Or may be that should be “Awe Shucks.” Every once in a while the supermarket that we use has a special on oysters. This weekend they had Malpeque Bay oysters at the amazing price of $13.00 for 33 oysters. When you consider that oysters in a restaurant can cost as much as $3.00 or $4.00 […]
This delightful children’s song has been rolling around in my head all day. Every few years my cherry tree yields enough cherries for the squirrels, the birds, the blight and us. Surprise, surprise, this is one of those years. So now I have to get out there and pick some cherries. I have always said
……Brewerese!!! It was a lovely day yesterday and since enough members of the family were going down to support the “Pride” parade, my husband and I decided to go to Harbourfront to see if the tall ships were still there. Alas, they weren’t, however, there was a lot happening and we opted to stay for
……..or how the government entices us to drink more than we probably should!!! I live in Ontario (Canada), where 99% of all alcohol sales (except “run of the mill” beer sales) are controlled by the provincial government under the governing body known as The Liquor Control Board of Ontario or the LCBO. The LCBO has
Both nights that we ate out in Florence, we ate at the sidewalk restaurant, Za Za. It is perched on a corner of the square which houses the huge glass-roofed food market. This market, in turn, is surrounded by the umbrella-ed stalls of merchants of every description. Firenza must be the leather capital of the
We ended up spending a lot of time in the Trastevere area of Rome. The name means across the river and it is literally across the river from a lot of the main attractions and the somewhat pricier restaurants. This time we used a guide book that we found in the apartment and decided to
I wanted to see a landmark before the crowds swarmed in, so I got up early – 6:00am. My husband offered to come with me and since we were a 10 minute walk from St Peter’s it made sense to go there. At 6:30 there was a small line-up at a side gate. The people
We have ended up eating out every night so far because that is a large part of the holiday for my husband. The weather has been good, so we leave about 7:00pm when it’s still light, go to an area and just read menus. We could eat in with food from the market, but it’s
Booking a reservation on-line to see the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican museums worked!!! We booked for 10:00am. Arrived at 9:30. There was no line at all for the aisle marked, “individuals with on-line reservations.” We were admitted to the lobby right away. Now there was still a crowd and we had to go through
I know that there has to be a restaurant, gift shop or something in the North named “The Blue Moose.” It’s an animal that people expect to find in Canada. The moose is not a refined animal. It is large, awkward and lumbers, moving from side to side to see where it is going. It
