Edmonton AM on CBC Radio One did a show on hidden gems last week, and with the help of a clever intervention by Jay Runham, I got to burble on about my favourite subject — blogs and podcasts. I only had time to recommend three, though I squeezed in a few other mentions. Good thing … More Edmonton blog roundup: Aug. 3, 2015
Meet Andrea Beça, a filmmaker, blogger and ukulele aficionado who loves to set herself challenges that she has to do out loud, usually at contessabessa.com, aka Jayne Mansfield Had Stretchmarks. Andrea is nearing the end of her #ukuleleyear project, in which she learns a new song every week and posts her performance of it on … More Seen and Heard in Edmonton podcast: Episode 4
I came across a lot of thoughtful pieces this week about where this city is going, where’s it’s been, and what we need to think about as we continue on. So let’s start there: Mack Male dives deep into the city’s growth monitoring report, and finds it “continues to grow out much more quickly than up … More Edmonton blog roundup: July 27, 2015
Meet Adam Rozenhart, a nonstop creator of interesting things on the Internet, including his latest podcast, The Expats, in which he interviews Canadians living abroad. In this episode, Adam and I talk about many online adventures, including OilersNation, which he co-founded with the man they call Wanye Gretz; The Unknown Studio, a podcast he does with … More Seen and Heard in Edmonton podcast: Episode 3
Wow. Two things: 1. Mack and I keep finding new blogs and putting them into ShareEdmonton; 2. A lot of bloggers are not taking it slow this summer — in fact, some seem to be blogging more. That makes for a lot of reading. Challenge accepted. Janis Galloway gets the founders of Berg + Betts to … More Edmonton blog roundup: July 20, 2015
Meet Kelly McConkey, also (in fact mostly) known as Rev Recluse, the amateur historian and fascinating completist behind Vintage Edmonton. Kelly’s daily compendium of articles, ads and ephemera from 134 years of media in Edmonton draws me in like quicksand. He shares why he started doing it, and why he doesn’t foresee a day when he’ll … More Seen and Heard in Edmonton podcast: Episode 2
I hope you can read this through the smoke. It’s been a hazy week in Edmonton, but that has not stopped the creation of lots of worthy blog posts and podcasts. Here are some that I enjoyed: Natasha Chiam examines the sexism inherent in the way dress codes are applied to girls. Filmmaker Lindsey McNeill … More Edmonton blog roundup: July 13, 2015
Meet Michelle Peters-Jones, the woman behind The Tiffin Box, a blog full of food and memories that has opened all kinds of doors for her (and has made me cry on several occasions — true story). The Tiffin Box has been shortlisted for one of Taste Canada’s 2015 Food Writing Awards, which Liane Faulder wrote about in … More Seen and Heard in Edmonton podcast: Episode 1
Welcome to the new home of my weekly blog roundup, formerly housed on my Tumblr. This is where I’ll be posting my picks from now on, along with the Seen and Heard in Edmonton podcast, which I’ll tell you more about at the end of this post. Let’s start with exploration: Linda Hoang recaps #DIYCity, a … More Edmonton blog roundup: July 6, 2015
This roundup is coming to you late after a slightly overwhelming but utterly inspiring and very full week in New York. If you’ve seen traffic from NYC that you haven’t seen before in your Google analytics, maybe it was me! A scene from my blog-hunting on ShareEdmonton while waiting at LaGuardia Airport. I paid as … More Edmonton blog roundup: June 29, 2015
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