthea had to relocate their tent 3 times.

The park rangers tried to screw us over, and Pat almost lost is Crown Royal and Apple juice shit on them, but we prevented it.

Stick Ball has never had so many rules before.

All 300ish pictures have been uploaded to Flickr, and no, I won’t post them all on here.

It’s going to take a while to recover from this weekend.

The Birth of a BBQ

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

And now for my male readers…an over load of BBQ and Meat pictures!

The New BBQ
The New BBQ
The New BBQ

This is Darios pride and joy. A brand new Baby Webber.

ME
The New BBQ
The New BBQ

Oh the proud Papa!

The New BBQ
The New BBQ

Dario invited us over for the christening of his new BBQ and to start of the BBQ season. Chad and I were asked to be Godparents. We graciously accepted.

Chad Watching
Backyard
Backyard

The men talked specs while I admired the back yard. I want a gaaaaarden.

Meat on the Grill
Meat on the Grill

And MEAT touches the GRILL!

Meat on the Grill
DINNER

Pork Loin, Flank Steak, and Veggie Kabobs.

Table Set

Table for 3 please.

Cutting it Up
Hey

Hello Giant Bang Head.

Dinner!
Veggies
Pork Loin
Flank Steak
Salad and Bread

FOOOOOOOOD.

PAT
Pat
On the Computer

Webcamming it with Mr. Jew. Yes, we miss him that much. We watched the hockey game together.

Chad & Dario
Sleepy
Chad & Dario

Then Dario and I fell asleep on the couch while Chad talked to himself. Classic.

It was an excellent first BBQ at Mr. Perizzolos. That machine is a beauty, even for a girl who knows nothing about BBQs.

I love BBQs not only because meat and fire taste good, but it’s one less thing I have to do in the kitchen!

A Jewish Birthday

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Saturday was a full impact day that started off with me discovering my car had been keyed. Yaya! I get to spend $300 for no reason!!!

I then went and picked up Pat from Dario’s house, where they were trying to figure out how to hook up the Nintendo.

It’s hard to seperate lovers when they don’t see each other often.

Playing Nintendo
Playing Nintendo

Pat wanted to go down to this Roller Derby sale in Vancouver. He had informed me that it was near Terminal so the plan was to take the sky train to Main Street and then walk from there. Thank God I was feeling lazy and decided to drive instead because we drove around for half an hour trying to find the place, which according to Google Maps on Pats pohone was in the middle of train tracks, only to realized that the place was actually a block away from my work. SRSLY PATRICK! If only he had given me the actual address ahead of time it would have taken me 20 minutes to get there! Oddly enough I drive by this place every day after work and have thought to myself many times that I should tell Pat about it, but never put two and two together.

Roller Girl Line Up
Roller Girl Line Up
Roller Girl Line Up

Roller Derby crowds are always very interesting. We were talking to one girl who laughed and said, “I’m in roller derby, but do I look like a freak? I don’t understand why people dress so wacky for this”. I agree. There was your mix of Punks, and Goths, and 40 year old women in hooker boots on a leash. You know, the usual.

We had to wait in line for an hour because the store is small and they only let so many people in at once. I didn’t buy anything but Pat got some wheels and stoppers.

I then had the brilliant idea of going to Memphis Blues for lunch.

Lemon Soda
Pulled Pork Sammich
PZAPH

Pulled Pork for me and Brisket for Pat. Nom nom nom.

Dinner Time at Casa Ciavarro
Onion Dish & Caesar Salad

I promised Pat a Pork and Bacon filled dinner, something ever Jew wishes for on their Birthday. I then realized after dinner that I forgot to put bacon in two of the dishes. Ha. Woops.

I was in a mad rush as usual.

I made…

Sweet Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin
Hand Cut Shoe String Fries with Lemon Salt
Onion Gratin with Creme Fraiche and Cheese
Caesar Salad

The shoe string fries took forever to deep fry. Everything else was ready to go but we had to wait for the damn fries.

