TRUNK gallery and Urban Mixer to host “Urban Mixer Gallery Series III”

Urban Mixer announces it's third Gallery Series event at TRUNK gallery in Vancouver with works by Heidi Conrod, David Ellingsen and Stirling Ward.Disclosure: I currently work for Urban Mixer

Scotch Purists Beware

 “There are two things a Highlander likes naked, and one of them is malt whiskey.”  I've been a single malt man for quite some time now, and I don't see myself rushing out to try the Frankenstein drink...

Is this the evidence that teen vamp who stole Ronnie Wood's heart has posed n...

" Ronnie Wood's family hoped it was an empty boast when his new teenage companion said she was his girlfriend and had posed for him in the nude. But this picture of a naked girl recently painted by the Rolling Stones guitarist, and now for sale in a gallery near his Irish...

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, 61, 'runs away with 18-year-old Russian cocktail w...

A Rolling Stone gathers no moss but a lot of baggae along the way. It seems that the resurgence of public interest in the Stones since the Scorsese film about the band has seen Ronnie Wood return to his wild and...

Arson confirmed in TX Governor's Mansion fire

The fire at the Texas Governor’s Mansion was indeed a case of arson.  Video surveillance cameras show a suspect throwing a lit object onto the porch.Previous NowPublic coverage can be seen by clicking here" An...

Pete announces Ashlee is pregnant

"Thursday, 29 May 2008Ashlee & Pete are sooo sneaky The rumours are true! Ashlee Simpson, 23, and Pete Wentz, 28, are expecting a baby. Pete announced the news on his blog."While many have speculated about this, we wanted to wait until after the first trimester to...

Robot Bartenders Invade San Francisco

I like robots. I like bars. So did you think for one second that I'd pass up a story about robot bartenders? As if.Anyway, here's the deal: Vienna, Austria plays host to Roboexotica, which showcases cocktail-mixing...

Organic vodka, now with less guilt

Organic beer and wine are nothing new, but spirits have typically left big footprints--until now."Worried about pesticides in the food chain? Concerned about your carbon footprint? Just pondering the planet's fate is...

Pongy pits pose frock shock

"SO you've drunk too much, partied too hard and spent way too much money. A headache tablet will get rid of a lot of the pain from last night, but how do you undo your overspend? Alarmingly, many women these days try to take back their purchases after they've worn them out on...

PRINCE HARRY "POPS A CHERIE" to FAME

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYep, you know the Entertainment World and Society is going to "Hell in a Handbasket" when a 15 minutes to Fame "Feel Up" by Prince Harry of  Local Bar Tart "Cherie...

China's Execution Vans - Bringing the Show to a village near you

Sometimes there is so much news in the world that stories like this pass me by. This story was published in 2006 so it is not breaking but I thought it was interesting enough to post it.In China's attempt to change...

Booze May Cause Short-Term Hearing Loss ... What?

For me, this phenomenon is remarkably selective."If you have a hard time hearing conversation at a bar, it may not be because of the noise, a study suggests. Alcohol, United Kingdom researchers found, seems to...

UK Property market in peril - Houses 'overvalued by 20%'

Its almost like a devaluation of the pound. A few years ago 3 times your average earnings would amount to the property price. In London you will now be looking at 10 times average earnings for a one bedroom flat"House prices are 20 per cent overvalued and the economy and...

Woman with a boa and a bad laugh sells website for $23m US

The "woman with a boa and a dream and a bad laugh "  has just sold her company for $23 million and is now laughing all the way to the bank.Craig Newmark just posted a squib on his blog that his friend Laurel...

Absence of Absinthe Over In USA

Absinthe, banned in the USA since 1912 due to overblown claims by the US Government about the dangers of exposure to thujone, the psychoactive ketone of wormwood found in this much maligned beverage, is making a...

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