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Giant Transformers Robots at Primitive Designs

Primitive Designs located at 2762 Northumberland County Rd 28 in Port Hope

March 17, 2018: Primitive Designs is a retail and gift shop filled with some of the most unique and exotic antiques, furnishings, and art pieces I’ve ever seen. It’s located in Port Hope and is one of the top tourist attractions in this small town.

We arrived here around 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon on a Saturday to check it out. They had a gigantic Transformers robot outside the shop. It was so impressive that even my SO exclaimed a loud “Wow!” immediately upon us driving onto the lot. We got out of the car and spent the next hour and a half or so browsing the very many collection of interesting items that they had for Continue reading →

Goat Shmurgle and Alpacas at Haute Goat

Haute Goat located at 1166 5th line, Newtonville

March 17, 2018: Haute Goat is a tourist attraction in Newtonville, Ontario (just outside of Port Hope) where there is a 200-acre farm for alpacas, Nigerian Dwarf goats, and Icelandic horses. The most special and visit-worthy thing about Haute Goat is their “goat shmurgle” where you get to walk with goats, feed them, and get right up and personal with them to hug them. I actually didn’t know that Haute Goat offered such a fun activity for kids and adults until our visit. Continue reading →

Attending Maple Syrup Day at the Ganaraska Forest Centre in 10585 Cold Springs Camp Rd, Port Hope

March 17, 2018 was Maple Syrup Day in Port Hope at the Ganaraska Forest Centre! It was my first time attending such an event and I was looking forward to seeing what was in store for us. This was an absolutely made-for family friendly activity for the kids, and especially so as it was the last weekend for March Break.

Ganaraska Forest Centre is located about 30 minutes north of Downtown Port Hope in Ontario (10585 Cold Springs Camp Rd). The Municipality of Port Hope had already reserved tickets for us. When we arrived and followed the signs to the parking lot, an attendant gave us two tickets for the Continue reading →

Happy 5th Birthday to my Blog!

Blogging milestone

It’s not every day that you get to wish your blog a fifth birthday. 😀 I still remember when I had come back from my Asia trip in 2013 and instantly wanted to start a blog to chronicle my travel adventures and steno stories. Since then, I’ve added so many food and restaurant reviews to this blog in addition to the travel and steno stories (actually most of my steno stories are private now due to privacy concerns and to my capacity as a working stenographer). I’ll still continue to blog and still continue to tackle my ever-present backlog. XD Continue reading →

Weekly Photo Challenge: Favourite Place

Markham, Ontario. September 2017

No matter where I go, how many restaurants I visit, how many countries I step into, home will always be my favourite place to return to, to relax, in, to be with my loved ones, and to enjoy the little things. I don’t have a particular photo showing “home”, so this photo of a sunset taken in the park near my house will do. Continue reading →