Buy A Praying Mantis Pet For $10, Support Charity
Praying Mantis Project Ever wanted a Praying Mantis as a pet? Do you also want to help fight cancer? Here’s your chance to do both at the same time. On June 29th this kid from the internet named Alexander (and parents) will be selling them for a donation of at least $10 from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. They’ll come…
Calgary Bike Polo On Wednesdays
Calgary Bike Polo: Weekly In Inglewood! What is bike polo? It’s two teams of people playing polo b ut it’s done on bikes and not horses. Bike polo is fast paced and there’s a very real chance you’ll take a mallet to the face. It can be played on grass but here in Calgary it’s done on pavement, by both…
The Ultimate Super Amazing Calgary Fathers Day Guide (2019)
A Calgary Fathers Day Guide Fathers Day is coming up! That special day where dads are presented with hugs, I love yous, and random presents. Below is a list of things you can do with dad, things to buy for dad both local and online. Things To Do In Calgary For Fathers Day Here’s a few ideas for things you…
Guide to the Calgary Lilac Festival
Lilac Festival on 4th street in Mission The Lilac Festival is an annual free street party event that takes place at the beginning of June. Vendors, entertainers, food trucks, face painters line both sides of 4th street SW in Mission, from 13th Avenue (Central Memorial Park) all the way down to Elbow Drive (by the Safeway). In addition to vendors,…
Baba’s ArT HauS: one of the most unique art galleries in Calgary
Baba’s ArT HauS also has free cookies Baba’s ArT HauS (pronounced ‘house’, like the doctor, or a house) is a funky art gallery located just behind Westbrook Mall. Do you like supporting local artists? Are you a little bit spooky or weird at heart? Hope so! You’re in for a treat. It’s a duplex that has been transformed into space…
5 More Spots to Eat Brunch in Calgary
5 Nice Places To Have Brunch Brunch in Calgary is one of our favourite topics! You liked our last brunch post so much that we’re back with another 5 places to brunch in Calgary. We’re slowly working our way through the city documenting the brunch scene, bear with us. If your favourite brunch spot in Calgary isn’t listed, drop in…
Dog Friendly Patios in Calgary
Where To Find Dog Friendly Patios in Calgary Patios are a good time, hanging out in the sun, sipping brews, maybe having nachos, what’d be better? If you could bring your dogs with you, that’d be better. Here’s a list of dog friendly patios in Calgary. Make sure you check out the rules for each establishment as some of them…
Half Your Plate Chefs Dinner
Half Your Plate Chefs Dinner How many ways do you know how to slice a tomato? Do you know how to create cute little slices using veggies? Food presentation can be just as important as how it tastes! Nobody wants to eat something if it looks like it was prepared by Sméagol. Half Your Plate Chef Dinner is an event…
Where to get a 20oz pint of beer in Calgary
20 oz Pints in Calgary A pint of beer in Canada is 20 fluid imperial ounces. Anything less than that is cannot legally be sold as pint, otherwise the business can face fines from the government (I’ve heard $50k). They can, however, call it a pint if they put the volume beside it, so, for example, a “14 oz pint”….
Crackmacs Pizza and Tap Takeover at Beer Revolution (ENDED)
Teaming Up With Beer Revolution For A Good Cause Have you ever been to Beer Revolution downtown? They’re located at 11th avenue and 8th ST SW, across from the Safeway and right next door to Brewsters. They’re a kid friendly bar that has a million kinds of beer on tap, and lots of good food to eat. Their pizzas are…
Where to buy CBD oil in Calgary
CBD Oil In Calgary Are you looking to buy CBD oil in Calgary? You’ve come to the right place my friend. Below is a guide for buying CBD oil and other products in Calgary, for humans and pets! Legalization of cannabis in Canada has caused quite a surge and stir in the scene, too. It’s so popular in fact, people…
Where To Buy Cannabis seeds in Alberta
Cannabis Seeds for Sale in Alberta At long last, cannabis seeds are available for purchase in Alberta, legally! Weed/Marijuana/Cannabis or whatever you call it was made legal throughout Canada on October 17th 2018, however only some cannabis products were available for purchase at that time. You could only buy the dried flower (the weed you smoke), oil, and some edibles in…
Guide: Indica and Sativa – What’s The Difference?
