Author: Jesse Ship

Incredible Bloggers!

Incredible Bloggers!

Wow, thanks Emily. I’m flattered that you think I am the owner of Canada’s largest newspaper (The Toronto Star) and their digital properties, but sadly, I will have to decline, as enticing as the offer sounds. Perhaps do a bit more research before making your Read more

Trolling Ford Nation

Trolling Ford Nation

 Ok, so the elections are over and if you live in Toronto or pay attention to our politics, you should know that the ailing Rob Ford’s brother Doug is not our mayor-elect. During the months leading up to the election, I had been lurking in Read more

Toronto’s freshest homegrown restaurant apps – Toronto Star

Toronto’s freshest homegrown restaurant apps – Toronto Star

  Whether you’re a fan of Steak Queen or Scaramouche, Torontonians and their smartphones are hungry for restaurant apps, and a host of developers are well aware of that. With India’s multimillion-dollar restaurant-finding app Zomato just launching in town, here are a few homegrown options for Read more

Shepard Fairey in Toronto: five things to know – Toronto Star

Shepard Fairey in Toronto: five things to know – Toronto Star

  Shepard Fairey is a designer, political activist and artist best known in the last decade for creating the iconic “Hope” poster for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. In the late 1980s, he became an underground sensation, traveling across America with his cryptic “Andre the Giant Has Read more

Green Works Muddy Puppy appearance

Green Works Muddy Puppy appearance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSmP4UjqGZI   ACTRA group rate background guys have all the fun. This was actually a hilahttps://shipwrckd.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/woman-traveling-in-france-2023-11-27-05-16-47-utc_Easy-Resize.com_.jpgus commercial to be on.  They told me my reaction was priceless, and it made the final cut! I’m wondering if this demands an upgrade. Hmmmm…. 31/10/2014 UPDATE: I was Read more

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