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Lindork’s Lists #79 – Muttstock, Symphony under the Sky, IG Wall Food Crawl, and more!
Newsletter for August 25 – 31, 2021
COVID cases are on the rise again. Please be safe. Sanitize regularly, keep a distance, stay home if sick, get vaccinated! If attending an indoor or outdoor event, try to avoid crowds, and wear a mask. Please note some indoor locations still also require masks.
Celebrate doggos and take in live music at Muttstock 2021
Muttstock, the annual, dog-friendly outdoor music festival that donates proceeds raised to local rescues and non-profits returns on Saturday Aug 28 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Elmwood Park. Community League. Find a vendor marketplace, adoptable dogs, plus entertainment on site. Admission is free!
Enjoy a Symphony under the Stars
The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony Under the Sky outdoor concert takes place at Hawrelak Park starting this weekend (Aug 26) and runs through to Sept 5. Don’t miss this magical musical performance.
Get tickets for the final weekend of Night at the Museum of Rock Stars
It’s the final weekend for Night at the Museum of Rock Stars show at Jubilations Dinner Theatre! At this museum, legends of rock and roll and icons that defined popular music for the past fifty years come to life. If you’ve never been to a dinner theatre, you get a multi-course meal plus the live entertainment!
Check out Exhibition: Dinosaur at the TELUS World of Science
I was gifted tickets to the TELUS World of Science’s Exhibition: Dinosaur and had such a great afternoon with my niece and nephew! You’ll be surrounded by life-size and lifelike animatronic dinosaurs and become paleontologists and archeologists. I am GIVING AWAY tickets on my Facebook and Instagram Story this Wed Aug. 25 too, so head there to enter!
Shake your hips for Salsa in the Square
E-TOWN SALSA and Edmonton Arts Council present Salsa in the Square—a fun, outdoor salsa lesson and dance session at Churchill Square taking place every Tuesday starting this week until Sept. 28. Enjoy a couple hours of Latin music and dancing that is sure to have you inspired and wanting to learn this beautiful dance! It won’t just be salsa each week, they’ll also do Bachata, Cumbia, and Merengue, This should be fun!
- Check out Vignettes Summer Party
- Vignettes is throwing a Summer Party on Aug. 27 & 28 at The Backyard. There will be live music, interactive design, art installations, murals and an announcement of a 2021 Vignettes Festival! Tickets are available at door but cheaper if you order in advance.
Got an Edmonton area event, virtual event, or something coming up you think my readers would be interested in knowing about? Let me know!
Food To Try This Week
Please safely support local restaurants. Cases are on the rise again, and restaurants may still require you to wear masks when not eating. Please be kind and respectful.
Celebrate Dorinku Tokyo’s 5th anniversary (10205 82 Ave.)
Dorinku Tokyo in Old Strathcona is celebrating five years with $5 Sapporo pints and $5 daily appetizer deals until Aug. 31. I had an awesome dinner there this week (the ramen salad isn’t part of the appetizer deal but I always get it when I’m there, so good!) Consider celebrating with them this month!
Try some Korean BBQ (various locations)
I was on CBC Edmonton AM Wednesday morning talking about places to enjoy BBQ in Edmonton—including Korean BBQ options! Korean BBQ is different from your traditional American / Southern style in many ways, including it’s typically a group – shared food experience, the meats usually come thinly sliced so you cook it yourself at the table (which typically includes a built-in grill of some kind), the sauces are quite different, and you usually get Korean banchan small side dishes that go along with the main course. It’s absolutely delicious (as is all Korean cuisine) and in Edmonton, you might want to try it at Ginseng, Baekjeong, or Korean Village.
Show some love to a local downtown coffee shop (various locations)
News this week that the 109 Street and Jasper Ave. Starbucks has permanently shuttered, had me thinking of local downtown coffee shops to show some love to, like a Credo, Coffee Bureau, or Lock Stock. Appreciating most of these don’t stay open that late but, still lol. If you haven’t tried, you may also be interested in getting a local Coffee Pass!
