Well, what a weekend. We spent the entire weekend with no power or running water. After a huge storm and reports of a twister or micro-burst (not too sure what it officially was or will be classified as) very near to our cottage on Friday afternoon, we still did not have our power back on when we left on Sunday night. Many cottages and homes in the area were damaged by falling trees, so we were rather thankful that it was just a power outage we were dealing with. Really hoping everything gets fixed up soon for all those still toughing it out there.
The weekend started out great with some good friends coming down to spend it with us. They arrived just as the power went out and managed to tough it out with us for the entire weekend. So happy we had our BBQ as we did all our meals on it, even boiled water for tea.
We had tickets to Coronation Hall’s Under the Pines Music Festival opening night and 100 Mile Dinner, catered by Cafe 349. And like troopers the show went on, albeit with a couple of generators. Musicians and talented singers and a fabulous and delicious dinner, which was sourced within 100 miles.
The venue, Coronation Hall was built as a dance hall in the 1930’s and named to celebrate King George VI’s coronation. Coronation Hall has been the site of many dances, wedding receptions and was a central part of the community. It was closed in the 1960’s when business was slow and then used for storage and forgotten. In early 2003, Coronation Hall was bought by the Graham family who wanted to process apples into ciders. By 2008 Cider Mills was opened and became the Pontiac’s first licensed winery, making Bristol Light Cider. Jams, jellies and baked goods are also made here and equally delicious! It now includes a tea room and gift shop and runs tours, tastings, orchard visits and high tea. Be sure to stop by if you are in the area and pick up a tasty treat.
The menu which as I mentioned was catered by Cafe 349. The TBBs enjoyed dinner here in June.
And look! Lavender Ridge’s Brise was one of the wines on sale for the evening.
What a magical evening (sorry for the blurry picture but this was the best one of the lot). This is Under the Pines’ second year (after a very successful first year) and it runs all week, so if you are in the area be sure to see a concert or two.
Also some wonderful excitement for me as my Ottawa Citizen article was printed up in the Saturday paper. Very thrilling for a small business owner to have such great media coverage!
Click on the photo to read the entire article.
All in all, a really fabulous, exciting and interesting weekend! Hope you had a great one as well!
Despite the power outage, sounded like a perfect weekend to me! Congrats on the feature!
I really don’t have anything to complain about 🙂 Though a flushing toilet would have been nice.
Congratulations on your article in the paper! How fabulous (and exciting) for you!
Aside from the power outage, the weekend sounds like it was a great one!
Thanks so much Tara. Yes it was a pretty great weekend! Thanks for stopping by.
Congrats! What a great accomplishment to featured in the media!!
Thanks Miranda. So glad you stopped by. Very exciting for sure!
Congratulations on getting in the local newspaper. That will be some excellent exposure for you. Though your power went out and the weather wasn’t optimal, it looks like everything worked out in the end. You deserve it.
Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week!
I read your feature and thought it was really good – congratulations! Too bad about the power outage, at least it wasn’t in the middle of winter though!
Thanks Heather. Being without power and running water just makes you appreciate it when you have it 🙂
You guys are troopers for roughing it all weekend! Congratulations on your article as well. Exciting!
We were Janelle and just thankful we were dealing with damage from fallen trees as many of our neighbours were. Thanks the article was very exciting. Have a great week!
Congrats on being published – must be such a thrill! And sounds like you made the best of your weekend!