The Stop’s Night Market is a fundraising event, held at the Honest Ed’s alleyway, bringing together various chefs, food vendors and artists in support of The Stop’s innovative anti-hunger programs. This year, the event was on June 18 and 19, spanning 2 days instead of 1 in response to the overwhelming demand. What an amazing deal at only $50 for unlimited eats and drinks for such a great cause! This year they raised $115,000!
The annual Boys Night Out event is like being in the manliest of man-caves. They have pretty much everything the youngest and oldest men could want including poker tournaments, golf, motorcycles, sports cars, cigars, fine spirits, tons of great food from local restauranteurs and tons of varieties of fine wine to discover from the Lifford Wine & Spirits portfolio. One unique experience was by the GotStyle section, where owner Melissa Austria would size you up and give you a pocket square with a colour that coordinated with your outfit. With my purple, navy and white checkered shirt Melissa chose an electric blue pocket square. A bold colour for a bold occasion. What a great event idea!
There was also a poker tournament, silent auction items, and raffle tickets for big items including the grand prize of a weekend with an Audi S5 Cabriolet with golf and stay at Deerhurst Resort in Muskoka.
Basically it was just a great fête letting boys be boys (and women are welcome to) with proceeds going to the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and Prostate Cancer Canada. You should definitely check out this fun, annual charity event for a great cause.
And ladies, you can already get your tickets for Ladies Night Out on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 with details on Lifford’s website here. Here’s the video from last year’s Ladies Night Out on Vimeo. Thanks to my friend, FashionEcstasy.com, for the heads up!
Some tweets from the evening
Cars, boats, golf, steaks, live entertainment, oysters & auctions. Sounds like a Boys Night Out! Tickets & details: http://t.co/RalMseQyf8
— ProstateCancerCanada (@ProstateCancerC) July 2, 2013
Rolling up to @liffordwine #BoysNightOut with @Uber. I feel so posh @theSceneinTO
— Rene Samulewitsch (@VIPrene) July 11, 2013
Back at the cigar lounge, aka my home away from home. #BoysNightOut http://t.co/DYPHvHots3
— Adam Mazerall (@amazerall) July 12, 2013
Cigar Life at Boys Night Out #AmexEffect pic.twitter.com/0SWBpbgp08
— 1LOVETO (@1LOVETO) July 12, 2013
Most overused line at tonight's booze-included event: "can I BUY you some wine?" Me: "no, but that Ducati looks nice." He walked away.
— Pay Chen (@PayChen) July 12, 2013
The MADE team had a great time sat Boys Night Out yesterday. Always arriving and partying in style. pic.twitter.com/2cmS8JDyPp
— MADE (@MADEclothingco) July 12, 2013
More photos below and also check out our photos of Boys Night Out 2012.
In this issue:
Event Recaps
Upcoming Events
It was back-to-back days for me with Beam Global starting with a Spirited Dinner with Jim Beam’s Great Grandson, Fred Noe III followed by the next afternoon with fine spirit sampling at Spirits Confidential. But even after 2 days, it’s incredible how varied the amount of spirits there are to sample with the large Jim Beam collection of brands ranging from whisky, bourbon, scotch, tequila, vodka and even Courvoisier cognac.
Also I got to join in the celebratory Disaronno dinner for Simon Hooper’s win as Toronto’s finalist for The Mixing Star global bartending competition.
EVENT RECAPS
Spirited Dinner with Jim Beam’s Great Grandson
The Drake Hotel was the scene for the sold-out exclusive 5-course Spirited Bourbon dinner with special guest: Jim Beam’s great grandson, Master Distiller Fred Noe III from Kentucky. There was also Master Bourbon ambassador, Adam Harris from Austin Texas. It was Fred Noe’s second trip to Toronto in 15 years and Adam Harris’ first trip. Read more …
Spirits Confidential 2013 at Evergreen Brick Works
The Spirits Confidential event at Evergreen Brick Works was a spirit lover’s delight with tons of fine spirits and cocktails to sample including whisky, tequila and vodka. Read more here….
