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It’s The Great Hall on Queen West, run by On The Move Catering.  I worked here tonight keeping it safe and quite like it and the owners, Lino and Don.  And turns out Lino founded those Lettieri coffee shops all over the city, neat eh.

Remember when I was told to get power steering fluid?  I went over to the Volkswagen Downtown Toronto to pick some up and then perused the showroom, sizing up potential studios and bugging the salesman with questions.

march 25 2009

Turns out Awin (that’s what’s written on my hand there) is the company that owns them and 16 other VW, Audi, Land Rover and other dealerships in and around the Toronto area.  I’m absolutely going to write them a letter.

Me: Okay that’s great, thanks.
Salesman: Wait a sec, why do you want to know all of this?
Me: Because I have an internet show starring my car and I’m going to write them to ask for a new one.
Salesman: [his face says ‘this girl is delusional’]

Then I took said fluid over to my Canadian Tire where Zaid [front right] took care of it even though he was  done his shift and on his way home.  Nice, eh?  That guy in the back was nice too, but I’ve never seen him before.

march 23 2009
I attended a 3 hour orientation for the BMO Field tonight, for work.  Here are some facts:

– this is the home of the Toronto FC, Canada’s first Major League Soccer (MLS) team
– it’s also the home of Canada’s only Major League Lacrosee (MLL) team, the Toronto Nationals
– games go on rain or shine
– apparently soccer fans are very… intense.  The circles on the map above indicate sanctioned areas for these fans to be intense
– and the 2 circles with the $ signs attached indicate where the pricest seats are
– you cannot bring neither hairspray nor silly string into the BMO
– most food concessions accept only cash, and there are no concession stands anywhere on the north side. But if you’re allergic to peanuts don’t eat anything here
– you’re gonna want to avoid driving here on April 4th and June 6th & 24th because there’s something happening in every single building in the CNE and good luck finding parking
– there are only 4 drinking fountains, located in sections 111 and 114
– the field is fake, it uses FieldTurf
– there is a 95% renewal rate on season’s tickets

march 22 2009
… contain my epiphany this weekend about the format of my show.  I think this new way I can fit more and offer back and ya, it just really came together in my head.