Rules of the road: A hitchhiker’s christening January 21, 2014 Tyler Laing I stood there, straddling the white line that separated shoulder from highway, wondering whether I actually wanted to do this. The cloud cover broke and allowed the April sun to...
Victoria tech startup ForkJoy puts a new spin on restaurant reviews April 22, 2013December 11, 2013 Alan Piffer, Tyler Laing and Kaitlyn Rosenburg Recently, the Martlet dropped by the office of ForkJoy, a startup company with a website and iPhone app that gives users the ability to review and upload pictures of a
APRIL FOOLS: Wildnerness navigating to the extreme March 28, 2013April 10, 2013 Tyler Laing (Part of the Martlet's April Fools' spoof issue)
Liquid Diet: Changing of the guard March 7, 2013March 6, 2013 Tyler Laing and Klara Woldenga An introduction to screech
Liquid Diet: A New Year’s stroll down Hemingway lane January 17, 2013January 16, 2013 Tyler Laing and kimbilesky My discovery of La Floridita may have come from a New Year’s desire to drink something new, but cocktail-inspired time travel — in this case, to Hemingway-era Cuba — shouldn’t
Liquid Diet: Mama . . . what? January 14, 2013 Tyler Laing and Klara Woldenga On a recent trip to the Dominican Republic, I discovered the country’s national drink is called mamajuana. Yes, it sounds just like that — “mama wanna.” Now, I know what...
What extreme or unusual things do you do to help you study? December 13, 2012December 12, 2012 Tyler Laing and martaligocki “Sometimes when I’m really desperate to learn information in a short amount of time, I’ll just sort of walk around my apartment with my textbook balanced on my head, and
Liquid diet: Rum ’n’ ’nog spices up the season December 13, 2012December 12, 2012 Tyler Laing and Todd Schmid What cocktail better tickles your tastebuds with fingers of holiday delight than rum and eggnog?
Ringing in the festive beer December 6, 2012December 13, 2012 Tyler Laing The author of Ecclesiastes made a fan out of me with the words, “I commend enjoyment,” for I, too, commend enjoyment. And just after this initial commendation comes the lasting
Liquid Diet: Lighthouse Brewing Company a local beacon of sustainability November 29, 2012November 29, 2012 Tyler Laing If it’s green beer you long for, at least in an environmental sense, there is another option, and one that can be explored on days other than March 17 —