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It's what you hear ...
 Posted 8/30/2010 12:20:00 PM
I had an unusual experience, last Saturday, at the downtown Farmers Market. I got early word that members of the Edmonton Opera would be on the scene to perform a flash mob & I wanted to document the odd action for you as an iReport: Edmonton Opera mobs the Downtown Farmers Market So, my lovely wife & I headed downtown to catch the 11:00am ''Flash Mob'' ... and it was awesome! With no warning, a burly chef started singing solo ... only to be joined by dozons of other opera singers, hidden as shoppers in the crowd. The music was so beauitful. It made for a moving & startling experience. When it was over, the singers handed out ballots to win some free tickets to the October performance of La Boheme. My wife filled out her ticket and asked me: "Where do I hand this in?" I replied: "At the ...
On fields, flowers & fantasies ...
Posted 8/9/2010 12:30:00 PM
I love this photo from iReporter Mike Fleming ...
Mike snapped the shot east of Innisfail, facing south from Route 590, but it looks (to me) like a scene from the Wizard of Oz. I can almost picture the flying monkeys ...
The shot makes me want to run barefoot through these flowers, holding my beautiful wife's hand ... only to collapse & roll around with her in a carefree fit of laughter & joy.
I often get the same feeling while watching clouds from an airplane window. They just look so soft & inviting; I want to jump right in ...
In reality, I know the rough canola stalks would scratch my bare feet to the bone & the clouds are cold, wet and would never hold my weight ... It's only a dream. Ahhh, but what a dream.
When I really think about it ... the best part ...
I digg this: ''Tortoise helps tortoise''
Posted 6/16/2010 9:30:00 AM
Just saw this YouTube video on Digg and I had to share it:
Now, go out there & be a tortoise!
ccg
That Pho King Restaurant!
Posted 5/27/2010 4:20:00 AM
I didn't even know what Pho was until just last week. I noticed that plenty of Vietnamese restaurants were popping up all over the city; all of them containing the word Pho in the title. Places like "Phobulous" (8701 109 Street) are even showing up on the annual "Best of Edmonton" lists put out by the See (free) paper.
But, it was ONE Pho restaurant that really caught my eye. It's allegedly the King of all Pho places. Yup ... you can now head down 118th Avenue & get your phix of Pho at the ''Pho King Restaurant'' (9103 118 Ave).
Sounds like a cool "Pho King" place. I expect to have the BEST "Pho King" meal EVER!
Awesome name! I applaud the ''Pho King'' owner & bow to the good sir/madam. The punny "pho" names are running out phast.
I can't remember the name, right now, but the old ...
This IS a Humane Society!
Posted 5/10/2010 10:30:00 AM
One of my favorite places to go, right up there with the Valley Zoo, is the Edmonton Humane Society.
Every time I pay a visit, my heart expands with love for the many little homeless souls, only to snap violently back to it's original size & shape (3 sizes too small, BTW) whenever I'm forced to leave.
Let's start with the stray pups. Not being a ''Dog Guy'', I normally zoom right through this section. Hi. How-are-ya? & Good-bye.
But not this time, thanks to a little lady called ''Sweetness''.
This beautiful Australian Shepherd just delivered a load of pups and all have since been adopted ... but, not Sweetness. You see, Sweetness is on a special diet after having several rotten teeth yanked from her bottom jaw. As a result, her mouth is kinda saggy. And, even though she's over 7 years old (eligible for the old dog discount), ...
Hard to look at ... Even harder to look away ...
Posted 5/4/2010 8:00:00 AM
Welcome back to winter, everybody.
Before you feel too sorry for yourself for having to endure another day of the white stuff ... check out poor Momma Goose on the Edmonton Journal's Goosecam:
EdmontonJournal.com: Goosecam
I agree with this comment from Anonymous:
"I got my Cam back!! Can someone please break it again!!! I am an Albertan, and know that she can take this, but soooo hard to watch: This beaustiful bird has endured enough. Let's hope those little goslings stay in there eggs!!!"
Now, let's talk about Edmonton's homeless population ...
Stay warm,
ccg
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