The Disaronno Dinner with Mixing Star Finalist, Simon Hooper at Bloke and 4th
I was lucky to be invited to join in on the celebrations of Simon Hooper‘s recent win as Toronto’s finalist in The Mixing Star, Disaronno’s global bartending competition. Afterwards he would head off to compete in the international finals in Amsterdam. Read more…
UPCOMING EVENTS
Boys Night Out
In support of Prostate Cancer, the Lifford Wine Agency’s annual Boys Night Out event is happening tomorrow at Evergreen Brick Works so if you are a man (or a woman) who loves fine cigars, cars, suits, blackjack and boats then you might want to pay attention to this one for a good cause. $100 tickets are available on EventBrite here. Check out our photos from last year’s Boys Night Out 2012. It will be sure to be a great time… also, flood-free!
CRAVE TO
Also don’t forget to mark your calendars for August 17th for the second iteration of Crave TO.
Just in time for Summerlicious which starts today, I was lucky to get the opportunity to sample the new menu at Kultura with their newly-appointed Executive Chef, Daniel Racine. At the same time, by the time you read this Kultura is also launching their new Hookah lounge so guests can enjoy the aromatic and soothing shisha. Good things happening at the Kultura. Check out their menu here including their Summerlicious specials. www.kulturatoronto.com/menu.html
ABOUT KULTURA
Boasting three floors, four rooms, two lounge bars, a private dining room and an impressive three hundred fifty-person capacity, the elegant eatery personifies style, artistic flair and presents a welcoming social atmosphere. Visit www.kulturatoronto.com
Here’s our photos from Digital Dreams 2013, the 2 day EDM fest at Echo Beach with Tiesto as the headliner. It was sold out with an estimated 55,000 people over the 2 days there for Canada Day long weekend. Even scalpers were having trouble getting a hold of tickets on the first day. You could easily hear the loud bass from a kilometre away from the 4 stages that made up the dance festival. DJs included Wolfgang Gartner, Paul Van Dyk, and headliner Tiesto.
Some tweets from Digital Dreams 2013
That was awesome! Right out the gates, tent was goin off! Thank you #digidreamsfest ! Epic!
— Rick Toxic (@RickToxic) June 29, 2013
What a crowd for @TJR_official ! #digidreamsfest pic.twitter.com/o7GPyOi1xC
— The Drop (@thedropfilm) June 29, 2013
You guys are so awesome! #DigitalDreamsFest #BestFans pic.twitter.com/EoI4RfkCfn
— Digital Dreams Fest (@DigiDreamsFest) June 30, 2013
@tony_rosales @N0573N @peteyflo my turn….here was mine 😉 #TranceFamily #DigitalDreamsFest #Toronto http://t.co/pQGGpay0kV
— Stilez (@stilez) July 3, 2013
TIESTO and a sea of glow sticks! #digitaldreamsfest #BacardiBestSeats pic.twitter.com/QT0wIyV2zX
— Bacardi Canada (@BacardiCanada) July 1, 2013
Highlight of my weekend was easily seeing @dimitrivegas and @likemike destroy the dreams stage at #DigiDreamsFest
— Branden Lampkin (@lampkin21) July 3, 2013
The numbness in my toes, ringing in my ears and blisters on my feet are so worth the day <3 #digiDreamsFest
— Julia Ferri (@jferri8) July 1, 2013
A big thank you to everyone who came out to party w/ us for the 2nd annual #DigitalDreamsFest! Photo via @Visualbass pic.twitter.com/PLCTnshZsw
— Digital Dreams Fest (@DigiDreamsFest) July 1, 2013
The Official Digital Dreams 2013 video
More of our photos below. Also check out twitter photos and the video from the recent Bud Light Sensation at the Rogers Centre.