Erik
Had lunch with Erik and Ricardo today. We WERE supposed to go to Wasabi for sushi, but it wasnt open at 1pm so we then tried a bistro down the street, which also wasnt open and then we went over to Stellas, which was open but very busy. Our last choice was a nice place, which I had not been to until today, A local dessert place called "Baked Expectations". The place does have other things on its menu, such as burgers and beer and pasta and breakfast stuff, so we ate and drank there for about 3 hours, just sitting and chatting.
I met Erik about 4 years ago when he brought a show to the Winnipeg Fringe Festival and to my venue (4 - The Planetarium). He seemed a little worried about his show and how well he was going to do, so, being a nice guy, I assured him his show would do well and that it was no big deal. He did an awsome show and all the people who came to see it, were very happy with what they saw.
Erik is a story teller of tremendous talent. He primarily tells african folk tales and fairly tales, which he does with amazing talent, but this year he told a great story about the erotic memoirs of St. Gilles. The show was tremendous as always.
Over the past couple of summers, Erik and I have become fast friends and I always look forward to him coming to the Fringe. Thusly I was immensely happy and completely surprised when a couple of days ago, he phones me out of the blue and says he is in town! OMG! I couldnt beleive it. So we made tentitive plans to get together and today we did that!
Tuesday we are doing dinner at Nikos restraunt near here and then coffee here at the apartment. I am looking forward to it.
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