Celebrities Celebrity Sexy: June 2011

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Stella .... Stella Artois Legere in TO

I heard from Fresh Joe that they gave away free samples of Stella Artois Legere - the yummy, triple filtered, smooth tasting, light beer, during the Celebrate Bloor Street Festival. How could this be, this is Ontario and I have only seen small samples within an LCBO store. But today, walking down Bay Street I saw a line, a line that formed for free bottles of Stella and yes, I joined that line. The beer was in individual boxes, a one pack as it were, and had it's own little carrying bag.

PS they had great looking girls in red checking IDs and giving out the beer and you can follow @StellaArtoisCAN on twitter. Here is the beer just before I enjoy it on the patio after work.

Lost Great Ape in Toronto

I think I found Lola the lost great ape on Bay Street. Yes, even apes of the jungle have to commute in Toronto.

Classic card of the week

Wade Boggs, 1989 Score “1988 Highlight” series

I always thought this Todd Worrell was my most “that’s what she said” card. And it still may be. But the back-of-the-card-tidbit title alone on this Wade Boggs beauty gives Worrell a run for its suggestive money.

WADE WHACKS ‘EM

Yes. That is one way of putting it. Elaborate, please.

Wade, who has been called a hitting metronome,

By whom? Who has called Wade Boggs a “hitting metronome?” If I ever heard anyone describe Wade Boggs as a hitting metronome, my first immediate thought would be, “‘Metronome?’" Not because I don’t know what the word means, or what that statement implies, but because a) why? and b) I’m not certain anybody ever said that, and so I think you, Score, are lying. Wikipedia defines a metronome as “any device that produces regular, metrical ticks (beats, clicks) — settable in beats per minute.” They add, “Boggsian. Like Wade Boggs, the baseball player, in the way it produces metrical ticks.”

did something with his bat

Because we are in TWSS territory, I am hoping that this will be about the great and consistent manner by which Wade Boggs hit baseballs with his bat, as opposed to something else that I do not care to discover.

in 1988 that no other player in the 20th Century has ever done.

“Metronome sets 20th century bat-related mark,” was the headline of the Boston Herald one day in the fall of ’88.

He banged out 200 hits

Bill, Score editor: Dick, you bang out that Boggs card yet?

Dick, Score writer: Almost, Bill. Actually, had a question for you: Would you say that Boggs whacks balls, or bangs ‘em?

Bill: Hmmm, good question. I’ve seen him do both. Why don’t you use “whacks” as a lede and “bangs” in the middle …

Dick: Good call.

for the sixth consecutive season, an unprecedented feat, and only topped by Wee Willie

That’s what she said.

Keeler’s eight in a row way back in the 1890s.

Listen, we can talk all day about 19th and 20th century metronomes, but the long and short of it is this, as the title suggests—Wade whacks ‘em. “’Em” being balls. Hard.

Did you know?
I am not proud of all this. Nevertheless.

Katy Perry at Toronto Eaton Centre

Yonge Street is shut down in preparation for Katy Perry’s Thursday, June 30, 2011 appearance at Sears in the Toronto Eaton Centre. She is scheduled for 3pm and there is a stage set up outside of Sears on Yonge Street, just south of Dundas Street. Katy has released a signature fragrance called Purr and her promotional visit features a Q&A period from 3 to 3:30pm. Even at lunchtime the fans started to gather round the stage, by 3 the crowd was jammed into the street waiting for her to show up. I had to leave as by quarter to four she still hadn't made an appearance.

The singer is in town for a set of concerts at the ACC with the last one happening tonight. Toronto Police 52 Division has said that Yonge Street will be closed from Edmund to Richmond Streets from 10am to 6pm for

the event.

lunchtime on Yonge Street

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Multi-level Gardiner - soon with tunnel

Toronto Councilor Doug Ford has expressed his desire to see a tunnel built underneath the elevated Gardiner Expressway. The tunnel would be a toll road and would be built without public money.

While Toronto has a hard time maintaining the aging concrete beast, the addition of an incredibly expensive tunnel would provide a future place to hide the demolished highway when the time comes that it is no longer safe or economical to maintain. Just shove the debris in the tunnel. Problem solved.

I sense the toll road of the future will be the Gardiner. It is good that they are thinking of options for travel in and out of the city. The urban life only works if there is a steady stream of goods and people to supply the millions of people that live and work in Toronto. The Board of Trade has announced that the Toronto average 80 minute commute is even worse than found in congested Los Angeles. When the Gardiner works there is nothing better for getting into the City.

film festival poster

Posters and graffiti, time for a little art in your life - out in the streets. Above is some film festival poster residue.

Ever wonder what the most expensive mail order brides look like?

Some people fritter their free time away playing video games. I prefer fantasy shopping for mail order brides with Jack Daniel's. Just like cars, different models have different costs. The following brides fall into the 'supercar' category so to speak. But I'm sure they'll eventually fall in love with you for who you are... Which one would you add to cart?