Visiting these two amazing confectionery pieces makes up two of the vouchers on our advent calendar and it has become a tradition for us to visit them every year.
Showing posts with label Gingerbread Cottage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gingerbread Cottage. Show all posts
Sunday, 21 December 2014
Gingerbread House & Sugar Tree
Last weekend I took the girls into the city to visit two of San Francisco's finest hotels and their festive Christmas displays: the Giant Gingerbread House at the Fairmont Hotel and the Sugar Tree at the Westin St Francis Hotel.
Monday, 10 December 2012
Giant Gingerbread House
Just like last year one of the activities on this year's advent calendar was to visit the giant gingerbread house at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.
And just like last year, the giant gingerbread house did not disappoint. Standing at over 22 feet high and 23 feet wide and made of thousands of gingerbread bricks it is quite a sight to see. The girls were enchanted by the masses of gingerbread with its, wait for it... two thousand pounds of royal icing and candy. My teeth are aching just thinking about that number!
And just like last year, the giant gingerbread house did not disappoint. Standing at over 22 feet high and 23 feet wide and made of thousands of gingerbread bricks it is quite a sight to see. The girls were enchanted by the masses of gingerbread with its, wait for it... two thousand pounds of royal icing and candy. My teeth are aching just thinking about that number!
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| Giant gingerbread house and Christmas tree in the Fairmont Hotel lobby |
Friday, 20 January 2012
7500 bricks of gingerbread...
Ok, the Christmas posts are almost done. Just a few more to share.
I started sharing the activities that featured in Ava and Lola's advent calendar but then I got a little lazy (or busy with setting up our apartment) and I never got around to going through them all.
So here we go with a few more of the activities that featured in the advent calendar...
One day on the advent calendar (I forget which) the "voucher" entitled Ava and Lola to visit the Giant Gingerbread Cottage at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.
Now this Gingerbread Cottage really should be named the Gingerbread Mansion. At two storeys high and made of 7500 gingerbread bricks this "cottage" makes quite a stately home. As well as all that gingerbread the cottage consists of thousands of candy canes, liquorice all sorts, lollies and what must've been about a cement truck full of icing! Pretty much the only non-edible parts were the giant "candy cane" pillars at the front and all the twinkling fairy lights.
I started sharing the activities that featured in Ava and Lola's advent calendar but then I got a little lazy (or busy with setting up our apartment) and I never got around to going through them all.
So here we go with a few more of the activities that featured in the advent calendar...
One day on the advent calendar (I forget which) the "voucher" entitled Ava and Lola to visit the Giant Gingerbread Cottage at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.
Now this Gingerbread Cottage really should be named the Gingerbread Mansion. At two storeys high and made of 7500 gingerbread bricks this "cottage" makes quite a stately home. As well as all that gingerbread the cottage consists of thousands of candy canes, liquorice all sorts, lollies and what must've been about a cement truck full of icing! Pretty much the only non-edible parts were the giant "candy cane" pillars at the front and all the twinkling fairy lights.
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| It's all about location, location, location; and look at the location this cottage has! |
