when i'm not working at the Green Building Council, i'm busy with 2 summer classes @ schulich and serving on the executive team of the Graduate Business Council, the other GBC in my life. this leaves little time for taking advantage of the TO-summertime-festivities (patios, anyone?) but i've managed to get in some uniquely canadian experiences.
about 2 weeks ago, we headed up north to Marshall's (best friend extraordinaire/GBC athletics guru) family cottage for a GBC executive work retreat. now, in the States, we don't have "cottages" - instead there are Tahoe cabins and summer shares/houses in the Hamptons. i couldn't help but picture a quaint little log cottage decked out in Laura Ashley florals, complete with questionable water source, and an outhouse in the back. but, i was wrong! it was a lovely blue house (fitting for the Blue clan), massive enough to fit 11 of us and equipped with the key features necessary to make a retreat: bbq, ping pong table for beer pong and flip cup tournaments, a yard big enough to play some German beer game (pictured), and of course, the splendid lake just across the street. After a hard day of work, the ladies headed to the lake - even though it was so foggy that you couldn't see where the lake fog ended and lake began - it was as serene as ever, and a much needed escape.
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