I listen to music in compressed mp3 format through crummy iPod ear buds or piped through an underpowered Bluetooth speaker. The best place I have for listening to music has to compete with the whine of my POS Mazda sub-compact engine. It wasn’t always that way. Music used to be a thing. Blowing out my [...]

K was lucky enough to experience the Blue Man Group as a total noob. A bunch of painted guys and a brief commercial was her only information going in. She loved it. It defies preconceived notions of entertainment, melding rock concert with magic, theatre and comedy. The Blue Men use up to 78 gallons of [...]

Finally got the chance to host a tequila tasting with the Straight Up KW crew. Talk about being incredibly nervous. I get all tied up inside introducing others to tequila. Chris and I love the stuff so it stings when friends don’t share our appreciation. It’s such a celebratory, communal drink and I love nothing [...]

I don’t have any great pictures of moments captured. Pithy recaps of specific talks or earnest testimonials of how the event changed my life. Instead I’ve got sore feet and a flagging resolve to stay awake. I’m exhausted, but TEDxWaterloo is in the bag. Working behind the scenes you’re expected to go on about how [...]

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 [...]