Posted on: July 7, 2012
July 2012 There’s a new family friendly burger joint in town. My kids and I headed over to the special opening event to try out the new Smashburger in Royal Oak. True to its name, the burgers are made by smashing the 100% Certified Angus Beef patties. Evidently they have
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Posted on: June 27, 2012
June 2012 After my recent discovery of an awesome new hiking book, Take a Hike with your Children from Tots to Tweens in the Canadian Rockies, I couldn’t wait to take our family for our first official hike. On a lazy Sunday afternoon, we decided to hike to Troll Falls in
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Posted on: June 5, 2012
June 2012 I’ve lived in Calgary, at the foot of the gorgeous Rocky Mountains, most of my life. All that recreational potential just sitting there totally wasted on me. Don’t get me wrong; I love driving through the mountains and admiring their beauty, but I have never truly taken the
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Posted on: May 31, 2012
May 2012 Last night I went to check out the brand new Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria in McKenzie Towne. We’re always on the lookout for great family friendly places to dine with our kids. Famoso’s offers traditional style Neapolitan pizza in casual yet elegant atmosphere. When we sat down a server came to
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Posted on: February 7, 2012
February 2012 Heading out to Banff? The Douglas Fir Resort & Chalets is getting a reputation as THE place to take your kids for a weekend in Banff. After suffering through a nasty deep freeze in Calgary the cabin fever began to set in so I knew we needed to
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Posted on: January 25, 2012
January 2012 I remember going to the Ice Magic Festival at Lake Louise when I was a kid. Sadly enough I think the last time I went I was about 10 years old. I was determined we were going to go this year. We missed the weekend when all the
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Posted on: January 4, 2012
My husband and I had to run some errands downtown with kids in tow and needed to stop for lunch. I saw the Nellie’s Cosmic Cafe and was struck by nostalgia; in our dating and pre-kids days we loved Nellie’s and ate at all of them. It was our brunch
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Posted on: December 20, 2011
December 2011 I am not a scrapbooker. I have friends who have gorgeous scrapbooks full of pictures of their wedding, their vacations and their kids. I find the whole concept of finding matching papers, punches and cut-outs totally overwhelming; there are just too many options. A few years ago I
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Posted on: December 6, 2011
Confederation Park has got to be one of Calgary’s best places to go for a day of winter fun. The scenery in the park is breathtaking. A meandering stream runs though the park with quaint bridges sprinkled everywhere to cross from one side to the other. There is a cleared
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Posted on: October 29, 2011
By Melissa Vroon October 29th, 2011 Tonight at dinner, my family and I heard a thunk on our front porch, the doorbell rang and someone ran away before we got a chance to see who it was. The thunk was a baggie filled with Halloween treats and a toys
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