A few of the things I’ve written and published in print or online.
Vancouver Sun – November 23, 2011
Working on any movie is a lot like camping, but being an extra in Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, with its secret remote location and total ban on electronic devices, made us feel like inmates in a prison camp.
The Marijuana Business Report – February 23, 2011
The growing marijuana industry has led to a number of schools sprouting up in several states promising to teach skills in the cannabis business.
The Everything Wine Blog – June 2009 – June 2010
So, this concludes my last blog on the Everything Wine site and I hereby put my duties into the capable hands of Jessica Bryans, EW’s new E Commerce Manager. It’s been a blast to launch this blog – one year ago this month – and I hope Jessica and the EW scribblers have as much fun with it as I have.
Divine Intervention: Blasted Church Winery – Wine Enthusiast Dec. 1, 2009
On a Saturday night in downtown Vancouver, scores of worshipful wine lovers descend on Christ Church Cathedral. There, they partake of barbecued soul food before meandering to the kitchen where fair church ladies have poured the fruit of Okanagan Valley, Canada, vines. Lo, there is the Dam Flood…
Mari Kane: Nuts not to copy us – Providence Journal, August 22, 2009
TO ALL YOU Americans who are buying into Big Pharma’s expensively propagated myths about Canadian health care, let me tell you — as an American living in Vancouver — that you have nothing to fear but the fearmongers themselves…
Thirst for Knowledge: Raise your glass for a career in wine – WE Westender May 15, 2008
There are two pours of red wine in front of me, and I’ve been instructed to figure out if they are from Italy or France, as well as their vinicultural appellation and the varieties used. Oh, and if possible, the producers’ names….
Wine for Free: The budget minded tour – WE Westender Nov. 1 2007
If you think Vancouver is waterlogged, consider its wine-soddeness. This town is such a flowing river of wine it should really be called Vincouver. In addition to the bounty of imported bottles to be found British Columbia is bloated with local juice…
The Okanagan Valley has finally begun to embrace its inner Napa. In the past seven years, the area often referred to as BC’s fruit basket has gone from 60 to 133, with a further 24 license applications currently in process. Over 50 tasting rooms are open and pouring their new releases, making spring the best time to purchase soon-to-be rare limited-edition bottles…
Armchair Winemaking: Make wine away from home with BC’s UVins – Winepress Northwest, Summer 2006
Now I know how a fat cork fits into a skinny bottleneck. I never had seen the corking process so closely as when I bottled my own wine at a winemaking store in Vancouver, British Columbia. As I wrangled with the Portuguese Floor Corker, the proprietor offered guidance…
For eons, cannabis has been ingested for the treatment of common and chronic ailments, but now, the march of technology is propelling wacky tobaccy into a brave new century of pharmaceutical development…
