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I'm going to Vancouver B.C., is there anything that I should be sure to do or see while I'm there?
My boyfriend got us tickets to the Amos Lee concert August 22nd. We will be there Friday and Saturday only. Where should we go for dinner, hotel/bed and breakfast recommendations, bars to visit etc... We like sushi, happy hour, eating outdoors... We're interested in visiting any wineries if there are any good ones with tasting rooms nearby. Thanks for your help!
The Bay Sushi Cafe across from Granville Skytrain station on Seymour st has the BEST sushi downtown.
Along Granville st, there are quite a few bars with patios that you can sit out and eat and drink while watching everyone walk by. Or even some of the restaurants along the harbour in Yaletown. Both are interesting during the day when it's nice and sunny out on a summer afternoon.
I agree with previous posts that you have to get out of the city as well. If you are really pressed for time, at least go up Grouse Mountain. You can get there by bus & seabus from downtown.
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Casablanca Winery Inn $128.82 Casablanca Winery Inn > YYZ > 4 Windward Dr > Grimsby > ON > L3M 4E8>Location. This Grimsby property is conveniently situated near the airport. Regional points of interest include Ivor Wynne Stadium. Features. Casablanca Winery Inn has an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness facility. The onsite spa at this 3.5 star property offers massage and treatment rooms, facial treatments, body treatments, and beauty services. Business amenities include a 24 hour business center, complimentary wireless Internet access, meeting rooms for small groups, and business services. Casablanca Winery Inn has a bar/lounge and a coffee shop/café. Room service is available during limited hours. Event facilities consist of a ballroom, exhibit space, conference rooms, and banquet facilities. This is a smoke free property (fines may apply for violations). Guestrooms. Amenities featured in guestrooms include speakerphones, free local calls, and televisions. Business friendly amenities include complimentary high speed (wired) Internet access, complimentary wireless Internet access, and desks. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, hair dryers, and complimentary toiletries. Guestrooms are accessible via exterior corridors. Rollaway beds are available on request. All guestrooms at Casablanca Winery Inn are non smoking. > |
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At The Winery $24.99 At The Winery |
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South Coast Winery Resort Spa $169 South Coast Winery Resort Spa > CLD > 34843 Rancho California Rd > Temecula > CA > 92591>Location. This spa property is located in Temecula, close to Rancho Palomar Winery and Callaway Vineyard and Winery. Features. South Coast Winery Resort Spa has a health club, an outdoor pool, a spa tub, a steam room, and a sauna. The onsite spa at this 4.0 star property offers massage and treatment rooms and beauty services. Business amenities include wireless Internet access, meeting rooms for small groups, and audio visual equipment. South Coast Winery Resort Spa has a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a poolside bar. 24 hour room service is available. Event facilities consist of a ballroom, conference rooms, and banquet facilities. This is a smoke free property (fines may apply for violations). Guestrooms. Amenities featured in guestrooms include air conditioning, coffee/tea makers, and free local calls. In addition, amenities available on request include microwaves, a turndown service, and hypo allergenic bedding. Guestrooms have televisions with premium TV channels and pay movies. Business friendly amenities include multi line phones, desks, and direct dial phones. Complimentary bottled water is provided. Balconies are featured in all guestrooms. A fireplace is featured in every room. All guestrooms provide refrigerators and complimentary bottled water. Bathrooms feature jetted tubs, separate bathtubs and showers, and bathroom TVs. Guestroom services include housekeeping and wake up calls. Guestrooms are accessible via exterior corridors. Rollaway beds are available on request. All guestrooms at South Coast Winery Resort Spa are non smoking. Notifications:This property caters to couples. Additional fees and deposits may be charged by the property at time of service, check in, or check out. > |
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The Dining Room at a Fine Hotel and Winery in Mendoza $39.99 Michael S. Lewis The Dining Room at a Fine Hotel and Winery in Mendoza - Photographic Print |
