On Sunday May 25, I volunteered at the Heritage Park Festival of Quilts. This is Western Canada’s largest outdoor quilt showcase. Before this, I have no idea what a quilt was. This festival impressed me a lot and change my ideas about quilting. The entire Heritage Village was decorated with different quilts,…
Hi everybody! I have another event post here for you; similar to the Calgary Expo, it’s Otafest! Otafest is essentially the same as the Calgary Expo, but with the focus being on Japanese anime and manga. This year I was blessed with a sacred media pass – one of the many passes that allows you…
Warning: The food you may encounter at the Tropical Delight Noodle House is exceptionally delicious and definitely an explosion on your taste buds. Such a bold claim! I’m willing to make it. This Malaysian noodle house is located within the northeast side of Calgary. It’s location is just off McKnight and 12 St NE (4604…
Awesome Restaurants is a segment where I share my favourite places to get delectable food in Calgary. Today is Holy Grill, where all the food is just heavenly. Where can I find it? Holy Grill is located at 827 10th Ave SW near downtown. It’s open 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. from Monday to Friday…
When seeking the perfect brunch location, a delicatessen is not normally the first image to pop into one’s mind, but then again, “Gruman’s Delicatessen is no ordinary deli.” Run by a family from Montreal, Gruman’s is a Jewish Delicatessen that offers traditional Jewish fare such as home cured lox and slow-roasted brisket, alongside Montreal-style deli…
ALRIGHT! Part two to Calgary Expo! If you haven’t seen the first post, click here to read it. Also: I’m going to be putting a couple photos randomly throughout this post. Appreciate the greatness of these cos players. Last post I talked about comfortable shoes, makeup primer, respect, line ups and storage. This time around, we’re getting…
Forget Elsa’s perpetual world of snow in Frozen; in Calgary, a perennial snowfall is reality. People complain about the snow at this time of year, yet, snow in the spring/summer season is old news for Calgarians. In July 15, 1999, a snowfall surprised Calgary during the Stampede. Just imagine actual snow falling into your snow…
A volunteer is generally defined as a person who gives their time and knowledge into an action which helps the greater good, including their community, city or even country! According to dictionary.com, a volunteer is defined as: 1. A person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking. 2. A person who performs a service willingly and without pay. The mayor of our lovely and lively city of Calgary gave a…
I recently visited Cucina 500 a hip restaurant in Inglewood. In this review I will be judging three aspects of this restaurant: The menu, service and food. First of all, the menu contains a variety of options from pastas to pizza, steak, veal and more which is quite good. This restaurant seems to have appeal…
Youth Week Calgary is nothing new for Crowfoot’s YMCA. Kevin Aranas, the location’s youth coordinator, explains it is a yearly event at their location. Youth Week is something that the Crowfoot YMCA has known about for a long time, but this year, the programs they offered were bigger and better than ever before. Programs were…
Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYXsDeuLHX8 A lot more coverage of the 2014 Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo is to come!
On April 24th, I had the pleasure of going to Future in the Arts: A Panel Discussion for Youth Week Calgary 2014. It featured Jennifer Johnson, the Director of Programming and Arts Learning for the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts, Vicki Stroich, the Executive Director of Alberta Theatre Projects, Jodi Lucas, Programming Associate for…
Spring is here and summer is nearing! It’s finally that time of the year again where we Calgarians get a small taste of what our summer is going to look like. The sweet cool breeze rushing past our faces, the scorching sun pounding down covering every inch of our body with the warmth we’ve been…
One may usually perceive Calgary as being the last place for a nature filled experience with all city lights that light up the sky, but youth photographer Joel Agarwal proves that Calgary is a nature-oriented city that is not solely run on the basis of technology. Last week I was able to catch up with…
Welcome to my new attempt at trying to create structure in my life through a blog series. Pinspired is a blog series I’m starting where I scour Pinterest for DIYs and inspirations, then show you my take here. So as some of you may know, the Calgary Comic Expo is coming to Calgary, and I…