Jennifer Fong
Journal Features Writer
EDMONTON

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Reason No.19:
Cinnamon Buns at the Sugar Bowl

You stretch in bed and sneak a peek at your alarm clock. Somehow, you've woken up early. Whatever will you do with all this extra time?

Staying in bed, rolling around in the covers, and dozing in and out of consciousness is always an excellent option. But there's something even better than that.

Being up this early means you'll actually get to the Sugar Bowl in time for a cinnamon bun, notorious for selling out far too quickly for those of us who like to sleep in 'til noon.

That's no surprise, of course--a Sugar Bowl cinnamon bun is not your average Cinnzeo pretender. No, these babies are massive hunks of sugary, sticky goodness, loaded with cinnamon.

They're so good they don't even need frosting. In fact, frosting would just deter from the bun's inherent gastronomic greatness.

They are that delicious. And only$3.50 for a bun big enough to share.

Reason No.18:
Magpies

Magpies are gross. While they look vulnerable, Wikipedia describes them as "opportunistic scavengers" that will eat anything: garbage, roadkill, the puff of lint that fell out of your jacket pocket.

They're carnivores and they'll even eat your babies when you're not looking. (It's true; just ask the sparrow mom in the tree outside your bedroom window.)

Evil as they are, there are two things you simply can't deny about the Alberta natives: magpies are gorgeous. They're big but not too big, and they've got those spectacular, metallic, blue-black feathers that probably have mousey-brown robins everywhere desperately seeking makeovers..

Plus, they're called magpies. If they were truly the spawn of Satan, they wouldn't have such a cute, children's-rhyme-worthy name, now would they?

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