Top 6 Things That Are Important To Calgarians
Photo Credit: davebloggs007 (Flickr) We Calgarians are lucky enough to live in one of the most beautiful cities in one of the best countries in the world. With its instant access to nature, thriving...
View ArticleThe Many Ways to Wear a Scarf
x Calgary winters are known to be impractical and senseless; one day it will be cold and snowy, then the next a chinook rolls in with near “balmy” weather. It makes it close to impossible to dress...
View ArticleDo Not Pack Live Animals – A Guide to Surviving Your First Business Trip
You are a young, ambitious and likely very attractive Calgarian. After years of university, college, apprenticing and grinding your way through your mid-twenties; working late, pushing papers and...
View ArticleFour Monthly Subscriptions for Foodies
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, more than a few of us are scrambling for a unique gift idea for that special someone in our lives. Whether you’re looking for something unique to give your...
View ArticleChinook Arc: Using Public Art to Impress Your Friends
Calgary has many fascinating pieces of public art to explore. One of the newest – and least well known – is the Chinook Arc sculpture by Creative Machines at the corner of 12th Avenue and 9th Street SW...
View ArticleJump start your game day with free TELUS Wi-Fi
Have you ever forgotten your phone at home and felt like you were completely naked the whole day? It’s happened to me more often than I care for. We live in a world where we are constantly connected...
View ArticleSaturday Sounds: Ship & Anchor Open Stage Jam
Every Saturday afternoon for the past 20 years, the Ship and Anchor Pub reveals a lesser known gem in its already heavily-bejewelled crown. Long known for the legendary patio, punk-rock bingo nights...
View ArticleTalking Cuban rum with Candela Lounge’s Darren Fabian
Darren Fabian has been in the spirits game for a long time. A bartender by trade with over twenty years in the industry, he’s seen and made many a drink. Now the general manager for both Alloy and...
View ArticleEat local. Live local. Buy local.
COURTESY/Gary Knight — Flickr Buy local. That’s a term we’ve come to get used to, but back in the early 2000s it wasn’t so well-known. “Back in 2006 there were certainly lots of great local businesses,...
View Article‘ReLocalize’ at Bridgeland Riverside’s Farmers’ Market
Photo via Bridgeland Riverside Community Association Facebook page. Re-localization. That’s what’s happening at the Bridgeland Riverside Fall Harvest Market this Thursday (Sept. 25) starting at 3:30...
View ArticleThe Gentle Art: The Lifestyles of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
What is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? It’s combat based martial art that focuses on grappling and ground fighting where technique, leverage, and control are use to defeat larger and stronger opponents. It...
View ArticleCalgary, From The Outside In
For the past several weeks, my home has been host to a slough of visitors. While some (and even, admittedly, I) may cringe at the thought of their house being taken over by friends and family for...
View ArticleDine and Dash
In today’s busy world, it can be incredibly difficult to get everything done in the mere 24 hours we have each day. For most people, fitness is the first thing that falls by the wayside when we get...
View ArticleConfessions of a Lady Cyclist
When I was the ripe old age of 18, I finally decided to try and learn how to drive. After sitting through the crushingly dull classroom segment of the driving program, it was time to get on the road....
View ArticleChop chop: Spicing and Geeking Up the Kitchen!
I have never been a good cook. And, more importantly, I have never really enjoyed cooking. These days, though, I don’t have any problem with it. And why not? The brilliance of fancy knives and geeky...
View ArticleThe Hawkers Market is Back!
Loud music, great booze and fantastic flavors, Vancouver’s Hawkers Market is back, and this time to stay all summer. Last April, Studio 122 Hosted Hawkers Market, Photo by Studio 122 Last month, a...
View ArticlePretty bubbles in the air … and in the walls!
COURTESY/SAITDavid Silburn, research associate, and Andrew Hewson, chef instructor, at the School of Hospitality and Tourism, at SAIT pose in the bubble greenhouse. Here we go again! It’s coming around...
View ArticleKick Off Summer Fundraising!
Calgary, as I’m sure you know, is a fit, vibrant, giving city. Everyone here loves to get out and enjoy the beautiful place they live in, be it by going for a run, joining a club, or supporting a...
View ArticleGet your line dance on, Cadillac Ranch-style
People come from near and far to live in our awesome city. And a rite of passage for all new Calgarians is to take part in their very first Calgary Stampede. When one of my friends first moved here to...
View ArticleGet Fit with Fido!
If you are one of the hundreds of thousands of athletes, runners, fitness buffs, or active lifers in Calgary who also owns a furry four-legged friend by the name of Fido (or Bailey, or Buddy, or Max,...
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