Nothing beats a nice relaxing day spent in a small quaint town. It feels a lot longer, but we actually left yesterday at around 1:30PM and made a five hour drive up to Penticton. It was such a nice pleasant town --albiet small--.
The drive, which consisted of mindless chatter and reminiscing, was filled with fantastic scenery. The weather was perfect for such trip. See sometimes, the view is just too perfect that a mere camera and a very amateur photographer can't capture it. But trust me, it was b-e-a-u-tiful.
(L-R) AA, LM, MF. Picture taken in Peachland. I really wish that fence isn't there, the view behind us was just surreal.
At around 6PM we finally made it to our motel, Stardust Motor Inn. Other than the funky smell, it wasn't too bad really. It had two queen size bed, air conditioner, kitchenette, bathroom and a tv.
After unpacking, we heated up our modest meal for the evening. We had butter chicken, rice and tuna salad. We decided to eat outside in their back porch, by the pool since it was a nice day out.
After our meal, we decided to rest up before venturing outside for a walk. We played a round of rock-paper-scissor to determine who gets a single bed. MF won and I had to share the bed with AA.
We took our stroll around the town towards their downtown as the sun was about to set. I understand that this was a small town, but keep in mind that we were downtown on a Saturday. Couple of obvious observations immediately popped in my mind. 1) the houses were so adorable 2) the streets were empty 3) it felt like we were in a movie set of some small residential small town ala Smallville like. 4) everything was closed on a Saturday at 8PM. We walked around looking for something we can do at this time. As we arrived downtown, we heard this blasting music a block away so we decided to follow it.
It was some sort of concert in this open lawn. That's the stage and you can't really see it, but there were quite a number of people in their lawn chairs watching. Also, in front of the stage, there were a lot of little adorable kids dancing to the beat of the music. It was immediately evident though, that this show wasn't really for people in our age group seeing as the crowd was consisted mostly of retirees. So we walked away and continued our stroll. We eventually spotted a few pubs and night clubs. It was getting late and we were quite far away from our home for the night. So we called a cab and headed back.
Seeing as AA doesn't go clubbing due to religious restrictions. She asked that we do so when we get to Penticton just to experience what it's like. I know, who goes to a small town when you live in a city JUST to go clubbing? Apparently we do. So we picked up a few drinks along the way, pre-drink as we got ready then made it out at around 11:30PM
The Mule. This was one of the clubs we passed by and eventually went to. I was instantly shocked as I, I amongst ALL people felt under dressed. I immediately wanted to go back and put more clothes on. ( I was wearing a long sleeve thigh length dress and a thigh high boots. Needless to say, it was a modest outfit as far as clubbing wear goes in the city anyway) There was no dress code implemented and everyone was in casual wear.
We payed the cover charge and went in. The crowd was waaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy different than what I expected and use to. Not like I go clubbing a lot. In fact, I don't enjoy it in the sense that one is supposed to enjoy clubs. I don't dance and the drinks are too pricey. The handful of times I've gone, I just sit and people watch. I don't mind that part at all actually. It amuses me. Anyway, it was agreed earlier on that I would only go if I wasn't forced into dancing. So I sat and drink my drink which AA kindly payed for. I watched as the vast majority of the crowd which consisted of older people, and I mean older people, ranging from early thirties to --I swear to you --seventies, groove to the beat. Now, after my initial shock wore off, I decided that I quite liked it like that. First off, it was much more comfortable as it wasn't sleazy,there was no dry humping or make out sessions happening here and there, you can tell that people came there to dance and have a good time so it doesn't feel as though you are getting scouted. I know it defeats the purpose of clubbing but whatever. Though, it was clearly obvious that we were from out of town, by the simple fact that we three were the only Asians present.
After about an hour and a half, we decided to leave and visit the pub we've seen earlier, none of us remember where it was exactly so we were wondering around for quite sometime. The funny thing is, even though it was nearly 1 AM and the streets were dark and empty, I felt perfectly safe, I guess because it was a small town that it didn't feel intimidating.
We eventually found the pub but it was closing in 10 mins. So we called a cab and headed to Denny's. After, we walked across and down the street back to our motel. We got cleaned up and headed to sleep at around 2:30AM. Yes, we relatively early considering we were out of town with no parental supervision, such a party animal we bunch are. Regardless, I found the night fun and we did have an early/busy day ahead.
We woke up at 8AM, had a mini breakfast, watched a cheesy, cringe worthy movie (one of the sequel to Bring it On with Christina Millan), showered and packed. We left our room at 11AM and headed to the beach. This picture does it no justice at all btw. It was a beautiful, warm day out. The beach was perfect, and though it was early, we did have a few coolers.
Suntanning with a book at hand. Not like I need it, suntanning of course. This is only due to AA's insistence yet again. Apparently, we should strive to make ourselves a few shades darker so that people would comment on it and subsequently ask if we had gone anywhere for the summer. We can then modestly brag that we went on a mini trip to Penticton. It was such a beautiful day out though, so I didn't complain.
Us three.
We did plan to walk around downtown, but it was such a nice lazy day that we just stayed in the beach and splashed around the water. Which btw, was very clear, I almost forgot how smooth, silky sand felt between my toes. For lunch, we drove to Theo's thinking we were going to have Greek, as it turns out it was close until 4PM so we ended up...
here. A nice, pleasant indie cafe. We walked up to the menu posted outside when this guy urge us to come in, proclaiming that this is the place to be in Penticton. He claimed it had everything, from Wifi, to a Gypsy to a Massage chair. Turns out, he may or may not be the owner. He challenged us to a dance off to that Michael Jackson PS3 game (picture above). Saying that whomever beats him gets a free meal. He was very forceful about it too. None of us accepted the challenge though. He did eventually danced for us.
Out meal, super delish! too bad we didn't discover the place earlier.
We even had an entertainer to boot! He claimed to be an Aboriginal Ancient Artifact.He performed a couple of tricks (including making a toothpick jump to the rhythm of our pulse and one too many cheesy/funny pick up lines.
Rodney: "Excuse me, you dropped a smile...THERE IT IS!" Awkward moment when he introduced himself and none of us reciprocated.
We drive off and away after our meal towards this wine yard. Again, the place took my breath away. *Sigh, I can very much imagine myself taking a nice romantic stroll under the moonlight along the winery. It felt like a scene from Letters to Juliet. Now, I just need my own Romeo 
We tasted a couple of wine, all of which tasted very similar to me. I don't think I'm sophisticated enough to distinguish one wine from another.It didn't stop me from wishing we could have a glass of wine and cheese in their balcony which overlooks this beautiful view of the lake.
That pretty much concluded our trip. Until next year!
-Elle Are Emm
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