Making Christmas Toffee

Other possible titles:

Sugar and Steel - A Study in Adhesion

Directions and the Need for Both Completion and Comprehension

Spousal Advice - Not Just a Suggestion

and finally;

Candy Making - You Know You Can Just Go Buy It, Right?


Possible photos to follow, depending on taste and cost of kitchen utensil replacement.

Scenes from a mall

Last night we ventured out of the +15 and onto the streets of Calgary in search of dinner. There is an area of streets that are closed off in the evening to create an open mall of sorts where most of the bars and restaurants are. The lights here are fantastic and my photos don't really do them justice. In the above photo you can see towards the top that there are vertical silver fixtures that have blueish lights that start at the top and move down at intermittent times. I think this is supposed to appear to be snow.



I was not able to get a picture of it, but I can say with some certainty that drunk people and ice do not mix.

+15 in - 5

In Calgary you can get around town by using the "+15" which is a walkway above the streets that connects most of the larger buildings in the downtown area.

From Regina to Saskatoon

Let me apologize up front for all the really bad out the window airplane photos with a cell phone. I just have to work with what I got.



I spent about 32 minutes in Salt Lake City running from one gate to another and that's all I have to say about that.





It was -13 degrees Fahrenheit this evening, but I'm told it is a dry cold.

PS - Tim Horton's puts mushrooms in their chilli.

One month later

This weekend I flew out to Phoenix to attend a color management conference. Four days of geeks discussing GCR, gamuts and gray balance... sometimes after an open bar.



This is the view from my balcony. It does not do justice to the view. Very, very nice.