Stefanie & Chad's Nuptuals

Congratulations Stefanie & Chad!!!

Same as the day I met her, some time in February 2003 in the far off Land of Oz, the fun and energetic Stefanie married the luckiest man in the world Chad! What a fun night. Thanks to you both.. may you have a long and happy life together.

XO
Reese

My Last 2 Days in Cowtown :-(

Quickly my trip came to an end on Monday June 4th.

Sunday was a day of rest for all, CM & I headed back to the city to recover from the last 3 nights out. We got some snacks and settled in on the couch to have a nap and watch a movie. For dinner one of CM's best friends made us dinner at her house. Dinner was fabulous and the company was great. CM has some really great friends over there... I will be happy to move out there when we get married ;-)

Monday I spent the day with JMA. We planned to do some shopping in Kennsington, but that ended around noon when we discovered a rooftop patio that served Margaritas and Sangria... so we spend the afternoon relaxing on the rooftop and having some quality time. Until I had to head out to the airport :-(

Good-bye was sad, especially for me to say by to CM, he was the best host ever, I hate that I don't see him more often. Thanks Merks!!

Banff

Bright and early Saturday morning we headed to Banff Alberta to spend the day with nature. What a lovely town. We got there around noon and had lunch on a rooftop patio. The sun was beating on us as we looked at snow capped mountains.

We were joined by JMA & DC in the early afternoon and we got a well guided tour (by CM) of Banff. We started with a trip to the Top'O'Canada .. or at least Banff in a poorly ventilated gondola. DC & I walked up to the peak whilst CM & JMA played with mountain goats... The views were breath taking. Despite seeing many, many mountain ranges in my day, each time it amazes me how the world has such miracles in nature.

In the evening CM treated us to Beergaritas!! I can't tell you what is in them but there is definitely more alcohol in one glass of it then in a bottle of wine I think. Then we headed to 'The Aurora' The local Night Club. I have to tell you, other then being older then most people by 10 years, it was sooo much fun. GW & JW joined us around 1 am as well. All & all a great day/night in Banff.

Calgary Zoo

Friday crawling out of bed after a late night Thursday was a challenge for sure, but we got up to greet the sunny day and headed to the Calgary Zoo.

The Zoo was huge! We saw Elephants, Monkeys, Giraffe, Hippos, Moose and so much more... my favourite I think was the Gorilla.. CM liked the Moose which I find odd as he is from Thunder Bay and I suspect there are a lot of moose there :-) CM & I also really liked the Otters. The combination of animals, wild children and extreme heat was enough to exhaust me and work up a fierce appetite, so CM & I met GW for Dim Sum in Chinatown (China Mall really).


We ordered enough to feed Hong Kong, and despite the servers advice we continued to order... we weren't able to eat it all of course, but I did learn a valuable lesson. I like pork buns. We Digested our Dim Sum (Dim Sum which I haven't been able to eat by the way since I threw it up out my nose way back in Dec in NYC.) and headed to a Cigar bar for a smoke.

The evening was fairly low key as we were heading to Banff the next day and I wanted an early start. So we went out to a few bars and came home before 2 am believe it or not.