I was actually surprised at how well the Onion Gratin turned out since I have never made a recipe that used onion as the main ingredient. Everyone thought it was really good which I was thankful for!

Dinner Time at Casa Ciavarro
Dinner Time at Casa Ciavarro
Dinner Time at Casa Ciavarro

A nice little triple date.

The Flaming Etna
The Flaming Etna

Pat and Dario then shared their newly discovered shot with us; The Flaming Etna. Half Fire Ball half Sambuca.

It was actually really tasty!

Jew Boy 2
Boys

Off to the Cambie for the usual Patrick Zaph Party Adventures.

We sat on the Patio for the first bit because it wasn’t too cold, but we then had to move to the inside as we froze our butts off.

Cambie Patio
Cambie Patio
Cambie Patio
Cambie Inside
Sly Looks
Yi Hong & Pat
Laughing
Friends

That’s the truth.

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I finally let my mark at the Cambie.

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Peace
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The Pat Zaph Trio

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Hair Toss 3
Pat
Ryan
Table 1
Hi new friend!

I made a new friend.

Jammer 2
Chad
Pat
Dario
Dance Chad

It was a good night until Elise went to the bathroom and discovered two people in the stall beside her were having sex. She was mortified and sat at the table in shock for the rest of the night. We all found it pretty hilarious, though, if I were in her position, I probably would have been totally disgusted.

Pat left on Sunday and we weren’t going to see him so we said good bye that night.

Another amazing weekend!

Until next time my little Jewish friend.

We miss you like you will never understand. Things are only normal when you are here.

The House is Toasty

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Friday Night Housewarming Party at Mr. Perizzolos!

The big joke was going to be if Dario was actually going to put the heat on in the house, or if he was expecting all of us to warm it for him.

I received at txt from Shaz at 7 that said it was freezing cold, so clearly he hadn’t turned the heat on!

The night turned into a scotch fest, greasy food, singing and dance party.

Self Explanitory
Puke Target

Dario set up a specialty Puke Station for Chad. Thankfully, it was never used.

Dario & Pat

Hey LOOK! It’s our Jewish friend Pat!

Hanging Out
Champions

Chad is not included in the group of Champions.

Darios Bag of Sugar

We found out that night that Dario had become the proud parent of a 10 pound bag of sugar.

The Proud Papa

He is a natural born father.

Chad Practicing

Chad thought he would take a turn holding the Baby.

Burp the Baby

Dario then prepares him for burping.

Burp the Baby

Burp the Baby.

Checking out the Temp.

People were constantly making sure the heat was set to the right temperature.

Singing

Oh no. They have already started.

Brass Knuckles + Taser = Blast Knuckles

I’m sorry. Whats this? Brass Knuckles plus a Tazer??? Is that really necessary?

Chad, Ryan, Pat

We attempted to Curl using rolly chairs. Didn’t work that well.

The Ryan Warner

Pat practicing his best ‘Ryan Warner’.

Scotchy

Chad bought Dario a bottle of Scotch as a housewarming gift.

Chad and Pat

I think I see Chad singing.

Dance Party
Dance Party

This is clearly when we all started to loose our minds.

CC

Old Man Ciavarro had to sit down for a bit.

Dance Party

Pat and I were givin it hard.

Rapper

This is what I look like when I am rapping.

Dance Party

Uh oh. Is Chad going to dance now?

Patrick
Dance Party
Dance Party

Pat is VERY excited.

Dance Party

Chad is obviously very embarrassed.

Singing Party
Singing Party
Singing Party

Dario and Pat did some pretty amazing harmonizing as well. We all agreed that it was the best they had ever sounded.

Midnight Potato Skins

We decided to have a 12:01 meat party. Unfortunately there were only 6 of us left, and a lot of meat to eat.

Chad chose potato skins. They looked neuclear.

Getting Lazy
Chow Down

Right after this picture was taken I fell asleep on the couch. Literally.

All the dancing and singing wore me out.

It was a good party. The start of many parties. Darios house is a good party house, I can already tell. All he needs is to get the big screen working.

I’m calling it. Next weekend hockey game is at Darios!