Qualicum Visit

We got a chance to visit Qualicum while we were over on the island last week.

This is Fuller Lake (in Chemainus), and the hubs, looking tranquil.

This is a patch of daisies in Qualicum, at our friend's back yard. So lovely!

Omen the dog, taking a break from his rough life.

Qualicum Beach! Those clouds weren't kidding, it started to rain as we were leaving.

I love this beach, I haven't been here in almost 20 years!

The tide was out, so we got to walk for a long ways and Omen got to swim.

Look at this teenie crab! Just lounging out on the sand.

Ferry & Footloose

Last weekend we got over to the island for a few days.

It was a lovely day for a ferry ride.

Cloudy, but dry. Nice place for a nap, huh?

We also managed to see a number of our friends Footloose at Chemanius Theatre. What a great show!

Whistler weekend

This weekend we headed up to Whistler to celebrate Claire and Dustin's stag/stagette! It was such great weather, here's the view from our townhouse balcony.

There wasn't a lot of craziness (like at my stagette), but we did play Cards Against Humanity!

Here are a few from our group, being silly in the village.

We walked through the Olympic Park. I was glad to see it in person, after seeing so much of it on TV dying the 2010 games.

This plaque made me tear up a bit! I am still so proud of ALL our medalists!

The group did a bunch of activities: white water rafting, ATV'ing, zip lining! We were only up for two out of the four days, so we opted to do our own thing and meet up with them for meals. We went to the Scandinave Spa.

It was AMAZING! We had a massage and then went for a dip in the hot and cold baths. It was so great, we'll definitely be back!

We also walked to Lost Lake Park.

Here's the mister, taking some pics.

It was a great little getaway, only 2 hours by car. I'm excited to go back when there's snow on the ground!

Pike and yarn

Yesterday I blogged about me and Shawna's mini vacay over to Seattle. After seeing the show, eating, drinking and chilling in the hotel, we spent the next day at Pike Place Market.

It's a lot like Granville Island here in town - with so much to eat and smell and enjoy.

And the rain let up for us, we stayed dry all afternoon. Look at this lovely building! We passed by the original Starbucks and had some nice lunch on the water.

AND we visited So Much Yarn. It's a lovely shop, nice and central. The ladies inside were very friendly and helpful.

Walls of yarn, knitting needles and crochet hooks. I was in heaven!

This would be in my dream house: just shelves and shelves of yummy yarn.

They hold many classes in the store - wouldn't it be great to learn a new skill and have this for a view?

Shawna was not as excited as me. She had a mini snooze while I shopped. Ha! She's missing out on all the yarn!!

Seattle getaway

The past weekend, after Side by Side closed, me and Shawna jetted off to Seattle for a little mini getaway! She bought me this deal on Groopon for my Christmas present. As soon as we got into town on Sunday morning, we rushed over to the Fifth Avenue Theatre and caught their matinee performance of Carousel.

It was a co-pro between them and a dance company and it was absolutely amazing! The performances were SO good, and the design and direction of the show was just beautiful. Then add in the professional dancers and the music - You'll Never Walk Alone - gahh, we were sobbing by the end of it!!

We collected ourselves and then headed over to our hotel, which was very central, only a few blocks away from the theatre and right downtown.

And we had the pool and hot tub all to ourselves!

Which made us very happy! We caught up, had some wine, did some crocheting (well ok, just me), and chatted a lot!

Then we walked about 15 minutes down to the Pike Place Market area and had dinner at an Irish pub named Wells. Then we went across the street to the Pink Door and had an after-dinner wine, and dessert - and caught the last bit of an aerial act! It was so great. Much too short of a visit. We did have the next day to putter around the city, I'll post about that tomorrow...