tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41667364873430892312024-02-18T18:57:03.777-08:00the bobas accordBobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-67863903878747726022011-05-19T07:57:00.000-07:002011-05-19T08:03:11.528-07:00an email from my mom this morning..."As you are no doubt aware, the end of the world will occur this Saturday, May 21, 2011 (those who have had their heads in the sand and have not heard the news should go immediately to this website Andy* and I have decided to have an “End of the World” party to provide our friends with a chance to indulge in all the things that they have been avoiding in order to prolong their lives. We will Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-84112068700168297192010-10-12T17:08:00.000-07:002011-05-08T15:03:06.391-07:00final rebuttal- why falling in XO with TO should winmost people you asked about me would first say "she's incredibly competitive" followed by "she's cutthroat" and then "she'd throw you under the bus if she could get ahead".rest assured, none of that has changed in my campaign to win the torontoist's new slogan contest. so here's the deal. as it is down to the wire (the contest closes Friday) i have decided to pull out the big guns and go ahead Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-89130729039714292010-10-04T15:27:00.000-07:002010-10-05T10:39:22.853-07:00xoTO is mine, yours and ours - and it works.it's been a tough week for a girl who was excited about her slogan being a finalist for the torontoist TO slogan contest. after being selected as a finalist the comments field on the FALL IN XO WITH TO page was filling up with both props and criticism. so i took to my blog to address the concerns of skeptics suggesting my phrase was not a viable candidate and i think i addressed most criticism. (Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-53216887878185086902010-10-01T11:50:00.001-07:002010-10-01T11:51:49.960-07:00all the right Parts n Labourso i ate at parts and labour awhile back with @sarahspower and then i wrote about how awesome the fish was. and how much i want to go there all the time. then thesceneinto posted the review hereBobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-52753493571802443322010-09-30T20:31:00.000-07:002010-10-12T20:28:13.208-07:00a Better Toronto Slogan: Fall in XO with TOwhen i heard that the torontoist was looking for submissions for a new slogan for toronto tourism i had to share mine and, it turns out, some people liked it (obv - its genius). but upon looking at the other contenders for the competition i feel i must legitimize my short and simple submission. - firstly, our citys tagline needn't promote or highlight individual tourist destinations within this Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-59654387001390370812010-09-30T07:02:00.000-07:002010-09-30T08:52:44.393-07:00holy moley! they're back!i have GREAT news.... better than christmas news...honeycrisp is back!! A homegrown delicacy, these crisp pommes are in your neighbourhood grocer again for their short season. So stop doing whatever you are doing, and get thee to a metro and change your life. In honour of their annual appearance, I encourage you to read my "ode to the honeycrisp" from 09Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-58329987253813163072010-08-31T20:24:00.000-07:002010-09-08T20:18:22.763-07:00first world problemsas everyone i know, myself included, endlessly evaluates their choices made thus far, and seeks answers about the present and more importantly the future, this particular hashtag really strikes a cord (...the title of this post was a recent twittosphere trending topic...)products of a generation where self-esteem building and confidence were emphasized and strengthend during our primitive years, Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-67885349612062575902010-08-05T12:30:00.001-07:002010-08-05T14:22:32.855-07:00it has happened again and i cannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoti found myself staring (for what seemed like an unnecessary and inappropriate amount of time given what had occurred) at my glistening white blackberry sitting in the bottom of the toilet.i assure you it was seconds...SECONDS! before i was elbow deep in toilet water and retrieved it. but those mere seconds were long enough. she's gone. i cannnnnnnnnnnnn't!i cannot go through this again:- the Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-14086989009709643272010-08-03T11:17:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:31:20.414-07:00soooo longboarding...in an effort to help michael understand skateboarding - and by understand i mean stop barking like a maniac and trying to take down every skateboarder he sees - i am taking up longboarding. stay tuned for news of cuts, bruises, and eventual success, or more likely, failure.Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-54651520178148565092010-08-03T08:57:00.000-07:002010-08-04T13:32:10.781-07:00boring isn't an excuse anymore, exercise is officially awesome.for those with limited attention spans and incurable curiosity, the 'new exercise' revolution is here for you!it seems that sometime in the 90s people began to bore of the 'bike ride' and a run around the block and since then the world of exercise has transformed. from dodgeball (YES i am aware that this isn't breaking news. but remember when this game was reserved for 5th period PE?) to playing Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-6788902084203123902010-07-16T09:20:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:23:43.085-07:00it's cussin' hotalthough the recent heat wave has lifted slightly, the heat is still on here in da big city and i can't help but notice that my theory about seasonal tolerance for vulgarity appears to apply when the mercury is rising as well. it was on one of those 35plus degree days last week (about a million with the humidex) when @michaelthepooch and i were in the dog park that this became glaringly obvious. Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-65206019983475621222010-07-16T08:58:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:31:32.953-07:00continued quest for the answersit turns out i am not the only one looking for the answers. recent research shows that all of my twenty and thirty something comrades are on this same search and so far, all have come up empty handed. although each is looking for answers to a unique kind of query, there is consensus around what the book would contain. quite simply: the answers to all of lifes questions. re:- impulse purchase Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-33130046526435883282010-07-15T09:01:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:21:26.427-07:00G20 post-mortem. blame who? and for what?It has been two weeks since the wall came down. The G2O fences have been shipped out the city and the leaders are long gone. But the polarizing and frenetic debate about who to blame shows no signs of packing up with it. Mud slings across our national headlines daily asking who can be held responsible and how the G20 cloud can be lifted for life return to the Canada we know and love. As Margaret Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-59072083400995901412010-07-12T08:43:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:23:01.849-07:00#darkTO and where have all the people gonethe AC clicked off. odd. the radio went silent. unusual. why is the light off in the fridge?... perhaps we blew a fuse. OH MY GOD THE INTERNET ISN'T WORKING!!!!!!!!!!anyone who was in TO during the #darkTO power failure last week can relate to the feeling of sheer terror that shot across the downtown core as memories of blackouts passed quickly flooded our minds. what i found especially Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-35679785126049239302010-06-14T14:13:00.001-07:002010-06-14T14:22:26.724-07:00Help identify nicholaiWe're having a family debate. Please look at the pic and answer the poll below. He is tall, has green eyes and _______brown hair.online surveyBobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-56645955203271072222010-05-31T08:23:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:22:10.465-07:00KIA kicks it old'school - HAmsterdamI'm neither here nor there on the KIA line of autos, but I am definitely sold on this campaignBobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-74025056619245155002010-05-27T16:35:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:22:26.573-07:00oooooh you just have to be ABLE TO SEE to read this braille...well done tim hortons... photocopy the washroom sign! that way the braille is legible...Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-79115349394622049972010-05-27T09:20:00.001-07:002010-08-04T11:22:42.653-07:00When you go to catch SATC2, bring a book to keep you busy...Well it’s official: the Sex and The City franchise has run its course. The one-time hit HBO series with record-breaking ratings that defined style for thirty-somethings for a decade has run out of story to tell.Leading up to the Sex and the City 2 screening I read the initial reactions to the movie, calling it “clothes porn” and a “two and a half hour commercial,” but dismissed such criticisms Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-11132984812870678212010-05-24T19:41:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:33:51.445-07:00Coffee in TOPutting together a 5 part guide to coffee in TO. Part 1 (DUNDAS) of 5 posted on thesceneintoBobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-27817718392000333922010-05-14T12:42:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:34:10.329-07:00Where should you go for dinner? Tomi Kro. That’s where.Went to Tomi Kro for dinner last week. Blew my mind. You MUST go. My thoughts are on scenetohttp://thesceneinto.com/?p=544Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-81486136520328761272010-03-19T03:02:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:31:54.067-07:00dearest blackerry,just a shell of what you once were. please, show me a sign. a glimmer of an intention to return to the technological wingman you once were. your fogged up screen and these occasional flashes of your red beacon are foreshadowing something more like a slow and deceitful affair... like you have chosen another (the bberry-afterlife or bafterlife)... say it ain't so. remember when i needed you and youBobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-79532489944692241152010-03-06T05:55:00.000-08:002010-08-04T11:24:52.281-07:00flying refined is an understatementi realize that winkreative (the AOR for porter airlines) is trying to be modest. meek. classy.but the understated nature of this whole "flying refined" messaging blows my mind. they really could skew blatantly arrogant and no one would contest. a la:"the best airline""choosing to fly another airline could mean you're a masochist""our staff is the best looking in the sky"i understand the tone and Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-44397472189336977902010-03-05T12:34:00.000-08:002010-04-01T12:25:37.321-07:00why wasn't ski ballet at VAN2010?i loved VAN2010 like nobody's biz, but where was SKI BALLET (proper terminology = ACROSKI)? remember this? .... wise choice VANOC. (highlights at 1:35, 8:40)Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-61516741413348930102010-03-02T02:54:00.000-08:002010-08-04T11:32:25.009-07:00farewell rings... but not good byewhat a games. having been fortunate enough to attend these olympiad in beautiful BC i have to say, as i sit in the sparsely populated terminal (contrary to predictions of mayhem) about to board my chair in the sky back to the centre of the universe, my heart aches a little. when the sun rose over vancouver this morning it brought with it eerie and lonely silence signifying the sad reality that Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166736487343089231.post-63288505122120658022010-03-02T02:45:00.000-08:002010-08-04T11:32:07.511-07:00a tip of the hat and a wag of the finger - the legacy the rings leave behindas much as i would like to avoid tagging colbert to these games any more than he already is, i must adopt his TIP/WAG system for a moment as i offer a most genuine tip of my hat to our athletes who knocked VAN2010 outta the park and to our friends in countries around the world who were such gracious guests, embracing our culture, our silly songs, our love of plaid and beavers, and all the while Bobashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086026991553600000noreply@blogger.com0