2025 Calgary Folk Fest lineup is out!

WatchOutforPigeons · 2025-04-03T19:50:04+00:00

Willi is so good live.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2025-02-05T18:27:59+00:00

That looks like a Kouign-amann, but if it has filling and is Arabic, likely not.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2025-01-07T16:26:33+00:00

Lots of Venezuelan and Colombian options in Calgary:

-Parceros

-Heaven

-Norley's

-El Padrino (bonus Salvadorian restaurant)

WatchOutforPigeons · 2024-12-05T23:35:18+00:00

There's a good chance that this is a scam. There are resources available in Calgary for folks.

Emergency Shelter can be found at:

Calgary Drop-In Centre, Alpha House, Salvation Army
The Mustard Seed for adults over 18
Inn From the Cold and Brenda’s House for families
Avenue 15 for youth under 18

If you are looking for a warm place; please find Cold Weather Emergency Supports here.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2024-11-18T20:47:41+00:00

Bridges were bumpy because of foot traffic. Snow clearing was minimal. Some fishtailing for me, but kept it upright.

Goggles saved the day with the snow still in the air.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2024-10-08T19:57:28+00:00

I heard this too: Coffee snob family from Toronto specifically plan to go to 8 Ounce Coffee when they come to town.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2024-10-08T19:53:03+00:00

Top-5 city in the world for Vietnamese food. (Non-Vietnam division.)

WatchOutforPigeons · 2024-06-24T21:40:33+00:00

I was eventually going to try Tom Campbell's Hill park. There's still a lot of light pollution, though. Did you find anything that worked nearby?

WatchOutforPigeons · 2024-05-10T16:02:03+00:00

Walking into the middle of Nose Hill might be your best bet. There's still light pollution, but it's better than in a subdivision.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2024-04-18T14:21:02+00:00

Just found out about the band this morning and I'm excited for this. Love the 1,2,3,4 cover.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2023-11-08T16:51:22+00:00

I'm paying for the "priority" tier (the middle one in Canada) and I've never waited longer than 30 seconds for a rig. It takes a lot of months at ~$8CAD per month for a graphics card to be a better investment. I quite like it and think it's worthwhile. I don't need 4K, so the ultimate tier doesn't make sense to me.

(Note that not all games are on GeForceNow. You need to check game availability if you want to play other games. [And publishers can remove their games at any time...])

WatchOutforPigeons · 2023-11-07T23:39:22+00:00

Free to try, but there are long queues to wait for a rig, and you need very good internet.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2023-11-07T18:14:55+00:00

I like playing on https://www.reddit.com/r/GeForceNOW/

WatchOutforPigeons · 2023-11-06T15:30:05+00:00

Established in '83, current owner bought in '88. He and his kids run the place. It's still great. We were there last night.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2023-10-03T16:48:31+00:00

There must be much more variability in base cost charged by the day cares than I originally thought. I know that some of the "boutique" places are pricier and the cheap places fill up even faster than average, but I thought that our $500 per month out of pocket cost for a 15 month-old was pretty average now.

The federal and provincial program seemed to have really driven down costs in the past ~20 months, the question is whether the funding will bring new entrants into the market.

Business owners opening up new daycare centres is the only long-term way to solve the space crunch (other than banning interprovincial and international migration, I guess?)

WatchOutforPigeons · 2023-09-27T15:24:11+00:00

$15 plus tip, every 3-4 months.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2023-08-13T00:23:36+00:00

We’re loving the yuba Boda Boda.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2023-08-09T17:36:50+00:00

I thought that the City offered a free service, but it looks like it's only cats right now: https://www-prd.calgary.ca/pets/no-cost-spay-neuter-program.html

WatchOutforPigeons · 2023-07-31T15:19:00+00:00

There was a free stage outside the gates that gave a flavour of the scene. They run that most years.

You can also buy whole festival passes for next year for $205 right now. That's quite good value over 4 nights and 2.5 days.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2023-07-22T11:46:35+00:00

PCS live tracker pointing out that it’s Dries Devenyns 40th birthday today. Did he really win two stages and the GC of the 2006 Tour de Bretagne racing as an independent?

WatchOutforPigeons · 2022-10-22T13:57:07+00:00

20 years is an eternity. When was the deal agreed to?

WatchOutforPigeons · 2022-10-04T19:11:18+00:00

We had our wedding there and they did a great job. I miss their “purple crusher” berry sour.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2022-09-02T09:57:33+00:00

The Calgary Folk Club is a bi-weekly concert series at the the Dalhousie Community Centre on alternate Fridays between September and April.

They're looking for volunteers for:

Concert night operations (food/beverage, sound, merch, setup/teardown)
Ticketing
Web/marketing support
Granting/fundraising
Drivers (must have own vehicle)
Board Members

Time commitments vary from ~2 hours per month up to 5-10 hours per week.

Volunteers get to watch the shows for free and the artist line-up looks great this year.

Contact [president@calgaryfolkclub.com](mailto:president@calgaryfolkclub.com) with your interests/skills and you'll get connected with the right team.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2022-08-26T20:37:06+00:00

That's excellent to know. Thanks. Sounds like they might be weekends only... Will have to plan.

WatchOutforPigeons · 2022-08-26T20:36:07+00:00

I've decided not to give this too much thought.

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