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Do you know that feeling when you get to check an item off your Bucket List? That giddy, heady, swirly-butterflies-in-the-stomach joy that encompasses you from head to toe? I just spent three entire days feeling that like and it wasn’t just the wine and good food that did it.
This past weekend I was able to attend the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge’s famous Christmas in November as a guest blogger for the Fairmont. Christmas in November has been on my Bucket List for as long as I have know about the event and to be hosted by the Fairmont was a literal dream come true.
I felt like Cinderella at the ball, minus that glass slipper that gave her such a hard time.
I ate. I tweeted. I ate some more. I instagrammed my little heart out. Did I mention the wine? I met food celebrities that I have adored from afar. I spoke to Anna Olson (twice!!) and tried not to fangirl too hard. It didn’t work, since I absolutely love the lady. Chef Corbin Tomaszeski came over and gave me a hug and asked how my night was going, just because I was randomly standing in the right place at the right time.
As I was thinking of how on earth I was going to write the words to convey the sheer magnitude of what this trip meant to me, I realized that the only way to start was by giving back.
So I feel like I am starting my recap of my adventures at Christmas in November backwards but on second thought, perhaps this is the way that I should always start things out. It’s time to give something back to you, because without all of you, I wouldn’t be able to do the amazing things that I do.
When it came time to decide what to give away, I knew right away what it was going to be. I was so darn proud of all the Edmonton businesses that represented us SO well at this year’s Christmas in November. I am always bursting-at-the-seams proud that I live in Edmonton and am amazed at how we are becoming such an innovative city when it comes to culinary talent.
And thus the Christmas in November Edmonton Prize Pack Giveaway was born!
I have for one lucky winner:
A $50 gift card to Rostizado, the hottest new place in Edmonton to eat.
A $50 gift card to Rge Rd, a famous culinary delight here in Edmonton
A Christmas Sampler pack of chocolate from Jaeck Chocolates, valued approx. $45.
Want a couple of delicious sneak peeks at what awaits the winners?
This at Rostizado. The platter for two. It is literally one of Mike’s and my favorite date meals. SO good.
The chocolate sampler at Jacek. Now, you need to live locally in order to pick this up before Christmas, so beware when you enter! Edmonton and area only!
And you know what love is? Giving away a gift card to RGE RD when I haven’t even eaten there yet! That is love, folks. I still have yet to try it out and I’m helping someone else eat there first! LOL!
So now there are a ton of options for you to enter! Most of them are following Twitter accounts but three….oh three of them are worth 2 entries each and you have to read my upcoming posts on Christmas in November 2014!
So go ahead and enter the ones you can and watch for my upcoming posts to get an extra 6 !! entries into this fabulous contest celebrating Christmas in November and the amazing Edmonton peeps that represented!
Good luck everyone!
TrickyNag says
Your favourite food at CIN: Spring Creek Beef Tenderloin. But how on earth did you pick just one?!
TrickyNag says
Your favourite part about staying at JPL: the amazing mountain scenery.
ShelleyJones1 says
Your favourite part about staying at the JPL ( and mine too…) is the “Amazing Mountain Scenery.” It just doesn’t get any better.
ShelleyJones1 says
Your Favourite Dish was the Spring Creek Beef Tenderloin!
ShelleyJones1 says
I want to go to Christmas in November in the worst way. Totally a bucket list item.
JaimeeM says
Which blog post do we comment your favourite food on? This one? 🙂 Spring Creek Beef Tenderloin.
LeeAnn Jeffrey says
Your favourite part of stayng at JPL is the amazing mountain scenery
Lee-Ann Jeffrey says
hahaha.. It’s Monday – thanks!
The Kitchen Magpie says
LOL I just fixed it! Refresh and try again! I was half asleep obviously…
Lee-Ann Jeffrey says
they both go to the giveaway for me
The Kitchen Magpie says
The link right above it! There are two links written above…
Lee-Ann Jeffrey says
Is it just me, or can no one else find the post? (I just see the giveaway)
Shawna Y says
at Rostizado. The platter for two is your favorite meal. Looks awesome!
Shawna Y says
I got to go to CIN last year and loved it. Not this year tho and your pictures made me cry a little every time I saw one of your posts!
thekitchenmagpie says
Shawna Y Awwww!!! It is one of those event thought, isn’t it? The memories stay with you!
SabineVan says
I haven’t been to Christmas in November but definitely adding it to the bucket list!
Mary says
It would be amazing to go to CIN, definitely on the bucket list!
TrickyNag says
CIN is definitely on my bucket list.
HoneyPell says
What a fabulous giveaway! I have not been able to try either of the restaurants featured, but I have enjoyed Jacek chocolates!
Frances Wallace says
This is the first time that I’ve heard of CIN and it is now officially on my list.
joyce says
Would love to win any one of those prizes, and would be amazing to win them all!
Lisa T. says
Attending CIN would def be a bucket list item! In the meantime, living vicariously through your foodie blogs! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Jess F says
Those are three fantastic prizes!
Genevieve Olivier says
What if we already follow all those accounts?
thekitchenmagpie says
Then just fill in your name and it shows up! It’s easier!
pammay88 says
Rostizado. The platter for two
AliKira says
I totally want to do Christmas in November someday. All the tweets make it sound so tantalizing!
ThankfulFoodie says
Hello big long food bucket list! LOL…would love to go to CIN…I’ve been following along for a couple of years and salivating over my phone BIG TIME! Definitely on the bucket list for sure 🙂
beyondumami says
I have never been to Christmas in November but I really do want to attend one year! I suppose it will have to be on my bucket list!! 🙂 So many food related bucket lists.
crimson_chaos says
I need to get to Jasper for this event sometime! Who wouldn’t want to?
RussellBird says
great contest! my grandma goes to jasperCIN every year and loves it. I would like to go when my kids are a little older.
E says
Great giveaway!