The Things We Bought: Fitbit

So in order to be a true foodie you really have to be okay with indulging. In order to be okay to indulge and not gain excessive amounts of weight, you have to try to stay fit! Lately activity trackers have been all the rage, so obviously we had to see what the hype was all about.

Over the last year, the both of us decided to invest in Fitbit activity bands. Sheena has the Fitbit Flex and Gajra has the newer Fitbit Charge. Basically the bands are meant to be worn at all times in order to track your activity during the day and your sleep at night. The device has a (fancy) 3-way accelerometer that converts body motion into digital data. The data is then converted into user-friendly metrics such as step count, distance traveled, calories burned, and active minutes. The activity band can be used in conjunction with the Fitbit app which can be downloaded for free on your smartphone.

The Things We Did: Vin Gogh - Paint and Sip Studio

Now we all know that it's always fun to have a wine night with a couple friends every once in awhile. To mix things up a bit we decided to spend a Friday night at Vin Gogh - sipping some wine and using our creative juices to paint a picture. 

Vin Gogh is Calgary's newest and only paint and wine studio. Located on Macleod trail by Chinook Mall (7004 Macleod Trail, Calgary, AB T2H 0L3 to be exact), this studio has been open for just under three months now. The concept is a 2 hour instructor led session that runs from 7-9pm. All painting supplies including brushes, acrylic paints, an apron and the canvas are provided to you. In the 2 hours the instructor takes you from a blank canvas to a masterpiece making it easy for those who have never picked up a paintbrush before!

We booked our painting session off of the website (http://www.vingogh.ca) a week in advance. The studio is open Tuesday to Saturday for the general public unless a private event has been booked. A calendar on the website shows which paintings will be featured on the night that you choose to attend.  A wide variety of paintings are available including city and nature landscapes, animals, abstract and contemporary art, and even some that are sports themed. Seasonal paintings are also available around Halloween, Christmas, New Years and Valentine's Day just to name a few. The total cost of a session is $57.75 which includes the painting supplies and a glass of wine.

We decided that this photo was most appealing since we do love our wine...

This is the painting we were going to paint! We selected
this one cause yes, we love wine, but also because of the
variety of colours used and the additional splatter effect
over the wine bottles. Who doesn't love throwing
paint on a canvas and calling it art?!
(Photo credit: Vin Gogh Instagram - @vingoghyyc)

The Things We Ate: Via Cibo

And... we're back! Happy New Years everyone! 

Sorry guys. As bloggers we promised ourselves that we would stay on top of things and have something exciting for our readers every week. But then dinners, wine, shopping and the general Christmas and New Years frenzy hit us... and one month later we're here.

Now that the Holidaze are over we are ready to rave about one of our favorite restaurants in Calgary - Via Cibo. This restaurant was initially recommended to us by a friend. Due to its close proximity to IKEA it was our go-to place after a long day of picking out our Malm bedroom suites and Poang chairs when we first moved to Calgary in 2013.

Before the new year we had a friend visiting here from Houston, Texas. Instead of taking her to dine to a nearby restaurant downtown we decided to venture to the Southeast of Calgary to Via Cibo, and let her experience this hidden gem for herself!

Our iPhone's are not the best at taking pictures... but this the
outside of Via Cibo we captured. You can't miss it if you are in the
Deerfoot Meadows area! Via Cibo is located at: 7929 11th Street SE.

We would really like to pretend that we took this picture, but
sadly we didn't. Photo credit goes to Via Cibo itself and we
shamelessly used this picture from their Instagram :)