Elisha Cuthbert

Shannon is convinced that he saw Elisha Cuthbert (c'mon Jack Bauer's daughter for the 24 fans!) in a Safeway.

And he probably did. The Calgary Flames (local ice hockey team) were playing at home and she happens to be dating Dion Phaenuef who plays for the flames.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Cuthbert

AFL Dream Team - Round Six

Anzac Day

April 25 is ANZAC day and whilst there was no dawn service here there was a parade down 11th street, with bagpipes and military. I have no idea if it was for ANZAC day. I highly doubt it given ANZAC day is an Australian / New Zealand thing, but it was a bit of a coincidence don't you think?

Rose Garden Thai

We used the entertainment book again and went to Rose Garden Thai which is on Stephens Avenue. YUM! It is the second time we went there and it was as good as the first time. Although Shan and I have realised that seafood is not Calgary's speciality. We have yet to have great seafood yet. Well - not as good as home!

Villa Firenze

Last weekend we went out for a friend's birthday/ house warming. I finally got to play a wii and am still trying to convince Shannon to buy one!

We ate crave cupcakes before dinner (mmmm....) which we had at the Villa Firenze. It is an italian restaurant which was quite busy. I had cannelloni (not as good as carmines!) and Shan had penne arabiatta. It was the closest he has had to carmines so far!

AFL Dream Team - Round Five

Snow in Spring

Well Tuesday was approx 23 degrees. Wednesday - it snowed all afternoon.

Calgary does not understand the seasons.

Below is a link to a "guide on snow"

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/forcesofnature/snow.html

4th avenue Cafe

We have decided to make use of our entertainment book and decided to go to 4th avenue cafe, which is below the International Hotel. Shan had a steak which he really enjoyed, while I had southern fried chicken with gritz. It was the first time I had gritz, which is made from corn! It was such nice temperature that day (21 degrees - first time we had been in the 20s since we have been to Calgary), we walked home along the Bow River.

AFL Dream Team - Round Four

This week is the first week, that the teams are playing other teams in the league. Funnily enough Shan and I, was up against each other. And as you can see from the ladder - it ended well for me!

Infusion - Bragg Creek

Today, we had brunch at Infusion a nice restaurant at Bragg Creek. We were really in the mood for lunch (it was 12:30pm), but they were only serving brunch. Thats fine with me - because I had eggs benedict (yum!) and Shan had bacon and eggs and managed to order his eggs right (these north americans order their eggs funny). The restaurant was quite busy and the girl serving us told us all about her trip to Australia. Gee - even I haven't been to Ayers Rock!