I seem to be doing restaurant reviews only when I’m celebrating my birthday cause I never have any time or money the rest of the year, especially when I drop a low three figure for lunch at the Frontenac with a couple of drinks each. Mind you that was la belle ville de Québec not, um, Edmonton. more…
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | Author: Tess
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Sunday, February 15th, 2009 | Author: Tess
Okay, so birthday gift…mine…headed off to the above mentioned restaurant for birthday dinner. Being a Monday, the streets downtown were quiet and for the most part, pretty easy to navigate just before our 6:30 PM reservations. In fact we got there just a tad early.
I’d read a bit about the history of the building wondering why the name “hardware” and as chance would have it I do remember hearing that it used to be a W.W. Arcade Hardware store during some obscure conversation about old Edmonton buildings so I was curious to see what had become of this building. Truth to tell, the other reason for the choice was they were open Mondays. more…
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Saturday, December 13th, 2008 | Author: Tess
It is hard for any of us to turn on the news right now. Most of it is so depressing. We hear of bailouts in the trillions of dollars. Possible job losses in the millions all over the world. And along with everything else…for North Americans, we are coming up on a season celebrated as a new beginning and a new hope.
But closer to home, I see a trend happening that is really starting to get out of control yet it doesn’t have to be that way.
As an active member of the human race am I the only one who sees people who are so caught up in their own worlds that they have lost the ability to interact with the people around them? more…
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