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Happy New Year everyone – here’s to a successful 2009. Be safe and have fun! Cheers, Jeremy.

On Rememberance Day (of all days – yes this post is a bit late…) I went down to Mac Hall to check out one of the most recognized voices in Rock/Grunge/Alternative (whatever) music today – Chris Cornell. Playing most notably with Soundgarden in the early 90′s, he went on to front the mighty Audioslave and [...]

Once again this year I managed to get myself and a few friends down to the Calgary Co-op’s Grape Escape at the Round-up center. Every year the suppliers to the Coop liquor store (and the main grocery store) put together and all-you-can-eat / all-you-can-drink show and each year it is a ton of fun. This [...]

Having just returned from the Great Canadian Beer Festival it was interesting to see what concoctions the local brewers have come up with in one year of my attending last year’s festival. Some notable longstanding “innovative” beers are the “Back Hand of God Stout” brewed by Crannog brewing in Sorrento, BC. This is a black [...]

I am going to write the abbreviated version of this post. I’m in Toronto on vacation and spent a good portion of the morning at my favorite brewery – Steamwhistle Brewery. I have been to a LOT of brewery tours and have never experienced the level of customer service I have experienced at this particular [...]

The Calgary Stampede is a gong show. For an entire week some businesses basically shut down to head out and treat their clients and staff to endless free breakfasts, corporate parties, company functions and even the rodeo. You might think from a business standpoint that this would be a terrific time for networking (shaking hands, [...]