Valentine’s Day is one of a handful of days every year when the committed man must pull his chivalry A-game off the shelf. If you’re lucky, a simple gift of flowers and/or first-rate dinner reservations should suffice. For the latter, planning is key, so do your research and make the … Read More
Undoubtedly, a perk of editorial rank is ease of access to merchandise from a tremendous variety of categories, including luxury, tech and simply new. Many items that come through our offices impress, but below is my year-end list of selections that didn’t just catch my attention — they commanded it. … Read More
Another year of wine tastings, seminars and late-night debauchery has passed as this 2011 Whistler Cornucopia (Nov. 10 – 14) has come to an end. Thousands of the annual festival’s attendees sipped, slurped and gulped down hundreds of wines and dozens of cocktails, and sampled their way around Whistler’s top … Read More
An important part of being the Urban Driver for DailyXY is the urban part. Urban for me, personally, is Toronto; there’s tons to do in this town and many a night is no night to be driving. Consider this week’s wine tasting event, a fundraiser for Delisle Youth Services (whose … Read More
Open a bottle. Break up a chocolate bar. If you can handle these tasks, you can orchestrate a port and chocolate tasting. Plus, Calgary’s wealth of great chocolate shops and hard-to-find ports means that the ingredients are as easy to buy as they are to serve. Here, a primer on … Read More
