Where Edmonton Magazine November/December 2016 | Page 9

EDITOR'S NOTE CELEBRATE THE SEASON! November and December are wonderful months to be in Edmonton. Our vibrant theatre season is in full swing, the streets are filled with holiday shoppers, and local restaurants have mouth-watering specialty dishes created with ingredients from nearby farms. Our feature Where You’ll Find the Locals (pg 20) will help you experience some of these hot spots, while Cozy Sipping (pg 21) will give you some ideas of how to escape our chilly weather! If you are in the mood to shop, check out Gifts Made for Wish Lists (pg 16) to find the perfect hostess gift, or a present for that special someone. Our resident bibliophile, Matthew Stepanic, has also put together a fantastic list of 7 Gift-Worthy Reads (pg 37) that are all written by local authors! You won’t want to miss the seasonal events like Zoominescence — a dazzling light installation at the Edmonton Valley Zoo — listed in Holiday Traditions (pg 23), and I bet you don’t know all of the facts that Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine Editor Terri Mason dug up in CFR 43: By The Numbers (pg 22)! Whether you are looking to enjoy a brand new Cirque du Soleil show (pg 11), shop handmade gifts (pg 36), or get your photo with a bronzed Wayne Gretzky (pg 62), you will find it — and much more — within these pages! Welcome to Edmonton! Lindsay Shapka EDITOR [email protected] YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK PHOTO BY JAMIE TWEEDY OF TWEEDY STUDIOS; HAIR AND MAKEUP BY RUTH BANCROFT We’ll help you and your followers. campers-village.com Photo Courtesy of Marmot, Gabe Rogel NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016 // where.ca 9