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Feb. 8th, 2009 02:58 pmWas it very wrong of me to have a grilled cheese sandwich on cheese bread for breakfast this morning? Nah, didn't think so. It was yummy.
I've been immersed in the Halifax Explosion today, converting a tape to digital containing documentaries and a two part fictionalized mini series called The Shattered City. Not all of it was based on truth, of course, such as the German sabotage conspiracy and a few other over-dramatic exaggerations and plot devices that they yonked into it for the storytelling but the basics are true. Two ships, one containing explosives, collide in the harbour. Munitions ship catches fire and blows sky high. Pretty good special effects in the mini series and it's fun to see which real locations they used for filming. I rather think they used the waterfront area of a town like Lunenburg for the waterfront of Halifax, because it's still got wooden buildings and warehouses. (looked it up. Yep. they used Lunenburg) They incorporated some of the true stories such as the baby found in an ashcan. She was nicknamed Ashcan Annie and she grew to the advanced age of 90. Funny, too, while googling to find out about her, it turns out comedienne Joan Rivers blogged about it (third post down) after she was here a year and a bit ago. She toured around the city and found out a lot about the history and wrote about it! That's quite interesting! I think the documentaries are both quite good, one called Legacy and one called City in Ruins. I might even put them on a dvd for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gramie_dee's dad for Christmas. I think he'd enjoy it.
Nice and mild out today, a bit rainy which is ok, to get rid of some of the snow, make room for more! I went out to get a few groceries and am going to make Singapore Noodles later on.
Pretty much everything is booked for the trip now, i booked the rental car the other day so there's only two train journeys to worry about. The one between Amsterdam and Brussels i think we'll just get when we get to Amsterdam. I've got an alert set up so i'll know when the tickets for London to Manchester are released (thankszoo_music_girl). We'll be in London from Friday eveing, May 8 and on Saturday all day as well. I do hope it works out that we can see some of you!
I've been immersed in the Halifax Explosion today, converting a tape to digital containing documentaries and a two part fictionalized mini series called The Shattered City. Not all of it was based on truth, of course, such as the German sabotage conspiracy and a few other over-dramatic exaggerations and plot devices that they yonked into it for the storytelling but the basics are true. Two ships, one containing explosives, collide in the harbour. Munitions ship catches fire and blows sky high. Pretty good special effects in the mini series and it's fun to see which real locations they used for filming. I rather think they used the waterfront area of a town like Lunenburg for the waterfront of Halifax, because it's still got wooden buildings and warehouses. (looked it up. Yep. they used Lunenburg) They incorporated some of the true stories such as the baby found in an ashcan. She was nicknamed Ashcan Annie and she grew to the advanced age of 90. Funny, too, while googling to find out about her, it turns out comedienne Joan Rivers blogged about it (third post down) after she was here a year and a bit ago. She toured around the city and found out a lot about the history and wrote about it! That's quite interesting! I think the documentaries are both quite good, one called Legacy and one called City in Ruins. I might even put them on a dvd for
gramie_dee's dad for Christmas. I think he'd enjoy it. Nice and mild out today, a bit rainy which is ok, to get rid of some of the snow, make room for more! I went out to get a few groceries and am going to make Singapore Noodles later on.
Pretty much everything is booked for the trip now, i booked the rental car the other day so there's only two train journeys to worry about. The one between Amsterdam and Brussels i think we'll just get when we get to Amsterdam. I've got an alert set up so i'll know when the tickets for London to Manchester are released (thanks
zoo_music_girl). We'll be in London from Friday eveing, May 8 and on Saturday all day as well. I do hope it works out that we can see some of you!
