I did not get on a plane this year. But luckily, I did get to go on a ferry for a weekend getaway and overnighted at hotels around town.
A couple of those staycations I went by myself. And it was pretty damn glorious. That’s not to say I don’t like traveling with someone. I do. But the alone time proved crucial to my mental + emotional health, which took a swan dive this past year.
I’ve always wanted to buy a really cool map of the world that I could display on my wall and pushpin all the places that I had been to. But I’m pretty picky about what it should look like and if it would go with the rest of my decor.
Well, this one certainly would. Want! Even though the pins are too big and the map is too small to pin every single place I’ve traveled, I’d still adorn my wall with it. (well, I could pin country and state instead of cities)
“I’m Cruella. Bold, brilliant, born bad, and a little mad.”
Another Halloween. Another villain. Kinda.
Sure – the Washi Sisters, Hela, Geishabot, and Medusa were straight up bad, but Disney’s re-imagined Cruella De Vil humanizes her to the point where she’s more heroine than the big bad. Not unlike Angelina Jolie’s portrayal of Maleficient.
The Loden Hotel is my favourite boutique hotel in Vancouver.
Although I really enjoyed my stays at Hyatt Regency, Shangri-la, Rosewood Hotel Georgia, L’Hermitage, and of course, the Pan Pacific Vancouver, I have to say ever since my birthday last year, the Loden Hotel is becoming my go-to hotel whenever I want to treat myself via Stay Vancouver promotions.
There seems to be more airstreams available for staycations nowadays. And that’s a good thing. Last year I stayed at one at Woods on Pender. This year, I chose Tin Can Ranch because the Sunshine Coast is a favourite local getaway of ours.
To mix things up, we treated ourselves to a night away at the Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier in North Vancouver. This would be our first overnight stay since the start of the pandemic.
We usually stick downtown and have enjoyed our stays at Hyatt Regency, Shangri-la, Rosewood Hotel Georgia, L’Hermitage, Loden Hotel, and the Pan Pacific Vancouver, but the Pinnacle’s promotion of a superior harbourview king with private balcony plus $25 on-site dining certificate was hard to pass up.