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Shafts of Light in Barrel Room of Montevina Winery, Shenandoah Valley, California, USA $124.99 Janis Miglavs Shafts of Light in Barrel Room of Montevina Winery, Shenandoah Valley, California, USA - Laminated Oversized Art |
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Bottles in Tasting Room, Bodega Pisano Winery, Progreso, Uruguay $29.99 Per Karlsson Bottles in Tasting Room, Bodega Pisano Winery, Progreso, Uruguay - Photographic Print |
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Pine Ridge Winery Cask Room, Yountville, Napa Valley, California $29.99 Walter Bibikow Pine Ridge Winery Cask Room, Yountville, Napa Valley, California - Photographic Print |
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Tsillan Winery Tasting Room, Columbia Valley Appellation, Washington, USA $29.99 Janis Miglavs Tsillan Winery Tasting Room, Columbia Valley Appellation, Washington, USA - Photographic Print |
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Cave B Dinning Room and Winery, Columbia Valley, Central Washington, USA $29.99 Janis Miglavs Cave B Dinning Room and Winery, Columbia Valley, Central Washington, USA - Photographic Print |
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Charming Mendocino's Attraction is No Mystery
It's no mystery that Mendocino is popular with tourists -- after all, it was seen nationally for many years as the backdrop on television's Murder She Wrote.
The series ran 12 years altogether, filming its last episode in 1996. During that time, 264 episodes were broadcast to millions of viewers each week, each segment serving up a good helping of scenery in and around Mendocino. Interestingly there were just nine episodes actually filmed in the town - the other 255 shows used stock exterior footage the producers grabbed while in town for those nine shoots.
When you visit this town for the first time, the seascape just reaches out and touches your spirit. It's not just Mendocino - the entire stretch of coastline heading north into Mendocino yields view after view, each a little more spectacular than the last one. Driving this part of Highway 101, you really do have to make an extra effort to focus on your driving, lest you be lulled into some sort of meditative trance.
Mendocino is perched high on a bluff overlooking the vast Pacific. It's a small town and really just what you would think a New England fishing village would look like. A mixture of Cape Cod architecture and historic storefronts gives the town an almost theme-town kind of appearance. Windswept trees, rolling grassy hills and steep cliffs are footsteps from the Village by way of several miles of coastal trails that are perfect for hiking and photography. Down below are remote beaches and the cragged, rocky shoreline.
In the Village you'll find a variety of eclectic shops - unusual records, one-of-a-kind musical instruments, vintage toys, you name it -- mingled with historic homes, inns and fine restaurants. With more than 60 movies filmed here, it seems like everybody has a movie connection of some sort. Blair House bed and breakfast was the fictional home of Jessica Fletcher, the character Angela Lansbury played in Murder She Wrote. Over at Heritage House, their claim to fame is that the inn was used as the setting for the movie Same Time Next Year. And so it goes.
Our accommodations for the night did not have a connection with the movies, although the popular MacCallum House bed and breakfast inn has a strong connection with Mendocino history. This house dates back to 1882 and was built by Alexander MacCallum, whose father-in-law was one of the first settlers in Mendocino. Eventually the house was turned into a bed-and-breakfast inn and went through a series of owners until it was purchased just two years ago by local residents Jed Ayres and Noah Sheppard.
The 30-something Ayres took a rather unconventional route from Mendocino high school student to proprietor of MacCallum House. He started in the hospitality business while he was still a college student, working summers at Heritage House as a waiter, bell hop and assistant manager. But after earning his MBA, he took a summer internship with computer reseller AmeriData that eventually led to a position as General Manager of the company's Bay Area office supervising 100 employees and sales of $60 million. From there, Ayres went on to an even more prominent position with a start-up DSL provider that, unfortunately, went out of business the next year. It was time for a decision.
