These are the trees in our front driveway...aren't they spectacular!
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
What a beautiful morning!
We have certainly lucked in with the weather this Fall. Views from the balcony and windows.
These are the trees in our front driveway...aren't they spectacular!
These are the trees in our front driveway...aren't they spectacular!
Sunday, October 22, 2017
We had such fun today1
I donated my father's violin to VAM (Vancouver Academy of Music) last year and they offer me free tickets to all their events. Today we took advantage of it and went to their symphony orchestra's performance of The Emperor which was preceded by a performance of Beethoven's 7th symphony. Wow, we were so impressed by this orchestra and also by Ian Parker who conducted and also was the pianist for The Emperor. It's a very large orchestra, around 60 pieces, and as good as anything we've heard.
Parking turned out to be pretty easy...$10 flat rate on Sunday for a lot on Smithe just a block from The Orpheum. We got down early so went exploring in the Commodore Bowling and Billiards. Jim played pool there as a teenager. The bowling looked like fun (5 pin) so we went and had a game after we had a late lunch/early dinner at a Japanese restaurant in the area called ShuRaku. It was excellent and great to have a raku grill.
We hadn't really been to this area since we moved back to Vancouver. We were at The Orpheum about 20 years ago seeing a concert of Charles Aznavour. As kids we used to go to movies at The Orpheum. They have done an amazing restoration...what a treasure!
Good thing the scoring for the bowling is automatic as we really didn't remember how.
Lots of weird sort of stuff.
To listen to music in such a venue...wow!
Our old university friend, Doug McCallum, was the author of this book on the Orpheum...quite a prominent display.
Jim won and I took a photo of the final scores but quite a few photos failed for some reason.
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Our first time entertaining in our new home...
...and I didn't think to take photos! Well, I was focused on other things. It was wonderful that this first time was Nicki and Stan and Brian and Susan...very special people from our school days and so wonderful to have reconnected and we all love Palm Springs. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
We had a raclette and lots of grilled shrimp on top... new experience for them.
The leavings...no shrimp left.
They all brought wine of course and Nicki and Stan brought this crochet dishcloth as well...a miracle product apparently. I think we'll take to PS.
We had a raclette and lots of grilled shrimp on top... new experience for them.
The leavings...no shrimp left.
They all brought wine of course and Nicki and Stan brought this crochet dishcloth as well...a miracle product apparently. I think we'll take to PS.
More memorabilia
I figured out a way to display some of these things. There are lots more and I'll rotate things. It's really fun to remember these places. It's a lot better than having them all stored away.
I just loved this book "Provence des Campaniles" which I found at the little library in Carqueiranne. It's got all these wonderful photos and text about the iron bell towers that are so common in Provence and so amazing. We couldn't seem to find one to buy in France (it is quite an old book) and I very very briefly thought of "losing it" and paying the library but I couldn't bring myself to deprive others of this book. When we got home, Jim found a copy on ABE...bless his heart!
I just loved this book "Provence des Campaniles" which I found at the little library in Carqueiranne. It's got all these wonderful photos and text about the iron bell towers that are so common in Provence and so amazing. We couldn't seem to find one to buy in France (it is quite an old book) and I very very briefly thought of "losing it" and paying the library but I couldn't bring myself to deprive others of this book. When we got home, Jim found a copy on ABE...bless his heart!
Friday, October 20, 2017
Memorabilia....maps
I've had a plastic tote box marked "memorabilia" in the storage locker and hadn't opened it since we sold our house and moved everything over to Vancouver. I had sort of forgotten what was in it. Well, one thing were maps from our favourite haunts. Even though I was quite amazed by Linda finding their way in the UK, London, and Paris with GPS, but there is something cool about a real map. Not that they always get us to where we want to go but isn't being lost and confused part of travelling?
I wish we had maps of all the places we've been but I didn't really think to save them. It's more a question of these didn't get thrown out.
I love these little pocket guides that have tube and metro maps as well.
City maps from Venice, Rome, and Florence....funny how the word Florence isn't on the map but the river Arno is named so that's how we know we it is.
We did our Italy trip in 2002.
Now, this was a very well used map. We did drive all over the UK and Ireland on various trips
And these are very very special...city maps of our wonderful villages in the south of France...Carqueiranne and Bandol. I wish I had ones of Sanary, Cassis, Hyeres, and St. Tropez, Nice...places we visited many times.
I wish we had maps of all the places we've been but I didn't really think to save them. It's more a question of these didn't get thrown out.
I love these little pocket guides that have tube and metro maps as well.
City maps from Venice, Rome, and Florence....funny how the word Florence isn't on the map but the river Arno is named so that's how we know we it is.
We did our Italy trip in 2002.
Now, this was a very well used map. We did drive all over the UK and Ireland on various trips
And these are very very special...city maps of our wonderful villages in the south of France...Carqueiranne and Bandol. I wish I had ones of Sanary, Cassis, Hyeres, and St. Tropez, Nice...places we visited many times.
Sunny Spain, Barcelona, wine and paella...
I'm glad Susan and Chris are having a peaceful time in Barcelona. They couldn't really skip this part of the trip since their cruise leaves from Barcelona.
From Facebook:
Our first day in Barcelona yesterday was a busy one. We spent part of the day in the Gothic Quarter where we saw a peaceful demonstration by representatives of the Catalonians who want independence. We found a charming restaurant nearby where we had paella and wine. Our waiter, George provided us with a full account of his views about this serious political conflict.
Meanwhile...raining cats and dogs here!
From Facebook:
Our first day in Barcelona yesterday was a busy one. We spent part of the day in the Gothic Quarter where we saw a peaceful demonstration by representatives of the Catalonians who want independence. We found a charming restaurant nearby where we had paella and wine. Our waiter, George provided us with a full account of his views about this serious political conflict.
Meanwhile...raining cats and dogs here!
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