The Things We Did: After the Final Rose

January and February are pretty “low-key” months compared to the rest of the year. With New Year’s resolutions, snowy, dark days, and people getting back into the groove of working… things seem to get kind of boring. Luckily we found a great way to get through winter and to look forward to Mondays… don’t roll your eyes… but we loved watching the Bachelor!!! 

How charming does Chris Soules look?
Apparently so charming that he broke the record
in Bachelor history for locking lips with basically
ALL the ladies. Go Chris.

This season featured Chris Soules, a lone farmer from Arlington (aka the middle of nowhere), Iowa who was sadly rejected in Andi Dorfman's season of the Bachelorette. The season was one of the most eventful and dramatic as it was full of so many crazies... which really made for some great T.V. entertainment.

To make our Monday's a little better and a little sweeter, as some of you who follow our Instagram (@th3thingswedid) would know, we decided to make it a tradition to pick up a new dessert each week. Every Monday for 5 weeks we tried different desserts from local businesses around Calgary and that's how "Dessert Mondays with the Bachelor" came to be! We also decided to put ourselves in the shoes of the bachelor and give “the final rose” to just one dessert. Not going to say we had it as tough as Chris Soules, but how does one pick a favorite dessert when they were all so satisfying?

The Things We Ate: The Coup + Meet Restaurant & Lounge

17^th Ave is a hub for some of Calgary’s most trendy restaurants that don’t have a problem attracting a crowd. When we heard about The Coup + Meet, a fully vegetarian, organic, and locally sourced restaurant… we were definitely intrigued.  Especially since it would stand amongst pubs full of chicken wings and restaurants with mouthwatering steaks. We decided to check The Coup out on a Thursday night after work. The restaurant is located on 924 17th Ave SW, close to Cibo Calgary and across from Roosevelt. When we walked in we saw that it has a fun vibe and was packed with people in full gear to get their weekend started. 

We tried to take this being extremely discrete and hoping
that no one would ask us questions about why we were
photographing them having their meal...