Friday, February 20, 2009

Yours til Niagara Falls!

This weekend I had the opportunity to go to Niagara Falls with my good friends Tyson and Meghan from Kingston (Actually Tyson grew up with me in Saskatoon and Meg is from Halifax). We got a beautiful "falls side" room with a view from 36 stories up!


The hotel soap...hey I thought it was cute!


This is the best picture I could get of the falls at night and all lit up!

The view from the "Journey Behind the Falls" tour. For $10 (off season) you can tour along the tunnels built behind the falls and get a close up look at them. If this was summer, this would be a curtain of rushing water!


Wow!!! The roar and just the sheer power of the falls is truly a sight to behold!


Icy!

Ok it was REALLY COLD!!! Even for this prairie chick...not used to being pelted with teeny tiny ice crystals!!!!

The view from our hotel room! Beauty!!!

Sunday, February 8, 2009

More Saskatoon Pictures

Courtesy of my amazing friend Dani in Saskatoon! Pictures of my beautiful city in winter and fall!

The Vimy Memorial

See? There's skyscrapers!

Frosty!


Fall along the Meewasin Trail


The Broadway Bridge, with the Victoria Bridge in the background


The Delta Bessbourgh Hotel....although I call it....

The Castle on the River!

Thanks for letting me post your pictures Dani! Love you!

My day in TO with Michelle

So as she has been promising to do since last semester (we were too busy then!), Michelle took me around Toronto today! Its was really fun and she's a great tour guide! We toured around downtown, took in some sights and caught a matinee of Dirty Dancing!


I love this..."Spirit is Everything"....yeah cuz they have nothing else! =)

At the Royal Alexandra Theatre for Dirty Dancing...



Michelle posing by the fireplace at the theatre before the show!

Outside the theatre, taken by a nice passer by...

Terrific show! So good!!!

Staring up at the CN Tower

In front of MuchMusic!!!!

Skating at Phillp Morris Square (did I get that right Michelle?)


In front of the skaters.
So that's a few things off the list! Saw a show and got my picture outside of Much, even if I didn't go in, it was neat to see the place I had been watching for years!
Many thanks for the amazing day out Michelle!!! I had a lot of fun!!! "Nobody puts Baby in the corner!"






Thursday, February 5, 2009

Be still my Silent Bob loving heart!

I'm geeking out.

Really.

I just checked the Toronto Life website and there's a Kevin Smith a thon this weekend in Toronto, complete with Kevin Smith!!!

Alright, so for anyone who doesn't know, Kevin Smith is the hilarious genius behind such foul mouthed stoner flicks such as, Clerks (I and II), Dogma, Mallrats Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl, and Zach and Miri Make a Porno. For whatever reason, I find his work witty, funny and touching. Its hard to explain but he has kind of cult following, mostly among comic book fans, of which I am not. But I love all things Kevin Smith!

I'm tempted to go but the first screening is on Sunday...weird? And goes again on Monday and Tuesday. I thought that was kind of odd. Its at the Bloor Theatre...at least I know where Bloor is. I've seen all the movies, I just kind of want to see him!

Kevin Smith
The more familiar alter ego Silent Bob



(images "borrowed" from IMDB.com Thanks!)