This summer I've had the opportunity to visit many of Ontario's small towns. They are charming and historical, have wonderful shops and restaurants that you would only expect to find in a large city and the people are warm and friendly and willing to share great tips and information about their area.
This past weekend I visited Lakefield which is situated in the Kawartha Lakes district of Ontario. This charming town is situated on the Trent Canal River system www.trentcanal.com which allows you to visit by boat or by car. My girlfriends and I spent many hours browsing in the shops, chatting with the store owners and clerks and yes, you guessed it, buying some great items. Our first stop was www.sunblockers.ca a bathing suit shop that I had heard so much about. It was a treat. Great variety, very helpful and knowledgeable staff and excellent quality bathing suits.
After purchasing our new suits we continued along Queen Street and popped into www.TragicallyHip.com to browse through the nooks and cranny's that are filled with wonderful items; clothing, jewelry, and fabulous hats. We had great fun trying on tops, trinkets and whimsical hats. The store clerks were very interesting and happy to share their passions with us. Mary's passion is everything Celtic, she has a website www.celticconnection.ca and a radio show out of the local university. Jeanne is passionate about numerology and is happy to share this with you. Her website is www.thenumbergenie.com. If you happen to be in Lakefield be sure to visit these lovely ladies and take the time to browse in this wonderful store.
With all this shopping we worked up an appetite. Time to take a snack break and have some of our favourite Kawartha Dairy ice cream. This is the best iceream I've ever tasted and there are many interesting flavours to choose from: raspberry thunder, moose tracks and my favourite parlines and cream. MMMMM!
We continued our stroll along Queen Street and came across the very colourful Stuff Store. The outside decor was so inviting we just had to go in. There are fabulous jams, vinaigretts, sauces, trinkets and much more. I purchased some delicious balsamic salad toppers flavoured with raspberries and sour cherry. Very yummy. Lori purchased a wine stopper to go with her worldly collection and we had a wonderful chat with shop keeper Justin. He was happy to offer tastes of the products we were interested in and told us about the local winery which offers tastings of their fruit wines, www.kawarthacountrywines.ca.
Our afternoon shopping excursion was successful. Time to go back to the cottage, change into our new bathing suits and relax lakeside in the warmth of the sun. Great friends, good food and the charming town of Lakefiled. The perfect way to spend a summer weekend in Ontario.
This past weekend I visited Lakefield which is situated in the Kawartha Lakes district of Ontario. This charming town is situated on the Trent Canal River system www.trentcanal.com which allows you to visit by boat or by car. My girlfriends and I spent many hours browsing in the shops, chatting with the store owners and clerks and yes, you guessed it, buying some great items. Our first stop was www.sunblockers.ca a bathing suit shop that I had heard so much about. It was a treat. Great variety, very helpful and knowledgeable staff and excellent quality bathing suits.
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