→ October 23, 2012
BufferDave Mowat, CEO of ATB Financial has a great idea: to light up the downtown river valley bridges of Edmonton and bring some lustre to the one of the city’s greatest features. It’s probably not the first time this idea has been discussed, but I’m still kind of newish here. It is, I believe, an idea whose [...]
→ August 3, 2011
Buffer I am seriously jacked. The Edmonton Folk Music Festival starts this weekend and I’m in the mood for lots of sunshine, great music and meeting new friends. Seems to me that with all the rain we’ve had, we’re due for a few straight days of warmth and sunshine. I’m crossing my fingers. Being relatively newish here in Edmonton, I [...]
→ July 4, 2011
BufferLast summer was my first real summer living in Edmonton. In anticipation, I wrote a post about a number of Edmonton summer activities that looked like they’d be fun to do. The summer, which always seems so long in coming, disappears in the blink of an eye. I always get depressed by the fact that just [...]
→ June 2, 2011
BufferLike many conversations in my adopted city, this post starts with the weather, but it isn’t about the weather. June in Edmonton is, in a word, extraordinary. The weather is finally superb. Twilight happens between 10 and 11 pm. And everyone, partially in response to the first two points, is in elevated spirits. This feeling of [...]
