Enthralled

Ghost River Theatre's production of One was incredibly successful. It ran last week and was sold out most of the time. I reserved a seat for a Saturday matinee performance and struggled to find parking at the packed Pumphouse Theatre.

One is many things. It is raw and breathtaking, visceral and minimal and a performance that you could watch multiple times and still see something new. One is loosely based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, where our main character Philistine goes into the underworld to search for her lost lover.

Connected

CivicCamp 3D took place last Saturday. CivicCamp is a basically a collection of people from all occupations and places with one thing in common. They want to make Calgary a better city.
Whatever that means to you, better transportation, more access to community gardens, less traffic or a more open process of making decisions in Council. CivicCamp is less about membership and more about what we can get done together at a grassroots level, starting the conversation that spawns action. Non partisan, and leave your job at the door. You participate as a citizen.

Unconvinced

Theatre Calgary has long put on A Christmas Carol. It has been featured for ten years during the month of December. This play is supposed to be familiar and warm and launch audiences into the Christmas season. It's also the show that brings in the most money.

Everyone knows the story. Scrooge is a surly old man. He counts his pennies and doesn't see the value in relationships. He is visited by three ghosts and he changes overnight.

Looking.

I had Soba noodles on the shelf and tofu in the fridge so I thought it might be nice to try a new recipe. I've looked at 101 Cookbooks recipes and decided to try this recipe here
It seemed fairly simple and healthy.
I cut up tofu.

 I wasn't sure it that was too much, but I probably wasn't going to be using the package of tofu again so I just cut up the whole thing. I used my food processor instead of a mortar and pestle. Put all the ingredients together and this is what it looked like.