I'm a public affairs consultant specializing in social media. By night I spend my time cooking, symphony going, espresso drinking, and rock climbing with my wife, a talented musician and fellow rock-climber.

Spicy pineapple-glazed chicken

March 02 0 Comments

Spicy pineapple-glazed chicken

Cross posted to Eat My City
I made this quick recipe on a Friday night. The glaze is so simple and very delicious. The jalapeño-pineapple salsa has a nice kick to it with some sweetness to keep it in check. Try it with a fennel and celery salad, another quick and easy recipe.
Ingredients
Serves 4

1/4 cup [...]

Twitter: far from dead

February 23 0 Comments

Twitter: far from dead

From time to time we get reports like the recent RJ Metrics report which others use to back up their case that Twitter is experiencing a gradual death. They point to the number of users and their engagement with the micro-blogging service. We’re told (correctly, mind you) that new user registration peaked in [...]

Café Review: Sophie Mon Petit Café

February 21 0 Comments

Café Review: Sophie Mon Petit Café

Cross-posted to Eat My City.
After a solid rock-climbing session at our climbing gym, we hit up Sophie Mon Petit Café in Leslieville for some brunch. My sister, Sophie, was in town and we thought we’d check out the café for fun. When it first opened a couple months back it looked empty every time we [...]

Julia Child’s Watercress Soup

February 21 0 Comments

Julia Child’s Watercress Soup

Cross-posted to Eat My City.
My sister bought me Julia Child’s classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking for my birthday last November. For some reason, I didn’t have much of a chance to try the recipes until this weekend. My sister was back in town visiting so I took advantage of the opportunity to treat [...]

Welcome to Canada, True North Strong and Bureaucratic

February 16 10 Comments

Welcome to Canada, True North Strong and Bureaucratic

I just about fell out of my chair when I took a 5 minute break to catch up on the day’s tweets, and found this article: Language commissioner probes the Games (Watch the Graham Fraser’s interview on Power and Politics).

Official Languages Commissioner Graham Fraser will launch an investigation into complaints about the lack of French [...]

The Future Journalist: The Future Public Affairs Professional

February 04 0 Comments

The Future Journalist: The Future Public Affairs Professional

Last night we joined another 200 social media enthusiasts for Mashable’s session on the Future Journalist at Social Media Week New York. Panelists Sree Sreenivasan, the Columbia Journalism School Dean of Students, and Vladim Lavrusik, a student of Sree’s and a Mashable correspondent argued that journalism is evolving and journalists need to use social media [...]

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