It’s almost time to get dressed up! And I’m not talking about Hallowe’en. Nope, I’m talking about the most dazzling fundraising event of the year – Booby Ball, Rethink Breast Cancer’s annual event that takes place in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary (Oct 27) and Ottawa (Oct 28). This year’s theme is Paradise City – Welcome to…
Film festivals are curated with a wide range of films – different countries, genres and stories are represented, something for everyone they say. This year at CIFF (the Calgary International Film Festival) I chose four seemingly different movies to see and left with one similar feeling – depression. They just don’t make them like they…
This year’s Calgary International Film Festival started this week. Every year I get invited come along to a few shows and every year I leave each show thinking, what the hell did I just watch? For the first time in the history of my CIFF attendance, I got to suggest our first film of the festival. Huge personal victory!…
Canada won its first medal in the 2016 Olympics last night in the women’s 4X100m freestyle relay. The young team comprised of Sandrine Mainville, 24, Chantal van Landeghem, 22, Taylor Ruck, 16, and Penny Oleksiak, 16 didn’t just bring home Canada’s first medal, they were the first team to medal in this event in 40…
The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth became this year’s outdoor waterpark for the fully clothed. The Calgary Stampede 2016 was plagued by rain for almost the entire 10 days of the event. Mother nature was not kind. It’s not unheard of for the event to get some rain or even hail, but in one or…
I need to preface this article by saying that a lot of people LOVE doing these rejuvenating meditation type experiences. A lot of people NEED these types of experiences because they have kids, roommates or they work in retail. I, on the other hand, spend a lot of my time alone in silence. It is…
When I heard Michael Bernard Fitzgerald was rolling into Halifax to talk about his ‘Put a Ring on It’ project, I knew we had to talk. He was giving away wedding rings to a lucky winner at their wedding? WHAT!? I needed to know more. Now that we have this long-standing friendship (not really a…
The internet freaked out today. Well, the Canadian part of the internet that cares about what happens in the house of the gross green carpet. PM Justin Trudeau and the NDP’s Tom Mulcair “almost had a physical altercation” in the House today according to the Internet. I mean, it did look exciting*… …but that wasn’t…
The last time I took a cooking lesson was in grade 9 home economics. I remember how to make brownies…and that’s about it. I’ve always thought about taking a cooking class, so my dinners could consist of something other than bag salad and toast, but the older you get the less likely you are of…
Every year people get dolled up and go to fancy events. Are you one of those people? Do you have a fancy dress that you have worn to your cousin’s wedding and never had a fancy opportunity to wear it again? Think there is nothing dazzling going on in Cow Town? Well, motionball is going…