Sunday, October 12, 2008

Our honeymoon in Quebec City




This is the terrific place we stayed.




The views from our suite.


This wax dude was always hanging out in the lobby. It is supposed to be Champlain.


A Quebec Goober le chat.


Quebec City is very clean.


The leaves were changing color getting better as the week went on. We took many walks in this park.


It was very breezy at times.




We loved this park. The Plains of Abraham. A very significant battle in Canadian history took place here.


At the revolving restaurant in our hotel.


Fancy salad. The food was awesome.




Hanging out at a bar in lower town. I had a European hotdog. Very yummy! Jordan had the cheese plate. (surprise ha ha) Note: beer is stronger in Canada.


This ship model was inside a very old church in the lower town. The model represents the ship that transported French soldiers to New France. On the spot were this church was built was Samuel de Champlain first residence. Quebec City celebrated its 400th year this year.


On top of the old city walls. We had just seen a rainbow.


The Montmorency falls are taller than the Niagara Falls just not as wide.








Words spelled with logs. It says Omar and Carlos.


Nature finds a way.




Roland the tour guide called this the bread place. For a small fee you get bread spread with maple butter. Bus loads shuffle through to get their slice of bread and move on to the next sight.




There were panels and panels of buttons of bus drivers.




Photos of buses. There was another section of the building that was more hockey oriented but the bus theme really carried through the place.


Basilique Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre


We saw the Copper Museum where these doors were made.






More than a million people come to this basilica every year. Many claim to have felt Saint Anne's healing powers and no longer have the need for crutches etc.




Awesome painting.




The heat in this room was intense. It was nearly 100 degrees inside.




Entertaining street musicians.




Cool building near the university.


Concealed text on fence.


Fun sign.


Mummy pole.


Very hilly.


Modern vs. Old




Slide screen.










Pom poms at a crafty corner.


Interesting public art.


My folks happened to be in town. They stayed at the famous Le Chateau Frontenac. They are standing with the hotel dog. If you are a guest you can take this guy out for walks. On this day we took an entertaining tour of the hotel.


A rainbow.




Jordan's guitar hero, Steve Howe from the group Yes.


We saw a fantastic show of this guy's music, Vieux A Toura Farka.


Ann's lunch at the art museum.


Jordan's lunch at the art museum.


Installation in the old prison portion of the art museum.


We loved Quebec!

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Fun at Flushing Meadows Park



A few weeks ago Jordan and I had an adventure at Flushing Meadows Park. Not knowing what we were going to do that day, we got in the car and found ourselves at the Queens Museum. They were in between exhibits but we took the opportunity to look at the panorama. The panorama is a to scale duplication of Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs. It was built for the Worlds Fair in 1964 and remains part of the permanent collection at the art museum. If you are ever in Queens check it out.

After our short trip to the art museum it was our intention to find the carousel and take a ride. We have ridden on the carousel in the past and it is a fun ride. However we got sidetracked as we noticed there was something happening in the park. It was the Korean Harvest Festival.

There were lots of vendors for packaged goods, banking services, trips to casinos, and kimchee. There were also some really awesome food vendors. We had terrific dumplings, some kind of traditional bread (I said it was like a Korean soft pretzel), the best corn on the cob I had all year, and some korean bbq. We didn't leave the park hungry.



It was funny because we saw lots of small dogs in the park and many were in outfits. We saw a couple of dogs being walked in a stroller.


If you can catch Korean Harvest Day next year, I highly recommend it!

Got Married!

Haven't done much posting since May. I had a lot to prepare for. The big wedding event! I did many of the details myself with the help from some crafty folks--Denise, Kim and Rob. Perhaps I will post the crafty details in the future....

It was a beautiful day. September 13, 2008. I had both of my parents walk me down the "aisle"

I thought I would be super-nervous on the day but I wasn't. Of course I was very nervous on the days leading up but that is just my nature. The day went so quickly! Everyone said it would and they were right. Hoping to have more pictures soon.