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
Explore wetland wonders within Calgary at Ralph Klein Park
The Ralph Klein era seems to stand out in many Calgarians – and Albertans – memories as a significant and impactful one. Remembered as the 32nd mayor of Calgary and 12th Premier of Alberta, it was during his leadership that citizens saw fiscal stability and wealth-generation in the province like few others in recent history.
Frank Lake, home to some of Southern Alberta’s best birding
If you’ve ever had opportunity to fly through a major international airport hub, like Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson, Beijing Capital, Dubai, Los Angeles or London’s Heathrow, you’d have an understanding of the potential mayhem that exists in the skies above those cities. Air Traffic Controllers must have wits about them that few humans could muster up in
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
Climbing for the Wellness of the Wilderness
What were you doing on the morning of Saturday April 27th, 2019? Perhaps you, too, were preparing to ascend the 54 storeys and by conquering the 1,204 steps to summit the top of Calgary’s Bow Tower in support of the Alberta Wilderness Association’s (AWA) annual Climb for Wilderness? Did you know that this event is Western Canada’s biggest Earth Day
Derek’s Road Trip Essentials Checklist
We sure do love a good road trip. Check out our most recent road trip stories here. We also love leaving some space for spontaneity during our journey, sometimes not even booking accommodation ahead of time and trying to figure it out when we get there. None the less, there are always a few key
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
It’s spring, but don’t wake the garden!!
Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. Rainer Maria Rilke After all the grumbling about the interminable and ferocious final weeks of winter that we have endured here in Alberta – and indeed across Canada – we have now been seduced by balmy spring weather that has all
Experiencing The Equinoxes
Equinoxes are bitter-sweet-indifferent events the world over. It’s the day that marks the arrival of autumn in one hemisphere (potentially bitter for some as they tumble towards winter!) and spring in the other (very sweet for those who are trying to clamber their way out of winter’s frigid talons). For the millions who live in
