Sep
03

Steel Rail Sessions : moving art
A collaborative art event… on a train.
Get on the Waterloo Central Railway Waterloo & experience how creative our cities really are.
Upon your return to Waterloo, join us for the afterparty
& opening of the new exhibit at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery.
Event is 19+ , Cash Bar Available
Check in at 7pm, Train departs at 8pm
Afterparty at 10:30pm
Tickets go on sale Wednesday, September 8th at Noon.
1 Round Trip Ticket to Ride – $15.
&
1 Afterparty Admission – $10.
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Created In Partnership with:
CAFKA : I heart video art
KW|AG
MFX Partners
Aaron Bartley
Nick & Nat’s Uptown 21
+ more to be announced Tuesday Septmeber 7th.
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Generously Supported by:
Cowan Insurance
ESP
Generation X Video and Media
Gowlings
Little Mushroom Catering
Research in Motion
St.Jacobs Country
Township of Woolwich
Walter Fedy Partnership
More details Tuesday, September 7th
H.
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Aug
31
Very thrilled to announce the RQ event of the Century:

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 24th, 2010
Moving Art in Waterloo Region
$15 in advance
7pm start | 8pm train leaves the station | 11pm afterparty
19+ event
Dress like you mean it.
More details to come, Friday September 3rd.
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Mar
18
Forget you St.Patrick’s Day ~ Cinq a Sept is on tonight!
(as if there was any doubt in your mind)
H.
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Mar
12
So… i hear these are going to be moving over to the Ignite Waterloo site (i’ll update these links when that happens) but in the meantime, if you’re interested… here’s my Ignite Talk. Prepare to be annoyed. hahahaa.
My favourite moment is at 2:50.
Hilary Abel – Ignite Waterloo
You can find all the videos from Ignite Waterloo HERE.
H.
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Mar
09
So??? What do you think?
It’s a work in progress, but we think it’s looking good!
Couple things that are on their way:
- A Page for Cinq a Sept
- Direct Links to Ideas Transform, The One Hundred and Cinq a Sept
- The Local Guide section built out with more things
- Some local advertising that is non-offensive
Send me your thoughts – hilary(at)RQmagazine(dot)com
I’m psyched about it. Tell your friends.
H.
PS> many many many many thanks to Kevin at Monster Farm for not murdering me. Thanks Kevin, looks sweet.
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Mar
04
It’s been tooooo long since the last Cinq à Sept!
There was some talk last night about today being “Cinq à Sept EXTREME EDITION” but I’ve gotta bail for the CAFKA talk at UW! Next week???
See everyone at the Bauer Kitchen today at 5ish!
All are welcome. Especially you, new readers.
H.
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Mar
03
Big changes coming your way readers!
Next week, the new RQ layout is going to launch!
I ran through it with
Monster Farm last night, and i have to say…. it’s pretty swwwwweeet.
So exciting.
Tentatively, new design will debut Tuesday am.
With some features being added over the weeks to come.
Stay tuned.
H.
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Mar
01
As you know, I’m going to be giving an Ignite talk about Blogging on Wednesday.
It looks like some of you are going to be there – can i ask for your help with something?
Karl from Cute Gecko gave me the great idea to do a little experiment during my talk.
So here’s what we’re going to do to show the crowd how unbelievably powerful a community that reads common blogs can be:
During my talk (near the end) i’m going to show THIS picture:

When I do… could you please Howl at me?
I know it’s a little bit awkward to howl in a crowd… but trust me – it’ll be sooooooooooooo good.
Will you do it???
Will you?
Pretty please with a cherry on top?
If you don’t… i’ll look like an idiot… which i am ok with. kind of.
hahahahaha.
Fingers Crossed.
H.
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01
Oh man, it’s an action packed week at RQ!
Let’s start things off!
On Saturday, P and I stopped in at Value Village for a quick look around. I tried on a couple things and bought a shirt and a pretty sweet equestrian inspired belt. I also tried on a genius of a dress that looked bad on me due to lack of height.
I bought it anyways… and thought we could auction it off here, on RQ!
Here’s the details:
- Size 9/10
- Black
- From Banana Republic
- Wool/Cotton Blend (very soft fabric)
- Scoop neck, three buttons and cinching around the waist.
- Very new.
- If you’re 5′5ish, it’ll come to just above your knees i think.
- ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO: doctors without borders.


So here’s the deal, the dress is gorgeous, perfect for work, or even over skinny jeans i think.
If you’d like to call it your own, make a bid in the comments.
Don’t forget to leave your name.
Bidding starts at $15, and will go on until Wednesday at 3pm EST.
(If you win the dress, and it needs to be shipped to you, i will cover the cost of shipping)
Any questions,
leave a comment.
Let the bidding begin!
H.
PS. Many thanks to Greg for the inspired idea.
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Feb
19
Wow! Last night’s crowd was awesome!
Thanks to everyone that came out – so great :)
YEAH!
After party at Artbar, starts at 8:45pm and is open to everyone, so come by!
H.
Oh, and this is what a muskrat looks like:
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Feb
18
It’s Thursday! Yeah!
Come out to Bauer Kitchen 5-7 tonight to celebrate it almost being the weekend!
It’s going to be great.
See you soon!
H.
PS. Did i mention that there is delicious apps ON THE HOUSE. that means free to you my friend.
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