-
jill wrote a new blog post: Breakfast at Ricky’s 14 years, 2 months ago · View
Wednesday, January 5, 2011. Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Weather today: about freezing or a little warmer, no wind. Major Chinook arch. Breakfast Breakfast for two was just over $30 with tip. We ate substantial meals; enough to call it the main meal of the day. Each had the same thing: a “Blackstone Bowl”, English muffin, beverage […]
-
jill wrote a new blog post: Banff Whyte museum, library and archives display: William Waterworth’s PoW logbook 14 years, 2 months ago · View
A notice from the Whyte Museum in Banff came today by email. Among the several programs and exhibits coming up, was a mention that William Waterworth’s prisoner of war logbook would be on display, along with additional material. I’ve just emailed the museum to ask about the dates. UPDATE: The display is up already and […]
-
jill wrote a new blog post: I guess I should talk about the weather 14 years, 2 months ago · View
Monday, January 3, 2011 Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Home It just occurred to me (doh) that in most postcards people talk about the weather. I’ll start mentioning it daily if I remember. Since the New Year started, we have definitely felt wintery, but not all that cold. What does that mean? At the warmest part of […]
-
jill wrote a new blog post: The new Bow Building downtown (with pictures) 14 years, 2 months ago · View
January 3, 2011 Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Home The new Bow Building isn’t finished yet but it already dominates Calgary’s downtown skyline. Designed by the firm of Sir Norman Foster, the building was commissioned by energy company EnCana. It’s 58 stories high and larger in scale than Calgary’s other office buildings. On the plus side, the building is said to have […] -
jill wrote a new blog post: First day, first murder 14 years, 2 months ago · View
January 2, 2011 Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Home The newspaper headline today stunned me: fatal shooting at 1 a.m. last night. It happened downtown, 3rd and 3rd, which is near the Old Spaghetti Factory and the Westin. I used to work in one of the buildings near there. Got my hair cut in another, went for […]
-
jill wrote a new blog post: New Year’s Day, 2011 14 years, 2 months ago · View
Saturday, January 1, 2011 Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Home Just realized I haven’t left the house today. Winter can do that. We had a brilliant day, but the sun comes up at 8:40 a.m. and goes down at 4:40 p.m. You snooze, you lose. But some people in the family got out for a skate on […]
