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There
are two seasons in Edmonton: Winter and "Don't go on the Ice!"
Somehow, whenever I get an assignment in a Northern climate it
is always in the Winter. Minneapolis started in November and ended in
March.
Edmonton started in January and is ending in April. I thought Spring had
finally come when we had a week full of days in the 50's (Fahrenheit). All
the snow had melted and I saw pavement in the parking lot outside my building
for the first time since I arrived here. Until Monday, April 15th, when I
woke up to 6" of fresh wet snow. Welcome to Edmonton!
Edmonton is really a pretty nice city. People are very
friendly, the cost of living is low and rush hour lasts about
10-minutes. It would be entirely inappropriate of me to mention Edmonton
without mentioning the
West
Edmonton Mall. I
went to the World Waterpark, inside the mall, late in January of 2002. It was about -10F, outside, but there were about 1000
other people in
swimsuits enjoying the wave pool and water slides, inside.
This mall is the "largest shopping and entertainment complex" in the world.
As is typical, I don't find the really good places to go until
about a week or two before I leave a city. This time it was
Original Joe's
that I didn't discover until I was about to leave town. From the
moment I walked in the door, for dinner, the staff was very friendly. I
sat at the bar and had the good
fortune of having Matt, a Managing Partner, be in place behind the bar to take
my order. I chose the Steak Sandwich with a side of fries and caesar
salad. When it arrived, I told Matt that I didn't care how good the steak
was because he had already scored an A+ for the presentation. Well, in a
city full of beef (and steak sandwiches) the quality here scored big. In 8
days I had the steak sandwich 3 times. I also had the Double Dog
before I left. Excellent. On the second trip to Joe's Scott was behind the bar.
Scott suggested that I try Dill dip with my fries. Excellent suggestion.
No written document that remotely mentions Canada would be
complete without mentioning
Tim Horton's.
Anybody reading this that is not from Canada, or some of the larger US-Canada
border cities, can not possibly understand the Religion that is Tim Horton's.
Yeah, sure, Starbuck's, big deal. Tim has it all: Coffee, donuts, muffins,
cookies, bagels, sandwiches, soups, pastries....and a sense of community.
Forget the $3.95 caramel coffee thingy, go to a Tim's and get a toasted bagel
with a Large 'double-double' coffee for $1.60!!!
Here are a few photos from Edmonton:
Edmonton Photo Gallery
Copyright © 2002 by Provenzano Collesano.
Revised: Monday November 19, 2007.
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