the old spaghetti factory

the day the boy and i got to banff, we decided to head out and look for a place to get lunch. since italian food sounded like a good idea, we went to the old spaghetti factory at the second floor of the cascade plaza.

the restaurant probably doesn't have the best pastas out there, but for the price they charge people, i think it's quite a decent place. all our meals came with a sourdough bread with garlic butter (so good!), a salad or soup, and spumoni ice cream!

the boy got lasagna for his main pasta while i got chicken pesto (which i absolutely love). here in winnipeg, the old spaghetti house is probably one of the few places i can get pesto if im craving really bad for it.

with our stomachs full, we happily went back to the town centre and started touring the rest of banff! yay!!

watch out for next week's food tripping thursdays as i feature a steak house where i had thanksgiving dinner with the boy.

thanksgiving day...

for our second day in the mountains we decided to hit the banff national park to spend the day there. after having our brunch, we walked around the town center to see the souvenir stores and check out other tourists walking around.

we had a map with us and we decided to go elsewhere to see the other areas that i haven't been to. we ended up in this hiking trail that leads to the bow falls but i backed out of it since i wasn't properly dressed for the activity.

fortunately, there was a way for us to get there using a vehicle so that's what we opted for. we got to a closer view of the bow falls and it was quite a wonderful site to see. we also got a view of the majestic fairmont hotel when we were there.

outfit: urban planet blazer, tna sweater, f21 shades & jeans, aldo wedges, matt & nat purse

it was too cloudy and windy that day that we had doubts of going for the gondola ride. at the end, i decided that since we were there already, we might as well go for it. although we really didn't have a great view on top, it was fine. we just got coffee and spend a good hour resting, talking and figuring out what else we can do for the rest of the day.

after going down the gondola ride, we saw that there's this lake nearby that we can hang out before heading back to canmore. we weren't hungry for dinner yet so we tried locating lake vermillion to catch the sunset.

before it got dark, we headed back to our lodging and went to a nearby restaurant for our thanksgiving dinner (which im saving for another post). all in all, another well spent day in banff. i apologize if the whole post is so image heavy, but it's really nice to look back at these photos, especially now that im back in 'normal' work mode. teehee!

catching up

so hello..
yes, i am alive and forgive me for being such a bad blogger for the past week. it's just been crazy the whole time. but i promise to make it up to you and bombard you with awesome stories and photos!!! yay!

are you ready?

so this was valentine's day for me and my bf. together with my cousin and her husband, we drove to banff and lake louise for the day. it was my first time to go there and boy, can i just say how spectacular the view was. so breath taking, i tell you. we really didn't do anything in particular, but walking around and taking photos of the mountains, sceneries and ice sculptures were enough to make me go oohhh and aahhh the whole time.

lake louise

being animated..

winter olympics

trying to mimic the sculpture

"banff village"

love the vibe

gondola rides

happy hearts day!

banff spring hotel

breath taking location

after our roadtrip, we headed to chinatown for our dinner.

yay for sushi!

overload!!!

loveboat! yummy!

i have so many more pictures, but i really dont want to slow down your computers for load time. hahahahaha! i'm trying to catch up with online blogs as i type this. there have been too many posts from my fave blogs about the weekend's festivities (NYFW) and im dying to read and see them all! :D

i'll end this post for now, but will get back tomorrow for my west edmonton mall adventures! :D