Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Calgary’s Chinatown has a long, well-established history, though not without its dark moments. Stories for another day, perhaps. This Dragon City Mall, in the picture, is popular. I haven’t been in for a long time but I think I had Dim Sum at the Regency Palace there. […]
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada We’ve been on daylight savings time for a while now. Why it started in early March is a good question but OK, it did. This means it stays light later in the evening, and that’s nice. Going to work in the morning, for those who have to […]
Monday, March 28, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada The picture shows the Westin Hotel on 4th Avenue SW, downtown. It’s still one of the leading business hotels, with a great location for people who have meetings right downtown. I haven’t visited the Starbucks in there yet.
Sunday, March 27, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Shiny buildings, but not so shiny on a grey February day. It’s like that again today. Here’s a Google Street View picture, also downtown, looking at different buildings, in warmer weather. View Larger Map And a link in case you can’t see that. That clear structure hanging […]
Saturday, March 26, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Winter. Snow. If you’re getting tired of hearing me say it, imagine how I feel. I have been hearing robins over the past week or two, but today I saw my first one. Poor guy, up there in the spruce tree in the snow. The picture is […]
Friday, March 25, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Snow. Had lunch with an old friend at a Mexican restaurant with a pagoda-shaped sign where the Chinese restaurant used to be. Fun lunch, yucky weather. I took this picture in January. The old Chamber of Commerce building is the home of the Chamber, and a beautiful […]
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