{"id":3472,"date":"2014-06-04T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T20:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=3472"},"modified":"2014-06-04T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T20:35:41","slug":"where-ever-you-go-there-you-are-last-month-in-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/where-ever-you-go-there-you-are-last-month-in-edmonton\/","title":{"rendered":"Where ever you go, there you are. Last month in Edmonton."},"content":{"rendered":"

The wonderful thing about revisiting places, especially places you used to call home is being able to see how a place, community, city, town, has evolved over time. I try to keep conscious of the things that keep Toronto special, but I know living here I might not acknowledge the gradual positive changes that have occurred (but I\u2019m pretty sure I do –\u00a0 since I still vacillate between thinking \u201cI\u2019m from Toronto\u201d when people ask, to thinking \u201cI\u2019m not from around these parts\u201d.)<\/p>\n

I was in Edmonton last month, not for the most ideal of reasons, but I made the best of it, balancing urban exploration, vegan food, and spending time with family \u2013 pretty successfully if I do say so myself. I got the opportunity to visit the Edmonton River Valley, one of my favourite parts of Edmonton now that I don\u2019t live there anymore. We used to walk through the River Valley at least once a month when I was a kid, if not more, but I didn’t appreciate how special the area was until now. In some ways it\u2019s like High Park \u2013 a beautiful green oasis within the city \u2013 that I also don\u2019t visit nearly enough despite living a very short walk away.<\/p>\n

\"Panorama\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There were visits to food truck festivals \u2013 like What the Truck<\/a>. Stops at some of my very well loved Markets\u00a0 – like the Old Strathcona Market<\/a>, Earth\u2019s General Store<\/a>, and the outdoor City Market on 104th<\/sup> street<\/a> in Downtown Edmonton. New-to-me places like 124 ST Grand Market<\/a> in a neighbourhood that\u2019s changed quite dramatically over the past 4 years. My old caf\u00e9 haunt \u2013 Remedy, both on 109th<\/sup> street near the University and one of the newer ones on Jasper Avenue, but I couldn’t make myself go to the fancy new one on Whyte Avenue.<\/p>\n

\"Pizza<\/a><\/p>\n

The 124 St Grand Market is this wonderful little market with several vegan friendly vendors – besides produce, there was Long Lost Foods<\/a> (which was once the Mirepoix Trio<\/a>, but they had to change their name), Truffula Foods, which makes a great soft cashew cheese, and of course Sailin’ On Food Truck<\/a>.<\/p>\n