Firstly and most importantly, many congratulations to The Foster Clan who are now a family of five after the arrival of Edward Jeremy last week - well done Doctor Foster - keep 'em coming!
This week we thought we would share with you a bit of Nelson's history after we went out for a meal in town on Friday to Jackson's Hole - Bar & Grill. It seems that the bar was used as Dixie's Cafe in the 1987 Hollywood movie 'Roxanne' which was filmed here in Nelson.
For those who haven't seem the film, it is based on the play Cyrano De Bergerac. Charlie, played by Steve Martin is a fire chief, who just happens to have a huge nose. He hires a new fire-fighter called Chris, he is handsome, but is useless when it comes to women. Roxanne, played by Daryl Hannah, is an astronomer who has just arrived in town. She catches the eye of Chris, and he asks Charlie to help him woo her. Little does Chris know that Charlie is mad about Roxanne, but hasn't found the right way to tell her - yet.
The film was shot in Nelson and many of the facades of the shops, bars and restaurants appear as they were. The local newspaper here in town ran a story about the filming as the local firefighters actually took the actors into training for the roles as they learnt about firefighting. The article goes on to say that Roxanne provided approximately $700,000 into the Nelson economy at the time, and obviously Nelson still benefits today with its booming tourism.
Needless to say our Fire Chief in town doesn't have a huge nose in real life and Daryl Hannah doesn't live next door either! When we decided we were moving to Nelson we had to get hold of a copy of the film in England to help us with our integration into the Canadian way.
Guess where we have been this weekend? Yes, that's right - the ski hill. The Whitewater ski instructors this weekend were doing 'Free Ski Tips'. They positioned themselves at the top of one of the easy runs where you reported to the guy at the top who radioed to his colleague to watch you coming down the hill. The guy at the bottom of the section then gave advice on how to improve your style. Shaun had a go and picked up a couple of tips on how to improve his riding backwards and tricks. Only joking, tricks are next week! Shaun has also been trying out his new skis and is showing some improvement after a short time on skis and with just his first lesson of the season, today has followed his instructor down a black run.
After an exhausting day at the ski hill - the smiles are typical.
Finally, here us a photo from possibly the most beautiful car park in the world, showing our SUV that regular readers will recognise as Clive.
As always, we love to catch up with all your news. Until next time, ta-ta for now.
Rachael, Shaun, Harley & Phantom.
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