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One Hell of a Great Party at Saxony House

Emme — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:07:09 +0000

Apologies about my singing in this vid from last night, but I couldn’t help myself. I was having such a great time!

Here’s the usual schedule at Saxony House:

12 – 6 pm Saxon Food & the Olympics on the Tele
6 pm – 11 pm Saxon Grub (kitchen closes at 10 pm), Live Folk & Rock Band & Saxon Films
11 pm – 2 am Saxon DJ Club Dance Party

Fun at the Saxony House

Mario the Intern — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:03:41 +0000

Hidden in the bushes of Stanley Park, overlooking the city at the beautiful Vancouver Rowing club, lies the Saxony House, a house that really offers it all. We got in at 6:30 and I had one of the best sausages I have ever had. They sell the idea of true German food by saying: “have some German mustard kid” every time you get a hot dog (‘hot dog’!!!! Ack!!!! It’s a German Sausage Mario!! Don’t let the Saxon’s hear you calling it a hot dog. Darn American schools – emme), and at that moment you feel like you’re following an order more than a suggestion because of the thick accent, but you don’t care, because the mustard is really fantastic. Now I’m not a food critic because all of my reviews would be something in the range of: “this food was delicious” to “this food was good”, I am writing here to talk about the fun you will have if you go to the Saxony House.

Saxony House during the day by Ariene Colenbrander

At the start of the night you have folk music and everyone is having the time of their lives as they drink the really good (but no so cheap) beer. People dance and root for any German or Canadian participating in the events on screen (I think the German only root for the Canadians because they feel guilty for being more fun than them, and the Canadians for drinking their delicious beer) and when the events are over (which happens around 7:30) a really fun folk dance group sings traditional Saxony music and even songs they made up for the Olympics. As people get drunker the fun only increments and by 1030, the real fun begins.

The Saxony house has brought a DJ that is really good, he mixes songs like no ones business, and the transitions from one song to the other are almost perfect. I say “real fun” because here the atmosphere is a much younger one (after 10 I am thinking the average age lowered to around 28) and everyone is having young fun dancing to techno beats and Kid Cudi. I recommend everyone to get there, although get there early and bring a lot of money as you will be drinking a lot, but after 8 the line is just insane. It is actually a lot of fun, and you can actually learn about Saxony while being there, everyone is so nice as well. Did you guys know that Audi was invented in Saxony? I didn’t.

By the way guys, for Valentine’s day I’m going here: The Chinese Benevolent Association as it is also Chinese new years! I’ll be writing more about it tomorrow, but in this sunny day, I recommend it! Later on today I’ll also be watching either the German movie about WW1 “The white ribbon” or the chick flick “Valentine’s day”. I would rather see the WW1 movie to tell you the truth, but the other is about love and stuff. And what guy can say no to a movie with Jessica Alba?

Dolling Up to Kick Off the Party at Saxony

Emme — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:26:36 +0000

Really looking forward to the Official Opening of Saxony House Tonight and absolutely loving the song that they’ve created for Vancouver 2010:

With the Saxony folk and rock band, De Erbschleicher, Saxon Films, and a Saxon DJ and a Saxon Chef, I think this House is going to be a fantastic cultural experience!

More tomorrow ….

Swiss Miss

Emme — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:53:09 +0000

I’ve always had a fondness for the Swiss, thanks to Stefan and his serenades. Well … that fondness only grew yesterday after attending the opening of Maison de la Suisse.

Maison de la Suisse at Bridges on Granville Island

Very quickly I came to the realization that Switzerland is a Nation that has a fondness for many of the same thing as me – good cheese, chocolate, sausage, wine and views. And best of all, they shared this with those of us that joined them for the Opening. One Swiss gentleman, even let me bite into his schnitzel. Nom, nom, nom nom …

A View from Switzerland

Never fear if you missed it yesterday, they are open for the public from now until February 28th, daily from 8 am – 1 am. Here’s what you can expect if you visit:

Different yummy samples each day of cheese, chocolates, coffee, biscuits, and ricola.
St. Moritz Musicians daily at 2, 5, 8 and 10 pm.
Commercial Free Live Broadcast of the Games.
A great view!

Click here for their full schedule for Vancouver and Whistler. And a few dates to mark on the calendar:

Swiss Day Vancouver today 3 – 7 pm
Kids Story Time with Globi in Vancouver Wed Feb 10, 10 – 11:30 am & 2 – 3:30 pm
Kids Story Time with Globi in Whistler Thurs Feb 11, 10 – 11:30 am & 2 – 3:30 pm

Kisses,

Emme xoxo