We took the Canada Line SkyTrain to our downtown hotel – it was super easy to navigate.

My lovely suitcase (the burgundy one) has 4 wheels, so John was really smart and cornered it so it wouldn’t roll all over!

The Fairmont Waterfront was our home for 2 nights – it was a fantastic hotel.

I packed a few pairs of shoes for our adventure – this picture amuses me.

On Friday afternoon, we explored Vancouver by walking the sea board.

With the Vancouver 2010 Olympic caldron and the Vancouver Convention Center (with the living roof).

We walked down and through Stanley Park – so gorgeous and peaceful!

My hubby and I had both been to Vancouver before separately – so we just walked parts of Granville Street & Robson Street.

We found an amazing Mexican Restaurant further down Robson Street called Don Guacamole. John actually said, “This is the best Mexican food I’ve had in Canada” – this is almost an oxymoron – as nothing is comparable north of the Red River (river that divides Texas & Oklahoma). It was a fabulous experience and satisfied our cravings for our favorite food.

On Saturday, we relaxed, read, and walked more!

P.S. For our US/International friends – Tim Horton’s is a rival coffee shop to Starbucks in Canada – these 2 were literally 10 steps apart in an open air building – I thought it was cute.

We got all dressed up for the fancy Charity Auction that were out for.

I was feeling sassy and decided to take a selfie while waiting for John to finish getting ready (just had to rub that in).

Recall me telling you there was a Shoe Raffle – well it was a Christian Louboutin ($$) Shoe Raffle!! The winner was awarded the pair of pumps on display with the option to exchange at Holt Renfrew for another pair up to $800! (Stacy – I trust that could have gone nicely towards the boots on your wish list!)

John did an amazing job conducting the Live Auction & Tele-a-therapy of the evening. I LOVE listening to him auctioneer ;)

Hope your weekend is “amazing”!

Happy Travels,
Robyn

P.S. REMEMBER to enter the Hide Your Straps contest NOW – the deadline is tonight (Friday) at 11:59pm MST!!

Our adventure to Vancouver last weekend for a getaway & charity auction was fabulous!

We took the Canada Line SkyTrain to our downtown hotel – it was super easy to navigate.

My lovely suitcase (the burgundy one) has 4 wheels, so John was really smart and cornered it so it wouldn’t roll all over!

The Fairmont Waterfront was our home for 2 nights – it was a fantastic hotel.

I packed a few pairs of shoes for our adventure – this picture amuses me.

On Friday afternoon, we explored Vancouver by walking the sea board.

With the Vancouver 2010 Olympic caldron and the Vancouver Convention Center (with the living roof).

We walked down and through Stanley Park – so gorgeous and peaceful!

My hubby and I had both been to Vancouver before separately – so we just walked parts of Granville Street & Robson Street.

We found an amazing Mexican Restaurant further down Robson Street called Don Guacamole. John actually said, “This is the best Mexican food I’ve had in Canada” – this is almost an oxymoron – as nothing is comparable north of the Red River (river that divides Texas & Oklahoma). It was a fabulous experience and satisfied our cravings for our favorite food.

On Saturday, we relaxed, read, and walked more!

P.S. For our US/International friends – Tim Horton’s is a rival coffee shop to Starbucks in Canada – these 2 were literally 10 steps apart in an open air building – I thought it was cute.

We got all dressed up for the fancy Charity Auction that were out for.

I was feeling sassy and decided to take a selfie while waiting for John to finish getting ready (just had to rub that in).

Recall me telling you there was a Shoe Raffle – well it was a Christian Louboutin ($$) Shoe Raffle!! The winner was awarded the pair of pumps on display with the option to exchange at Holt Renfrew for another pair up to $800! (Stacy – I trust that could have gone nicely towards the boots on your wish list!)

John did an amazing job conducting the Live Auction & Tele-a-therapy of the evening. I LOVE listening to him auctioneer ;)

Hope your weekend is “amazing”!

Happy Travels,
Robyn

P.S. REMEMBER to enter the Hide Your Straps contest NOW – the deadline is tonight (Friday) at 11:59pm MST!!

I got this email today (author – Unknown) from a friend about the medal ceremony flowers and wanted to share – it’s a really cool story.

“The (odd-looking?) bouquet of flowers presented to each medalist on the podium at the Winter Olympics- 1,800 in all – are all the same, made up of green spider mums with hypericum berries surrounded by leather-leaf fern, monkey grass, and aspidistra leaves.”

“What’s really interesting? They’re all made by Just Beginnings Flowers, a non-profit company in Surrey, BC that employs women who are just out of prison, abused, fighting addiction, or with special needs, and teaches them how to be florists.”

I get so humbled when I learn about businesses like this one – that help others.

This is an awesome reminder for me to continue evaluating what I’m doing and ensure that I’m looking for ways to to provide opportunities to others.

Live Inspired,
Robyn

I really enjoyed the 2010 Olympics – from my Olympic Torch experience to watching the hockey games – Go Canada Go.

I got this email today (author – Unknown) from a friend about the medal ceremony flowers and wanted to share – it’s a really cool story.

“The (odd-looking?) bouquet of flowers presented to each medalist on the podium at the Winter Olympics- 1,800 in all – are all the same, made up of green spider mums with hypericum berries surrounded by leather-leaf fern, monkey grass, and aspidistra leaves.”

“What’s really interesting? They’re all made by Just Beginnings Flowers, a non-profit company in Surrey, BC that employs women who are just out of prison, abused, fighting addiction, or with special needs, and teaches them how to be florists.”

I get so humbled when I learn about businesses like this one – that help others.

This is an awesome reminder for me to continue evaluating what I’m doing and ensure that I’m looking for ways to to provide opportunities to others.

Live Inspired,
Robyn

“I love my wife…home made pizza and cold beer for the hockey game. We rooted for different teams, mine won, I’m so spoiled.”

Despite Canada’s loss last night – there is still hope for a podium finish ;)

The most hopeful part of the game for Canada:

Yummy supper!

Here are 2 websites that I found with the help of Google to make my homemade Chicken Feta Pizza last night!

Homemade Pizza Crust (I was looking for a quick one as I knew my hubby was hungry…ok, I was also not patient enough to wait for it to rise either!)

Chicken Feta toppings (I skipped the Spinach this time)

Happy Cheering & Cooking,
Robyn

Last night, my hubby and I watched the Olympic Men’s Hockey game – Canada vs USA! John’s Facebook status made me giggle:

“I love my wife…home made pizza and cold beer for the hockey game. We rooted for different teams, mine won, I’m so spoiled.”

Despite Canada’s loss last night – there is still hope for a podium finish ;)

The most hopeful part of the game for Canada:

Yummy supper!

Here are 2 websites that I found with the help of Google to make my homemade Chicken Feta Pizza last night!

Homemade Pizza Crust (I was looking for a quick one as I knew my hubby was hungry…ok, I was also not patient enough to wait for it to rise either!)

Chicken Feta toppings (I skipped the Spinach this time)

Happy Cheering & Cooking,
Robyn