kai and i were treated to a behind the scenes visit with seal lions and fur seals. i am so glad our sweet friend patrycja thought about us to accompany her to the aquarium. a friend of hers volunteers there and is so passionate about these animals that she puts in full-time hours to care for them. and she moved all the way from poland to do so; isn't she incredible? she was infectious with her passion of these very adorable animals. she says that her payment is in seal kisses, literally! i loved that we had the opportunity to see the animals out of the water, up close, and interacting with their human friends.
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so adorable, don't you want to take him home? |
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kai kept his hands out of sight; apparently fur seals are curious and like to bite! |
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patrycja hid her hands too! |
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the sea lions were humongous! |
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a hug, too adorable! |
after a stroll in stanley park and lunch at carderos we treated ourselves to macarons from soirette, a new pastry shop. it is located in the coal harbour neighbourhood next door to stanley park. soirette is a little jewel box of a shop filled with delicate macarons and organic tea. each macaron we snacked on was full of flavour, but my favourites were the lemon and caramel fleur de sel. i plan to visit again, it was the perfect indulgence.
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a 'secret' carving in stanley park - artist unknown |
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spring is coming! |
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photo taken by patrycja |
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i picked up a box of macarons for stefan who had to work the saturday |
on sunday while kai was at his snowboarding lesson, stefan and i went snowshoeing. we went further up the mountain to take advantage of the views. it was the first clear day i had on the mountain; so much nicer than sitting in front of the television watching the superbowl! we had a fabulous early dinner at altitudes bistro where kai ate an entire adult burger (it was huge and i didn't think he would finish it all), we caught glimpses of the superbowl game (kai was cheering for the giants because daniel radcliffe is a fan), and i had the most delicious tea (mint tea with vanilla vodka and creme de cacao). 
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one more steep climb for the views! |
my mom sent a care package full of meatballs! the three of us love her meatballs, polpetti in italian. they are so good that our friends covet them. the recipe is a secret italian one that i am not allowed to share ;)
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