August Long Weekend 2026 Recap

Happy Tuesday! It was a long weekend here in Canada, with yesterday being a holiday. I thoroughly enjoyed my extra day off. Let’s rewind and I’ll share the highlights of my three day weekend.

I’m still craving all the sushi lately, so I ordered some spicy vegetable crunchy sushi on Friday night. It was delicious and hit the spot. I’m slowly trying to teach myself how to use chopsticks. I’m still terrible, but maybe I’ve gotten a tiny bit better?

Saturday was another hot one. It got up to 33 C (93 F for my American readers). Most homes don’t have air conditioning in Calgary, so it was pretty miserable, even inside. Needless to say, I was feeling pretty lazy and didn’t do much.

Sunday was 10 degrees C cooler, so I ventured downtown to spend some time with my boyfriend. Unfortunately, trains weren’t running through downtown, which meant I had to walk across downtown to get to his place instead. It actually only took 30 minutes. I was expecting it to take longer than it did.

I met up with him at a nearby Asian grocery store to pick up dinner. Once we got dinner there (kimbap for me, musubi for him), we headed to another grocery store where we picked up some crispy goat cheese bites to go with our finds. My boyfriend heated them up in his air fryer.

While it’s definitely an unlikely combo, it was a delicious dinner. The goat cheese bites were perfectly crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. I paired them with some lemon pepper sauce. Yum! The kimbap was fresh and delicious too.

After dinner, we watched the first episode of Ride or Die with Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham. We both really liked it and will be watching more. Octavia Spencer is a favorite of mine. She’s so funny. I thought the two of them were great together and had great chemistry.

Winston wasn’t quite as impressed. He couldn’t keep his eyes open.

After Ride or Die, we put on Tremors. Such a silly monster movie, but at this point I think it’s become a classic. I remember watching it for the first time in the late 90s with some old friends. It was cheesy back then too. It’s hard to go wrong with a young Kevin Bacon, even if he does have a terrible haircut in it.

Monday morning we took Winston for a walk. The flowers have been thriving lately with all the sun we’ve had. This planter was in a park downtown. They’re so pretty, and the pink ones are one of my favorites, snapdragons. The city does a pretty good job of making sure our parks are looking beautiful.

Winston went back to sleep after getting back from his walk and eating breakfast. He likes to scrunch his face into the corner of his bed. I have no idea how he can breathe when he does that.

By the time I got home on Monday, it was all about prepping for the week ahead. I got a bunch of laundry done, meal planned and ordered groceries online, and even did some self care with a Grace and Stella eye mask. They’re my favorite eye masks. I stocked up the last time they were on sale at Costco.

Now that you know the highlights of my weekend, share one of yours in the comments below. I’d love to hear how you spent your weekend, whether it was a three day weekend or not.