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Photo courtesy of Butchart Gardens
In 1987, at 83 years old she decided to dress up to celebrate Christmas, and 25 years later she is still going strong. She, of course, is The Butchart Gardens in Victoria and The Gardens will kick off the Christmas display with a light-up ceremony in Waterwheel Square on December 1st. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Butchart Gardens, Butchart Gardens Christmas, Holiday Lights Butchart Gardens, Ice Skating Victoria BC, Victoria BC Christmas, Victoria Gardens
Westin Bear Mountain Golf Course
The Valley course designed by Jack Nicklaus, explores the breathtaking landscape of Vancouver Island, passing over creeks and rivers, around lakes and through the forest. With more generous fairway width and fewer bunkers it is considered a friendlier course accommodating a wide skill set while providing plenty of challenge. Set in the foot hills of Mt. Finlayson, the Mountain Course is the collaborative effort of Jack Nicklaus and son Steve, which perfectly combines challenge with playability to create 18 signature holes. The varied Tee selections create the ideal experience for every level of golfer. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 4 star, Bear Mountain, Golf, nicklaus, resort, spa, things to do in Victoria BC, Travel Victoria, westin
Repeat after me. Soon sun will shine shimmering off my sandy sunglasses. Now say it ten times really fast!
The sun IS coming. The question is, when it arrives do you have something fun to do? Why not a little staycation? That is the buzz word for a vacation where you stay close to home. The beauty of traveling to Vancouver Island is that you get to travel abroad and experience cultural diversity and it only takes about three hours to get there on the Victoria Clipper.
Introducing the Premiere Summer Sale Event, Price from $99/ppdo
Overnight packages are available from only $99pp/dbl and include accommodations at the historic James Bay Inn, round trip travel from downtown Seattle on the Victoria Clipper and all taxes. Four other hotel package options include the Royal Scot Suite Hotel at $110pp/dbl, Harbour Towers at $125pp/dbl, Hotel Grand Pacific at $154pp/dbl and The Fairmont Empress at $156 pp/dbl, all including round trip travel on the Victoria Clipper and all taxes. In addition, children under 12 are free (1 child per adult).
By, Manfred Waddey
Fun things to do for the whole family
Discover the adventurous side of Victoria, BC with a ziplining getaway including round trip Victoria Clipper cruise from Seattle to Victoria, a stay at your choice of Victoria, BC hotels and a zipline tour from Adrena LINE Zipline Adventure Tours. On your Victoria ziplining adventure, seek new thrills as your soar between the treetops of a stunning West coast forest and then return to Victoria to explore a city steeped in British charm.
The Royal BC Museum is a place of discovery. Through unique galleries, the Museum showcases the human and natural history of British Columbia and temporary exhibits from other countries and cultures. Authentic artifacts and specimens are displayed in highly realistic settings, giving visitors the experience of another time and place. Its permanent exhibits include the First People’s, Modern History and Natural History Gallery. FREE Entry on May 17th 2011.
Five Star Whale Watching in Victoria, BC
Picture yourself setting sail from Victoria’s Inner Harbour and heading out into the surf for a whale of an adventure. Your boat speeds off into the waters of Vancouver Island where over 90 Orcas, or “Killer Whales,” make their home. During the three-hour trip, you’ll search for these friendly giants, taking with you memories that will last a lifetime. Sound like a dream? It doesn’t have to be. You can book a Five Star Whale Watching adventure right now!
Seattle Pastry Girl is at it again. Her most recent endeavor? Oatmeal cookies.
I know that typically football food includes things like wings, chips, beer, and dips. Maybe what you are lacking is a simple delicious recipe for a good all time standby, oatmeal cookies. At the very least there are bound to be some kids running loose while you are watching the game and oatmeal cookies are a good “compromise treat”.
Oatmeal Cookie Ingredients:
Makes about 3 dozen
60 grams (2.12 ounces) of wheat flour
140 grams (5 ounces) of soft brown sugar
170 grams ( 6 ounces) of oatmeal
2 teaspoons of baking powder
2 small pinches of salt
150 grams (5 ounces) of butter
If you have a scale use it to measure in grams which is how this recipe appeared. I used an online converter to list the ounce equivalent.
