Newsstand: November 23, 2009
The Making of a Medley
Transit City and Transit Cities
The Daily Photoist: November 23, 2009
Televisualist: A Kinder, Gentler Televisualist
Remember when we reported earlier this month that the intrepid Joe Pantalone was on the case to help save the Annex from itself? Well, he failed, and now Ici is getting its liquor licence after all. “It's fantastic—it finally gives this incredible business the ability to open,” said area resident John Bowker. “Everybody seems just ecstatic.” Ecstatic to start boozing it up all over the place, John? That Ontario pinot grigio you're sucking back with your Melba of Maritime lobster is one daintily held pinky finger away from complete and utter iniquity. Sheesh. Well, there goes the neighbourhood...
You know we just love to talk about the all-boys'-school thing, and today is no exception. Last night, the TDSB voted to hear more about Director Chris Spence's vision for sexually segregated education. "Today's kids really want to be creative," Spence opined. "They can be a filmmaker on YouTube, a recording artist on Second Life, and an opinion leader on the blogs. And yet when they walk through our door, they have to power down." Though this is true, the fact remains that...wait, did you just say that these kids are playing Second Life? Dude, there's your first hurdle right there. That game's even too creepy for thirty-five-year-olds.
Let's get our horns out and start tooting, kids...we're number one! And five! And six! And nine! And ten! Yes, it's true: Steeles Avenue has been voted Ontario's worst road, with Finch, Dufferin, Lawrence, and St. Clair rounding out the rest of Toronto's top-ten darlings. Whatdowewinwhhatdowewinwhatdowewin? More promises to fix these craptastic failways? Or will Toronto go for the hat trick next year? Dare a girl dream?
Finally, and only because tomorrow's Halloween, we bring you a scary story from out of the city: yet another foot has washed up on the shores of British Columbia. This is the seventh find in two years, and all of the feet discovered have been in running shoes. Woooooooooooooo. And with that noise, it's time to get the old costume out of the old closet and get some spooky business started. Eat lots of candy and scare lots of children tomorrow, kids! More so than usual, that is.
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If Insider Joe was worried about bar-restos he could introduce a Vancouver-style bylaw which meant food receipts had to be 50% of the total every night.
There used to be a requirement of food and booze ratio, and in fact individual customers were obligated to order food with alcohol. My late father told me how after work in the late 40sand early 50s there was a bar he'd go to after work for a drink sometimes, and he'd order a beer and a ham sandwich. He'd drink the beer and leave the sandwich (as was SOP in this scenario), as the bartender would put the sandwich back under the counter when he left, so it could be served to the next punter.
Loosen up Ontario, drinking isn't the root of all problems. Drinking and driving is a problem: not drinking. Drinking and being an a$s#0l3 is a problem: not drinking. I think we can address these compound issues through other means, not through Victorian attitudes to drinking.
The supposed concern was that this place is right across the street from a high school, but the real reason was an RA whose member's shop at the two sizes too small underwear store.
By the way the second link for Ici seems to be borked - it's the same as the first.
Indeed it was. I guess I just loved that particular edition of Newsstand that much—it was pretty awesome...
Fixed—with my deepest gratitude for pointing it out so politely.
No witty synopsis of the mass media fear mongering this morning about the vaccine clinic chaos?
Lori, I am disappoint.
I'm really glad they decided not to keep up with that rediculousness, but i sense an inkling of sarcasmo to your words:D
I thought I'd wait and see if, in fact, what we didn't know about H1N1's relation to sexy Halloween costumes might actually hurt us.
I used to commute on Steeles (404 to Dufferin) every day. But then they paved it. And it was much better. Guess what? It still is.
Come on up to North York everyone. It's not craptastic!