Order steak, pasta and cocktails at Barbacoa (470 South Ave, Spruce Grove)
Mike and I had a delicious meal at Barbacoa steak house in Spruce Grove this week. A perfect medium rare striploin, handmade pasta pappardelle with Italian sausage, beef short rib and grilled vegetable ragu, and mmm, their gin, soho, lychee cocktail is fantastic.
Try the salad rolls from Malaysian Cuisine (Downtown Farmers Market)
@elaine_lovinglife shared a photo of the beautiful salad rolls she got from Malaysian Cuisine, a Downtown Farmers Market vendor, that caught my eye! She said it was the best salad rolls she’s ever had and she’ll be rushing to the market regularly to purchase it. I can’t wait to give it a try too!
Ate something amazing recently? Want to show some love to a struggling restaurant? Have a take-out suggestion? Let me know to include in this newsletter.
Small Business Spotlight
In this new section of Lindork’s Lists, I shout out to support small businesses that aren’t necessarily food/restaurant or event-based.
In this week’s Small Business Spotlight, I’m shouting out to:
Vitaliteas, a local, Black, women-owned tea business that is focused on offering a smooth, healthy, flavourful drink that doesn’t taste fake or artificial. Shop Vitaliteas’ Black, Green, Black + Green, Herbal, Decaffeineated and Chai Mix. You can shop online, at local vendors, and in major Sobeys and Safeway grocers (congrats to them for getting into those grocery stores!) Vitaliteas gifted me some tea a couple months ago and I really enjoyed them.
If you’re a small business owner who could use a shout-out, or know a small business who could use some awareness, let me know and I’ll try to feature them in this new section. Email me suggestions!
Instagrammable Wall Tickets for Subscribers
In this week’s email newsletter, my subscribers got first dibs to buy tickets to my final Old Strathcona Mural Map / Instagrammable Wall Walk + Food Crawl. Tickets are now SOLD OUT!
This was a fifth / bonus tour for subscribers as my first four tour dates also sold out.
Thank you to the Old Strathcona Business Association for sponsoring these tours!
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Now Public: Q&A with Angee Matson
Every other Sunday, I profile a new “interesting person” in a Q&A series just for paid newsletter subscribers. Then a month later, I release that Q&A publicly on my blog. My ninth Q&A of the series is now live on my blog if you’d like to read it, featuring mental health advocate Angee Matson.
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New on the Blog
There are so many incredible ingredients produced in Alberta! And as an Alberta on the Plate Ambassador, I wanted to showcase just a few Edmonton restaurants where you can Eat Local in Edmonton: 9 Restaurants for 9 Occasions year-round!
Other Relevant Edmonton Summer Blog Posts You May Be Interested In:
Don’t Forget To #ExploreABWithMe and Win!
Thanks to AMA Travel and the Banff Lodging Co., if you Explore Alberta and share your Instagram or Twitter posts using the hashtag #ExploreABwithMe and tagging me @lindork, you’ll be entered for a grand prize 2-night stay at the Banff Lodging Co.!
Whether it’s exploring your backyard, day trips, camping or other weekend getaways in Alberta, I’d love if you used my travel blog guides to help plan your summer exploration, and I’d love to see where you get up to in the province!
In addition to the Banff Lodging Co. grand prize, I’ll also select 20 people who will win $10 gift cards to the Italian Centre Shop (just the right amount to pick up a famed Italian Centre Shop Panino, perfect for road trips!
Discount Codes You May Want To Use
- Get 15% off premium, locally-made dog treats MYLZ Treats using my code LINDORK15
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- Get 10% off any Big E Tours using code lindasgift by Sept. 30, 2021
- Get 10% off your VespaYEG rental using my code LINDORK10
- Get 10% off any kit or tour from Chef Table Living using code LINDORK10
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See even more discount codes from great local businesses!
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