“We’re members of the Calgary Lolita Fashion Community. There’s about seventy-five of us in Calgary.
Right now the four of us are just going through Kensington trying the hot chocolates for the YYC Hot Chocolate Festival.
Have a nice day!”
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“I started cooking when I was seven years old. My Dad is from Kingston Jamaica, my Moms side is from Dublin, Ireland–Both sides were huge into cooking.
I’ve worked in restaurants all over the place. I worked for Ceili’s, Joey’s Eau Clair, I worked in Vancouver, I worked at Pigeon Hole, I worked at Two Chefs And A Table in Vancouver.
El Charrito sold their restaurant here on 10th street and the space re-opened as ‘Le Bar.’ It wasn’t doing so well, so I came in and overhauled the whole menu. Now I’ve got Hugo over here, my boy John working the line and it’s going good. The owner, Dave (of Deva Dave Salon & Boutique), took a chance on this concept and I think it’s amazing.
We serve Caribbean inspired fusion. We combine modern comfort food with a Caribbean influence. It’s our Grand Opening Weekend!” Jon Lea-Mills, Chef at Bodega Restaurant and Bar, 10th Street.
“I’ve been tattooing for about five years. I’ve worked at The Arthouse for about two and a half, maybe three years.
The neighbourhood is super awesome. It’s walkable, eclectic, lots of mom and pop shops, big art community… yeah.
There’s a lot of great things here!” Amber Arcadia, Tattoo Artist, The Arthouse Inc. Tattoo and Piercing on 10th Street NW.
“I don’t see why this is such a contentious thing. The businesses in this neighbourhood need business. They need people. It’s a C-Train corridor, there’s two colleges up the hill, and the University a few more stops away. This community is right in the middle of everything. Either we can build new condos to replace some of the decrepit, hold houses, or we can keep letting those tiny little places get run-down and replaced with in-fill mansions.
You know, it’s not like the City has been just sneaking these developments through. They’re obligated to inform and engage the public for any issues that might come. You know how many people come to these hearings? Practically none.
I think what frustrates people is the speed at which Kensington (and Hillhurst-Sunnyside) is changing, as well as the astronomical cost of buying into one of these new developments. You know what I think? More affordable housing and rental units. That’s what this community needs.
Don’t tell anybody my name please, haha!”
I don’t typically like to feature photos of dogs so close together in #Sunnyside365, but I’m making an exception in this case. He’s just too cute.
“It’s been such a long day at the shop, I’m covered in coffee. Okay, take my picture. Where do I stand? What do you want me to do? What face should I make?
Wait just a second–Hello? Yeah, I can’t talk, he’s taking my picture!”
“His name is Scout. He loves sniffing and chasing after rabbits. If the weather is nice out, sometimes our cat follows us along on walks.”
Happy Valentine’s! I hope you spend some time with somebody you love!
Cars turn into ghosts as the drive through the misty Winter mornings of Memorial Drive.
“You know, I can still see those stairs leading up from the street to the apartments in my mind. My mother always said, ‘Don’t go near those stairs!’ My father served in the army in the second World War and when he came back from Europe, he couldn’t find anywhere to live. There was nothing available for rent. She arrived from Holland in September of 1946, and I was born in the Calgary General Hospital in December in that same year. We lived in that apartment up those stairs there at the Carscallen Block until I was about three years old. Can you imagine coming from Holland to this place back in those days?
Our family moved to, I think it was 301 16th street in Hillhurst. I think that house is still there. From there we moved to Mount Pleasant when I was five years old.
You know the thing that kills me? Back when I was living in Hillhurst, the Grocer and the Milkman used to come around with a horse and wagon. Can you imagine? Think about that, it was in my lifetime.
My dad was a party animal. He was coming across the Tenth Street Bridge with a friend in the middle of winter and got his car stuck in a snowbank. There was nobody to clear the snow, so he and his friend just left it there and walked all the way home. They almost didn’t make it!
I think this neighbourhood is ‘Old Calgary’ really. Lots of little boutique-y stores. Mom and I used to walk to The Bay downtown. The streetcar used to come down Kensington Road and take you down to Bowness Park. Back then, as soon as you hit the city limits, you had to give them another nickel because Bowness was another town altogether.
I started with Atco and built high-rise buildings. I bought West Canadian Print on June 18, 1984 and this year it’ll be thirty-two years I’ve owned it. I’ve also served on the Calgary Stampede board for thirty-two years and was Chairman of the Board in 2007-2008.
I’ve hosted Breakfast on the Bridge twice, and I’m looking for a speaker this year. We’ve raised over $350000.00 for the Military Family Resource Centre. It’s for soldiers and their families to get reestablished when they get back from service.
I love this town. Love, love, love it.” George Brookman, CEO of West Canadian Digital Imaging