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Bite Hard Works!
I'm starting a new job on Tuesday, so I won't be blogging much for the next little while. I won't be able to check my Gmail fifty times a day, so if you want to chat, please give me a call at home any evening or weekend!
8/29/09
8/23/09
Contest Winners
As you may know, I've been running a contest while away. I promised to award an East Coast-themed prize to the person who left the 'best' comment on any blog post relating to our vacation.
I'm actually awarding the prize to two contestants: Sarah Waterston and Jeremiah Soucie of Ottawa. Sarah left the loveliest birthday message for me yesterday. Here's some of it.
Thank you for your stories of visits to old and new haunts, new yet always familiar farmers' markets, natural wonders and various aspects of home. You may have a certain sense of belonging only where your parents make home, but your warmth creates a sense of home for the rest of us. Wherever you may be. We are looking forward to having you and Adam back home.
Jeremiah's comment, true to his nature, was wry, dry, and subtly protective. I'll leave it to readers to find it.
Since Sarah and Jeremiah share a household, they can also share the prize: a case of Stutz Hard Cider, an all-natural hard apple cider made in Nova Scotia's fertile Annapolis Valley.
Honourable Mentions go to Cathy Tuey from Ottawa for leaving a comment about her upcoming trip to the East Coast and to Lorraine Soucie who lives in Wicklow, New Brunswick, for leaving a beautiful little ditty only a few minutes after we left the Soucie ranch this morning.
P.S. I have discovered that among my other odd 'likes,' running contests ranks highly on the list! Hope to have even more comments on my next trip log!
I'm actually awarding the prize to two contestants: Sarah Waterston and Jeremiah Soucie of Ottawa. Sarah left the loveliest birthday message for me yesterday. Here's some of it.
Thank you for your stories of visits to old and new haunts, new yet always familiar farmers' markets, natural wonders and various aspects of home. You may have a certain sense of belonging only where your parents make home, but your warmth creates a sense of home for the rest of us. Wherever you may be. We are looking forward to having you and Adam back home.
Jeremiah's comment, true to his nature, was wry, dry, and subtly protective. I'll leave it to readers to find it.
Since Sarah and Jeremiah share a household, they can also share the prize: a case of Stutz Hard Cider, an all-natural hard apple cider made in Nova Scotia's fertile Annapolis Valley.
Honourable Mentions go to Cathy Tuey from Ottawa for leaving a comment about her upcoming trip to the East Coast and to Lorraine Soucie who lives in Wicklow, New Brunswick, for leaving a beautiful little ditty only a few minutes after we left the Soucie ranch this morning.
P.S. I have discovered that among my other odd 'likes,' running contests ranks highly on the list! Hope to have even more comments on my next trip log!
Final Days
Our final days on the East Coast were spent in Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, Halifax, and Florenceville. We went to yet another beach (Queensland), visited two totally cool art galleries (Argyle Art Gallery and Seeds), climbed Citadel Hill, ate dinner at The Wooden Monkey (Halifax's organic, locally-inspired restaurant), popped into the Halifax Farmer's Market, sat back for a guided tour around Florenceville, and took a break at a St. Hubert (which now serves only grain-fed Quebec chicken) just before we got to Montreal. We drank free iced tea, Nova Scotia lager, iced coffee from The Laughing Whale, and watermelon lemonade. We ate salt water taffy, caramelized parsnip soup, baked halibut, cinnamon rolls from Mary's Bread Basket, BBQ chicken thighs, organic garden vegetables, crispy bacon with scrambled eggs and toast, wild blueberries, and several runny slices of the best lemon pie on the planet. Also, yesterday I turned 29 and I'm feeling fine! (Adam hates 'catch phrases' to describe birthdays, but I think they're awesome.)
A huge thank-you to Allen and Anna for taking amazing care of our house and the kittens, to Liz and Ziad for lending us camping gear, to Chris for being a fantastic host in Moncton, to Wendy for lending us her car to take to Nova Scotia, to both Adam's parents for throwing a fun family dinner, to Karen for suggesting that we eat at The Wooden Monkey, to both my parents for hosting overnight guests not once, but twice, and for making us fabulous BBQ, to my mother for baking the famous birthday pie in 35 degree heat, and to my father for sending us home with six garden cucumbers, a huge cardboard box full of organic potatoes, and two homemade banana breads.
Riva, home.
A huge thank-you to Allen and Anna for taking amazing care of our house and the kittens, to Liz and Ziad for lending us camping gear, to Chris for being a fantastic host in Moncton, to Wendy for lending us her car to take to Nova Scotia, to both Adam's parents for throwing a fun family dinner, to Karen for suggesting that we eat at The Wooden Monkey, to both my parents for hosting overnight guests not once, but twice, and for making us fabulous BBQ, to my mother for baking the famous birthday pie in 35 degree heat, and to my father for sending us home with six garden cucumbers, a huge cardboard box full of organic potatoes, and two homemade banana breads.
Riva, home.