Montreal

We are back

and had a fabulous time!

cold and snowy
but nice all the same.



the dinner was at a beautiful restaurant

everything was decorated
so festive

this was the inside of the restaurant
very shall we say

chi chi poo poo
elegant with free flowing wine
I can honestly not tell you how much
I actually drank as my glass was never empty

I think I could get used to that!

this is the crew from New Brunswick

the view from our room
a snowy cold Montreal morning

they had a pool open all year round
it was on the roof and although we never went in it
it was really cool!

Friday we had all day so after breakfast
we headed out

the underground system in the city is the best ever
we spent almost the entire day inside

we visited the Notre-Dame Basilica first
it was breathtaking

I am going to do a separate post on it
I was in love

the CBC was there tearing down
as they had recorded a special there the night before
so I had to shoot around scaffolding and men

next stop was shopping
this is in the Eaton Centre

then we walked down St. Catherines Street
and down to Ogilvy's to check out the window

we touched down around midnight on Friday night
and although it was a whirlwind 2 days
we were glad to be home

Saturday was low key
ran a couple of errands and
attended a party that night

we were home in bed around midnight
Sunday was a little bit of baking
sorted through the gifts and got ready for
wrap-fest 2010!

Some menu planning and grocery shopping
finished off the week-end

a four day week this week then 5 off
I am looking forward to that

Hope everyone had a great week-end
and an even better week.

xo

A Bonny Good Day

I was lucky enough to have my favorite girl ~ Gina ~ here since last Thursday

and we caught up on some much needed girl time.
I know I am biased but she is a wonderful person, kind heart, a great Mom and
just has a way about her that makes everyone love her.

So after staying up way to late on Thursday night sharing a bottle of wine and lots of conversation, on Friday we got our butts out of bed and prepared for the day.
We took a little Road trip to Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia.
Our destination was a little pottery place called Sara Bonnyman Pottery.

Gina ~ Dianne ~ Lori

The self portrait is not the greatest.... oh well!
Cousin Dianne also joined us so our duo became a trio.

We got into Tata around 1 pm and met one of Gina's friends for lunch at The Chowder House:

This is such a quaint little town so we explored a bit up the main street after lunch, browsing in the shops and such...



But of course, we were here for a reason so off we went to find the pot of gold at the end of Gina's rainbow.....

I love how you can go right into her studio and see how she works.....


There were CD's everywhere ~ stacks and stacks
Inspiration at it's best

I fell *in love* with these jugs ~ are they not fabulous or what!

When we got home I realized that I did not get a picture of the main showroom!
Oops ~ big oops!

This is her "back room"This is the blueberry pottery that Gina collects.....

off the main showroom
this is right inside the front door....

I LOVE these ~ why I did not buy one ~ I kick myself now!

When we left Sara's the sky opened up ~ but we still made a stop at the bakery ~
well worth the stop although my thighs may disagree!

We also stopped in Pugwash at the Seagull Pewter store ~ left the camera in the car.

Since we were on the Sunrise Trail in the pouring rain...
Being the crazy girls that we are
We HAD to pull over and take one of these....All in all it was a "Bonny Good Day"


Gina bought:
3 pieces to add to her collection

And because I had to leave with something ~

I bought:
Although I wish now I had of bought one of those little hens!

Road Trip

One of the things that I am planning when Gina is here is a road trip to a place I know she will love. About 12 years ago I took her to a little gift shop here in town and she fell in love with this pottery:

Images found here

On each of her visits east, she picks out a piece to take home. Since the potter is local ~ well local to Atlantic Canada, I was able to visit her shop a few years back and knew that on one of Gina's visits I would have to take her there. So on Friday, we will head out to the little town of Tatamagouche, NS.

Then on our way back we will go to Pugwash and go here:

They have the best little "sale" room ~ discontinued pieces at a fraction of the retail price ~ gotta love a sale!

Of course on Friday night I plan on partaking in some of these...
and even maybe a couple of these:
Happy Monday!