The annual Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth is here! This year, there are 32 new foods that you can check out here. I have picked the top five most delicious foods to share with you. 1. Red Velvet Mini Donuts: 2. Tequila Fries: 3. Chocolate Dipped Cookie Dough on a Stick: 4. Turkey Dinner Poutine:…
Don’t you just love summer? The long days, the sun, and especially the road trips! Personally, I think road trips are the best part of summer. Nothing is better than spending hours on the open road. So, I came up with the top five reasons I think road trips are awesome. 1) Road trips relieve stress…
Stampede season is back and with new and exciting new food types! Check out the full list of the 32 new foods here. 1. Scorpion Pizza: 2. Thai Noodle Wrap: 3. Poutine Burger: 4. Bacon Wrapped Corn 5. Porcupine Corn dog:
The Calgary Zoo celebrated the new arrival of the new Eurasia animals and newly re-named Eurasian Gateway building from June 27-29. As a volunteer at the event, I enjoyed it a lot. There were many activities are going on such as free photo booth which I helped at, face painting, bouncy house, crafts and the beautiful live…
PicMonkey is a free photo editing website that I use to create visuals for my blog posts. Today, I’m going to share easy tricks and tips to adding some jazz to your images. First off, why should you edit your photos at all? Whether it’s for blogging or personal use, photo editing can give images…
“Empowering youth artistic spirit through by encouraging expression, conversation and celebration.” The motto of an initiative founded in 2013 by two driven, determined and passionate high school students, the Calgary Youth Art Exhibition is ready to become an integral part in helping young artists develop, as well as find a platform for their work. Truly…
Are you tired of being bored all summer? If so I have created a great list of things you can do this summer right here in Calgary! 1. Summer festivals There are so many different and unique festivals in Calgary all throughout the summer. Try going to the Sun and Salsa festival, or catch up…
During the summer months, the warm weather has many of us content to spend our days lounging around and enjoying the sun. While this may seem like a relaxing way to spend the summer, it’s important to also make the time to get enough physical exercise. Most teenagers don’t relish the idea of getting up…
Like many of you, I am enjoying watching the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The colourful festivities, the beauty of soccer, and the coming together of the world. It all seems beautiful, right? Unfortunately, this great sporting event has a much more darker side. As you might have seen, there have been many violent protests breaking…
With this past Saturday marking the beginning of summer, Youth Are Awesome would like to present you with some of the top things we enjoy the most about this season. The bloggers apart of this series will each present their favourite thing about summer. If you have not already checked out some of the blogs…
Am I the only one that thinks fashion is getting boring? Florals in spring, floppy hats in the summer, fur coats in winter. We get it! I think we need to change up some of these trends. So today, I have compiled five fashion trends I think all of you should follow. 1) The body sock…
The Turnt Up Block Party was a vibrant celebration held at Shaw Millennium Park, filled with youth speakers, entertainment, an all-styles dance competition and much more. Spark your passion for change! was the motto for the event and that’s what I’ll also try to do here even if you didn’t go. You can also check out…
My job (I apologize to all of you who work during the school year–you’re all amazing), far from proving that I’m not lazy as I expected it to, has only vaulted me into a whole new dimension of procrastination and other such symptoms. It seems I’ve begun to use it (despite my extremely short hours) as…
Most people don’t have time to go to the pool every time they want to swim or practice their skills. So here are some exercises to help you work on your swimming skills while on dry land. Start out with some simple jumping jacks. These just warm-up your arms and leg muscles for the rest…
Warning: Journaling may need you to express your feelings, doodle and is for the creative and artistic. Summer, summer, summer. A two month break that we spend 10 months looking forward to each year. Yet, when we get those two months, we generally tend to spend most of that time with ourselves. So, why not…