Well our first snow storm of the Season is in full swing now. It started last evening with rain and winds and changed to snow squalls overnight. Poor visibility and dangerous driving or walking conditions. High winds with pounding surf and higher tides than normal, no time to go walk on the beach now, it can be dangerous. This weekend was the Christmas market weekend but the weather forced a change in schedule and most things are closed or re-scheduled until Sunday like the Santa parade.
We had a lovely dinner at the Club last night and enjoyed the Parlour fireplace. Many members who live within walking distance came. This is a good beginning to the Xmas Season.
Photo taken from our den, showing the famous Water Prince Corner Shop at the corner of Prince and Water street in old Charlottetown. This restaurant specialty is lobsters and seafood. They are famous because many celebrities have been for lunch or dinner and left testimonials. The Regis and Kathie Lee show was also taped at the location a few years back and many tourists coming here to visit will make reservations. Being neighbours we can just cross the street and get a table. Not a big place just about 20 tables, but the food and service is excellent. The Winter Lobster Season started about 4 days ago and 250 boats went out to Sea, it is very dangerous work on the Ocean with waves and winds which toss boats about. Many here on the Island will have lobster for Xmas dinner at home, remembering to use sea water to boil their lobster, tap water won’t do.
One of the many fireplaces in the Club, this one is made of Pink Sicilian Marble which cannot be found anymore. Imported by the original owner of #2 Haviland Street, the young widow Esther Full-Lowden in 1869. This was her parlour to receive friends, after her death in 1896 the Mansion was rented out to the USA Government and this room was the American Consul’s Office, with 18 foot ceilings and fancy moulding. It was wonderful last night to sit by the fire and enjoy drinks with other members.
Today is very quiet with the storm raging outside. Sunday should be quiet also, I may go out to the Farmer’s Market to get my Dresden Stollen from Sabine and Michael S. who are natives of Dresden.
Today is also my late father’s Birthday, he would have been 89 years old. Here the two of us having lunch at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal around 2014.
Larry Muffin At Home 
Take care in the snow, Larry
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thank you, my only regret is I forgot my Storm Chips! No one else did. LOL!
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I love pictures of well-dressed men.
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thank you, my Dad was always well dressed. Tie and Jacket kind of guy and he loved suits by Bill Blass. So this is where I got it from. Love that picture of the two of us.
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you are very well dressed but I don’t recognize Will, he was much thinner 5 years ago wasn’t he ?
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la photo c’est feu mon père et moi.
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oh pardon Larry !
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sans problème, mais tu auras remarqué la ressemblance entre nous deux.
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les mêmes habits élégants !
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I remember weather like that. Nicely viewed from a room with a blazing fire.
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Très belle photo de toi et ton père. Tu lui ressembles énormément.
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merci
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Assis dans un café avec Douglas, je viens de lui montrer les photos et lui ai lu le texte; parfait avec une tasse de thé et le froid et la noirceur dehors. On est ici pour l’internet; mon modem est mort de sa belle mort le 28. Pas encore de neige…
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Tu devrais vite aller acheter quelque chose de neuf avec le Vendredi Fou, c’est le temps!!
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One thing I sorely miss is winter weather and a fireplace going. I hope I get both when I travel east this month. It may be one of the few pleasures this Christmas.
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