27 Monday Jun 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, formula 1, grandson, happy, home, moments, Montreal, travel, widow
and look who is home…
for the summer at least;-)…
lots of miles have been put on and a quick trip to Montreal to see the Formula 1 race on the 19th…
had to make room in the garage so she could fit, lol…
19 Sunday Jun 2016
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Atlanta Day 4, big girl pants, blessed, garden, goddess, Montreal
another spectacular day in Atlanta…
weather was great, and not too hot…
spent a few hours at the ABG and even had a glass of wine to toast the great time we’ve had… back to the hotel for a snack and nap…
had our picture taken at the hotel since we were all dressed up… then our final visit to the garden for dinner and a final night tour…
enjoyed some relaxing time on the swings while we waited for our dinner reservation…
even had a glass of champagne… when we were done it was dark and we strolled through the gardens one last time, under a nearly full moon…
spent the last bit of time at the goddess site… apparently she was designed and built by a Montreal company, lol…
final shot was of the first installation in the garden entryway…
and then back to the hotel where we rode the glass elevator to our room for the last time…
I am so blessed to have the resources to enjoy a once in a lifetime event such as this;-)…
18 Wednesday May 2016
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very happy to see the gorgeous spheres when I turned the page to May on my Chihuly calendar…
I find the spheres mesmerizing…
not long after that I got a message from my daughter with this picture…
about the opening of a Chihuly in the Garden event at the Atlanta Botanical Garden…
the sculpture in the background was very similar to one we had expected to see when we travelled to Montreal to view their Botanical Garden… unfortunately it had been taken down not too long before we went, lol…
so when I saw that and the boat filled with spheres I started to think about a visit…
and now I am going… looking forward to a trip mid June to view the Gardens and the Chihuly installations…
going to be great fun…
19 Friday Jun 2015
up at 5 this morning to catch a 6:30 train to Montreal for the day…
began our day at Bota Bota for the water circuit… dry or wet sauna, plunge pool, hot tub, lounge chairs… which we repeated three times… very relaxing… sun was shining, we were on the water, and there was a slight breeze… great fun… they don’t allow pictures but we had permission to take this one by a cool art installation…
It is on a boat right on the water so you sit in a sauna or the hot tub and watch the waves lap up to the boat…
had a bit of trouble finding a cab, but eventually got one to Prohibition restaurant where we had a lovely lunch… the service was exceptional…
we heard from a friend that this was the place to go for food in Montreal… my salads lever du soleil was very tasty and my daughter’s French toast with fried chicken was delicious…
they called a cab for us and our final destination was the Montreal Botanical Gardens... I had been wanting to see the outdoor gardens as last year we only made it through the conservatories… the gardens were lovely…
the Rose Garden was amazing and we spent quite a bit of time in it…. there were some lovely water lilies in the Water Garden and a number of the ponds were filled with lily blooms…
enjoyed the Japanese Garden which is still under construction…
you could see the Olympic Stadium in the background…
after a lovely afternoon of wandering around and taking pictures to our hearts’ delight we headed back to the train station and into the Business Class Lounge… well, this is the way to travel… comfy chairs and unlimited snacks as we waited for the train… plush, spacious seats with a table between on the train… alcohol, hot supper and chocolate to end the dinner, served on China with real silverware…
wonderful end to a very memorable day….
24 Thursday Apr 2014
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started this morning when I gathered my clothes and filled up the suitcase…
I picked the smaller one as we will be spending a night in Montreal and I didn’t want to have to take a big one…
hopefully all the last minute bits will still fit in…
outside it is snowing…
can’t believe it…
well, the bags are packed… heading to bed…
21 Friday Mar 2014
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four am this morning marked the birth of our first daughter, in 1978…
had barely left my desk for a minute the day before, as I tried to finish up a huge report for one of my colleagues…
we got home and then headed to the hospital, because I wasn’t feeling one hundred percent… expected them to look me over and send me home…
got there around four pm, and she was born twelve hours later at four in the morning…
not too big a deal… except that she was six weeks early…
thankfully she was fine, and for her second birthday present we brought her home a little sister…
she sent me this picture today as she, her husband and a good friend of theirs were on the train to Montreal to celebrate their birthdays…
life certainly changed for George and I from the moment she was born…
being a parent has been and continues to be a remarkable experience…
18 Saturday Jan 2014
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big girl pants, Cirque du Soleil, Kazu, Kurios, Le Petit Opus, lunch in Montreal, Maison Boulud, Montreal, planning, Toque, visit Ottawa
a few weeks ago I booked a flight to visit Cyndi and Ron in Ottawa… will be going toward the end of April so it is a ways off…
will only be there for about five days and am looking forward to seeing where the kids live and what is around them…
the newest Cirque du Soleil show is starting around the time I am there so we booked tickets to see it… we have now organized a train trip to Montreal and a bus trip back so that we can do everything in one day…
Kurios from Cirque du Soleil website…
today I spent quite a bit of time online trying to find a great restaurant to have lunch at while we are there… hard to do when you don’t know the place…
sent a list off to Cyndi with a bunch of ideas and hope that she can pick one or two for us to make a final choice, depending on their proximity to the train and Cirque du Soleil…
looks like there are lots to choose from…a couple looked quite interesting: Kazu, Le Petit Opus, Maison Boulud, Toqué… some of the ones that looked good weren’t open on the weekend so that helped shorten the list…
kind of made me hungry, lol…
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