Party till we get kicked out

I held a welcome-back party for the department's grad students (yes, I sent the invitation out on the listserv) last Friday. It was my first big party, and was in fact so big that the manager received "several noise complaints" by 11:30 (p.m.! on a Friday night!) and everyone had to leave. So we took the party to a nearby dive-y bar (ah, the Garneau, how I won't miss you).

Among the highlights was Christopher dancing on two folding chairs (I guess the coffee table wasn't good enough) and people laughing at/admiring my Jane Austen action figure. One bonus of getting shut down: all the leftover beer in my fridge. I'll take the 1516 and the Steamwhistle, but I'm giving back the Budweiser and the Black Cherry Smirnoff Ice.

Pictures here. Yes, it was as much fun as it looked. Thanks to Anna, who was visiting, for taking most of the photos.