The hotel we are staying in has a restaurant right beside the Columbia River Gorge, which is where we decided to have breakfast. The view of the wide river and calm water was absolutely amazing. The today consisted mostly of finding vintage and antique stores in Vancouver. There are several in town and I'm pretty sure we ended up finding them all.
I couldn't believe my eyes when we walked into some of these stores. The Old Town Antique Market is three floors and it's filled with original, vintage, unique, antique items. I love browsing through such items because I feel like I'm connecting with stories and a certain part of history. The items ranged from Mickey Mouse telephones to World War II memorabilia. I felt like buying the entire store and shipping everything back home. There were several stores we visited, including Not Too Shabby, The Cat's Pajamas and Swoon.
There were several stops along the way, including Ice Cream Renaissance. I had come across a review of this local ice cream shop while reading about Dolce Gelato, and after discovering we were shopping right beside the ice cream shop, we decided to pop in. I can't emphasize this enough, so you'll to believe me, but this was the best tasting strawberry ice cream, boysenberry pie and ice cream float we have ever had in our lives. The pie was so good and warm, I can already feel myself craving a slice when I'm back home.
There was one screening we were really looking forward to seeing tonight, which was Moving a Mountain, a film from an Armenian filmmaker. There were some technical difficulties with the film, however, and the film will be running on Sunday. We ended up seeing two other short films, Voices of Sculpture, a mediative film about the significance of art in our lives, as well as A Turn of the Blinds, a sweet and touching film about finding love. The hosts of the film festival invited us for drinks after the screening of our film tomorrow evening. The plan is to catch up with them at Brickhouse or Top Shelf, so we're looking forward to meeting and drinking with some new people from the town.
The next stop for us was Salmon Creek Brewery & Pub, where we had some beers at the bar along with tots and nachos. The owner of the place was such a kind and welcoming woman. The woman keeps a bat in back of the bar for customers who are stupid enough to ask for Bud. The evening wrapped up for us with a screening of Crazy, Stupid, Love. in Regal Cinemas 99. This was our first real film in an out-of-state theater, which was quite a fun experience.
The screening of Amorosa is tomorrow!
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