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CALGARY: The Brangelina treatment at Bonterra

The affable manager of Bonterra Trattoria, John, delights in telling the story of how Brad Pitt dined at his Italian restaurant, then returned a few days later with Angelina Jolie — “Ang” as she introduced herself — and their entourage in the summer of 2005.

(Pitt was in the area filming the Assassination of [...]

CALGARY: Aller à l’épicerie

I went to high school in English Canada, where most of my French classes involved sitting through audio tapes where Pierre and Marie would discuss mundane tasks with great animation and perfect elocution.

“Vas-tu à la fête?”
“No, je vais étudier à la bibliothèque!”

(Although in Grade 12, there was bizarre scenario in our textbooks about a [...]