Aug 3, 2025
I love this country! 🇨🇦
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I love this country! 🇨🇦
Also laughing at how Peter Mansbridge played the moose news anchor, that was really cute lol
CANADA WON!!!!! THEY ACTUALLY WON! I FINALLY found a place to watch the game and watched the last 10 minutes in OT and the Shootout. I was so nervous and can't imagine what it would have been like if I had actually been at the game, if we had lost while I was at the game I would have died right there on the spot!!!!! So glad I was able to watch the last 10 minutes and that I got to see Canada win!!!
I watched Orphan Black on the plane
So I've just come off my plane and Orphan Black was in list of tv shows I could watch
GO CANADA
Osheaga: Day Two
A good rule of thumb for a music festival is to pace yourself. This often means you have to miss a lot of the early bands that you wanted to catch (for example, in our case, MNDR, Wild Belle, and - gasp - Jessie Ware (well, not really). But there is still plenty of music to be had. So here we go, off to day two ...
After Frank Ocean AND Miguel both canceled, Saturday's lineup was a little weak sauce. But there were still a handful of big names we were excited about. We got there nice and late, just in time for the Soul Clap set.
They weren't high on our list, so we hit up our fave spot. You know where.
Seriously, this was our jam. We memorialized it with selfies.
See!
The first big act we wanted to catch on Saturday was Tegan & Sara. I couldn't figure out if they were friends or lovers.
It turns out they're sisters.
Sunshine. Live Music. And Canadians. Does it get any better?
They played a good set and even though I didn't know all of their songs, I was stoked we saw them.
Like I said in the last post, the crowds build on Saturday.
Don't judge. It's all part of the fest life.
Midway through Tegan & Sara we got the call from JPatt. I couldn't hear anything he was saying, but I was pretty sure he was telling us to meet them to the right of the electro stage.
I was right!!!! So let me digress for a second to tell you how we came to know JPatt.
Breezy and I are law school bffs.
Breezy went to undergrad with Dan Harrow. They held hands.
Dan's brother is Alex Harrow.
Alex went to high school with James Patterson.
James Patterson (aka Mr. JPatt) is one half of The Knocks. The Knocks are #3 on Vibe's 30 DJs to Watch in 2013 list. Ben "B-Roc" Ruttner is the other half of The Knocks. Alex is now their tour manager.
Whew that was a mouthful. Anyhoo, JPatt loves this Canadian DJ quartet, Azari & III (pronounced Azari & Third).
After hearing them spin, we became HUGE fans too. These guys know how to bring down the house.
Okay pause for a photo with JPatt. Disclaimer: There will be many more.
Fests are all about making friends. This is "Classy Cait" and her boyfriend Matthew. They were from Toronto and completely reaffirmed our theory that Candians are The. Nicest. People. On. Earth.
#goodpeople
This is Caitlin's buddy Lauren & her bf. Again, more good peepz.
The weather forecasts all called for thunderstorms, but two days in and we had nothing but light clouds and sunshiny skies!!
We had a great view of the Molson factory just across the way.
Good thing I gave you that disclaimer about all the JPatt pics huh.
Caitlin said that everyone THINKS this is the Canadian maple leaf, but it's actually not. I forget the rest of the story, but I thought it was a funny pic.
#yeahcanada
I've said it before, I'll say it again. I LOVE the people I meet when traveling.
Stuck around for Bonobo a little bit. It was nice to hear his live set, which was pretty upbeat. I generally think of his music as something I want to hear when I'm laying on the couch or doing yoga. (Not that I actually do yoga).
If the bench was our spot, under this tree was our backup spot.
It was rough to pull ourselves away from the electro stage, but hey - we needed to get to Macklemore!! Classy Cait ditched her friends & boyfriends to roll with the girls from Hawaii!
Okay the fest attire was a little more ... festive ... the second day!
See what I mean!
It was a trip to see the cigarette advertising in Canada. It's been so long that these sort of cigarette ads have been outlawed in America that it caught us off guard!
We did NOT envy this guy.
We moseyed over to the main stage for Macklemore and caught the last half of Imagine Dragons.
Who would have thought this guy sings "It's Time" ???
For you, Breezy.
And then. Macklemore!!!
Needless to say, we were stoked.
We didn't try to maneuver our way to the front for Macklemore, considering we had already seen him front and center twice this year.
I was front row for his sold out New Year's Eve concert at The Republik.
And even closer than that when my friend Jim hooked me up with VIP tickets to his Microsoft Grand Opening concert at Kaka'ako.
So yeah, we were okay with our midway view and the jumbo tron!
One of my fave parts about festivals is when artists bring other artists up for one-of-a-kind collabos. In this case, Macklemore brought up Tegan & Sara to sing the hook on "Same Love."
It was the first time ever, and it was pretty special.
This shot is also for Breezy, who loves that flag guy.
After Macklemore we caught the oddest headliner of a 2013 festival, Beck. Not sure I'd call him spectacular, but we were dancing.
And as a little secret bonus, fireworks went off above the island.
Yes Osheaga, you've sealed a spot in my heart forever.
After Day 2, we made a b-line for the metro, which in spite of the crowd, was really, REALLY well organized.
But it didn't end there. Don't think we didn't run the Deep Afters w/JPatt.
We only made about 4 or 5 different stops on our way to our final destination.
Met up with some more of his friends.
He took us backstage at one of the venues.
We danced a bit.
Went to this secret spot.
And finally ended up at this super secret location in the Mile End, where JPatt and the boys from Azari & III spinned deep house music into the wee, wee hours of the morning.
Wish I could tell you more, but my captions end where the photos trail off. Day Three (the last one) coming soon!!!
