A sun day on fathers day

Sunday saw the threat of rain for most of the day, but that did not discourage me from grabbing my bike and heading down to Toronto. I parked myself in the underground parking at City Hall (cause if it rained, i wanted to head under cover if I had to unpack everything and head out!), and saw that nothing was going on there, so I headed over to Yonge Dundas and was rewarded with lots of things going on, most connected with NXNE.

For a penny, you could help yourself to a Monster Beverage, handed out by these lovely ladies!

If you wanted another form of food energy, there was free samples of Ben & Jerry's ice cream,

or a chocolate mustache courtesy of Phillips!

I then biked my way up north to Bloor St, just west of Bay for the Yorkville Car Show. Lots of money was on display, like this row of german engineering!

All the cars were protected by a crack team of security agents!

Of course all those cars wouldn't be as interesting without some "pit babes"!

Also in the area was this lovely Carabram girl, in a great costume,

A gorgeous girl enjoying the great cars!

While Cartier had this very beautiful woman inviting you into their store,

And Wind Mobile had free cotton candy available for the kids!

I wasn't the only "media" around, as Global TV had a crew wandering the site doing spot interviews with some of the many on hand to see the cars.

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I headed back to Yonge Dundas, and found even more women on hand, including these four jagermeister models,

Moosehead girls were on hand to pour you a cold one

 

or you could try out some "twisted tea" for something a little different on a hot day!

Now, what this guy was doing, I really just don't know!

Playstation was also in the square, letting you know about their system.

And speaking of playing, it was NXNE and playing on stage was Marie Hines. She has a great voice, and it was great to hear her sing, all the while playing a piano.

She had some cd's available, and I was lucky to meet her a pick up two of her disks.

Heading over to Queen and John, it was MMVA time at Much Music. Lots of people on hand, and lots of agencies out advertising themselves to those perfect demographics, young teens!

At the show itself,  CTV's Ashley Rowe was introducing the start of the event.

I think I saw someone famous, but who knows!

After that I headed to David Pecaut Square for the Toronto Symphony outdoor concert featuring the 1812 Overture, all part of Luminato. On hand were members of the Fort York Guard.  

They marched onto the stage at the begining of the event.

Also as part of Luminato, there were audience members dressed in period costumes enjoying the concert.

There was a good sized crowd on hand to enjoy the music.

 

And with that, I called it a day!

Friday in Toronto

As I was going to the Toronto Pro Supershow, I decided to take off the day and explore some events in Toronto at the same time.
First trip was to Yonge Dundas Square, where there is always something going on. In the intersection was a hula hoop flash mob, doing a dance combo in the street.





Saw some very attractive monsters!



Saw a famous bubble person!



A couple of angels,



and some Hershey guy with his Hershey car!



I love that this was right outside the Supershow, where the thought of candy probably doesn't enter the mind of most of those inside the convention center!

And saw a Luminato concert with an opening act, The Belle Brigade ;


which was then followed by a free concert by K.D. Lang!









Much thanks to Dan and Michelle who helped with access to the concert!

Nintendo 3ds

With everyone jumping on the 3-D bandwagon, the number one complaint about the various system (home and in the theater) is the glasses!
Well, Nintendo is the first out of the box with a 3-D gaming system that you won't need glasses to play!
On Saturday, March 26, to mark the release of their new gaming system that evening, Nintendo set up a display in Yonge Dundas Square.
On hand were lots of Nintendo staff, all who had a good knowledge of the gaming system, which is known as the Nintendo 3DS!




With the support of Super Mario himself,



the switch



was thrown



and the crate opened (although really really slow!)



to reveal a series of Nintendo 3DS systems



ready for the line up of people to try out.



Keeping the crowd entertained were staff giving out t-shirts and touques, as well as this lady who was giving out tickets in answer to her many trivia questions about Nintendo game systems.


Speaking of line ups, there was also a line up to get into Future Shop (just across the street) at midnite, in order to buy a system.



Of course, this was a weekend when the TTC trains were not in operation along Yonge St, so the biggest line up was those waiting to take on of the shuttle busses!