YYC Pride 2013: Feather boas and politicians make for a huge celebration!
On Sunday, Calgary celebrated the first day of September with bright balloons, dance music and feather boas, lots and lots of feather boas. Calgary’s annual...
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Parties and festivals, launches and everything else in between.
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Racin’ through Safeway, all for a great cause!
It may not exactly look like Christmas is right around the corner, but with only six weeks until the big day, Wednesday marked the kick...
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Three fascinating films playing at Calgary’s Documentary Film Festival
With lots of films to choose from at this week's Documentary Film Festival here in Calgary, I wanted to highlight some of the ones I'm...
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Mike’s Bloggity Blog Turns 10! Here’s some of my favourite moments!
Ten years ago today, I signed into blogger.com and typed in the words: Mike’s Bloggity Blog Blob. The name was inspired by one of my...
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Video and photos from hosting The Big Bang Theory and Whedonverse panels at Edmonton Expo!
This weekend I was lucky enough to host two panels at Edmonton’s Expo, which while still smaller than Calgary’s, for a three year old expo...
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100 Days until the Calgary Stampede!
Today the Olympic Plaza was turned into a mini-rodeo when thousands of Calgarians pulled their cowboy hats and celebrated the 100 day countdown to the...
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Michael Bernard Fitzgerald gets #WayTooBig and #WayTooLoud!
I have a long documented history of pretty much writing about Michael Bernard Fitzgerald anytime he does anything. New album? I’ll write about it. New...
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Calgary still doesn’t have a Santa Claus parade, but here are the nearby towns that do!
Image via Airdie Echo It’s been 12 years since Calgary hasn’t had a Santa Claus parade. You’ll remember that it closed so the city could build the...
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Bid on my Empty Bowl for the Calgary Food Bank!
The Empty Bowl Benefit is one of my favourite things to do every year. It’s a great event that sees celebrities, media personalities and I...
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How I survived Pecha Kucha!
Last week I got the chance to speak at a Pecha Kucha event. (If you’re not sure how to pronounce it, this will help.)...