Monk's Grill at Whistler Upper Village

There is no lack of fine dining restaurants at Whistler. One of them is Monk's Grill situated at the Upper Village on Blackcomb side. It provides a vibrant dining atmosphere appealing to couples and outing groups. The restaurant is renowned for a wide selection of wine, steaks and seafoods. Check out their menu here. Be sure to make a reservation during the peak ski seasons. Nick made the reservation online during our last stay up there. Waiting for a table is the last thing you want to do after a hard day of skiing.

Dining at Whistler Village

It's fun to ski and snowboard through Whistler alpine mountains, but it can be expensive to eat there. One of the cheap eats is the Old Spaghetti Factory at Whistler Village. It provides a casual family setting, good quantity of Italian food. Every entree comes with minestrone soup or green salad, freshly baked sourdough bread, hot tea or coffee, and ice cream as desert. Price ranges from $10 to $15. After a hard day of skiing, hot seafood fettuccine sounds like the perfect choice, doesn't it? However, be prepared to wait to get a sitting during the dining hours. It is a quite popular place among travelers. If you are looking for more dining options, Whistler Blackcomb also has an online dining directory for the Village, which has a complete list of restaurants including the price range.

Shoulder Injury

My dear readers and fellow bloggers, I'm afraid that I will not be posting any new photos or articles for the next little while due to a dislocated shoulder injury from snowboarding. I'm done for the rest of the ski season. Kiss the alpine mountain good-bye 2007, but I'm not done with blogging. I'll write soon once I gain some mobility back. To the skiing and snowboarding lovers out there, have a great and safe season! It just keeps getting better and better at Whistler - home of 2010 Winter Olympics.

Adara Whistler Hotel

After spending the New Year's Eve at Whistler Blackcomb and enjoying every minute of it, Nick suggested that we celebrate my big birthday up there. He found a great accommodation deal with Adara Hotel on Last Minute Hotel Deals provided by Whistler Blackcomb. If you are traveling to the ski hills next few weeks, and planning to stay there for a few days, be sure to check out those deals. You never know what hidden treasures you may find there.

We checked in this little boutique hotel after a day of snowboarding on Whistler. Adara is the first designer boutique hotel at Whistler. The hotel itself isn't large, but is "supremely comfortable and elegantly sculpted into a bold, contemporary design" - Small Luxury Hotels of the World. I particularly loved the warm and rustic design elements in the hotel lobby. The designer red lounge chairs with the live gas fireplace and big river rocks make you feel homey and at ease instantly.

Spring Skiing at Whistler Blackcomb

If you are a ski/snowboard enthusiast, you've gotta check out this video tour of Whistler Blackcomb. They've got record breaking snow this season. We've been up there a few times, and the snow is truly the best this year.


I took this photo at the peak of Symphony, which just became accessible to public this season. Symphony Express, the high-speed quad chair lift provides access to acres of previously inaccessible high alpine terrain. Ski lovers used to hike 40 minutes from the top of Harmony Express to Symphony to enjoy the spectacular undisturbed mountain. Now, it's accessible to everyone.

Snowboarding Sasquatch on Mt. Whistler

Nick and I spent all day riding the thick powder up and down the trails at the Symphony bowel near the Whistler peak. That is when we ran into the big furry sasquatch hanging out near the top of the chair lift of the new Symphony high speed chair. Dressed up exactly like the evasive snowboarding sasquatch on the Kokanee beer commercial, this dude was just sitting there enjoying the spectacular view at the peak. I took out the camera, and snapped it away before he had a chance to slip down the mountain.

New Year's Eve Celebration, Whistler, BC

It's been an eventful and memorable year for us, so what better way to send off 2006 than spending New Year's Eve up in Whistler, BC, the official winter party central. After spending the whole day on the slopes, we had dinner and ventured straight out in the village, which by then was already full of revelers in high party spirits for Whistler's First Night 2007 Celebration. The stone paved streets of whistler village looked inviting and lively on this night, illuminated by the glowing lights on trees throughout the place. People congregated here from the entire globe, with one common goal, to count down the hours and minutes with family and friends in this amazing paradise. After the performance by funk singer Zaki Ibrahim, DJ Grand Theft brought the party to a fever pitch with some hot mixes off tunes from the 90s, 80s and even some old school disco. We danced the night away under a light drift of snow that started earlier in the evening. We welcomed 2007 with a count down and great fireworks display. We will always remember this New Year's Eve, let's hope there's even more snow in 2007!