Crazy Goings On This city is going bonkers. It's crazy the weird stuff people will do when it's accepted as a major tourist attraction. I've never worked downtown in Calgary before so I've never fully appreciated the insanity that goes on. Today is just barely the first day of Stampede and already I've seen people lasooing (is that even a word?) a faux steer and marching around in designer cowboy hats. And, this morning, I saw a woman wearing high heeled moccasins. Who wears high heeled moccasins? No one, except during Stampede. And it's only going to get more intense. All next week there are breakfasts, lunches and parties all sponsored and attended by downtown companies. There's a spreadsheet circulating with the locations and times of all the ones that don't need invitations or have free booze. Because really, Stampede is one giant excuse to be drunk for an entire week. Well, it is if you're an engineer or a land man in an oil and gas company. If you're an environmental advisor, you stay in and work. |