Saturday 16 July 2011 Cruising Halifax

I drop DC off at Frances's place where they will spend the next two days deciding what to do with F's memorabilia, with Frank's books, with all the bits of lives lived in this apartment. I do a Dragon's Breath visit to the Saturday market, then I use GPS to find the Renovators' Resource which is in an old Irish area (ie run-down?), meet the two owners who are ex-Toronto people who've become Haligonians, then cross over to Dartmouth to Happy Harrys and Home Depot where I wander through acres of shelves looking for someone who knows something more than I do about all this construction material... Sorry, "associates" who know more... Then back to Janet's for a break, then on to Frances to hear the heartbreak of having to decide what to leave in the recycling, what to abandon on the beach... To visit Frank who is once again very happy with the visit, and on to MIX, a very good restaurant on Barrington. A great pint of McAuslan Cream Ale, a bottle of Argentinian Torrontes with its fruity taste, a cheese plate hors d'ouevre followed by beef, tastes of fish and sushi, good bread and good desserts. Altogether a great day not working.. Meanwhile back in Cape Breton the MB enrolls Janet and Wayne installing joists and drinking homebrew... Life is hard at the Cape.