Ontario: Yours To Discover

The Mins and Maggie are helping me plan a few weekend getaways this summer. Am hoping to do more outdoorsy things, like hiking and biking. If you have any ideas, we would love to hear them!

Games Night

Q and his pals are having a good old fashioned games night. I found them playing an intense game of Cranium. I wonder who will win?

ROM Ink

Colin's been playing way too many video games lately so I thought a museum outing with be good for him.

I wanted to check out one exhibit in particular. Before heading to the exhibit, we said hello to the futalognkosaurus dukei (dinosaur) in the atrium.

The exhibit is all about tattoos. It features a visual history of body art, markings, and ancient tools. This is from the United States...

...this is from Japan...

...and these are from Algeria.

One of the cool things we learned was that it some cultures, only women could be tattoo artists!

Tattoos: Ritual. Identity. Obsession. Art. is on until September.

Sunday Cookies

Tim and Bernie made chocolate chip cookies today!

What are you up to this Sunday?

A Little Night Music

Buddy and I went to Roy Thompson Hall last night to see the National Arts Centre Orchestra from Ottawa. The highlight was Gabriela Montero, a guest pianist who did some impressive improvisation. We snuck in this shot during intermission. Buddy is looking forward to listening to more classical music in the future!

Live from the ACC

The Mins went to a basketball game tonight! Unfortunately the Raptors didn't win but we had a fun time. Thanks, Dad for the tickets!

Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny visited us this morning! We have more chocolate eggs than we could ever hope for! We're heading to brunch with the fam soon. Happy Easter!

Overnighter at the Shangri-La

We had the opportunity to stay at Toronto's Shangri-La at a fantastic price. Spencer and Dumbo were game for a swanky overnighter. They each brought a magazine to read in the afternoon...

...did a bit of work...

 ...took a bath (Spencer was insistent on wearing a shower cap!)...

...and watched TV in bed!

Happy weekend!

Old Pals

Dumbo is one of Bernie's oldest pals! He's quite shy so he hasn't been featured on the blog to date. Hi, Dumbo!

Our two friends joined B and I in Montreal this past weekend. The highlight of our trip was Nuit Blanche. This photo is from 2 AM!

We had a wonderful brunch on our last day in Mile End. The food scene in Montreal is unreal!

Dumbo and Bernie were great travelling partners. We will be bringing them on future adventures, for sure!

It's tea o'clock!

Maggie is an afternoon tea expert! She loves joining my mum and I to places in Toronto. A while back we went for high tea at the Holts Cafe. Our favourite part of the tea service was the jam from Kitten and the Bear.

We would love to hear your suggestions for other places to enjoy afternoon tea! We've been to a decent amount, but are always game for trying something new!