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Toronto Shopping

“Hey honey, take a walk on the wild side”* of the West Queen West: the centre of the independent culture of Toronto.I luv everything with queen: west “queen” west sounds awesome! So now you enjoy The Drake Hotel, good taste. Let’s go for a walk in this art and design district. Let’s shop funny bling bling something like… mmm… Many choice, let’s start with shoes at the Eel Boy (682 Queen St W.). Recommended by the stylish receptionist of the Drake. The one that loved my perfume: do you remember?

For adults only (“explicit lyrics”), getting hotter and hotter at Ms Behav’N: fetish lingerie! No address, you’ll find it anyway! Between us, I can’t seriously imagine my dearest fiancé in this bright purple string… moving in a lap dancing way, on one house table! This shop reminds me this excellent movie: “Exotica” of the great  independent filmmaker, Atom Egoyan. Now you’ve got the sexiest panties, you need discrete macadam cowboy boots with a black Stetson, Sue Helen! Hey bunny girl, let’s give them the next trend!.

Right here my dears, we’ll find the great “next “ 70’s design sit in Morba (665 Queen St W.)! Wake-up ! Let’s stop at the Art Photo Studio… for a perfect cute portrait. Oh! No! It’s closed! I want one of those old school pictures in the window! Ab fab, real art! Dear owner, we’re so sorry that you closed! Come back soon! Anytime you want!

Wow arty Barbies in this art gallery, cool! But what’s the difference with regular Barbies? You’re right they all look the same, except those are just naked and messy and have red and purple hair… arty baby, I guess! Tribute to the bloggers that love vintage “prehistoric” types… So, once upon a time: Gutenberg ! Oh a tree in a wood sit! Funny in Canada, I love the concept! Do they deliver it with the mythical canadian lumberjack?

Now remember Sue Helen, we bought Playboy girl accessories (panties, killa boots) and found “The” Canadian lumberjack, we miss chic crash helmet for biking to woods in Harley! What a great gift, a kind of cool futuristic minimalist pillow-teddy bear, I call “sleeping mate”: red or white?

Hungry? English tea at the Red Tea Box (742 Queen St W.) :  freaky cakes in the widow! So frightening! Let’s go knitting to relax in the charming Knit Café (1050 Queen St W.)! You don’t know knitting? No problem, watch and practise. So many nice galleries, shops, coffees, bars and so and so… I gave you samples. And guess what: the best thing, go to the wild wild West Queen West and check it out! And don’t forget to sent me your best locations, with picture and address or website, I can figure out. 

Sorry guys, I have to hurry up: a Slam session at the Drake! See you there! For more info about the West Queen West : www.westqueenwest.ca 

* Lou Reed  

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My 2007 it hotel

“Maybe you can drive my car, yes I’m gonna be a star!”: sometimes I wear my glam rock outfit : Mr Cab driver ! I go to the wild side of Toronto. I get in the Starsky and Hutch movies entrance of The Drake Hotel and I meet Back in the hall, after ended my photo shoot in the 70’s photo booth. While they take my luggage, I ask for: room… There are too much stars here: I need some fresh air, I live the cycle for Beck and I get in a black Mercedes sports car.

Warm and not pretentious creative vintage design, exactly the opposite of trendy “wannabe” spots: eight small rooms, bars, concert theatre, restaurants, a sky yard like in Formentera baby! Two hours later, including a photo exhibition at the Modern Art Museum, some new friends (Toronto is a friendly city) and a 15 minutes chat about high eels stiletto with the very stylish receptionist that loves my perfume. Me too. I go in my room: on several white pillows, my sleep mate, a sort of a green weird teddy bear that looks like a big 80’s Burlington sock, designed by a unknown artist, ready to buy if I want, cause I deserve it!   

 

I flick through the computer flat screen, the exclusive Drake TV, the DVD and the CD player: I choice Dandy Warhols “A Bohemian Like You”. And I collapse with my Wayfarer on the last underground best seller book, warmly recommended by the Drake team: thanks guys! A fine  magazines selection and some yoga lessons for my precious person! Here I really do love me!

