What know ye of Halifax, Nova Scotia?

yeah, all i know about it is sloan lyrics. i've flown over and it's beautiful, though!

As for weddings, if you were both Canadians you could certainly do a legal wedding fast enough.

From what I can gather from various advice websites (mostly aimed at gay people), it's really easy to get married in Canada. You apply for a marriage license and wait five days and then you take your marriage license to a justice of the peace and he/she marries you, and you're done. But I suppose what I'm wondering is, once you get your license is there usually a huge waiting list? Is it expensive to hire one of these people to perform your wedding? These are the things it's hard to find answers to.

No.

But I suppose what I'm wondering is, once you get your license is there usually a huge waiting list?

I couldn't tell you having never been involved in a marriage in Halifax, but I can't see how it would be. Give the tourist 1-800 line a phone call.

Halifax is many things but over priced is not one of them. The hotels are for the region expensive but on par with central Ontario and New Engerland but cheaper then say Toronto, Montreal or even New Orleans. If you want a cheap place to stay try across the bay in Dartmouth which has more then a few budget hotels/motels which are more then servicable. Dartmouth has some nice parks and lakes but really it's just Halifax's bitch/suburb.
You probably won't find Halifax building's old as most of the city was leveled in the Halifax Explosion in 1917. The Citadel is pretty impressive, we don't have too many forts surviving from the 19th century like that. But if you got castles and keeps scattered through out the countryside I'm not sure a 19th century fort on hill is going to float your boat.
Halifax is the regional hub and there are some really nice places around it in Nova Scotia. Peggy's Cove is a little bit out of the city and The Cabot Trail comes highly recomended. Kim may have some pictures of ocean from there.

Traveling down south shore is sort of nice (which is what I'll be doing, visiting family near Bridgewater). I haven't been there since I was very young, but as I remember it Cape Breton is wonderful this time of year (I used to have family in Baddeck). Majestic landscapes etc. for wedding type stuff I guess.

Tell me about Halifax, other than the "it's great"

Well it IS great. Being from "the centre of the Universe", which is how Toronto is derisively referred to by other Canadians, we (Torontonians) are often accused of not being to appreciate other parts of the country, but I adore Halifax. I've only been twice, but it's a beautiful city, especially in the summer.

As mentioned upthread, the Cabot trail is spectacular, Cape Breton is a must see, and if you're going to be there in August check out the Busker festival which happens down on the waterfront. In spite of the fact that it's a pretty small city, there are 5 universities and the students keep the place vibrant. It also means that there are a lot of bars. Maybe my favourite thing about Halifax is the people. They're incredibly nice and down-to-earth. For example, when you jaywalk in Halifax, cars slow down and drivers smile and wave you across the street. To my knowledge, that doesn't happen anywhere else in the country, and certainly in none of the big cities.

So, when I have a date, does anyone want to come and be our second witness? We already have one.

Halifax really really likes to party, I forgot to mention that. SMU, Dal, St V, TUNS, Kings and NASCAD are all there and the cabaret license runs you until 4am.

Really? Aw, crap. I fucking hate to party. I am not kidding. Still, they'll all be young 'uns and maybe they'll just stay out of my way.

I had a great conversation with the woman in the marriage license place today. I asked her to confirm the documentation I would need and she asked if I had been previously married. Yes, I told her. "And your... partner?" she asked. "Have... they been married before?"
"No," I said, "but I like the way you don't assume it's a man. That's top."
"Well, in the last year or so. You know."
My betrothed's lack of a driver's license shocked this woman more than the idea that I might marry a woman. If I believed in a god, I would have it bless Canada.

Halifax is BLOODY GREAT.

I do like it a lot here. Halifax has a fine fair trade cafe and some very good bars.

Being married rocks. Accentmister also rocks.

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OMG I can't believe no one has posted lyrics to Hampton Grease Band's incomparable pinnacle of a song, Halifax" !!!!!!!

Well, I can't find them online, but trust me they are rad. "Wouldn't you like to come to HALIFAX? Air masses moving eastwardly." "You can worship at the church of your choice." "Six thousand six, hundred and thirty-eight, miles of graded road. And a lot of gravel too!"

"The telegraph systems/Are owned and operated/By the central government!"

Um this sounds like a song I need to hear. Um. Can you make that happen?

Yah! Will upload it. It's over 19 minutes long!

Here it is! Wouldn't you like to come to Halifax?

omg!

nikita of la femme nikita was from there

I am from there. Hence, I hate it.

it blew up like a hundred years ago or so and they send boston a christmas tree every year. that's all i got on halifax.

i went there once, when my ENTIRE family decided it would be a good idea take a vacation to Nova Scotia. It was alright. I got some comics, ate in a good Greek restaurant, and found a To Live & Shave In LA CD at an otherwise crappy CD store for $3.

Now that is a song.

we’re going up there next week. hoping for (1) rain to put out these fires west of the city, (2) lots of puffin sightings, and (3) the black flies don’t eat us alive.

all goals achieved. *extremely* friendly town. one person apologized to me at an intersection for being maybe six inches over the crosswalk. another gave me a cup of coffee after i confirmed the shop wasn’t taking credit cards and had no cash — she also wanted to give me a bottled water, which i had to refuse. pretty much everywhere we went was lovely though one day in the cabot trail the fog rolled in and i had to white-knuckle my way up and down some mountains, which is not my jam. puffins are, though. glorious to finally see them in person.

Damn, I missed your original post. I've never been there, but I would have urged you to watch this before going:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIpD-UD8Wlw

wonderful city