Though there has been some mainstream and blogosphere buzz around MRKT, Carla Alexander and restauranteur Sal Dimaio’s newest venture, it still seems to have that “hidden gem” status. This may partly have to do with a lack of aggressive signage at street level (a sandwich board is the only obvious pointer to the restaurant’s existence [...]

Performance art has always seemed a bit elusive to me – more than anything else, it probably has to do with my lack of familiarity with the medium rather than the art itself. So when I found out that the 11th annual Visualeyez Festival, put on by Latitude 53, had adopted a theme of food [...]

Our fridge has up and died (it’s really done this time), which means that although we will be doing some unforeseen spending, also means we will be able to choose a fridge that we like! It’s funny how something so basic like a fridge not working can cause so much stress. Anyway, on to this [...]

A few weeks ago, I took advantage of a Groupon offer for the Edmonton Corn Maze. At $8 for two admissions, it was a pretty good deal (though the regular price of $9/person has never been a deterrent for us). We put the coupon to good use on Saturday, on the warmest night in recent [...]

After a few weekends of dreary weather, today’s throwback to summer was a real treat. It was the perfect day to visit the City Market, especially because there are only two market days left in the season! The countdown begins As usual, there were lots of puppies on the street. We ran into my coworker, [...]

For our routine pho lunch, Dickson and I headed west to Thanh Son this time, away from Chinatown. We had attempted a visit once before, but unfortunately it was closed (as many Asian eateries are on Tuesdays). This time, we planned for a Wednesday, and found the restaurant empty on arrival. Only four other parties [...]

The restaurant reviews have been few and far between lately, and for good reason. With the farmers’ market right outside our door, grocery shopping has been a snap, and has encouraged me to do more cooking than I’ve ever done before. Though many of our meals involve tried-and-true dishes, I’ve also worked hard to ensure [...]

As much as I love fall, I wish it didn’t start so soon (in spite of the fact that the “official” day of fall is this Thursday). That said, the weather should be looking up by the weekend, fingers crossed! On to this week’s food notes: Press’d The Sandwich Company is now officially open in [...]

I didn’t attend the last Edmonton Fashion Week in the spring, the first that had been rebranded as Western Canada Fashion Week, but was looking forward to seeing what the event had in store this time around. I met up with Amanda on Saturday night at the TransAlta Arts Barns about forty-five minutes before the [...]

It was great to be back again at the City Market – returning to work on a Thursday meant a short week, but also left me a little off-kilter. After our Saturday morning tradition, the week feels right again. Artichokes from Innisfail Growers Pears from Steve & Dan’s Parsnips from Kuhlmann’s (they had a sign [...]