I saw a number of interesting things yesterday. For your pleasure, I shall include a sampling of them below, with the notable and regrettable exception of the artistic maple leaf tattoo I saw on a burly college boy’s calf in Prince’s Island Park. I was afraid if I asked him to let me photograph it, he would think I was laughing at him. (And I was, a little. I couldn’t help it. It was the prettiest maple leaf I ever saw.)
Ahem. A heart made of yellow and pink rubber gloves out front at The Art Gallery of Calgary:
A unicorn pub:
And speaking of unicorns, an open HMV:
A grate with what I called “training wheels for people who are scared of crossing grates” but which a Calgarian (or perhaps just Albertan) tweeter @HappyLilDevil informed me is “ accommodation for heels. 
. Canadians are considerate.”
. Canadians are considerate.”
Poutine, at Bottlehouse in Kensingnton:
Hotel Le Germain (which reminds me very much of the Barcelo in Valencia – and it may be due to the wood paneling, which @HotelGermain confirmed via Twitter is Prodema paneling, a Spanish product) clearly saw me coming — they bolted down the Molton Brown products:
Last but not least, I saw this sign for a shop promising “Lingerie” and “Cat Fancier Gifts:”
My naive little heart could just not let go of the possibility that there would be cat toys at this lingerie store.
There weren’t. I checked.
Today I leave for Whitehorse, but one more Calgary recap will be coming your way on Pure Happy Travel! And, as an editorial aside, may I note that Twitter becoming more and more popular is making my job more and more fun? Thanks, Biz.
Annie is a guest of the Canadian Tourism Commission, but opinions, nonsense, and other notions expressed here are her own.
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June 9, 2012
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