• Travel

    Food Truck Wonderland

    Edmonton has maybe a handful of food trucks – nothing too exciting. Popular shows, such as Eat St. and The Great Food Truck Race have made the mobile kitchen quite an intriguing dining experience. So, being in LA we had to buckle and eat off the street!  This location?  The Foothills in Sunland (metro Los Angeles) California. The Green Truck above – all organic and lots of vegan options. We arrived at 4:30 and most trucks opened around 5 – the best part, we got…

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    Santa Monica Pier

    Santa Monica Pier On our recent trip to Los Angeles many mentioned visiting Santa Monica Pier.  I was excited for a couple of silly reasons – seeing the famous ferris wheel that opens up Private Practice made me giddy!  Silly, I know.  More than that, though, it’s a good place to people watch, surf, do the tourist thing (including getting pick pocketed – we saw 2 men speaking to police…so be careful). Interesting to note, the Pier was originally built to cover up a sewage…

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    Edmonton International Fringe Festival

    Fringe North America’s oldest and largest Fringe Festival – right here in Edmonton! More than 200 plays. Busking Acts. Local Vendors. More Buskers… The food…so good!  Samosas and Shave Ice! It’s T-I-double gg – er…Tigger! Maybe next year you’ll visit!  Actors, buskers, and tourists, from all over the world, flock to Edmonton in late August every year…we’re expecting you! This year is the first year (2012) that fringe tickets sales produced more than $1 million in revenue for artists! The Edmonton International Fringe Festival holds…