Dig a hole to China

Gung Ho Fat Choy! Today we went to China… well Chinatown - but it is the oldest in Canada - to celebrate Chinese New Year and welcome the Year of the Boar. Unfortunately we would have had to dig a hole through the crowd to see the lion dance, but we could hear the drums beating and firecrackers going off and eventually saw the tops of the lions' heads float by as they departed. Oh well. Chinatown was very festive with businesses hanging offerings of lettuce and lai-cee (red envelopes filled with money) for the lions in hopes of having their business blessed with prosperity. The plan was to follow the parade up with dim sum for lunch, but as you can imagine the wait was too long so we opted for the next best thing… sushi. So, our trip to celebrate Chinese culture was a bit of a bust, but perhaps we’ll have a salad for dinner and hope that 2007 is a year filled with prosperity... or at least good health. You gotta think those lions are pretty healthy if all they eat is lettuce. Personally I'd go for the fortune cookies.