It’s the holiday season, and if you’re craving a simple and quick recipe, this is definitely for you. Plus, there’s no baking involved! What you need: 4 tablespoons flour 4 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon cocoa (unsweetened is preferred) 2 tablespoons egg (if you prefer a chewier cake, leave the egg out) 3 tablespoons milk 3…
One of the best parts of Christmas, and the holiday season, is definitely the food. And everyone’s ultimate favourite when it comes to this? Obviously the baking, as proven yearly by the influx of gym memberships in the new year. My favourite type of Christmas-time cookie has always been shortbread. Every year at Christmas, after…
I know, you’ve already read a ton of blog posts regarding giving and whatnot during the holiday season. But can you blame us? It’s Calgary, and there are just tons of opportunities to help people! I was just browsing through Kijiji recently and I thought to myself; boy, a lot of these things aren’t worth…
With St. Patty’s day coming up (Thursday if you guys have forgotten ;D), why not entertain you with some statistics and random St. Patrick Day-related tidbits?! Lab 42 surveyed 405 social networkers and represented the data in a very creative way! Google sneaks out street view leprechaun for St. Paddy’s Day. Doodles on search engines…
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer of exponential talent, composing many operas, oratorios and concertos. Handel’s works are most famously attributed to his use of word painting, a technique used in music to have the melody mimic the literal meaning of the lyrics. Handel’s Messiah interprets the Christian view of the Messiah, or…
Did you wear green? The celebration of St. Patrick’s Day has spread from Ireland to many parts of the world, but who is this Saint Patrick that this day is celebrating? Surprisingly he is not Irish at all but he was born in Roman Britain. Most would know him as the man who drove out…
Channukah, Chanukkah, Hannuka, Hannukah–all are the same thing: the Jewish Festival of Lights. Don’t get too confused; there are many ways of spelling the name, because it is a Hebrew word, not English. However you spell it, it’s the same thing 😉 Channukah lasts for 8 nights, usually starting in December. The date varies somewhat each…