Long Weekend

Took this past Friday off work, as J. was down from Montreal visiting with her folks in the Valley. Had quite a good long weekend with her.

Went down to the Valley Thursday night after work and stayed over at J.'s parents' place so we could go riding early the following morning. J.'s mother keeps her new horse at the stables of Evangeline Trail Rides, near Canning. It was a beautiful sunny day and we spent about an hour riding through the woods - much fun. And we rode Western, so I wasn't too sore the following day (as I would definitely have been, had we ridden English!).

After stopping in at Stirling's for lunch and yet another delicious piece of pie (I had peach-blueberry this time), we headed back into the city as we had appointments down at the Interlude Spa at 4 pm. We both had the Healing Stone massage - I hadn't had one of those in about a year and a half. I tell you, if money were no object, I'd have one of those every day! Heavenly.

Friday night we hit Onyx for another fabulous dinner. This was our second time eating there and it was even better than the first. Good wines, very nice service, and the Digby scallops I had to start were probably the best scallops I've ever eaten. Yum.

Late Saturday morning, we jumped into the car and headed down the south shore to Chester. The historical society down there was holding its annual Heritage House and Harbour Tour, which neither J. nor I had ever attended. It was great - a good mix of properties from different time periods and architectural styles. One house in particular was one I've admired for years, so it was great to be able to have a look around the interior. The weather was absolutely perfect, we had a scrummy lunch at Julien's, and hit the outdoor art sale which was also on in the village that day, before heading back into the city late in the afternoon.

It was Girls Nite Out on Saturday, so we met up with A.D., as well as P., who was in town from St. John's for work. Their friends T. and C. joined us that evening in the lounge at Seven Wine Bar for drinks and some food. I've been meaning to try Seven for a long time and I was quite impressed. It's very chic, and the menus were very good. Next time we go, we'll have to try out the dining room upstairs.

We ended up going to Rain afterwards in the hopes of dancing, but the music wasn't that great. We just ended up having another drink, then calling it a night around 1 am. I knew we should have gone to Reflections instead! This city desperately needs a club that caters to the thirtysomething crowd - given the large student population here, it's well-nigh impossible to escape the hordes of scantily-dressed, drunken college kids everywhere you go. *sigh*

Oh well. Given my social life these days...there's always next year. ;-)