beeritas, pizza and friends

We had some friends over for a slightly belated birthday get together tonight. Had a fun time shooting the breeze with Greg, Tom, Brett, Megan, Phil, Penny and Michele. It was good to kick back, relax and laugh...a lot. We watched a very special holiday video. A video that I plan to organize a yearly holiday party around. Probably the afternoon of the the Sunday before Christmas. Let there be peace on earth... Oh yeah, that picture up there. Those are my new kicks from Megan. They are Jack Purcell shoes by Converse. They are super comfy and I love the "smile" on the front of them. Jack was a professional badminton player from Canada who designed a canvas and rubber badminton shoe for the B.F. Goodrich Company of Canada in 1935. He was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1973 despite having never played in the Olympic Games. At the time of his induction badminton was still not an Olympic sport. In 1955, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Converse has several other Purcell vintage designs that I'm also quite keen on.