Marissa's Visit

Hi Everyone

Some of you may remember that Marissa [Dr. Quilter] was coming up to
Vancouver. Well she arrived shortly after noon yesterday and Deni in
Burnaby and I took her out for lunch and a mini shop hop.

Our first quilt shop wasn't open [they decided not be open on Sundays during
the summer...bummer] We went around the corner and had a yummy lunch at the
Bake House. I then phoned a couple of shops, thank goodness for their punch
cards that I keep in my purse. Found out that a second location close to
the first also was closed but the third one was open. We trucked down the
hill and checked out the Thread Bear in North Vancouver.

We then drove over the Lion's Gate Bridge, through Stanley Park and over the
Burrard Street Bridge and up to the Cloth Shop [their N.Vancouver locale was
closed]. Marissa got some suggestions for setting her antique Dresden plate
blocks and found a stencil to use when she finally quilts them.

Our last stop for the day was Quilter's Haven in Burnaby, here we managed to
find a couple of treats to surprise Deni with. Today is her birthday. Next
I dropped them at Deni's so I could go to my annual Condo BBQ and then I met
them at a local Greek restaurant for dessert. Back to Deni's where I did a
show and tell on my collection of old quilts.

Keep your fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly for Marissa and that
she returns home tonight.

It was great seeing her, but too bad that Fer and Sophia didn't come up with
her..maybe next time.

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com

Thank you, Sandi, most of us won't get to do many "meet-ups" but we are so
pleased to hear about yours. I would, of course, pout and sulk if I didn't
get to meet our little Sofi. Did you get to hear some wonderful brag
stories about her? Polly

"shhdesigns" wrote in message
news:YrpOe.87005$vj.74977@pd7tw1no...
Hi Everyone

Some of you may remember that Marissa [Dr. Quilter] was coming up to
Vancouver. Well she arrived shortly after noon yesterday and Deni in
Burnaby and I took her out for lunch and a mini shop hop.

Our first quilt shop wasn't open [they decided not be open on Sundays
during the summer...bummer] We went around the corner and had a yummy
lunch at the Bake House. I then phoned a couple of shops, thank goodness
for their punch cards that I keep in my purse. Found out that a second
location close to the first also was closed but the third one was open.
We trucked down the hill and checked out the Thread Bear in North
Vancouver.

We then drove over the Lion's Gate Bridge, through Stanley Park and over
the Burrard Street Bridge and up to the Cloth Shop [their N.Vancouver
locale was closed]. Marissa got some suggestions for setting her antique
Dresden plate blocks and found a stencil to use when she finally quilts
them.

Our last stop for the day was Quilter's Haven in Burnaby, here we managed
to find a couple of treats to surprise Deni with. Today is her birthday.
Next I dropped them at Deni's so I could go to my annual Condo BBQ and
then I met them at a local Greek restaurant for dessert. Back to Deni's
where I did a show and tell on my collection of old quilts.

Keep your fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly for Marissa and
that she returns home tonight.

It was great seeing her, but too bad that Fer and Sophia didn't come up
with her..maybe next time.

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com

Sounds fun Sandi. Can't wait for my meet up with Pat on the Hill in
England in early Oct. (We met in Paducah in '04). She has been an
absolute treasure with advice and tips on our planned itinerary thru
Scotland, England and Nth Wales. Hoping we can say Hi to a couple of
other rctq'ers - Megwen in Bath, and I wonder if Jo in Scotland wants
to holler?

Cheers
Bronnie

Yes, we heard how she is bi-lingual and speaks both languages in her 4 word
sentences. No pictures this time, and Marissa should be home by now.
Everything went well for her today! Yahoo!

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com
"Polly Esther" wrote in message
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Thank you, Sandi, most of us won't get to do many "meet-ups" but we are so
pleased to hear about yours. I would, of course, pout and sulk if I
didn't get to meet our little Sofi. Did you get to hear some wonderful
brag stories about her? Polly

"shhdesigns" wrote in message
news:YrpOe.87005$vj.74977@pd7tw1no...
Hi Everyone

Some of you may remember that Marissa [Dr. Quilter] was coming up to
Vancouver. Well she arrived shortly after noon yesterday and Deni in
Burnaby and I took her out for lunch and a mini shop hop.

Our first quilt shop wasn't open [they decided not be open on Sundays
during the summer...bummer] We went around the corner and had a yummy
lunch at the Bake House. I then phoned a couple of shops, thank goodness
for their punch cards that I keep in my purse. Found out that a second
location close to the first also was closed but the third one was open.
We trucked down the hill and checked out the Thread Bear in North
Vancouver.

We then drove over the Lion's Gate Bridge, through Stanley Park and over
the Burrard Street Bridge and up to the Cloth Shop [their N.Vancouver
locale was closed]. Marissa got some suggestions for setting her antique
Dresden plate blocks and found a stencil to use when she finally quilts
them.

Our last stop for the day was Quilter's Haven in Burnaby, here we managed
to find a couple of treats to surprise Deni with. Today is her birthday.
Next I dropped them at Deni's so I could go to my annual Condo BBQ and
then I met them at a local Greek restaurant for dessert. Back to Deni's
where I did a show and tell on my collection of old quilts.

Keep your fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly for Marissa and
that she returns home tonight.

It was great seeing her, but too bad that Fer and Sophia didn't come up
with her..maybe next time.

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com

It was fun, I've had a few meet ups with folks around the U.S. It's always
a fun adventure, even if it was just the three of us.

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com
"Bronnie" wrote in message
ups.com...
Sounds fun Sandi. Can't wait for my meet up with Pat on the Hill in
England in early Oct. (We met in Paducah in '04). She has been an
absolute treasure with advice and tips on our planned itinerary thru
Scotland, England and Nth Wales. Hoping we can say Hi to a couple of
other rctq'ers - Megwen in Bath, and I wonder if Jo in Scotland wants
to holler?

Cheers
Bronnie