The phone rings, I get out from the glass shower cube, where I can see my queen size bed and all my cosy tiny room. I put on a Hedi Slimane black suit, with grunge accessorises – tribute to Seattle. I check myself in mirrors once more and cheese super bright in a “Nice People” way as the children cartoons, in the lounge downstairs. They wait for me in the restaurant with the big flat screen, fortunately not for a private projection! I have to hurry up, if I want to discover a bit more of Toronto and this arty area, with many galleries, funny shops… I get in the black sportscar, my “it “ bag first.

I come back late and there is a great atmosphere on at the Ibiza sky yard, I love the music! The night crowd and a 50’s years old transgender coming from Almodovar movies, enjoy the nice vibe in Pokahontas shoes. It’s cool and noisy, my hand strikes the wallpaper and slowly I walk in the narrow corridor that could be a set for a CD cover shoot. Action! Beck again, what a coincidence: a smile of complicity! At the dawn, incognito I roll in my bed: finally I close my eyes, plenty satisfied of a so sexy day in a so sexy hotel, proud to be with me-myself-and-I, a so sexy girl! Yeah boy you can drive my car, I’m a rock star baby! Mmm next time, I could be a movie star, couldn’t I ?

www.theblakehotel.ca 

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Mon it hôtel 2007

“Maybe you can drive my car, yes I’m gonna be a star!”: a rock star please! Yes, à mes heures perdues, j’intègre la panoplie glam rock : taxi ! Je file dans le quartier arty bohème de Toronto. Je passe l’entrée d’un cinéma sorti de Starsky et Hutch et je croise Beck (si si!) dans le hall du Drake Hotel. Je viens de tirer mon portrait dans le Photomaton old school vaguement 70’s qui trône dans l’entrée. Tandis qu’on me déleste de mes bagages, je précise : chambre… Trop de stars ici : j’attrappe la poignée du coupé Mercedes noir qui m’attend devant l’entrée, j’ai laissé le vélib à Beck !

Une déco chaude et pas design-euse, huit chambres, des bars, salle de concert, restaus, une terrasse comme à Formentera baby ! Deux heures plus tard plus une expo photo au Musée d’Art moderne, de nouveau amis parce que Toronto est très friendly et un quart d’heure de stiletto conversation à talons rompus avec la très stylée réceptionniste qui adore mon parfum. Moi aussi. Je rentre dans ma chambres où mes valises m’attendent, bercées par mon dodo doudou: ô la jolie peluche verte à Jacquars Burlington d’un artiste pas connu à acheter si je veux, parce que je le v(e)aux bien !

Je zappe entre l’écran plat de l’ordi, the Drake TV, so exclusive, le DVD et le CD player qui joue « A Bohemian Like You » des Dandy Warhols. Une note me souhaite la bienvenue, je m’écroule avec mes Wayfarer sur un dernier bouquin de l’internationale underground, recommandé spécialement à mon intention, par the Drake team : thanks guys ! Une sélection de magazines et de cours de yoga, pour le précieux objet d’attention que je suis ! Tellement je m’aime !

Le téléphone sonne s’impatiente, je sors de ma cabine douche vitrée parfumée Aveda, avec vue sur mon queen size bed, mini chambre conviviale. J’enfile un trois fois rien à la Hedi Slimane, accessoirisé grungy – tribute to Seattle, me mire une ultime fois et je cheese « Nice People » (le dessin animé pour enfants, façon Telebuppies, no comment) dans le Lounge. On m’attend au restau avec grand écran plat sur rideau de velours pour une projection pas privée du tout ou lecture de poèmes ! Dommage, faut que je speede découvrir Toronto et le quartier, des galeries, shopping. Je me glisse à nouveau dans le coupé noir racé, « it » bag voletant.

Je reviens tard, l’ambiance bat son plein sur la terrasse sainte ibizienne sous moins plusieurs degrés, j’aime la musique ! La nightittude plus un quinqua almodovarien transgender, se prélassent en Pokahontas shoes, ambiance bon enfant. C’est cool, ma main lascive flirte avec le papier peint, j’arpente nonchalamment l’exigu couloir digne d’une cover d’album. Rock bien sûre. Action ! Et là je recroise Beck, décidément ! Echange complice de sourires. Alors dans l’aube naissante, je roll incognito sur mon lit : enfin je ferme mes yeux comblés subjugués d’une si sexy journée dans un si sexy hôtel, avec une si sexy girl, moi ! Yeah you can drive my car, yes I’m a rock star baby! Next time, I could be a movie star, couldn’t I ?

www.theblakehotel.ca 

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