"I wanted to move home and do something different and raise a family," Ayres explains. And so it was then that he and longtime friend and local contractor Sheppard put the deal together to buy the MacCallum House, where Ayres had once worked. Ironically, they bought the restaurant from Alan Kantor, who had hired Ayres way back when as a dishwasher. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Kantor has remained with the restaurant and is today recognized as one of the best chefs in the area. Ayres has gone from dishwasher to semi-mogul, Mendocino's version of Donald Trump.
In the short time that Ayres and Sheppard have owned the inn, occupancy has skyrocketed, due in part to the technical savvy that Ayres brings to internet marketing. The partners have gone on to buy more buildings including the well-known Reed Manor, which is the newest and perhaps most luxurious hotel in Mendocino. It's now known as MacCallum Suites.
Our stay at MacCallum House was quiet and restful, and gave us a great chance to just walk down the block to visit the local merchants or to hike on over to the headlands where the trails offer breathtaking views of the coastline and the town itself. We stayed in the "Upper Barn Suite," a second-floor unit in a building across the lawn from the main house. This is the largest room on the MacCallum property and enjoys views of the ocean. The unit features a private deck as well as a stone fireplace, wet bar, refrigerator and a large living room in addition to the bed, bath and kitchen areas. Furnishings are generally antique - or approaching antique.
Of course, dining at MacCallum House is a big part of the treat and, fortunately, we elected to have dinner there in addition to the breakfast that normally comes with your room. Both meals were well up to expectations. Breakfast for example, might include a Butternut Squash Omelet or Red Potatoes with Cremini Mushrooms or, the entree we tried, Lupe's Breakfast Burrito, a delicious combination of apple-turkey sausage, scrambled eggs, white cheddar, onions, peppers and salsa on a fresh tortilla. Most of the dinner menu items highlight entrees that are regional and fresh.
After great food should come some exercise, and there is no shortage of places to hike in the Mendocino area. In addition to the previously mentioned trails, there are lots of areas where you can walk by rivers and streams and even enjoy Redwood forests. Near Mendocino, you'll find a total of five state parks as well as five state beaches awaiting your exploration. The hikes range from casual to moderately challenging.
A slightly different kind of walk is available when the many local fine art galleries open their doors for special artist openings and group shows between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m. This is offered the second Saturday of each month. In fact, the beauty of Mendocino has always beckoned artists and the Mendocino Art Center will even teach you how to become an artist.
Finally, if you think you have to go to Napa to experience fine California wines, the Anderson Valley is an easy drive from Mendocino. Altogether there are 40 wineries and 16,000 acres of vineyards in Mendocino County. Anderson Valley, with its different climates at each end, offers excellent conditions for growing a variety of grapes.
Yes, the only mystery that Jessica Fletcher really can't solve is how so much natural beauty ended up all in one place: Mendocino, California. AT A GLANCE
WHERE: Mendocino is about 150 miles north of San Francisco and is reached by taking Highway 101 north, then Highway 128 northwest to the coast. Scenery abounds once you get on 128.
WHAT: Mendocino is one of several Northern California Coast destinations that each offer spectacular views and a special coastal charm. Mendocino is perhaps one of the most scenic, which is why it has been used as a backdrop in more than 60 movies. When you think of a California vacation, the coast often comes to mind and this is one of the most scenic stretches of coast in the entire state.
WHEN: Any time of year. Summer is warmer of course, but any time of year is subject to fog along the coast. If rough weather hits, Mendocino is more protected from flooding than most communities in the area - but it's still near the water and can get storms off the Pacific. A lot of people consider the weather part of the charm. Be sure and check out travel deals and vacation packages during certain times of the year that are considered to be the "off-season."
WHY: Great scenery and atmosphere plus some of the nicest accommodations on the coast.
HOW: For more information on MacCallum House, go to www.maccallumhouse.com or phone 800-609-0492.
About the Author
Cary Ordway is president of Getaway Media Corp, publisher of websites focusing on Pacific Northwest travel and California spa vacations.
