Play at Olympic Plaza
Built as a venue for the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, Olympic Plaza now plays a central role in many downtown community activities. Calgary was one of the first hosting cities to create an accessible public location like Olympic Plaza where Olympic medal recipients could be honoured within reach of the general public. Previously medal ceremonies
Derek’s Five Best-Loved Downtown Calgary Cycle Circuits and Cool Coffee Cafés
I do love exploring Calgary on my bicycle. I think the enjoyment of it was enhanced by my days working in the Beltline as an engineer when I would do my 20km cycle from home in the northwest to work. It was always such a thrill as I commuted along the cycle path, parallel to
Hot springs, bird watching and the Nordic god of snow
Spontaneous Spring 2019 Road Trip Day #2 Following our annual indulgent spa pamper in Canmore the previous day, we settled in and enjoyed a comfortable enough sleep in our cozy and somewhat smaller-than-usual bed in our penthouse perch at Radium Chalet. Read about our Day #1 experience here. We managed to mobilize ourselves in time to
Midday massage, classic Canmore and Radium’s best room-with-a-view
Spontaneous Spring 2019 Road Trip Day #1 We do love a good road trip. It’s synonymous with who we are as a couple. We got engaged during our first road trip from Calgary to Vancouver in 2011. Thankfully, Christa said, “yes”. Otherwise the 13-hour trip back to Calgary would have been interminable! Ever since, we’ve made a point of road tripping
Derek’s Day Hike Equipment Checklist
As a novice day hiker, I do tend to want to delay departure from home until I have checked everything off my list … and then some. But “what defines a novice day hiker?”, you might ask. That’s a great question, since it does mean different things to different people who have differing degrees of capability. According to I
Must-See Calgary: “I have half a day to explore”
Where should I go and what should I see? If you find yourself with half a day at your disposal to discover Calgary, I can provide you with a travel pack full of destinations that you can check off your proverbial to-see list. While there is a lot to see and experience in the outlying neighbourhoods,
Putting the “Public” back into “Public Library”
A focus on the City of Calgary’s Public Library Rejuvenation Projects If you get the opportunity to visit Calgary’s new Central Library you’ll soon dispel any of those dated, stereotypical notions that libraries, themselves, should be archived! The Calgary Public Library is doing a phenomenal job to reinvent itself and attract the public interest. You need only
Must-See Calgary: “I only have 2 hours to explore”
Ok, so the truth of the matter is you haven’t left yourself anywhere near enough time to do justice to a whistle-stop sightseeing visit of Calgary. The reality is you barely have sufficient time to get from the airport to the downtown core and back again! But, for the sake of giving you something to
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
