The Peace Bridge
It’s a fact: even negative publicity is a great marketing tool. When such publicity surrounds a controversial public structure you can almost be guaranteed that this will either become a monumental success or failure … no middle road. This seems to have been the precise sentiment that shrouded the design, construction and unveiling of Calgary’s
Detouring through the +15 Skywalk
Have you ever had opportunity to visit a maze? Did you get lost? Were you overwhelmed? Why did you go in the first place: as a dare? for some group event? was it part of a tour? Well, did you know that Calgary has it's very own public maze? It's called the +15 Skywalk and it's accessible
St Patrick’s Island Park
There are certain public gems in every city that, when you discover them for yourself, you become a little double-minded: on the one hand you secretly hope that nobody else ever finds it so you can selfishly enjoy it all to yourself. On the other hand you can only wonder why nobody else has discovered
Calgary: Pathway and Bikeway System
Given the opportunity to exercise I LOVE to cycle. I am certainly no expert and don't necessarily possess the best gear or have the best style. But I love jumping on my 2-wheeler - preferably in perfect weather conditions, I do confess! - and expend some pedal power energy. If I can note one thing about
Calgary: Our Beginners Guide to “Getting Around 101”
If you're arriving in Calgary for the first time it may be helpful to know how to get around from a "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" perspective. I've already provided my insights on the geographical lay-of-the-land in a previous Blog entry. Using this critical piece of correspondence you may want to mentally overlay it with what I'm
Calgary: A Simplistic Overview of the Lay-of-the-Land
As a newcomer to the City of Calgary one quickly has to learn the lay-of-the-land if you want to have any confidence in navigating from point A to point B. Even though the skill of self-navigating has fallen by the wayside with the modern day ease of access to GPS technology, it's still worthwhile having
Introducing Calgary: Be Part of the Energy
As a permanent resident of Canada and, more specifically, a home-owner in the oil and gas-driven City of Calgary I have come to love this place not only for its diversity of cultures but also because of her people, seasons, climate, landscape, geography and - not least of all - the rapid weather changes. Aspects of
