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Pacific Rim Fairmont, Vancouver, BC

Pip and I in our room at the Fairmont Pacific Rim.

Peter demonstrating the television in the bathroom mirror. You can watch from the comfort of the huge marble tub.

Pip and Tabs

Pip strikes a pose.

That's me in front of our hotel in my orange dress.

Peter carrying the newly rented keyboard from my favorite music store: Tom Lee! They have the best sheet music and the best equipment rental :)

Pip and I at Joey's, downtown Vancouver.

Peter and Tabs at Joey's.

Me biking in Stanley Park.

A stunning Mother's Day morning in Vancouver.

Early morning Starbucks near the waterfront. I love down town Vancouver. We travel there often and it has become like a second home.

Our weekend in Vancouver was exciting and fun. The car trip home exciting and not so fun in parts. Pip projectile vomited all over the car before we'd even exited Surrey, Tabs had upset tummy too--many stops!

Hotel Review: Pacific Rim Fairmont, down town Vancouver, BC

Fairmont Hotel's have a great points program, so we try and stay exclusively at Fairmonts when we travel. If there's a Fairmont at our destination city, that's where we'll stay. I must say, Fairmont really needs to hire me for PR. We have stayed in all four of Vancouver's Fairmonts: Airport, Water Front, Hotel Vancouver and The Pacific Rim. I enjoy them all and Hotel Vancouver has always been my favorite because it feels like a second home. We've been staying there since we first moved back (since I moved back, Peter's first time) to B.C.--since the girls were teeny-tiny, wee babes. We know the dogs: Mavis and Beau well and we've even walked them. However, although my love for Hotel Vancouver still exists, I have a new favorite. Pacific Rim wins out.
It wins because it is the most luxurious with the most friendly, helpful staff ever. They try to catch your eye constantly just to smile and say hello. The rooms are high-tech and so quiet. The windows, lighting and blinds are all computerized. The windows are floor to ceiling with great views and open to the outside. The beds are super comfy too. And the bathrooms are huge, luxurious with spa lighting and of course that TV in the mirror (above pic). The pool is also dreamy (see previous blog). Although, they must do something to stop the fruit bombings. I know just how to stop them too. Trust me, they will be receiving a letter from me this week.
Another perk is that if one is a platinum member, one has free access to BMW mountain bikes and a BMW car with a chauffeur to take one anywhere within the city.
So there you have it, my new favorite downtown Vancouver Hotel: The Pacific Rim. I highly recommend it for great staff and luxurious rooms. It's a little more expensive than the other Fairmonts but worth it in my opinion if you want luxury and super comfort.

Labels: BC, Fairmont Hotels, Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, vancouver

April Flower Gardens of Victoria, BC

April Flowers

I hope you enjoy the lovely Victoria flower gardens. I took these pictures this morning on a sunshine filled walk downtown. And now, my girls and I are having a private tea party in the hotel lounge and we are reading, writing in our journals (Pippi) and blogging. However, The Tabs it seems, has been up to no-good--just discovered she's been playing computer games this whole time! Mistaya is reading her latest manga books. Happy to report that this morning we found a second hand book store and Mistaya was thrilled to find many of her discontinued manga books for her collection. It appears that the chocolate we've enjoyed at the tea party has only sparked my girls appetites so now we must go forth and find lunch! The most difficult thing about traveling with the girls and staying in hotels is our diet. The children eat no fruit and veggies the entire trip and I am frantic about it. As much as I love the Fairmont Hotels I actually prefer renting a condo when the kids are with us because of the meals.

Labels: april flowers, BC, flower gardens, victoria

Lac Du Bois

A quick weekend trip to Kamloops, BC. I didn't have a class after all and finished my paper a week early. So we headed out to visit my parents. My mom prepared a ham dinner--so delicious with scalloped potatoes, sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts and a scrumptious strawberry cream square. We spent the night and I had a really great sleep. Much more restful than I've had in months. I dreamed I gave birth to Penelope in Disneyland though--weird. Pip got to sleep with her Granny and was ever so thrilled. My parents dog (Toby) hated Fernando though.

Peter and I headed out to one of the

most beautiful places on earth: Lac Du Bois Grasslands, just outside of Kamloops. The top photo is of three brilliant mountain blue birds.

Peter and I hiked at night too--I will post those pics next.

Hiking on the wonderful hills always inspires me to live my life to its fullest. I love it out there.

This summer I have classes and Peter teaches a class, so we are going to spend our time doing weekend trips around. One trip will be a camping trip to pan for gold. We will pitch tents near a creek in the Boundary

country and start looking!

The next trip will be a ghost tracking trip at night to the old abandon TB sanatorium near Kamloops. I'll bring along a little posse as Peter never goes for these kinds of adventures. Mistaya has signed up and I am counting on KW to join the troops. We missed the Sasquatch trek last summer--though I am still planning a trip deep into the Northwest rainforests to attempt such an adventure--research for a junior fiction novel.

Enjoy the pictures of Lac Du Bois.