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Extra, Extra: Vodka, Flowers, and Fire
Every weekday’s end, Extra, Extra collects just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
Photo by Amanda Happé/Torontoist.
- Torontoist contributor Amanda Happé submits the above photo of an interesting piece of snow art, spotted in Trinity Bellwoods Park a week or so ago.
- In an upset, Montreal’s Arcade Fire won the Grammy for Album of the Year last night. But who are they!?!?!?!
- Meanwhile, the AP probes the other two lingering questions from last night’s Grammy broadcast: why did Esperanza Spalding win Best New Artist, and is her hair better than Justin Bieber’s?
- Trendy charcuterie restaurant The Black Hoof hates vodka. But they’ll still serve it to you, because they don’t want you to think they think you’re dumb.
- The brothers Ford bought flowers for all the ladies on city council for Valentine’s Day—but not for any of the dudes, because dudes don’t buy flowers for dudes! It’s just wrong! As a football coach, Rob Ford presumably prefers administering a nice, firm pat on the butt as a token of affection. So cheer up, Mike Layton. You’ll get yours, we’re sure.
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