Saturday Night Fever!

Started the evening out in the company of Julio Fernandez Torrejon, Consul General of Spain at the Fiesta de Andalucia. A far cry from Seville at feriatime but pleasurable nonetheless. Fresh from a post in Vienna, and in the T.dot since August, Torrejon represents the interest of the 3800 Spaniards that encompass his jurisdiction from Ottawa to Vancouver. Julio and I chatted amicably over a lovely dinner of empanadas, pinchos morunos, and seafood paella preceded by flamenco and gitaneo. Antonio and I chuckled silently when we were introduced as Mr. and Mrs. Lucas Wines (pronounced Weens) to the crowd of 300 Andalusian expats.

We skipped out after dessert to hit the Orbit Room in celebartion of the 40th anniversary of our good friend Daryl's birth. Founded by Rush guitartist Alex Lifeson in 1994, The Orbit grooved it large with special guests, the A Team and their stew of phenomenal 70s disco, funky, and R&B. We donned Tshirts of Daryl dressed to the 9s in a brown 3 piece suit for his first school dance in 1980, got jiggedy with former House Speaker and Minister of Environment and Energy Chris Stockwell and 2 drag queens, and slurped scotch and sodas until 4am.