Double-Double Trouble

DailyXY, caffeinated edition. Which is to say: more caffeinated than usual. Who doesn’t need coffee, every day? I need coffee. Every day, and especially now. Thinking myself invincible, I arrived home at 5:00am+ following an overnight of misbehaving. (There were extenuating circumstances that involved my profession; still…) I returned to … Read More

Calgary Bread on the Rise

Bread. Its origins have been traced back as far as the Neolithic era; nearly every civilization since has made bread a staple of its diet, and often, its cultural and religious rituals. To bite into a piece of fresh, hand-made, artisan bread is not only proof that its preparation is … Read More

Calgary’s Coffee Disloyalty Program

Friend to all, loyal to none: Launched in fall 2010 by two college students, the YYC Coffee Disloyalty Program is challenging Calgarians to break free from the clutches of large coffee chains and support local, independent cafés. The concept follows the lead of similar disloyalty programs, such as the Toronto … Read More

Bars and Bats

Face it: Toronto will always be a hockey town. Even as the Maple Leafs remain mired in the team’s longest playoff drought in decades — an exciting late-season Hail Mary notwithstanding — hockey continually dominates the city’s sports landscape. It’s enough to make a guy forget that Toronto has other … Read More

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