Making the oatmeal cookies… Read more
What are you make for your Super Bowl party this year?
Tags: cookie recipe, oatmeal cookie recipe, super bowl 2011, super bowl food
Say farewell to a long list of ”I Won’ts” & “I Shouldn’ts” this new year and instead consider to embrace the concept of “I Will”, as blog writer Seattle Pastry Girl so eloquently says. Seattle Pastry Girl takes on new recipes that she finds intriguing and blogs about her conquests for us to drool over. Here is a recipe for beautiful Creme Brulee cupcakes, which appear to be perfect to present at any dinner party.
Tags: dessert, northwest recipe, recipe
However beautiful, festive and bright they may be, getting a good view of Seattle’s traditional New Year’s Eve Space Needle fireworks display is a trying task involving staking your spot hours before the show and waiting endlessly in the cold. This year, break that tradition (and start a new one) with a picturesque Seattle New Year’s Eve Cruise aboard the Victoria Clipper III on Elliott Bay, complete with entertainment by a local magician and a strolling fortune teller, plus light hors d’oeuvres, a champagne toast, and of course, a spectacular view of the Space Needle fireworks from the water. For a limited time only, receive an extra 10% off your Victoria Clipper Seattle New Years Eve Cruise when you book online and use promo code NYE11. Aside from the special discount, you’ll want to book early because space is limited and it fills up fast!
Seattle New Year’s Eve Cruise 2010 details:
. Offer expires, Monday December 13, 2010
Tags: New Years Eve Seattle, Seattle Cruise, Seattle Holiday Events
What would you rather wear?
Clipper Vacations is partaking in spreading the word about Charity:Water on this very special day which has been dedicated as Blog Action Day.
Why Water? In many places we live and travel to, clean running water is as normal as the air we breathe. However, it is not that way for almost 1 billion people. Here is just one of many staggering statistics about this struggle, “Every week, nearly 38,000 children under the age of 5 die from unsafe drinking water and unhygienic living conditions.”
Few things are as beautiful in this world as seeing the smiling faces of people who, for the very first time in their lives, get to enjoy the simple ability to get fresh drinking water.
Day 3 – Live Drill Finale – September Campaign 2010 from charity: water on Vimeo.
There are many ways to help! If you have a birthday coming up you can create a campaign to accept donations instead of birthday gifts. You can do some holiday shopping or donate on behalf of someone as a gift. Even if you just spread the word, that is doing something.
Tags: blog action day, charity water, charity water blog, charitywater.org
Pablo Picasso, 1962
If you have not heard already Picasso! has arrived in Seattle and it is spectacular. From October 8, 2010-January 17, 2011, the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is hosting a very comprehensive exhibit containing over 150 works by one of the 20th century’s most influential artist, Pablo Picasso. What makes this particular collection so special is that it comes from the Musée National Picasso in Paris, containing Picasso’s personal collection of works. While the Musée Picasso undergoes renovations, the museum has allowed a world tour of the important collection and Seattle is one of only three US cities to display it.
As part of the member’s preview Tuesday night, I got a sneak peak of the exhibition and I was mesmerized. Gallery after gallery was hung with pieces that I had only ever seen in my art history books. The artwork on view spans over eight decades, and contains stunning and iconic examples from his many periods of work. You will see personal portraits of Picasso’s children, wife and mistresses as well as abstracted sculptures and still lifes. One gallery contains only photographs of Picasso including documentation of his monumental piece Guernica. There was so much to look at, I am already planning to go back to see what I missed.
Aside from making the trek to Paris, seeing this Picasso exhibit is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and it is right here in Seattle. I could not recommend enough that anyone living in the Pacific Northwest make a visit to the Seattle Art Museum to catch Picasso! before the show returns to France for good. You will not be disappointed with this world class exhibit.
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