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  2. Olsen: What you should know before you travel outside the country

    After nearly two years of staying put in landlocked Alberta, I’m not going to lie – burying my toes in soft sand and listening to ocean waves gently lapping a beach was a dream come true. There’s just one thing I wish I would have done differently on my first beach day in Mexico. I should have put on more sunscreen. If, like me, you haven’t been outside the country since the pandemic began, there are a few things you can do to make sure your trip goes smoothly and applying sunscreen to your sun-deprived skin is just one of them.

    November 20, 2021 Travel
    an image of a little boy on a beach in Cancun, Mexico
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  4. Athens neighbourhoods as much a draw as ancient landmarks

    Athens has been an irresistible draw for tourists in both ancient and modern times. With an extensive history stretching back more than 3,500 years, the city hosts a bevy of archaeological sites, historic landmarks and world-class museums to explore. It’s true that no trip to Athens is complete without a pilgrimage to the Acropolis, seeing the Parthenon up close or retracing the steps of Socrates through the ancient agora but as a vibrant modern city, Athens has more to offer travellers beyond these timeless attractions.

    October 29, 2021 Travel
    The Acropolis as seen from Philopappou hill. Photo, Nick Nolin
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  1. Last: Delicious pairings of wine and music

    I’ve spent a considerable amount of time over the last four decades honing my passion for wine and food but there’s a third element that has inextricably woven itself through these pleasures for me and that’s music. It’s not simply a matter of the sensory gifts all getting on with each other, in fact, in many cases they don’t. Some of you may recall an ill-fated local cigar and Champagne bar, for example – come on in and taste how one of these things will murder the other with a blunt instrument. All the Beatles and Mozart records in the world would not have saved that place but there is now solid scientific research linking our sense of taste to the love of music. I read a fairly exhaustive article by Charles Spence and Qian Wang (check it out at https://flavourjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13411-015-0043-z) published back in 2015 that studied how frequencies and melodies affect our sense of taste, specifically with wine. That confirmed what my brain and palate has suspected all along; they were meant for each other. As such for Xmas this year, I’m recommending not only some delicious wines but some delicious recordings to go with them.

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  2. Chorney-Booth: Calgary's best new restaurants of 2021

    This time last year when I sat down to rank the best restaurants of 2020, it was all about praising the few restaurateurs who were either brave or stubborn enough to open a new business when none of us knew if they would even be able to serve customers from one week to the next. In some ways, 2021 was no different: COVID-19 is still unpredictable and with food costs rising and staffing shortages, opening a new restaurant continues to be a risky endeavour.

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    Crispy half chicken, tomato and brioche salad, and potato doughnuts at Major Tom, a new restaurant at the top of Stephen Avenue Place, were photographed on Thursday, July 29, 2021. Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia
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