We are off today for a couple of days of r&r, or is that R&R? I think it needs caps, don't you? :)
This store needs my attention.
We are going to Niagara Falls, Ontario. We have booked into a hotel right on Clifton Hill, where it is like Las Vegas Jr. I look forward to taking my family on the Maid of the Mist, the Tussaud's Wax Museum, and perhaps to the Beef Baron for dinner, (where you can stuff your face with amazing food, for dessert people, they have Baked Alaska).
I'll show you what we got up to upon our return in a few days.
I hope you all take some moments to enjoy your family during these last few weeks of summer. Our children return to school on September 2nd this year, which is early. We want to cap off their summer vacation in a fun way. Niagara Falls never misses on that point. Since I was a child myself I have been going there. With museums, restaurants, horse & carriage rides, there is never a lack of things to do.
The Maid of the Mist is a boat you ride under the falls, you are provided with raincoats so you don't get soaking wet. There is also a large ferris wheel with fantastic views of both the American and Canadian falls.
Many movies have been filmed at Niagara. Remember this one?
See you in a few days guys, and I hope you all enjoy your last days (weeks?) of summer with your own families, before life goes back to it's regular pace of packing school lunches and driving to dance recitals. xo
The Beef Baron Restaurant | 5019 Centre Street |
{At the top of Clifton Hill} Niagara Falls, Canada | Tel 1-905-356-6110
The Hershey Store | 5701 Falls Avenue | Niagara Falls, Ontario | Tel 1-905-374-4446, ext 4272
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**Image courtesy of the Hershey Canada Store website at http://www.hersheycanada.com/en/index.asp
Have a wonderful time. These family trips will mean as much to your children as yours did to you. As will the fact that you yourself are so aware of the importance of your time together. They remember things like that. xoxo
Posted by: Epiphany | August 24, 2008 at 02:09 PM
I love Niagara Falls! When I lived in upstate NY, I would visit twice a year AT LEAST, and the Maid of the Mist boat rocked! ;) Literally.
The horseshoe falls were my favorite...and there's nothing like that cool mist in the summertime. Have a drink for me at the Skylon Tower. Man, am I homesick!
Enjoy my favorite wonder of the world! I don't need to remind you, but TAKE LOTS OF PICS!! :)
Posted by: Scarlet | August 24, 2008 at 03:42 PM
Have fun Gillian! What a way to end your summer. Out with a BANG!
I have never been there... but, I have always wanted to.
:)
Posted by: angela marie | August 24, 2008 at 04:26 PM
Have a great time!! As soon as I read "maid of the mist" I thought of Bruce Almighty. lol Watch out for crazed anchor men. :)
Posted by: lisa | August 24, 2008 at 07:57 PM
Negative ions galore! Come back refreshed. The kids will be wowed.
Posted by: somewhere joe | August 25, 2008 at 08:06 AM
Have a blast! Don't forget to take some pics! : )
Posted by: Christina | August 25, 2008 at 10:22 AM
Now that sounds like FUN! I have yet to go....can't wait to see some photos :)
Posted by: Wayfaring Wanderer | August 25, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Gee, it always seems like you are always off to some fantastic place! I'm jealous! Enjoy and relax and if I were you I would definitely capitalize R&R and maybe even bold it! :D
Posted by: Cristina | August 25, 2008 at 02:05 PM
No doubt you'll have a wonderful time - all of you! Looking forward to hearing about your end-of-summer adventures - with photos, of course! xoxox
Posted by: Paris Parfait | August 25, 2008 at 04:01 PM
hey girly! got my gorgeous photographs! thank you!!! i love the 'morocco' pic as is :) and the lotuses are just divine.... you know, the lotus is my favorite flower - symbol - ever!
send me your addy so I can return the joy! Thank you!!! xxox
Posted by: gypsy alex | August 26, 2008 at 09:11 AM
Girl, that store is not only calling you but calling me!!! Yummy! The kids will have amazing memories to look back on.
Posted by: Yoli | August 26, 2008 at 11:27 AM
What a perfect time of year to visit! Have a wonderful time! I know you will. It has tons of water!
Posted by: Mary T. | August 26, 2008 at 01:38 PM
Oh I'd love to visit the falls! Here's another film placed there:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046126/
I always watched Marilyn Monroe films in the Summer.
Enjoy your trip!
Posted by: devil mood | August 26, 2008 at 06:25 PM
Oh wow, I can't believe we were both in Niagara Falls on the same weekend! We also went into the Hershey store and the Louis Tussaud Wax museum...such fun we had there. We didn't go on the Maid of the Mist this time but I want to go again soon. I have a friend who used to be a waitress at the Beef Baron so I've eaten there a few times...she's since moved to BC so I miss seeing her whenever I go to the Falls. Hope you had as fun a time as I had:-) xoxo
Posted by: PEA | August 26, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Have a wonderful time Gillian!!!!
I want to see some spray on that camera.
Posted by: karen Cole | August 27, 2008 at 09:14 AM
Niagara! Have fun! I was ther e many years ago and did those tourist things. It was fun ! Love ya, Rich Woman!
Posted by: pam aries | August 27, 2008 at 02:43 PM
Aww, gee...I thought you were going to expose me to another Niagara Falls movie, but it was a clip of the one I already like best!
Have a great time! Can't wait to hear about all the fun you've had!
Posted by: Greg | August 29, 2008 at 03:00 PM