Lifestyle
On your way back home, plan an
overnight in Calgary and sign on for a
class with Jari Love, the queen of the
western fitness world. Jari’s classes
combine weights, step routines and
a whole lot of synchronized sweating
to a pulsating fitness-clubby kind of
music that will take your mind off
your screaming muscles (almost).
Jari’s a health and fitness rock star,
so you’ll want to be able to brag
about having taken – and survived
– one of her demanding classes.
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Finally, because you’ve been such
a healthy little saint all this time,
you now get to sin a little, so let’s
JOURNEYS
really make it fun. Check into the
Hotel Arts, one of my fave Calgary
spots, which features Euro-elegant
furnishings, a swanky-but-chill
bar and a convenient downtown
location – you’ll love it. Plan to
have breakfast and lunch there
(the food’s great) but get down
and dirty for dinner and head to
the Palomino for a big ol’ pile of
barbecue. Don’t even think about
the calories. Have the platter – the
one that has ribs and pulled pork
and fries and beans and corn and –
wait for it – apples cooked in Jack
Daniels whiskey. Just do it. You’ll
thank me for it later, I promise!
IF YOU GO
Solara Resort and Spa
isolararesort.ca
Canmore Tourism
itourismcanmore.com
Tourism Alberta
itravelalberta.com
Hotel Arts
ihotelarts.ca
Jari Love
ijarilove.com
Palomino
ithepalomino.ca
the Paint Box Lodge
ipaintboxlodge.com
Gaia Collaborative Medicine
iwww.gaiaclinic.ca
LIZ FLEMING
IN ADDITION TO EDITING WO, LIZ FLEMING IS ALSO THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
OF CRUISE & TRAVEL LIFESTYLES MAGAZINE, THE MANAGING EDITOR
OF NATURALLYINNIAGARA.CA AND A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE
TORONTO STAR, AND TORONTO SUN. SHE’S THE AUTHOR OF TWO AMAZON EBOOKS “SINCE YOU’RE HERE, WE MIGHT AS WELL SHAG” AND “207
TRAVEL TIPS BECAUSE 101 JUST WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN ENOUGH.
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