A staple in the Sun & Salsa Festival each year is of course, the Salsa Competition! Each year, the various businesses in the Kensington Business Revitalization Zone(BRZ) compete to make the best Salsa. Visitors can buy chips during the festival at the special chip tents and then visit one or more of the salsa stations…
This year’s Sun & Salsa Festival was a blast. There was so much to see and eat that 6 hours was just not enough. If you weren’t down in Kensington on Sunday, then you were missing out. From dancing to music to salsa, it was just an all around amazing experience to go and celebrate…
Disclaimer, this post is extremly cheesy and very personal. If you get bored or happen to fall asleep reading it, just look at the pretty gifs. Have you ever just had one of those nights where you just can’t seem to fall asleep. Those nights where no matter how hard you try to hit the…
“One sip and you might just feel like you’ve been magically transported to India. In the middle of a snow storm.” …
The flood relief efforts have been extraordinary at rebuilding our city: even with the excitement of the Stampede long gone, summer in Calgary has never been so promising, the streets continuously bustling with countless festivals and activities. However, that is not to forget the tremendous damage brought on by the natural catastrophe. The Calgary Public…
Pawel Kuczynski is known for his many illustrations centering political and economic satire. When I first saw this set of images, I found them to be extremely powerful and astonishingly true. He focuses on widely known global issues and depicts them in an almost surreal, yet very disturbingly permeable way. Kuczynski is a talented artist…
My new obsession is Supernatural, a science fiction TV show about two very different brothers who hunt demons (werewolves, vampires etc.). I know it sounds like everything else that is out right now, but trust me, it’s not. The first of nine seasons was shot in 2002 so they were kind of the first people to…
Hey Yu-Gi-Oh fans!! We are Back!! And here is your chance to win a Gold Series 3 Prize…once again! Where: Forest Lawn Public Library. When: 24th july Age Group: 13-17 years NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED!! Free Pizza snacks! Wednesday July 24 1-3 Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament – Are you up for the challenge? Come…
Hey Humans!! Haha!! That sounds super-weird eh!! But in reality, yes we are human beings and we have feelings for every moment of our lives. What do we rely on while making a decision? Brain or heart?? Well,whatever suits us the best. But trust me, for every decision made by the brain, there is an…
So who told you to do a review on fries when you should have taken advantage of being a Salsa Station greeter at Sun and Salsa? Well, well, don’t blame me, blame all the patrons who took all the samples! (Don’t actually do it though. :D) The turnout was amazing, so you might as well…
Every year that I’ve been to the Calgary Stampede, the President’s Choice Superdogs Show remains my absolute favourite. Being a big canine fan, there is nothing else I’d rather be doing than spend forty-five minutes watching my furry friends, run, jump, skip rope, weave and perform for the audience to their hearts’ content. It’s clear…
A few weeks back I received the magnificent opportunity to attend a documentary “Finding Kind” at the ConocoPhillips Auditorium thanks to Youth Central and Youth Are Awesome! Finding Kind was a documentary regarding girls and the reasoning behind why they are so mean towards one another. Two girls decided to find the answer by…
Today I am going to tell you my top three games to keep you entertained all summer. 3.Cube World Ever wanted to play an RPG with a pixelated look similar to MineCraft well here is the game for you. Cube world is role playing game where you can choose between 4 classes (Rogue, Ranger,…
Recently, my grandmother passed away at the fulfilling age of 92. This week has been an emotional conquest for my family and I. But through it, I have been able to uncover a few tips on how to deal with mourning over a loved one. When I first was notified of my grandmother’s death, I…
A few weeks ago, I came across a news article that spoke volumes about society nowadays. According to Maclean’s On Campus, increasing numbers of Chinese women are going under the needle, putting China in 3rd place (behind USA and Brazil), for the highest amount of cosmetic procedures performed annually. The most popular operations are “eyelid…