{"id":1546,"date":"2010-10-31T22:23:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T03:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghostlysubstance.swgbex.com\/Blog\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2010-11-01T13:28:05","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T18:28:05","slug":"happy-white-not-so-halloween-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/?p=1546","title":{"rendered":"Happy white (not so) Halloween night!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Autumn is quickly shifting into it’s final messy period. Plants are dieing, going into winter-mode, or simply letting go of their leaves. The winds are also picking up causing quite a bunch of leaves to be blown about. Anybody have a kite? It also decided to snow 5 cm<\/a> the night before Halloween.<\/p>\n

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Happy White Halloween! <\/strong><\/p>\n

October 28th was more of a summer weather while October 31st NEARLY turned into a White Halloween. Had about 5 cm<\/a> of snow fall over the Ottawa area after about 5 pm.\u00c2\u00a0 The Twitter – #Ottawa – was swiftly flooded with “yuck!”, “eew!”, “Ugly Ottawa snow”, “learn to drive you stupid drivers! Pull over and let us drive!!”, and many more amusing comments. In short, I had a nice long laugh.<\/p>\n

I was highly amused by both the snowfall and the twitter feed. I wonder what the feed will be like when we actually get hit by a real 30 inches of snow type snowstorm – *ponders heavily*.<\/p>\n

Oh, right! I was supposed to show you Halloween related materials. I asked people if there were any and kept getting the same answer – “Nope, haven’t seen many around this year.” I also went around various neighborhoods and popular areas in an attempt to find decorated Halloween homes. I didn’t see much. Why? Wanted to share the goodies of Halloween in Ottawa, that’s all.<\/p>\n

– Sidenote: <\/em><\/strong>Saw an out-of-service bus with a “Merry Christmas” sign on it,\u00c2\u00a0supposedly\u00c2\u00a0for the snowfall lol.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Happy Halloween 2008 (My novice photography skills at work)<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/?p=169<\/a><\/p>\n

– T&T Supermarket (Opens up around Halloween – 2009)<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/?p=422<\/a><\/p>\n

– Halloween Highlights – (2009)<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/?p=428<\/a><\/p>\n

– Trick or Treat! – Halloween – Figma & Shinki Special -\u00c2\u00a0 (2010)<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/?p=1540<\/a><\/p>\n

– Trick or Treat! – Halloween – Chocolates! – (2010)<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/?p=1549<\/a><\/p>\n

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Little Italy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Also wanted to check out the new statues.<\/p>\n

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And of course, I thought I’d try out some more Japanese meals while checking out the 15 new statues on Preston Street.<\/p>\n

For those wondering about the female figure – She’s Kohiru (Chopstick themed), It’s only natural I photo-shoot her amongst Japanese food. She is basically at home in any Japanese themed restaurant. What about the other restaurants? Shinki Merienda – Type Spoon<\/a> – would work for that, though I don’t have her.<\/p>\n

– Miso Soup +Tea<\/strong> – Kohiru seeking attention while getting blinded by the sun.<\/em><\/p>\n

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– Seafood Udon + Tea<\/strong> – Kohiru assisting with Chili Pepper sprinkling – The peppers\u00c2\u00a0 giving the udon a nice kick.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Salmon Teriyaki – <\/strong>Miso Soup, Salmon with bean sproutes, and Miso Soup.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sake – Sho Chiku Classic<\/strong> – I’m glad I actually got to try some nice warm Sake on Eve of Halloween. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Had Kohiru dress up for Halloween. If I’m not, someone has to.\u00c2\u00a0 I still need to get one for the Anime conventions. It ain’t much of a costume, but one meant for Figmas…<\/p>\n

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Downtown Ottawa:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thought I’d try exploring the downtown area for any random happenings. I did find a few interesting bits, but I wasn’t able to take images of it over a certain situation. I saw people dressed up as foxes and Dracula walking down along Bank Street while popping in and out of random stores. There was a person with a simple fox tail, a fox\u00c2\u00a0 geared up in Robin Hood attire, and some other individuals that I couldn’t make out from the suddenness.<\/p>\n

I’ve seen you guys during Canada day as well hanging around the Information Center.<\/p>\n

I’ve also noticed random Gothic-clown like individuals roaming around various streets and a kid in animal costumes standing next to the mother at a bus stop. Not much to see in a casual area.<\/p>\n

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The new Convention center – Currently under-construction. This is also what I meant when I said “white” in the blog title (bottom right corner).<\/p>\n

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Tried to get a bit “artistic” with my image.<\/p>\n

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Anybody want Pumpkins? Got a few that are still perfectly fine in the cold.<\/p>\n

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Ah! Beaver Tails! I’ll wait for the real snow fall to munch on some more crispy tails. I’m glad they decided to show their Halloween spirit, as little as it was.<\/p>\n

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More Canadian Pride!<\/p>\n

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I took this picture for the snowy mountain view (far back in the image) of Gatineau-Hull. Since the pancake lens can’t zoom I had to fill the image with something else as well.<\/p>\n

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Tried to get a bit artistic on the tree image with the Canadian flag and snow. Do you like the left or the right? It as one?<\/p>\n

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Snowman on the Hill!<\/p>\n

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Chinese Arch:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Chinese Arch is finally complete (for awhile now) for Ottawa’s China town. I didn’t see a single tourist snapping images, still too new? Whatever the case, it looks nice.<\/p>\n

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Ah! One of those parking meters ended up getting chilly and got itself a scarf, HA! Going to try some bad joke\/puns:<\/p>\n

– A chili meter (chili pepper?)
\n– A chilly meter (cold)
\n– A meter from Chili? (nation)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Above: Got a better pun for the Parking meter? I know I failed it.<\/p>\n

Below: And nice art! Mmmmmmm, Fish!<\/p>\n

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And the little sprinkle of Halloween spirit that I noticed this year – 2010 – <\/strong>H<\/span>app<\/span>y Wh<\/span>it<\/span>e H<\/span>all<\/span>owee<\/span>n! <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Random:<\/strong> Finally took a better image of this “Little Italy” arch. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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H<\/span>app<\/span>y<\/span> Wh<\/span>ite<\/span> Ha<\/span>llowee<\/span>n! <\/strong><\/p>\n

– Pardon the randomness of it all as I tried to improvise on Halloween related material.<\/em><\/p>\n

I hope you had fun trick-or-treating, drinking at a party, playing H-games, smoking, stealing candy, giving out candy, playing games, dating, scaring people, pick pocketing tourists, drinking yourself asleep, egging homes, cursing in people’s faces, or whatever else you people might of done a day (or many) ago :P.<\/p>\n

Peace!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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