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Review + Giveaway: Crash Hotel Lobby Bar
One of the great things about the opening of the new Rogers Place in downtown Edmonton is that it spurred a lot of downtown businesses to revitalize and reinvent themselves in anticipation of increased crowds in the area. One of those reinvented spots – the Crash Hotel Lobby Bar ...
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One of the great things about the opening of the new Rogers Place in downtown Edmonton is that it spurred a lot of downtown businesses to revitalize and reinvent themselves in anticipation of increased crowds in the area. One of those reinvented spots – the Crash Hotel Lobby Bar ...
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Review + Giveaway: Tupperware Meal Prep Party
I bet when you read “Tupperware” in the title of this blog post, some things immediately came to mind. Like, tupperware? Oh, food storage containers that take up all that room in my cupboard. Or, tupperware party? So I watch someone talking about Tupperware before ...
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I bet when you read “Tupperware” in the title of this blog post, some things immediately came to mind. Like, tupperware? Oh, food storage containers that take up all that room in my cupboard. Or, tupperware party? So I watch someone talking about Tupperware before ...
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Preview: Dog Days of May at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge! (Discount Code)
One of my favourite hotels – The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge – is always giving people more reasons to love it. The dog lover in me especially loves this: Each May for the last few years, the Fairmont JPL “goes to the dogs” with its Dog Days of May long weekend ev...
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One of my favourite hotels – The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge – is always giving people more reasons to love it. The dog lover in me especially loves this: Each May for the last few years, the Fairmont JPL “goes to the dogs” with its Dog Days of May long weekend ev...
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Review: Grandin Fish ‘N’ Chips
There’s a new seafood spot in town! Grandin Fish ‘N’ Chips recently opened on 109 Street and 99 Avenue, right by (and is a product of the same people who run) The Common! Grandin Fish ‘N’ Chips is a super hip, fast-casual restaurant that puts a prairie...
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There’s a new seafood spot in town! Grandin Fish ‘N’ Chips recently opened on 109 Street and 99 Avenue, right by (and is a product of the same people who run) The Common! Grandin Fish ‘N’ Chips is a super hip, fast-casual restaurant that puts a prairie...
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Purina Pet People: Try the ONE Score for National Pet Day!
Happy National Pet Day! To celebrate, Purina Canada is launching the Purina ONE Score – a new scoring system aimed at helping pet owners better understand their dog’s health. I was excited to use this new health scoring system on Olive and Artie as part of National...
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Happy National Pet Day! To celebrate, Purina Canada is launching the Purina ONE Score – a new scoring system aimed at helping pet owners better understand their dog’s health. I was excited to use this new health scoring system on Olive and Artie as part of National...
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Inside Alberta’s First Cat Cafe: The Cat Cafe on Whyte (Edmonton)
Alberta has its first cat cafe!! The Cat Cafe on Whyte (10111 – 82 Avenue) opened on March 30 – making it the first of its kind cafe to open in Edmonton and the province. So what is a cat cafe? A cat cafe is your typical cafe serving up coffee and other related drinks, only the s...
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Alberta has its first cat cafe!! The Cat Cafe on Whyte (10111 – 82 Avenue) opened on March 30 – making it the first of its kind cafe to open in Edmonton and the province. So what is a cat cafe? A cat cafe is your typical cafe serving up coffee and other related drinks, only the s...
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Review: SFC Seoul Fried Chicken
Okay, I’m toooootally late to the party but this month I finally tried SFC Seoul Fried Chicken! Seoul Fried Chicken is located at 7904 104 Street (Calgary Trail), just off Whyte Avenue in Old Strathcona. It’s this tiny little spot, with limited seating, at the corner of a s...
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Okay, I’m toooootally late to the party but this month I finally tried SFC Seoul Fried Chicken! Seoul Fried Chicken is located at 7904 104 Street (Calgary Trail), just off Whyte Avenue in Old Strathcona. It’s this tiny little spot, with limited seating, at the corner of a s...
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Review: Takami Sushi Edmonton
Edmontonians love their Japanese food. So much so that I’ve lost count of just how many Japanese restaurants there are in our city (hint: it’s a lot). We’ve got a lot of options to satisfy our Japanese cravings and adding to that list of options is the new Takami Sushi in A...
