Posts by Andrew McCarthy
LUH!
Yesterday we were invited to ‘The Rooms’ to hear Tony Curtis read from his new book, ‘This Flight Tonight’. Tony is an Irish poet of great renown, but his Mother best described this unique composition when she told him; “Don’t you call dis a book of poetry – dis is sometin you can actually read!”…
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Newfoundland is a geological wonder that is worthy of notice, if not keen observation. The island comes by its nickname ‘The Rock’ with brutal honesty. This is the southern most extremity of the ‘Canadian Shield’; a region that was completely covered in ice sheets measuring a mile and a half in thickness. Glacial ice of…
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‘Screech’ is an award-winning Demerara Rum that is manufactured in Jamaica for an exclusive bottle and branding agreement with Newfoundland’s Liquor Corp. As the name suggests, this is a unique marketing concept which is based on a steeped history of trade that defines our island’s partnership. Together with our Caribbean cohorts, we form a…
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We had a very special guest join our last ‘Guide’s Book Guild Gathering’ – three of them in fact. Each of whom exhibited a strong connection to this month’s reading selection, Kevin Major’s novel, ‘Found Far and Wide’. A factional recount of a Newfoundlanders role in WW1 history – most particularly, the Gallipoli campaign where…
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We have a city tour scheduled this afternoon and I can’t wait to meet these guests, just to find out why they’re here. Off season tours are no doubt unique, but they most often start the exact same way; “Now, what brings you crowd to Newfoundland in the middle of an April winter? There’s no…
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