I love Canada but I question some of the things our country does…… it blows my mind that the Government is running adds encouraging the business community to hire an immigrant and not look down on a university degree just because its not from North America. All the while the GREAT country of CANADA is [...]

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So why do Starbucks® force me to try and order my coffee in their half assed Italian? They don’t even use Italian for all of the size options. Call me a fool but I don’t think Howard Schultz is a common name in Milan. Italy didn’t even come into play until 11 years after they [...]

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Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Do you often expect bad things to happen? Pessimists are like the fairy tale about Chicken Little. In the fairy tale, Chicken Little kept shouting, ‘Help, help the sky is falling’. In contrast, optimistic people expect the best. Don’t worry however, I co- founded OPTIMISM MONTH, which runs [...]

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New Years Eve is nothing but a good excuse for Amy and I to have our good friends over for a great meal…. with great wine. We’ve been doing it for the past few years and they have been the best NYE’s that I can remember.
We have served duck a couple of times…. beef tenderloin [...]

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