My tournament life is on the line as I shove my short stack all in with 9/10 suited. The big blind snap calls and turns over American Airlines. This is me getting my poker fix. It’s the annual foray into the heart of Nevada for some Texas Hold-em. That’s the extent of my trip. Despite [...]

What does it take exactly? What does the region want from the Centre in the Square? Here we have a critically acclaimed Broadway musical mining the era of guilty pleasure, hair metal music. It’s a Poison video brought to life that’s warranted enough attention to deserve a big budget motion picture set to release next [...]

The running shoes I bought to kick off my jogging career sat unused for a full year. Typical aspirational spending. That was after a year of quitting smoking where I had adopted that smug, non-smoker readiness to embrace some new, healthier lifestyle. I’ve been on the verge of ready for a while. I probably would [...]

JMDrama’s production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” was the most fun I’ve had at the theatre this year. Do yourself a favor and check out the remaining three shows on August 18,19 and 20. Tickets are available here. Held at the Registry Theatre on Frederick Street, it’s a tiny little space, no [...]

In the aftermath of the Korean war my mother’s brother left an enigmatic note on his pillow before stepping out for school. He never returned and the family lamented his apparent suicide. A half century later a list of names is published in Koreas’ national paper. Part of the warming relations between North and South [...]

Canadian whiskey doesn’t have so much of a bad rap as it’s disregarded altogether. It’s the stuff that gets thrown in the bottom of a rye and coke and barely considered. Turns out we’re missing out on some great whiskey value. The Clay and Glass Gallery was kind enough to host our event. It’s a [...]

When I was a kid this was the absolute shit. Just saying.

Thanks to RQ Magazine and Kitchener-Waterloo Life for twigging me to the Frankenstein!! contest. Take a deliciously random phrase from German poet H.C. Artmann and pair it with an image – mildy disturbing is encouraged. Guess who has two thumbs and won tickets to the Edwin Outwater conducted performance of Frankenstein!! at the Conrad Centre? [...]

One of the classiest joints in town, Verses is the re-imagining of the former New Apostolic Church on Victoria Street. That’s where Chris and I found ourselves after a client won a six course meal at the chef’s table thanks to a recent Chamber event. Kitchener-Waterloo’s sole winner of the CAA/AAA Four Diamond Award it goes [...]

I’m the dirty Mac whore that lined up for the product launch of the iPad2 in Canada. My old iPad wasn’t even six months old before I had sold it in preparation for the second generation device. I was drinking the Kool-Aid and frothing with geek lust So Friday found me in a highly bisected [...]