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So yesterday was quite the day in the city for yours truly.

After classes, I threw on a dress shirt and made my way downtown. After a quick phone interview with a speechwriter, I made my way to a networking event put on by Joe Thornley's Third Tuesday club. It was a fairly informal event at Elephant and Castle. The group decided to meet on Wednesday this time around because Shel Isreal was in town and people wanted a chance to chat with him about his current book, Global Neighbourhoods. Shel's first book, Naked Conversations (co-authored with Robert Scoble), was a guiding light for me when I entered the corporate communications program, so I was excited to get the chance to speak with the man about both works. I was pretty nervous, but thankfully a kind soul from National was nice enough to break the ice and introduce me to some of his people. This helped me work up the nerve to approach Joe and Shel and I ended up having some pretty good conversations. I'm defintely going to have to get some business cards (or at the very least networking cards) to help with this step in the networking process. This is a group I wish I had've found out about sooner, but better late than never I suppose. I actually didn't end up staying for the dinner, as it was a bit pricey for the fixed student income.

As I left the event hungry, I figured I'd call Kev and Kelsie to see if they wanted to hit up some cheap eats. I make a habit to call them whenever I'm downtown, and tonight they had some plans of their own: an art opening at 64 Steps followed by a intimate concert at the Cameron House. I ended up crashing at the Kev/Kelsie house, quite exhausted after spending an evening taking in three very different scenes. All in all, a pretty great evening in the city!