Thanksgiving weekend wrap up...

Sitting here, just watched Underworld and My Super Exgirlfriend, now watching National Treasure. Just chilling out after another busy weekend and dinner with the family yesterday. Made a Lasagna today and had it for dinner with some garlic roasted cauliflower and broccoli.

Niagara was great, had superb weather and it wasn't too busy at all. We managed to visit Vineland and Frog Pond (an organic winery), the tastings were excellent and discovered a few wines along with some old favs from Vineland. Added a few more bottles to the cellar and our counter top including:

Vineland St.Urban Riesling

Vineland Chenin Blanc

Vineland Cabernet Merlot

Frogpond Chambourcin

Frogpond Chardonnay

Gesundheit - Juice by Niagara Juice Company

After some shopping and an early dinner in Niagara On The Lake, we headed over to the Botanical Gardens and the School of Horticulture. It was beautiful and quite a sanctuary, they even farmed fowl there, it was wonderful to see them live in tranquility without the threat of being farmed or slaughtered, the way it's supposed to be.

We drove home, stopped at Tim Horton's on the way and had a few glasses of wine.

Hope those of you reading in Canada had a great Thanksgiving weekend and stay posted.

Thanksgiving weekend...

Let's start the long weekend. Just came back from dinner with Amanda's dad and the fam @ Bella Notte. Amanda's sis Lindsey graced us with her presence tonight. Great to see you Lindsey, Sunday morning run right? Have fun at the Mariana's Trench concert tomorrow night. Dinner was great as we've come to expect from Bella Notte, had a great bottle of Italian Red and an average Californian Sauvignon Blanc.

Plans for the weekend...
Sat, Got an appointment in the morning with the chiropractor then Amanda and I are heading to Niagara to visit our wineries and do some shopping, hope Vineland got the memo to keep the VIP spot open. Sun, hope to get out for a ride and a run before we head out to Grandma's for dinner with lots of fun, pics, food and drinks. Mon, just chill out and get ready for the week,
hopefully another run if we didn't overeat the night before.








La glace et le petit gâteau de Les Glaceurs de Montréal from our trip the last long weekend

Running and SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT...

Cold, wet, tornadoes...
What's been up, the damn cold, that's what! It's been dipping into the single digit temperatures for the past few mornings and nights. The rain has been on and off and another tornado even touched down just 20 minutes away from our house! That's Fall and Winter in Canada for you.

Run...
So, Monday we starting our Learn to Run with the Running Room and it was fabulous. About 30 people are in the group (compared to the 8 last year this time). There was an introduction of everybody, a quick clinic and then we went for a 3K walk/run despite the wet and cold conditions. It was a great intro for Amanda and I, we look forward to meeting some really nice people from this group.

Special Announcement...
As you all know by now, Amanda and I have moved into our new house for over a year now and agreed that it is finally time, not even our parents know about this...




wait for it...





...I am turning FULL VEGETARIAN, no more pescetarian. Amanda has been a vegetarian for over a year now and I have been convinced that I shall make the leap too. Also, in our quest to become savvy Veggies, we've started a new blog where we will share our Veggie adventures with everyone. Restaurants, food product reviews, new animal friendly products & places we come across and everything else in between. Now you can follow us Veggie Heads at where else?! www.veggiehotspot.blogspot.com
Enjoy, spread the word and keep following!