And we're back!

All good things must come to an end. We had a wonderful holiday, filled with many memorable experiences. I will likely blog about our holiday in great detail elsewhere, but I did want to mention one part of our trip that pertains to this blog. If you've never been, please consider making the trip to Burlington, VT. What a wonderful town! The people are friendly, the town is beatutiful (amazing mountain views), and everywhere you go, you'll find great shopping and fabulous dining. This town is all about supporting it's locals - from giftware, to pottery, to fresh food, to beer! Many items found in gift shops are hand crafted by local artists. And my favourite part - every restaurant that we went to (no big chains for us) promoted the local ingredients they were using. These included local organic fruit and veggies, local organic meat (including the nitrate-free pepperoni on our pizza!), dairy from local farms (Vermont cheese - YUM!), and of course ice cream from the nearby Ben & Jerry's factory! Burlington is a very self sustaining town, and a wonderful example of how "our" society does not need to import all of our everday goods from halfway across the world and beyond. Look in your own neighbourhood and you are bound to find a local of your own, trying to survive in a very corporate world. I say - eat local and shop local (and drink local!). The End! :)