Thursday, April 02, 2009
Almost there...
Hard to believe it's April already! It's been a busy past few weeks trying to get the loose ends tied up for wedding planning, as well as putting the finishing touches on the website I'm working on at work, which goes live this weekend!
Laura and I have been down to Niagara on the Lake twice now -- not sure if I posted about the first trip, but it was a bit of a disaster. It was Laura's birthday week, I'd been offered a free night stay at one of the resorts( was looking to plan a weekend retreat there for work). Perfect timing to score some birthday points, and pick up some wine for the wedding. Ya, except Laura got food poisoning from the little place we stopped at for lunch on the way down! The resort gave us a crazy suite - 650 sq feet, fireplace, huge canopy bed, big flat screen tv, tv in the bathroom, heart shapes jacuzzi for two, free bottle of $30+ wine waiting for us in our room, free breakfast for two at their super fancy restaurant.....and Laura was sick ALL night, and on the Sunday we got up and went home right away first thing in the morning. Not exactly a romantic getaway!
So this weekend we "re-did" the trip - I found a good deal on Travelzoo for a hotel in Niagara Falls - $89 for the room, including breakfast for 2 and $45 off at The Keg(although dinner still ended up being $30+ all said). We were MUCH more successful, and hit up 7 or 8 different wineries! We've already settled on one of our white wines and picked up 2 cases of it, and were on the hunt for reds. Will probably do one more trip in the next month or two.
The other big news is the website for work! If you have a few minutes, check out the existing site today so you can hit it up again on Sunday and be wowed by the difference! We haven't changed any of the main part of the site where you "browse" for books (search, book details), but have mostly changed the "Account Centre" (click on Your Account at the top, and either log in to your existing account or create a new one with a dummy email) and the purchase path (once you click "add to shopping bag") - however the purchase path changes are mostly all under the covers.
Anyways! Off to the races!
Laura and I have been down to Niagara on the Lake twice now -- not sure if I posted about the first trip, but it was a bit of a disaster. It was Laura's birthday week, I'd been offered a free night stay at one of the resorts( was looking to plan a weekend retreat there for work). Perfect timing to score some birthday points, and pick up some wine for the wedding. Ya, except Laura got food poisoning from the little place we stopped at for lunch on the way down! The resort gave us a crazy suite - 650 sq feet, fireplace, huge canopy bed, big flat screen tv, tv in the bathroom, heart shapes jacuzzi for two, free bottle of $30+ wine waiting for us in our room, free breakfast for two at their super fancy restaurant.....and Laura was sick ALL night, and on the Sunday we got up and went home right away first thing in the morning. Not exactly a romantic getaway!
So this weekend we "re-did" the trip - I found a good deal on Travelzoo for a hotel in Niagara Falls - $89 for the room, including breakfast for 2 and $45 off at The Keg(although dinner still ended up being $30+ all said). We were MUCH more successful, and hit up 7 or 8 different wineries! We've already settled on one of our white wines and picked up 2 cases of it, and were on the hunt for reds. Will probably do one more trip in the next month or two.
The other big news is the website for work! If you have a few minutes, check out the existing site today so you can hit it up again on Sunday and be wowed by the difference! We haven't changed any of the main part of the site where you "browse" for books (search, book details), but have mostly changed the "Account Centre" (click on Your Account at the top, and either log in to your existing account or create a new one with a dummy email) and the purchase path (once you click "add to shopping bag") - however the purchase path changes are mostly all under the covers.
Anyways! Off to the races!
# posted by Greg @ 4:47 AM 
