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Posted by AuntK on September 11, 2009, 8:32 am
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> So you're the ones who landed in the street! =A0My sister told me after
> she had read a small piece about it in the newspaper - don't know
> whether you made the tv news - I've been occupied with the tennis and
> have been out of touch. =A0Glad that everyone was safe. =A0jennellh
> > > Hi Kim - you were lucky with the weather for this year's festival.
> > > My sister was disappointed because the balloons are usually visible
> > > from her apartment balcony and that didn't happen this year for some
> > > reason?
> > > Fabricland is a nationwide chain that is much improved since it first
> > > opened years ago - they carry their own brand name of quilting cotton=
s
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> > > - some of the designs are similar to other more famous names...when
> > > their sales are happening, the prices are OK but full Canadian price
> > > is too much. =A0I was into my branch a couple of weeks ago and stocke=
d
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> > > up on rayon embroidery thread for 99c a spool plus I bought several
> > > coordinating plush velvet pieces for commissioned bags...I haven't
> > > been into a Joann's store in the US but from all that I have read on
> > > the group, I think that Fabricland must be our equivalent.
> > > Maybe another time for a meet up but please, not in a balloon!
> > > jennellh
> > > > Jennifer,
> > > > Just wanted to say that had I known where I was really going this p=
ast
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> > > > weekend, I would have tried for a meet up with you! =A0DH and I wer=
e in
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> > > > Gatineau for the balloon festival this past weekend and I had no id=
ea
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> > > > we were going to be next to Ottawa until we were there! =A0A lovely
> > > > city, indeed. =A0Unfortunately didn't get a chance to see too much =
of it
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> > > > except for flying over it a couple of times and then coming back
> > > > through after the flights. =A0A VERY busy weekend. =A0Did I miss an=
ything
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> > > > by not stopping in Fabricland in Gatineau? (just to be a little on
> > > > topic)
> > > > Maybe next time if we go there again.
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> > Sorry we didn't fly over your sister's house! =A0Is she in Ottawa as
> > well? =A0Flew that direction Fri. AM and Sat. AM. =A0Sat PM/Sun. AM bot=
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> > cancelled due to wind. =A0Sun PM toward Alyhmer (sp) and Mon. AM toward
> > Gatineau airport. =A0DH got his fingers tapped by the organizers for
> > landing in the street Sun. PM, although it was a great landing and we
> > only disrupted traffic for about 10 min.
> > Yes, sounds like Fabricland is equivalent to our JoAnn's. =A0I would
> > still have liked to have a look around just for fun and a different
> > perspective. =A0Prices on most things didn't seem too bad as the
> > exchange rate is not too far off 1-1 right now. =A0Then again we only
> > did a quick spin through the grocery store to pick up things for Sat.
> > PM picnic and at a few restaurants at very late hours.- Hide quoted tex=
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Yeah, we were at least one of them! Not sure if there were others or
not. Didn't see any TV cameras on the ground but they may have gotten
us from the air.
Since you're a tennis person (which I'm not), we were w/Bud Collins
and his wife Anita this past summer ballooning in Switzerland as
well. Very nice man. Very eccentric - as you can tell by the pants!
- but very nice. One of our dinners was also w/Roy Emerson (sp) for
Bud's birthday while we were there!
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> Just wanted to say that had I known where I was really going this past
> weekend, I would have tried for a meet up with you! =A0DH and I were in
> Gatineau for the balloon festival this past weekend and I had no idea
> we were going to be next to Ottawa until we were there! =A0A lovely
> city, indeed. =A0Unfortunately didn't get a chance to see too much of it
> except for flying over it a couple of times and then coming back
> through after the flights. =A0A VERY busy weekend. =A0Did I miss anything
> by not stopping in Fabricland in Gatineau? (just to be a little on
> topic)
> Maybe next time if we go there again.
> Kim in NJ