To Travel is To Live

Old buildings, those with a rich and exciting history, fascinate me; Inglewood is full of beautiful pre-WWII mansions, elegant merchant shops, and even a barn!  I simply love wandering around this tiny community and imaging the lives people led when they occupied these buildings almost 100 years ago.  I'm especially intrigued by the ghost stories that continue to entertain and draw people to Inglewood, and have a personal goal to visit each haunted site that I read about in books or through tours.   My desire to go to Rouge for dinner has weighed not only on the A.E. Cross house ghost stories, but also on the fact that the house is absolutely gorgeous from the outside plus the nature of the restaurant owner to grow and serve his own produce right on site!  Situated on the corner of 12th Street and 8th Avenue SE, this restaurant still occupies six city blocks, an astounding feat in Calgary's desire to rip out community parks and recreational facilities to jam ...

Okay, so I am quite fond of 'vintage', 'couture', and 'antique' in clothes, architecture, books, decor, furniture, wall paper, vehicles, and shoes! Placed in front of the word 'chophouse', I am not sure what to expect of my experience in a restaurant utilizing the descriptor 'vintage'. Likewise, I don't particularly find many of the Calgary's brick and mortar buildings terribly 'vintage', though the warehouse-feel of many does exude some semblance of days gone by. I'll admit I wasn't the most excited attendee to our June dinner club venue, Vintage Chophouse , on 11th Avenue and 2nd Street SW. I perused the menu beforehand, and still did not find anything that really 'popped' out at me. But, I agree to go and I try not to fall back on my commitments very often. What can I say, now that I have actually experienced Vintage? WOW! The food, the atmosphere, our server - all were simply amazing! First off, o...