Hermes, Poker and why I think Oprah is Daft.

1. Poker night @ Condo-Nasti (which is now, Condo-Clean!) Friday the 15th? Bring your favorite dip, snack, cocktail or what have you. Wear your lucky shirt and get ready to LOSE IT ALL TO ME! I'm banking on beginners luck!

2. Hermes rejected Oprah from their Paris Store? Why? Do we care? YES! And, I'll tell you why PLUS why this is newsworthy!
THERE IS A PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE OPRAH IS NOT GOD!

Yes, she has helped make reading fashionable. Yes, she is a fab rags to riches story. Yes, she has encouraged a nation to take a closer look at the foods they eat and won a battle against the American Beef Producers (or who ever it was.) YES, she is the favorite "One person to meet before I die" of beauty queens near and far. But, please, ENOUGH ALREADY!

If Hermes does not want to service Oprah Winfrey when they were previously engaged, or closed, then it is their perrogative to do that. It's okay! It has nothing to do with race, or just plain ol' maliciousness, it's just life. Sometimes you win some and sometimes Hermes is closed.

So classless to complain to the press. So American.

Oprah, just to let you know, please RSVP for my poker game. Otherwise, there may not be any room for you. FYI.

Live 8 Made Me Laugh

"These concerts are the start point for The Long Walk To Justice, the one way we can all make our voices heard in unison. By doubling aid, fully cancelling debt, and delivering trade justice for Africa, the G8 could change the future for millions of men, women and children." - Bob Geldof

Interesting. Too bad it didn't work.

A recent article that appeared in the Sunday Toronto Star had hit the streets to talk to folks aged 14-46 on whether or not they got the message of Live 8. Shockingly, they didn't!
They went to see their favorite bands and they left happy they saw their favorite bands. The unified voice of people who love Barenaked Ladies, Madonna, Celine Dion and Jann Arden! They cheer in riotous fits of glee without even knowing why they are there.

They couldn't answer a single question right, including, which country had their debt cancelled. One poor concert attendee offered Africa as their bid for a winning answer. On the right track, but, there's a fundamental difference between a country and a continent. If THAT is apart of the unified voice! Woe to Africa, I'm truly sorry for my country's ignorance.

I think that Live 8 is an event to make the Western World feel better. I honestly believe that the event will do little to make politicians take notice and make a gracious nod to the cause. A one day festival will hardly resolve poverty even if the G8 leaders cancels the debt of Africa.

Bigger issues lie at the root of Africa's problems and include exploitation by the Western World, corruption of some of Africa's political leaders, complexity in terms of size and language (2,000 languages & 59 countries!!), and an unequal global trading system.

So what is the solution? Maybe choosing smaller battles to beat? Focus on one part of Africa, make it strong and then move on! Millions of dollars are stolen by the corrupt from the public purse, how will a one day festival solve this?! The concert barely even taught the BILLIONS that attended that Africa isn't a country it's a Continent!

So what if it Live 8 was a financial success, at the end of the day, the Western public, filled with its politicians & G8 leaders of tomorrow barely know the fundamental principals that the concert was trying to bring awareness to. I promise you that today, two days after the event, Live 8 was already forgotten about.

Give the public a concert and they will party for a day.
Give the public the knowledge and they will change the world.

A Brunch To Remember

Fellow Bloggers at Chateau Nice hosted a wonderful Brunch at their home last Sunday.
After hitting red light after red light after... well you get the picture! I FINALLY get there with my boyfriend.
I had time to eat some of the MARVELLOUS foods! and pose for one photo.

I don't know who this is.

Neither does my lovely boyfriend looking on in the back!

Dinner at my place week after next?

Timing is everything

The well timed pairing of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise makes for plenty of skepticism.
I mean, both have blockbuster movies due out this summer (Holmes with Batman Beyond and Cruise with War of the Worlds) which makes many of us back seat water cooler gossip columnists on guard.
I am indifferent to the whole affair, Holmes on Cruise really doesn't effect the price of tea in China, nor does it effect the axis on which the world revolves around me. (Don't try to tell me it doesn't!!)
However, after thinking about it, it clearly became apparent... if people continue to utulize relationships as PR stunts then who is to define was is real and what isn't? Like the boy who cried wolf, will they too have their cries (Albeit of lust) fall on deaf ears?

Although, perhaps there is a possibility that the combined glare of their radiant smiles is enough to blind them enough to think that it is love.

For lack of a witty title

It's a hot night in a cool city tonight.

At a glance tonight:

The MMVA's are going on down on Queen West. It's a hotbed of excitement for the 13-18 crowd. Those of us in our tweens are really not going to sacrifice our cool facade for a glance at a star royally emerging from their limo for a gracious wave to their fans.
How humbling.
So I'm home.

This morning was a whirlwind of red lights and frivolity! From Downtown to the Beaches to the Groovin' Grove, I went on an Autoshare adventure for a fabulous brunch at Chateau Nice.
Came home to curl up on my couch to be evicted from my nest in favour of the visiting parentals.

Oh the evening had only then begun my friends.

It's always nice to have the family over. I don't see them quite enough. Although, I'm so used to my own space and when M&D are up my space is gone.
No space, no control...

No more complaints.
TOMORROW IS WORK!

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