"Lively Up Yourself" in Jamaica with Bob Marley tour
February 6 is Bob Marley’s birthday, but on the Zion bus that rattles up a jumble of rickety roads from Ocho Rios to his Jamaican birthplace at Nine...
What to do in Banff now
With record high temperatures being shattered across much of Alberta last week, you might think that ski resorts such as Lake Louise would be feeling a little hot under the collar toward Mother Nature. Not so: This has been one of those odd, but ideal, winters where it feels like spring in Calgary but winter in the Rockies. “More snow has accumulated so far this season than in the past 13 years,” said Mike Moynihan, marketing manager at Lake...
How to romance like a Royal
OK, so William and Kate made romance look easy on their cross-Canada tour, but come on—they had an entire army of staff to make sure the flights were booked, the Champagne chilled and the wardrobe appropriately stocked. Book the best seat in the house ...
Original cast of Star Trek: TNG to appear at Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo
Sci-fi fans and nerds, prepare to lose your minds. After two decades, not one, but all nine principal members of Star Trek: The Next Generation will reunite and be beamed up to Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo. Cast members who will all be Guests of Honour at the event are: Sir Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard) Jonathan Frakes (Commander William Riker) Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data)...
Interview with Dale MacKay
As the old adage goes, "Don't judge a book by it's cover." In the case of chef Dale MacKay, don't judge a star by a reality show. The winner of Top Chef Canada's first season, who seems rough around the edges, demonstrated his passion for cooking and genuine personality at the Fairmont Banff Springs for the 20th International Festival of Wine and Food. MacKay talks about his newest restaurant, ensemble Tap, his favourite cities to...
Fernie and the chocolate factory
With its chocolate-gurgling machines and faucet that gushes liquid milk chocolate, Beanpod Chocolate in Fernie, BC, is the closest thing families might ever get to a Willy Wonka-inspired chocolate factory. Luckily, entry into this café and chocolate factory is free and doesn’t run children the risk of being carried away by Oompa-Loompas for misbehaving. Though gourmet coffee (roasted on-site) and chocolate (made in-house) are the main attractions, the ambiance...
Interview with Connie DeSousa
She speaks softly, and carries a big knife. Chef Connie DeSousa of Calgary's Charcut, a finalist on the first season of Top Chef Canada, is known for her demure disposition, unfaltering focus and amazing ability to dissect an animal within minutes. With Top Chef Canada Season 2 just around the corner, up! magazine checked in with DeSousa at the Fairmont Banff Springs International Festival of Wine & Food to see what she's been up to, and get her thoughts on her...
Banff aglitter with stars
It wasn’t a Va-Va Voom fashion show but if you’re partial to UGG boots, Cloudveil down jackets and a fair degree of Hollywood wattage—the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel and Sunshine Village Ski Resort was where you should have been from Jan. 12-15, 2012. Hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Golden Globe winner Alec Baldwin, the annual fundraiser for the Waterkeeper Alliance raised $885,000 and...
Elegant comfort foods
Winter is the perfect time for mac 'n' cheese and pot pies, but that doesn't mean comfort foods have to be shabby. To find out how home cooks can put an elegant spin on comfort foods, we've gone to the pros at the Fairmont Banff Springs at the 20th International Festival of Wine & Food, where Jean-Paul Comte, Chef de Cuisine at The Banffshire Club and his team prepare Canadian fare with seasonal and sustainable ingredients. What are some great dishes that home cooks can...
Cycle through Hawaii's hotspot
There will be moments during your cycling tour of Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, when you’ll peddle past misty steam vents or marvel at fresh lava flows and think, “Am I really allowed to be here?” The answer is an enthusiastic, “Heck, yeah!” Hilo-based BikeVolcano.com offers half- and full-day guided tours of this terrestrial hotspot on the island of Hawaii. Biking through this spectacularly unstable land gives you easy access to vast...
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