Good evening dudsons,
I went on a field trip today to Granville Island. We bused there ourselves, and I must admit I was really nervous that we would get lost. But we still made it! It was really sad that it was raining, and my shoes were on wet!
When we got there we went to meet our teacher at the theater place for the Writer's Festival. It was still early, so we went to the public market to buy coffee and hot chocolate. We roamed around and we found a quaint little coffee shop called Petit Ami. Considering the hot chocolate was pretty expensive, Bobo, Amy, and I thought it would be good. It disappointed me deeply. The hot chocolate was really sweet and I mean really. It was so sweet that it burned my throat and I had to give the rest to my friends. I did add a little cocoa powder, but I don't think it would make much of a difference. I'm not sure about the coffee, but I know that the hot chocolate is the worst I have ever tasted.
We returned to the Performance Works theater and went in to the 'Secrets and Lies' writer's speech, featuring Mariko Tamaki, Marthe Jocelyn, and Robert Paul Weston. I never read their books though, but the books seem to be pretty interesting. The performance was good, but towards the end, the dark environment of the theater made me drowsy.
Afterwards, it was lunch! My favourite part of the day. I went to A La Mode to buy the clam chowder pot pie, which cost around ten bucks, It was totally worth it though. I even convinced Amy to buy one and she also agreed that it was delicious. It has a flaky crust which you can eat separately or with the soup. There are a lot of clams and ingredients and the hot soup just warms me up after a chilly day. Even though it is not incredibly big, it is very filling. I stuffed myself and even left some for Sab to eat. This is the to-go place for pot pies!
Soon, lunch was over and we met up with my applied skills teacher. We were going to do a scavenger hunt! He gave a list of words and we had to find something that represents it or is it all over the island. Some of the things Sab and I didn't quite get, but I guess it's okay. after one-and-a-half hour of searching we were done and headed for home. The scavenger hunt was fun, but it was raining, making it difficult to navigate around.
We went on the bus and stopped at Broadway. We went to the Spirits Halloween store and that place scared the poop out of me! There was this sign that said step here, but being the stupid person I am I stood there and a huge pumpkin thing jumped out at me. I was so scared, but Sab and Amy just kept laughing at me. "The best friends ever". Anyway we bought the rubber hand and it was hefty $16.80 just for a piece of latex and plastic. I don't like this Spirit store; it's horrible.
Speaking of the brain game project, we plan to do it in our community, so we don't have to bring chairs and tables to downtown. This will be much easier and more efficient. I heard it's going to rain, so I'm not sure if people would come sit in the rain just to help us do our project, Why are projects so frustrating?!
It's thursday again! I will tell you something special about October 23rd. It's the 296th day of the year and the beginning of the Great Depression in 1926. Stock prices have a steady decline and the New York Stock Exchange are showing signs of panic. This day marks a dark period for the whole world.
--Cyndi Forrrest
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