Author: Jesse Ship

Review – V Café – Taipei – Archival

Review – V Café – Taipei – Archival

[Originally published in TaiwanNights.com, Circa 2007] The V Café is a place where you can go with your date to leisurely sip on delicate fruit smoothies and engage yourself in romantic banter, or hang out with your friends, looking as delicate and elegant as the Read more

1812: Forged In Fire

1812: Forged In Fire

  I ran into an old acquaintance last week, @LaurynElanZuk a few weeks ago in Kensington Market and was questioned on my knowledge of the War of 1812. Naturally, I couldn’t resist getting a little silly on camera.  Looks like I need to go back Read more

Toronto Jewish Film Fest 2012 (#TJFF20)

Toronto Jewish Film Fest 2012 (#TJFF20)

So this is me. No, not the stunt walkin Rabbi, but the Rabbi’s double. The guy who pulls the quick change and leaves the cabby at the end of the ad.  Not exactly a masterpiece of modern commercial acting, but a piece of acting none Read more

Henrik Vibskov Gestalten Book Launch

Henrik Vibskov Gestalten Book Launch

I’ve not yet met designer Henrik Vibskov, in fact, but I did get to chat with Danish rock star/dj/producer  Anders Trentemøller whom he toured with last year during his phenomenal Coachella tour, so I guess that I do have 1 degree of separation, which is pretty Read more

Canadian Club Dock 57

Canadian Club Dock 57

If you’ve been to the LCBO lately, you’ll see the whisky companies are going gangbusters with their displays so it makes perfect sense for the iconic Canadian Club  to be joining the race in the latest trend of spiced dark liquors, started by the likes of Read more

The Grid (print) x Whippersnapper Gallery x Angel Chen’s Candid Call Centre: Money Talks

The Grid (print) x Whippersnapper Gallery x Angel Chen’s Candid Call Centre: Money Talks

City_local news DNW DUNDAS & AUGUSTA _PHOTO: SEAN DECORY/THE GRID WED APR 18, 2012 LOCAL NEWS Money talks BY: JESSE SHIP The small office set up in the street-facing window at 594 Dundas St. W. looks like a typical corporate call centre—phones ringing, codes of conduct Read more