We were recently honored with a visit from Erin McRoy and Sable Aradia of Smoking Jacket Magazine. As lovers of the leaf their group was inspired to launch an online magazine in May of this year (2014).
They have contributors from all over Canada and stopped by our tobacco shop in the Edmonton area on a road trip through Alberta. Sable starts her review with,
One of our subscribers and a friend of Erin’s, told us excitedly that there was a place we just had to visit when we were in Sherwood Park; he told us he regularly drives up there from Calgary.
If you understood the area, you would realize that this is one hell of a recommendation. Sherwood Park is a nice, upper middle class suburb of Edmonton; but no one from Edmonton ever goes to Sherwood Park, and the people in Sherwood Park rarely go to Edmonton except to work. And even though Calgary and Edmonton are about two hours away from one another, the rivalry (perhaps even outright antipathy) between the two cities runs deep, and never the twain shall meet. If a Calgarian was driving to Sherwood Park, he would have to have a damn good reason.”
Want to know if Smoking Jacket Magazine thinks it’s worth the drive? You can read the full article and review here.
Thanks to our new friends from SmokingJacketMagazine.com for stopping by. If you get a chance check out their website or Facebook page and let them know we said hello!