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Alberta, all in fun, Calgary, Canada, daughters, Edmonton, embarassing your kids, family, humour, Hump Day Chronicles, Karaoke, Life's like that, living in the moment, Michaela, rivalry, road trip, rudeness
5:30 sunrise – Edmonton Alberta Canada
I had arranged to meet my northern colleagues in Edmonton this past Monday, and I’d decided to come early so I could spend some time with my daughter, Michaela and her boyfriend Stephen.
That way I wouldn’t have to drive three hours there and three hours back in one day.
I always get all turned around when I drive to, and try to navigate, another city. I have no sense of direction whatsoever. In fact, it’s a fair bet that if I feel strongly about going one way, I should probably be going the other way!
Luckily, I only had to circle once to get to the Ramada Hotel when I arrived in Edmonton on Saturday afternoon.
The kids met me at the hotel for dinner. Much to my dismay, it was Karaoke night.
I don’t like Karaoke and I’m not very good at hiding my dislike of Karaoke.
Turns out my face gives me away and I just can’t keep my opinions to myself.
Me, Michaela and Stephen
If loose lips sink ships, I sunk a whole fleet!
I really don’t mean to be disrespectful or rude – honest!
It’s just that Karaoke is the equivalent to fingernails scratching across the black board to me.
Michaela was a tad mortified by my behavior but aside from that, we enjoyed a nice dinner, caught up on all the latest news and met some really cool people!
The next day, I met the kids in their part of town. We enjoyed a lovely brunch at Smitty’s and afterwards they introduced me to their two Siamese cats Lily and Keetah and their hamster Enchilada…
no that’s not it – Fajita
nope that’s not it either, Burritos – yeah that’s it!
They also brought me to the coolest coffee shop in St. Albert, a small town on the outskirts of Edmonton.
The coolest coffee shop in St. Albert
You know…I hear a lot of talk about rivalry between Calgary and Edmonton.
Something to do with hockey, I think; Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers. Or the Calgary Stampede vs. Klondike Days. Or Edmonton is getting a new arena and now we want one too or something along those lines.
I suspect the two cities secretly like each other though, why else would Calgary have a street called Edmonton Trail and Edmonton have a street called Calgary Trail?
I guess I’ve never really gotten caught up in that whole Calgary/Edmonton rivalry because I’m from Montreal originally, and I know the real important thing is The-Montreal-Canadiens-are-better-than-the-Toronto-Maple-Leafs.
Dinosaur on Calgary Trail in Edmonton
I kinda like Edmonton. It’s not scary at all!
~ HUMP DAY CHRONICLES ~
Does your city have a rival city?
