Just leaving Vancouver after a terrific event with the Burgundy Lunch Club, organised by dynamic Vancouver money man Rick Peterson.
Rick has turned a friendly regular get-together into Vancouver’s hottest lunch ticket. About once a month he invites the cream of Vancouver’s media, business and professional elites to come and hear three speakers talk briefly about issues of current concern.
Today (Oct. 30th, 2009), it was Brian talking about Fearful Symmetry, followed by Vancouver Sun editorial page editor Fazil Mihlar, and BC pollster Greg Lyle, both of whom chimed in one their thoughts about the book. The turnout (50 people, plus a waiting list of another 25) was the highest the Burgundy Lunch Club has ever seen. A local bookseller brought 30 copies of Fearful Symmetry and sold out in a trice.
Rick is a disciplined chairman who keeps both speakers and questioners to time and the rhythm of the exchanges was rapid and high energy. What fun. Thanks, Rick!
