An Observation

It’s been a focused week of writing and editing for me, and whether I’m writing about restaurants or drinks, I can’t help but notice certain words leap out as they’re repeated over and over.

I seem to be writing the word ‘collaboration’ increasingly, and when thinking about this, I realise that it’s one of the things that attracted me and that I love most about our province. Brewers and distillers are working together to create new drinks, restaurants are sharing spaces, and they’re hosting dinners cooking alongside chefs from different restaurants and bars, all working together to create memorable experiences for their guests.

I know it’s not that way in many other cities I’ve visited and worked. Like together and share our knowledge, our experience, our physical space, and our staff, and it seems we’re doing it more and more!

Thanks to everyone who took part in our 9th annual Treasure Hunt at Calgary Farmers’ Market West; the feedback has been phenomenal. We received emails from the destinations saying, “It was by any measure a tremendous success, all the participants were having a wonderful time, and the costumes were amazing! People were so stoked about it, as well as the participating vendors,” and “All the participants appeared to be having a great time. For many, it was their first time at the market and they were grateful that they had signed up for the event.”

And from the participants, “We just wanted to say Thank You for a lovely day. We thought the whole treasure hunt was very well organized and so thoughtfully done. The vendors were all very friendly and willing to spend time with us. We had an amazing day, with a lot of samples and takeaways.If you have another one of these treasure hunts, count us in!”Wow does that make it all worthwhile!

Correction: Our apologies, in our article, "Wineries of Alberta" in last month’s issue, Shady Orchards and Winery was attributed as being located in High River when it should have been High Prairie.

Wishing everyone who is a dad and everyone who has a dad, a very happy Father’s Day.

Cheers

Linda Garson, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher