Author: Jesse Ship

Banned from BuzzFeed: 10 Ways To Spot An Asian From Asia VS An American-Born Asian

Banned from BuzzFeed: 10 Ways To Spot An Asian From Asia VS An American-Born Asian

10 Ways To Spot An Asian From Asia VS An American-Born Asian Asians can be from Asia. Asians can also be from America or any other Western country that their families emigrated to several generations ago. Besides an accent, can you tell the difference? #thereisadifference #westernasianposted Read more

Cluny Bistro & Boulangerie in The Distillery

Cluny Bistro & Boulangerie in The Distillery

I write this as I pick over my leftovers/doggy bag from the feast at Cluny Bistro & Boulangerie,wishing I had a flute of Piper champagne to accompany it. Cluny’s is a new French experiential restaurant/boulangerie/patisserie tucked away in the alleys of Toronto’s Distillery. The kitchen Read more

Sunrise and Good People

Sunrise and Good People

I WON’T FALL DOWN from SUNRISE and GOOD PEOPLE on Vimeo. You never know who you’re going to meet or what new bands you’re going to discover when you take part in Canadian Music Week. Although they were not on site this year, I was Read more

The Art Of The Wind Rises – Miyazaki

The Art Of The Wind Rises – Miyazaki

  I’ve not yet seen Miyazaki’s supposed grand finale and animation masterpiece “The Wind Rises” but VIZ Media has proudly released the art book to accompany the acclaimed fictional biopic of Jiro Horikoshi, the designer of Japan’s Zero fighter plane. “The Wind Rises is an epic Read more

Top 4 things to remember when making a Belvedere Martini

Top 4 things to remember when making a Belvedere Martini

It has been a good moment since I ordered a proper martini at a hotel piano bar, so I was thrilled to be invited to this tasting event courtesy of Belvedere Vodka and Byblos, the newest middle-eastern kid on the Duncan St. block.  We were entertained Read more

Everything you need to know about dating on Tinder (and how Canadians are using it) – Interview with Me!

Everything you need to know about dating on Tinder (and how Canadians are using it) – Interview with Me!

  CLIFF LEE The Globe and Mail Let’s get business out of the way: Last week, the tech world was quite rightly salivating over Tinder, the buzzy online-dating app that’s not even two years old. It was initially reported, mistakenly, that the app was valued Read more

Manticore, Mind over Mirrors, Koen Holtkcamp @ Geary Lane debut show!

Manticore, Mind over Mirrors, Koen Holtkcamp @ Geary Lane debut show!

Geary Lane is a brand new venue tucked away in the heart of the Bloor/Symington/Geary rehearsal space neighbourhood.  The space shows big promise as the future site of a number of experimental and avant-garde concerts in the Pitchfork vein of music being hosted by the Read more

How To Drink Snake Blood in Vietnam And 101 Other Things Every Interesting Man Should Know

How To Drink Snake Blood in Vietnam And 101 Other Things Every Interesting Man Should Know

  Having grown up in Paris, traveled the Middle East a number of times, and even lived in Taipei for a year, I’d like to think that I’m a fairly well-rounded worldly person — an “interesting man” as the book title suggests. While I haven’t Read more

Mo Kolours – Self Titled – Album Stream

Mo Kolours – Self Titled – Album Stream

You can tell that if an artist has been taken under the Gilles Peterson wing, then they are generally bound for success.  Mo Kolours who was recognized for what I’m calling a Pacific Islander Future Funk Tropicalia blend, is no exception.  With a Mauritanian Sega Read more