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LAKE LOUISE: Outpost Pub

Parks pass: $13.07.

Average hotel room in Lake Louise: $329.

Loft suite (for six) for two nights: $978.

Half day ski pass: $61.50.

Walk around Lake Louise: Free.

Prime rib dinner in the Outpost Pub: $24.50.

Average dinner in Lake Louise: Way more than that!

A weekend out with great girlfriends: Priceless.

Outpost Pub, 200 Pipestone Rd., Lake Louise, (403) 522-3989. Open weekdays [...]

CALGARY: Best wings in the city

I know this is likely the most contentious food topic in any city: where are the best wings?

In search of this quest exists a league of gentlemen to which I was recently admitted honorary membership. As with any quasi-secret society, I can’t say much about their initiations, rules, or even the name of this wing [...]

CALEDON: ‘It’s just over that hill’

Jan and I used to live in an old house in Toronto with the occasional mouse. Chris used to live with Grant in an old house in Toronto 500 paces away from us with a battle cat. Chris and Jan got married. Now, Grant is getting married. Got that?

Doesn’t matter. What I’m trying to [...]

CALGARY: Winging my way to a tummyache

I can eat ridiculous amounts of chicken wings. On that food item, I’m all quantity over quality. So the Wednesday deal at the Yardhouse Restaurant has always intrigued me: 100 wings for $15.

I finally got a chance to dig into that deal recently with a few people. We ordered salt and pepper, teriyaki and hot. [...]