Luxury getaways to the ocean's edge
I recommend the movie Random Passage to anyone interested in Newfoundland culture and history – it really helps you understand what forces formed this colony. That’s why I love the pictures Bud Vincent sent me for the blog this week – of the movie set in New Bonaventure, Trinity Bay. Just beautiful.
For all I rave about the Wonderful World of Whiteway, one thing we don’t have is the Avalon Mall with its new Imax theatre (to be honest, that’s probably one of the reasons why people like to have getaways here!). So when we have a rare St. John’s day, like we did this past week because The Berry and I both had meetings in town, we try to catch up on the latest flicks.
So we saw Men in Black, which was great – no Avengers, but enjoyable in a different way.
Today is a gardening day, followed by an auction for Eastern Health in Carbonear with Clifford and Shirley George, and Lisa Day. I love my ‘retirement!’
Last night, as the observant can tell from the background of this picture, Laurelyn and I took full advantage of being back in town to hit up the Avalon Mall Empire Theatres. And we also took full advantage of Pink Shirt Day to show our support for this great anti-bullying campaign. I don’t have school-aged children (too old!) or grandchildren (too young!), so I only really learned about this campaign through the social media that I’m now using to promote our cabins.
For years we’ve been hearing about how powerful Twitter and the rest can be, and I’m now really starting to appreciate how influential it can be in raising awareness – not just as a business tool, but for anything you’re passionate about. I love that kids today can build up a network of supporters. It doesn’t answer every problem (and certainly creates some new ones), but I can only imagine what such an anti-bullying campaign would have done in Torbay in the ’50s and ’60s.
(And by the way, the movie we saw was Safe House and it was excellent! Is Denzel awesome or what?)