Uh, Sorry Al: Calgary, Another Ten Minutes Later.

Sorry to disturb you again, Mr. Gore, but I think you had better go ahead and call your office. I know you are currently preparing your organically grown dinner over a fire - trying to be carbon neutral for the day but.... another ten minutes have passed and Calgary, based in the carbon emissions capital of the world, is again experiencing the impossible. Snow. More like a blizzard. Selena says it looks like we are in one of those snow globes - the flakes are that big:

Steak is still in. We can't let a little snow get in

the way of that, can we?

The Kia is disappearing again...

Talk to you in 10 minutes!

Calgary...10 Minutes Later....

Cancel that - Al Gore...No need to call your office.


Go back to jetsetting all over the world creating a massive carbon footprint while telling others to decrease theirs by going back to riding horses and eschewing modern luxuries such as cars and electricity. The snow is melting in Calgary and we are back on the road to a 61C Christmas Day.

It is ten minutes later in Calgary and we are back on the path to Global Warming. Phew. That was close!



Selena's Kia: FOUND!

Egg Nog out. Steaks back in!

Steam rises off Evanston View as we return
to our regularly scheduled Global Warming
programming...

An Inconvenient Snow.

As the man always says - Al Gore - call your office.

Actually, quit polishing your Nobel Peace Prize and

call anyone in Calgary today as we woke up to this:

I was thinking of doing some steaks for the

hockey game. Maybe I will make some

Egg Nog now...hmmm.

That's Selena's Kia in the background - not a big

red snowman!

15-20 centimetres fell in a surprise snow

storm. Mr Gore, where is global warming

when you need it??

The Deerfoot can be treacherous when it's

dry. It is unbelievable when 125,000 cars

try to traverse it in weather like this.

Apparently, there is a truck stuck around

Peigan as they decided today would be a great

day to move a house on the Deerfoot. Nothing,

not even 20cm of snow, can stop someone in

Calgary from doing their job! Haha.

There is a saying here in Calgary. It's been around for years.

You don't like the weather in Calgary? Wait 10 minutes.

Here is the forecast for the weekend:

Click to enlarge.

Yes, that says 19C on Saturday and 20C on Sunday. So,

Global Warming is back for the weekend...

...until the next snow storm!

my right arm...

Oh my Gosh!!! I haven't had a computer for about 5 days... felt like 100! lol I guess it felt like my right arm was missing... can you say addicted?? Anyway to make a long story short ( too late ) I am now downloading video from the wedding... so I get to see how it all went down.. It was so fast the day of the wedding, I'm glad Miffy and Todd captured it for us!! So if any one out there is waiting for the video preview it's coming, I am no longer "dark". Also thanx anyone who sent in pictures, I'm putting them to good use! Ok, enough blabbing I have to get back to work, I'm behind...

p.s it's almost our "month-a-verasary" lol I'm such a geek!!

Live From near The Calgary Tower.

The difference navigating through Calgary is the lack of congestion. I was standing on a corner "alone" with 5 other people waiting to cross. I do not remember anytime 11 am or 11pm crossing a street in downtown NYC with less than 50 people. And I was witness here in Calgary to a horn honking incident to which EVERYONE turned their head. It is nearly "silent" here in Calgary as there is no horn honking. In Manhattan, it is so constant, by the end of the trip I didn't even hear it anymore.....
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(Somewhat) Free Parking!

Like Christmas, sweet discounted premium parking comes at a Shakespearean pound of flesh price here in the Stampede City. So when one gets a deal on parking, it feels like Christmas so I am sharing it with all of you. Impark charges ridiculous rates for parking but all the city meters are full and my clients don't like it when I drive around downtown for an hour trying to find reasonably priced parking. I think Impark is a victim of the Daylight savings time change because their clocks are an hour behind or ahead. Anyway, I punched in that I wanted 1 hour of parking, called my banker got the mortage approved, and poof to my surprise, my parking expires in TWO hours rather than one. Half price! A serious gift! Merry Parking Christmas everyone!
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the pictures are in...

... but you have to wait!! hehe,
also, I need YOUR pictures to complete my set :-)
so email til MY hearts content!
here is ONE sneak peak....

My Favourite Border Clip.

Our many trips to the airport and through border crossings reminded me of a favourite clip of That 70s Show. The show takes us back to a time when crossing the border was funny rather than the less than pleasant experience it can be now. Though, we did have a very pleasant experience during our both our crossings in Vancouver and Toronto. But, if this were a different time and I was a million times braver, I would like to think I could be this funny while crossing the Canadian border...
That 70s show Canadian Road Trip

The difference between girls and boys

Beer and Champagne, sausages and Fruit plates

The Answer to: "Why is New York called The Big Apple"

According to a credible source on the web, http://www.barrypopik.com/ , the term comes from a newspaper column in the 20s. Here is an actual pic of the column courtesy barrypopik.com:

So, the answer is "Named for a newspaper column in the 1920s." All we know is, we love NY! (And have about 6 shirts and two pairs of socks to prove it.)