City Surf: Toronto

Posted on August 16, 2006 Under Travel

City Surf, the series of self-paced MP3 walking tours, are downloadable guides for the traveler who is looking to experience and interact with a city's local culture and find the hidden treasure among the masses, essentially allowing you to enjoy…

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Adult Puppet Shows: Calgary

Posted on August 7, 2006 Under Art

Puppet shows are popping up in the most unlikely places, and this one, recommended by a French friend, has me considering a trip to Canada. The Calgary-based Old Trout Puppet Workshop puts on quite the metaphorical and innovative performance with…

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Sneakerplay Interview

Posted on July 6, 2006 Under Press

On sneakerplay.com, men outnumber women by eight to one, creating an online fratmosphere thick with testosterone, egos and shoe rubber. Like sneaker peacocks, members from around the world flaunt their footwear in photo galleries and boast an inventory of friends…

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Cabino Goes to Beaverton (Almost)

Posted on April 18, 2006 Under Fashion

I told Al Cabino, self proclaimed sneaker activist, that when he got close to 10,000 signatures, I'd help push him over the edge. If you're unfamiliar with Al's petition-- it was started to get Nike to release the futuristic shoes…

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Canada’s National Post

Posted on April 15, 2006 Under Press

There's a nice cover article about me and this site in the Weekend Post today throughout Canada. Last weekend it was Canadian Radio, this week it's a newspaper-- I guess I'm really stepping up my image in the friendly-land. A…

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Listen to me on CBC Radio One

Posted on April 7, 2006 Under Press

Want to hear a quite possibly very entertaining interview with yours truly on the radio? I did an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that's airing this Saturday on the 'Definitely Not The Opera' show with radio host Sook-Yin Lee…

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Massive Change

Posted on March 10, 2005 Under Life

Remember Bruce Mau's design project, Massive Change? While, it's open now at the Art Gallery of Ontario-- I wish I were up there to see it. It's his 10 step program for overcoming pessimism about the future. Got questions? Learn…

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This is a T-Shirt

Posted on February 11, 2005 Under Fashion

These are some of the Perplex & Lola T-shirts i've been hinting at. I got a bunch of samples, really great stuff. Ultra soft combed cotton T's and they did an excellent screen printing job. This set is called "This…

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Perplex On Sale

Posted on February 8, 2005 Under Fashion

Remember the great designs by Perplex & Lola? The online shop Virgin Threads has most of their styles for sale. The designer Milan Tanedjikov is doing a really great job with these pieces. Ladies--Check it out, the denim looks great,…

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Perplex and Lola

Posted on January 25, 2005 Under Fashion

I really love the design and fashion work by Milan from Perplex & Lola. They do excellent work molding ironic social and political commentary with unique fashion. "Perplex & Lola was presented for the first time in Shanghai in March…

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