Indica VS Sativa If you’re new to consuming cannabis, you’ll have heard the words Indica and Sativa, but what are they? Which one is better? Isn’t all weed the same? Wellsir, they’re both good but for different reasons. It really depends on what kind of effects you’re going for. Let’s dig in! Cannabis is one of the plants in the Cannabaceae…
Guide: keeping your pipes clean
A Clean Pipe is a Happy Pipe! As with anything else, you’ll want to keep your pipes nice and clean. It’s not only a good idea to prolong the life of them, but often things can get clogged up with resin and ash, reducing the quality of your smoking sessions. A clean pipe tastes cleaner You don’t need to be…
Calgary Transit Just Dropped A Summer Patch (June 2019)
Calgary Transit Summer Route Changes The Summer Service Changes below will come into effect on Monday, June 24, 2019. No changes to c-trains at this time. http://www.calgarytransit.com/news/summer-service-changes What’s New Route 128 has been added for the communities of Cornerstone and Redstone! Buses will run every 31 minutes during weekday peak periods only. Route 8 has a new bus stop!…
Help Identify Wildlife Spotted In Calgary Parks On Trail Cams!
Calgary Captured Calgary Captured is a project that utilizes the internet (both technologically and help from volunteers like you) to identify and categorize which species of wildlife call Calgary home. Placed throughout various Calgary Parks were a number of trail cameras that took photos of any/all wildlife that happened to pass by it, using motion sensors. To date the project…
The Calgary Police K9 Unit Is Now On Instagram
Such A Good Doggo Yesssss the Calgary Police K9 unit just opened up shop on Instagram. The account is run by the K9 team themselves (though it’s possible we might see the doggos themselves actually share content…. right?). Follow them here: https://www.instagram.com/calgarypolicek9/ View this post on Instagram It’s so much easier to make Instagram posts now that we don’t have…
The Secret Riley Park Tree House
Built Into A Tree For All To See Tucked away in the bottom of an old (magical) tree in Riley Park is a miniature tree house, though nobody knows who built it, or when, or who lives there now. Some people think a family of mice, or perhaps a group of fairies live there. Maybe it’s a geocache? Whatever the…
Calgary to Banff: The Complete Travel Guide
Everything You Need To Know About Getting From Calgary to Banff Getting from Calgary to Banff can be tricky if you don’t have a car and if you aren’t aware of all transportation options. Thankfully there are several to choose from! I’ve put together this travel guide to help you plan the best route and get the most out of…
Fishing in Alberta: Winchell Lake
Fishing at Winchell Lake So the warnings online from people that you need to wear rubber boots at Winchell Lake? Yeah, they’re legit. If you’re a smart guy like me and risk going in runners, enjoy your wet socks all day. Winchell Lake was some great fishing, but it’s surrounded by ankle deep wet marsh. Wear big rubber boots if…
Visiting Market Junction in Cremona
Market Junction in Cremona After a morning fishing trip to near by Winchell Lake, we stopped by Cremona to recharge and grab some coffee and food at a place called Market Junction. Market Junction is a space where makers of things can sell them to customers. It’s kind of like a permanent second hand market. Market Junction is open Friday,…
Fishing around Calgary and Southern Alberta
Fishing Around Calgary and Alberta I thought it might be fun to list some of the places I regularly go fishing around Calgary at, even though they aren’t exactly super amazing hotspots. I wouldn’t give out any decent hotspots I’ve found anyway. I don’t drive, so fishing around Calgary can be a little annoying without a vehicle, but it’s certainly possible…
Win A Calgary Stampede SuperPass! (2019)
Unlimited Entry To The Calgary Stampede The Calgary Stampede SuperPass is back for 2019 and we’ve got 6x of them to give away! If you aren’t familiar, a SuperPass is an e-ticket that is valid every day for gate admission to the Calgary Stampede from July 4-14, 2019 during normal hours. How does it work? You simply scan the bar…
How To Hire a Calgary Mover That Doesn’t Suck
The Handy Resource to Not Hiring A Terrible Moving Company Moving sucks. Seriously, who doesn’t hate hearing the question “Can you help me move?”. Nobody likes being that person. Hiring a professional mover takes a huge load off the whole process. But it also brings a totally different kind of stress. How do you hire a mover that doesn’t suck?…
Breaking Free Foundation: May 4th Celebrity Poker Fundraiser
Do you know someone with PTSD? Chances are you do. PTSD affects 1 in 10 Canadians and our country actually has the highest rate of PTSD in the world. It can affect children as well as adults, and may not even present itself months or years after the initial exposure of the trauma. Breaking Free Foundation (BFF) is a Calgary-based non-profit…
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