Vancouver - Day 1 at the Granville Island Public Market

We landed late Friday night in Vancouver.  Being on West Coast time, we woke up way too early.  With the entire day ahead of us, we decided to start off at the Granville Island Public Market.  What a great choice!  The market reminded us of our own Westside Market or Philly's Reading Market. So many interesting stands filled with delicious foods.  I think the pasta stand was my favorite because each pasta was crafted like art.

While at the Granville Island Brewing Company, this was a "stag" or bachelor party.  The groom is dressed up as a girl with pigtails (reminded me of the Foo Fighters video) - too cute of a picture to pass up!

I love trying out a new or different Bloody Mary while traveling.  This one didn't disappoint, but my favorite is still in Austin!

Such a good picture of them outside the Granville Island Public Market

How cute is this? Old silos.

Loved the Granville Island Public Market.  Just look at how delicious everything is - pasta, baked goods, fruits and veggies.  Yum!

Showing Cleveland to Our Friends

Meg's friends from college stayed with us a weekend or two ago and we had the wonderful opportunity to show them around our great city.  We enjoyed an afternoon at the Cleveland Museum of Art (including B), a trip to Little Italy to enjoy pastries at Presti's, and dinner at El Carnicero to introduce them to the best guacamole and salsa verde.

Can you guess which one is B? Love those masks!

Such a fun day to spend with these girls!

These Times They Are a Changin'

While at Ohio University on Saturday, we made a quick trip to Meg's old Elementary school. She loved this place and I credit it for making her an open-minded individual. For two weeks during Kindergarten, they studied about diversity. To learn the alphabet, they had a different food each day starting with the day's letter. She ate hummus, turnips, and kimbop (korean). Amazing school. At my insistence and her excitement, we took a picture of her in the same spot as her first day of kindergarten. Wow - time is flying way too fast!

Today's guilty pleasure: Party of Five. Neve Campbell is on the cover of Health magazine and it reminded me how much I loved that depressing, brooding show. Even after Matthew Fox was on Lost, I still called him Charlie (drove my husband nuts). And because Jennifer Love Hewitt (Sarah) was such a bitch to Bailey, I cannot stand watching her on TV to this day. I loved Claudia in Mean Girls. But whatever happened to Owen?

Did you have a favorite 90s show that was your guilty pleasure?

I Do at OU

While talking to a very dear friend on Thursday, she mentioned that Ohio University (our alma mater) was having a Spring Reunion featuring I Do at OU at Galbraith Chapel for married couples who either met at Ohio University or got married at OU. As luck would have it, we had a free weekend. And since we both graduated from OU and met at OU, it was a must-do on my weekend list. On a whim, I signed us up and off we went on Saturday.

We arrived early enough to do all the cheesy back-to-college-campus stuff. Drove past our old houses (slum cottages to some), checked out some of the old bars (I still need to replenish my "I Get High at the CI" plastic cups), drove the three main streets in Athens - Court, State and West Union. We also stopped by Meg's old elementary school for some playground time (all of us) and visited a new place - Fluff - for some yummy goodness. Of course, Meg and I stopped to get the to-go coffee at Donkey (favorite coffeehouse maybe ever).


Then all four of us walked to Galbraith Chapel. Not sure of what to expect, we were pleasantly surprised. I met my friend, Anne, and her husband, who were also doing the same cheesy thing. We said our "I do's" at 18:04 (year college was founded) and toasted champagne in OU-engraved flutes while snacking on mini-cupcakes. It was a nice touch that the minister asked all the couples to introduce themselves and how they met. We were married the least amount of time, my friend will be celebrating her 20th anniversary this year (and she even wore her bridal veil), and another couple were celebrating their 36th! Heard some classic OU-kind of stories. Greenery, anyone?


Bridget enjoyed taking camera pics everywhere we went - especially this one of Megan and Greg on the College Green. It was just a quick down-and-back day trip and was the perfect length!

Today's guilty pleasure: Donkey Coffee, Burrito Buggy, DP Dough's, and the CI. Good stuff!