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Edmontonians love their Japanese food. So much so that I’ve lost count of just how many Japanese restaurants there are in our city (hint: it’s a lot). We’ve got a lot of options to satisfy our Japanese cravings and adding to that list of options is the new Takami Sushi in A...
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Review + Giveaway: Dog Daycare at Infinite Pawsibilities (Edmonton)
Having a dog takes a lot of work and a lot of understanding. There’s a degree of “Yup, stuff in our house is going to get destroyed … those floors are going to get peed and pooped on … no, that schedule won’t work because we need to walk the dog at that time” t...
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Having a dog takes a lot of work and a lot of understanding. There’s a degree of “Yup, stuff in our house is going to get destroyed … those floors are going to get peed and pooped on … no, that schedule won’t work because we need to walk the dog at that time” t...
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Review: Grain of Rice
I live out in the ‘burbs so typically restaurants in the immediate area are either few and far between, or primarily chains. So, whenever a small, family-run shop opens up nearby, I get really excited! That’s how I felt about the new-ish Grain of Rice, located at 1312 Webber Greens Dr...
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I live out in the ‘burbs so typically restaurants in the immediate area are either few and far between, or primarily chains. So, whenever a small, family-run shop opens up nearby, I get really excited! That’s how I felt about the new-ish Grain of Rice, located at 1312 Webber Greens Dr...
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Explore Edmonton: Plaza Bowling Co. (Where to Bowl in YEG)
In my never-ending quest to find things to do in Edmonton, I found myself checking out the Plaza Bowling Co. at 10418 118 Avenue this weekend with friends Fred and Catherine. I’d heard of the Plaza Bowling Co. before – when I used to go to school at NAIT and then work at NAIT &#...
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In my never-ending quest to find things to do in Edmonton, I found myself checking out the Plaza Bowling Co. at 10418 118 Avenue this weekend with friends Fred and Catherine. I’d heard of the Plaza Bowling Co. before – when I used to go to school at NAIT and then work at NAIT &#...
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Explore Alberta: Visiting the Bubble Lake (Abraham Lake)
Last weekend Mike and I took Olive, Artie, and our niece from Vietnam to the famed Bubble Lake three hours south west of Edmonton. The Bubble Lake (also known as Abraham Lake) became especially popular the last few years as photographers shared photos of the lake’s frozen bubbles online. So...
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Last weekend Mike and I took Olive, Artie, and our niece from Vietnam to the famed Bubble Lake three hours south west of Edmonton. The Bubble Lake (also known as Abraham Lake) became especially popular the last few years as photographers shared photos of the lake’s frozen bubbles online. So...
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Review: Pho Boy Vietnamese Kitchen (Whyte Avenue)
I’m addicted to pho. Because my parents have owned a Vietnamese pho restaurant since I was a kid, I grew up eating it multiple times a week. Of course, there’s always going to be that “my mom makes it best” bias, but in my case – 9/10, my mom at King Noodle House Pho...
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I’m addicted to pho. Because my parents have owned a Vietnamese pho restaurant since I was a kid, I grew up eating it multiple times a week. Of course, there’s always going to be that “my mom makes it best” bias, but in my case – 9/10, my mom at King Noodle House Pho...
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Review + Giveaway: HelloFresh Meal Box Delivery Service
Mike and I have tried some food delivery subscription services in past, but have never landed on anything we wanted to use long-term. Either the delivery dates for our neighbourhood were too close to the weekend (so we’d be eating out during those days anyway and food would go to waste) or ...
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Mike and I have tried some food delivery subscription services in past, but have never landed on anything we wanted to use long-term. Either the delivery dates for our neighbourhood were too close to the weekend (so we’d be eating out during those days anyway and food would go to waste) or ...
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Purina Pet People: New Years’ Resolutions for my Pets! (#LetsLiveBig)
I’ve been hesitant over the years to make New Years’ Resolutions because almost all of the time – I don’t end up keeping them. A few years ago I wanted to learn how to knit. To this day, I’ve yet to pick up knitting needles. (That’s what the knitting tools are ...
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I’ve been hesitant over the years to make New Years’ Resolutions because almost all of the time – I don’t end up keeping them. A few years ago I wanted to learn how to knit. To this day, I’ve yet to pick up knitting needles. (That’s what the knitting tools are ...
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