The McCarthy’s Party Blog

I landed a job with a film production crew on the very first day I arrived in Vancouver back in 2005. It was a quick, rather impromptu interview so I hadn’t received any details about the position and didn’t know what to expect when I arrived on set. I heard the boys worked in the…

One of the especially interesting characteristics guests will discover on a visit to Newfoundland are the many quaint, and sometimes bizarre place names found throughout the province. From ‘Come by Chance’ to ‘Heart’s Content’, ‘Quidi Vidi‘, ‘Brigus’, ‘Cape Freels’ and ‘Bareneed’ – we’ve had a great bit of fun with the labels we’ve provided throughout…

If there is a single location for a writer to sit and find inspiration in Newfoundland it would have to be the Ferryland Lighthouse on the Southern Shore of the Avalon Peninsula. Surely a visit with the lighthouse owner / operator Jill Curran would be more than enough as she can regale you for hours…

I finished my last scheduled tour of the season last week – well, a Newfoundland version of “last week” since it’s probably more like three weeks ago. Regardless, I’ve had a rather rough time coming off the road – basically trying to adjust to a less demanding schedule and just figuring out what to do…

A post from Mark McCarthy: A dear friend who recently moved from Newfoundland to take up residence in the City of Sarnia sent us a blog that was written by their Mayor about his recent trip to St. John’s where he took a McCarthy’s Party tour with my brother Andrew. Apparently Andrew received the letter from the Mayor…