Food | Travel | Family | Life
Weekends at the Banff Gondola are full of fun Christmas activities to get everyone into the holiday spirit.
Disclaimer – Pursuit invited my family and I to enjoy the Mountaintop Christmas. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
It’s one of our favourite times of year up at the Banff Gondola – Christmas! We had such a great time last year and all of us were happy to go again….
It’s summer time! It’s nice to not have to deal with school and homework and lunches. With time off though, we definitely need to keep the kids busy. We decided that this year, we would try and discover more of what was around us.
We headed to the World Waterpark at West Edmonton Mall a couple weeks ago. It’s been so long since we have been at the mall, it’s always amazing how much is actually in there. We spent all day Sunday at the pool. With all that it has to offer, it’s not hard to do.
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The Aga Khan Garden opened this past weekend in Edmonton. Located at the University of Alberta Botanic Gardens, this impressive 4.8 hectares of land is definitely worth a visit to.
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There is an exciting event going on in Alberta right now. Cook It Raw is an event taking place from October 4 to 11 and brings 14 local chefs together with 7 international chefs for a week of culinary exploration. The 21 chefs are divided into 7 teams and assigned one significant Alberta ingredient: root vegetables, bison, honey, red fife wheat, saskatoon berries, canola and beef.
The local chefs include Andrew Winfield, Blair Lebsack, Brayden Kozak, Cam Dobranski, Connie DeSousa, Darren MacLean, Duncan Ly, Eden Hrabec, John Michael MacNeil, Justin Leboe, Liana Robberecht, Paul Rogalski, Scott Pohorelic and Shane Chartrand. The international chefs include Albert Adria (Spain), Amanda Cohen (USA), Brandon Baltzley (USA), Elizabeth Falkner (USA), Jamie Kennedy (CAN), JP McMahon (Ireland)Magnus Ek (Sweden), Preeti Mistri (USA) and Syrco Bakker (Netherlands).
The chefs are currently in Canmore drawing inspiration from First Nations traditions with a full immersion into the landscape, customs and culinary culture of the region. From their discoveries, the will collaborate and create dishes for Feast on the Frontier. Check out the website for tickets.
I was lucky to be invited to the launch party that was held on Sunday, October 4th at Model Milk. We got to meet the talented chefs and sample some delicious food. Here’s a peak at the event.
