I turned 45 last week, which is old enough to know better. Better than what, I don’t know. Anyway.. Cheryl Cottrell-Smith reviews Bliss Baked Goods, which is now within walking distance of my house, and by the looks of it, I’d better walk to earn those delicious calories. (Photo used with permission from wine + … More Edmonton blog roundup: Feb. 9, 2015

This was a week of laughing, celebrating, thinking and just shaking my head. It was also a week in which Tumblr changed its back-end interface, which is making me crazy as I write this, but onward. Friends Without Benefits, a sketch-comedy web series by Adam Rozenhart, Andrea Beça and Trent Wilkie, debuted this week. Lindsey … More Edmonton blog roundup: Feb. 2, 2015

This week I learned that the day Dave Cournoyer started daveberta is the day I went into labour with my second child. Coincidence? Utterly. But two good things born around the same time is worth noting, I think. “Blogging is a great hobby and Alberta politics continues to offer great content,” Dave writes in his … More Edmonton blog roundup: Jan. 26, 2015

This was the week that the Roxy burned down, and we’ll get to that, but first, some happier thoughts: Linda Hoang shines her spotlight on Friday Night Meatballs, a weekly dinner party thrown by Chris Falconer that’s all about community. (Group shot one of many from the post, used with permission.)  Also on the community-building … More Edmonton blog roundup: Jan. 19, 2015

I’m thinking a lot of people resolved to blog more this year, because holy man was there a lot to read this week. Brace yourself for an extra-long roundup. This ad from 1920 is probably the nuttiest one I’ve come across on Vintage Edmonton, and I’ve read a lot of them. Just wow. Thanks to … More Edmonton blog roundup: Jan. 12, 2015

It’s the Janus time, when we look back and forward. There’s quite a lot of that in this week’s crop of posts as we straddle the old year and the new. Randall Talbot took some lovely shots of our city on a “cold and gloriously sunny day.” Find more like the one above in his … More Edmonton blog roundup: Jan. 5, 2015

It’s the last roundup of 2014! Here’s some end-of-the-year reading for you that isn’t a best-of or year-in-review list (though it may contain some): My Montréalaise sister-in-law got me this for Christmas. She gets me, no? Merci, Emilie, and nice work, Far Sky Map Works. First, let’s get Christmas out of our system: Sally Scott … More Edmonton blog roundup: Dec. 29, 2014

I am not ready for Christmas. But I’d rather do this. Christmas comes anyway, as the Grinch learned. So, onward. I just love Andrea Beca’s ukulele year experiment. Every week, she records a song, sometimes alone, sometimes with friends. It’s adorable and good. Whimsy! Now let’s crunch some numbers: Michael Ross breaks down when you should put … More Edmonton blog roundup: Dec. 22, 2014

I haven’t been sick much this year, so my body decided to fulfill its quota with back-to-back colds and/or flu for the past month or so. Imagine this roundup delivered with the huskiest of voices, but the warmest of hearts. Robin Mazumder shares what happened when a Twitter conversation with Jeff Chase turned into #yegsnowfight, … More Edmonton blog roundup: Dec. 15, 2014

I don’t like to think about Christmas until after the Grey Cup, at least, which makes me bah-humbuggish in some circles. There’s no avoiding it now, however, so let’s begin by giving in.  Christmas is so commercial nowadays, you say? Well, Vintage Edmonton has a collection that shows it’s been like that for a century, … More Edmonton blog roundup: Dec. 8, 2014