Today’s the day! Head to your local Denny’s between 6am – 2pm and grab a free breakfast! Denny’s is offering their legendary Grand Slam in Canada and the US for the awesome price of $0! Yes that’s right, FREE! What are you waiting for?!
Looking for something to do this weekend? The Taboo Sex Show is rolling into the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre this weekend starting on Thursday, January 15th – 18th. The Show is an upscale consumer trade show dedicated to romance and self-improvement – most of all, it’s a lot of fun! The show’s primary objective is to bring the industry together with prospective buyers in a comfortable, sophisticated and non-threatening environment.
I have 2 tickets to give away ($40 value), if you are interested leave a comment or send me a tweet on Twitter, and I’ll draw a lucky winner on Wednesday @ 12PM
If you are into mashups DJ Earworm has released another year end mix composed of Billboard’s Top 25 of 2008.
What the heck is a mashup??
A mashup , bootleg or blend (also mash up and mash-up) is a song or composition created from the combination of the music from one song with the a cappella from another. A mash-up is a song created out of pieces of two or more songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the music track of another. Wikipedia
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Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain – Low
Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
Alicia Keys – No One
Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major – Lollipop
Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic – Apologize
Jordin Sparks Duet With Chris Brown – No Air
Sara Bareilles – Love Song
Usher Featuring Young Jeezy – Love in This Club
Chris Brown – With You
Chris Brown – Forever
Ray J & Yung Berg – Sexy Can I
Rihanna – Take a Bow
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl
T.I. – Whatever You Like
Rihanna – Disturbia
Rihanna – Don’t Stop the Music
Natasha Bedingfield – Pocketful of Sunshine
Chris Brown Featuring T-Pain – Kiss Kiss
Ne-Yo – Closer
Colbie Caillat – Bubbly
Mariah Carey – Touch My Body
Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes
Pink – So What
Finger Eleven – Paralyzer
If you are interested in more mashups check out another big masher, Girl Talk.
With the current economic turmoil a lot of people have been tightening their pocket books and watching what they spend. Who better to poke fun of a sticky situation than Weird Al Yankovic? His latest single is a take on a current chart hit of T.I. – Whatever You Want (See Video Below). Weird Al always seems to be able to hit the songs dead on while putting his twist on it. What do you think?
Last night Elisa and I joined fellow Vancouver bloggers at Molson’s Brew 2.0 event at Molson’s brewery on Burrard to celebrate Molson Vancouver 50th Anniversary. Not knowing what to expect we arrived at the security gate where we were promptly checked in and transported via golf cart carts to the back entrance of the brewery.
We arrived to Molson’s own bar buzzing with bloggers mingling and Neil Harnett providing the tunes.
Photo credit: Ianiv & Arieanna
The atmosphere was electric! I was a little overwhelmed at first trying to figure out what was going on, but we got our bearings and bee-lined it to the bar where we picked up our first beer. Who would’ve thought that we would be served Rickard’s Red by Gord Rickards himself!
Elisa & Brewmaster Gord Rickards
Bringing a sense of history to the occasion, Molson Brewery founder John Molson’s great-great-great-great-grandson, Geoff Molson, started the evening with a few words and history of the brewery and family.
Geoff Molson at Brew 2.0 Vancouver
The group was then treated to various food and beer pairings by Blair Rasmussen, Executive Chef at the Vancouver Convention Centre and Kerry Scarsbrook, Brewmaster.
Rickard’s Honey Brown Ale- Braised Bison Mini Sandwiches
Molson Brew 2.0 Menu
Scallop and Papaya Ceviche Crostini
paired with Rickard’s White
Grilled Vegetable and Goat Cheese Bruschetta
paired with Coor’s Light
Smoked Wild Salmon on Wild Rice and Beer Blini, Fennel Salad
paired with Molson Canadian
Prawn Quesadillas, Fresh Guacamole, Salsa Fresca
paired with Corona
Chorizo Empanadas
paired with Old Style Pilsner
Rickard’s Honey Brown Ale- Braised Bison Mini Sandwiches
paired with Rickard’s Red
Cheeseboard with Aged Cheddars, Brie and Gorgonzola
Walnut Baguette, Flat Bread and Crackers
Blair’s Addictive Beer Nuts
paired with Heineken
After the mouth watering treats we split up into 2 groups lead by Brewmasters Gord Rickards and Kerry Scarsbrook for a crash course in Beer 101 and tour of the brewery. After sampling different hops we ventured down to the line where a 24/7 operation is run. Thousands of cans of Rickard’s Red zipped by at a dizzying pace! Here an engineer snatched fresh cans off the line like a skilled ninja. I wouldn’t dare try it for the sake of stopping the line. A highlight of the tour was a sampling of the cans we received at the line which were timestamped at less then 2 minutes old making it the freshest beer I will ever taste. These cans were at the perfect tempature of -1°C.
Rickard's Red Line
We were then led back to the bar where we were treated to an exclusive brew of Rickard’s Gold by Gord Rickards made exlusively for Molson’s Vancouver 50th Anniversay and Brew 2.0, which will not be sold to the public!
Elisa, Geoff Molson, and me!
I had a lot of fun at the event and met some great people like Adam and Tonia from Molson’s social media team, Geoff Molson, 7th generation Molson, Meghan from Hill & Knowlton and of course all the Vancouver Social Media bloggers!
Leaving the event we were given taxi vouchers and some Molson parting gifts: 50th Anniversary glass and a 1GB thumbdrive with promo material from the event.
The next day I was called out to reception for a package which turned out to be a Rickard’s sample pack!
I did not have an obligation to blog about the event, but Molson did this event right! I had such a good time, met some awesome people and felt honestly special to be invited to the event. They could’ve brought us to a room and have us sample the beer and go home, but no! They wined (beered?) and dined us, had an actually Molson interacting with everyone, and Mr. Rickard’s himself serving beer at the tap! How awesome is that?
Brewmaster in Training
Check out some other photo sets of the event via Flickr by Danny, Molson, Karen, Raul, Rebecca, Duane, and Ianiv. I’ll add more when I find them, or leave a comment and let me know of yours!
Update:Tonia Hammer’s blog post about the evening.