Tobogganing by the Don River

The past weekend was a sunny, cool day - just perfect for doing some tobogganing in Riverdale Park in Toronto. This steep slope of the hill along the Don valley make for exciting downhill runs on magic carpets.

This valley is busy with parks on either side of the valley and the Don Valley Parkway, a railway and a roadway running through it. The river has a little ice cover but there was plenty of water for the ducks and geese to play and trails for dogs to run.

Obama-Inaugu-Nation

Walking in the heart of downtown Toronto around lunchtime today I was amazed by the sights of crowds gathered around so many large screen television sets and televised billboards watching the inauguration of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama. Toronto's City Hall was showing the event in their foyer, stores in the Eaton Centre had screens showing the event and the Yonge-Dundas Square was full of people watching and hoping for the future. Someone passed by on the way to the square and I overheard her say she felt like she was missing history.

The new President has certainly captured the hearts of not only Americans but people around the world - including America's next door neighbour, Canada. It seems like not only is Barack Obama being inaugurated as the 44th President, we the people, are being inaugurated as well.

Crowds gather at Yonge-Dundas Square to watch the Inauguration.

CME - Canadian Motorsports Expo

Update: See coverage of the 2011 CME, including some beautiful car models and Hooters girls, at my post here.


The Canadian Motorsports Expo ran during the January 16 to 18th weekend at the Toronto International Centre and I stopped by the event on the Sunday. I missed the star of the show famous race car driver Jacques Villeneuve who was the feature attraction on Saturday. At least I got to see some Hooters girls.

Curling Moms - a pictorial tribute

Like many Canadians I have tried (and continued) to curl and have enjoyed the exercise and social interaction found in the sport. Many clubs require members to volunteer in areas such as bartending, cooking, administration, etc and I have developed and maintain our club website as my contribution to the club.

Interestingly enough I included an online section where "curling moms" could submit photos for posting on the web. Now, what is a curling mom, you ask? Well, really it could be any female that curls, has curled or has even thought about curling - and that includes her hair. It would be a bonus for the mom to be a MILF or a yummy mommy. The most famous competition for a curling mom would have to be a soccer mom - but what would a soccer mom have over a curling mom? Actually she might be warmer than a curling mom since you curl in a refridgerated building on ice.

Not to be sexist I have also opened the pictures up to curling dads, or dudes. The clothing appropriate for a curling mom would be from nothing with strategic parts hidden by sports equipment, to a swimsuit, to regular clothing and the moms would not have to be from our club - you could support our club and website from anywhere in the world.

I have not marketed this part of the website as I am not a pushy kind of guy, but someone has emailed me and they will contribute to this, certainly in my view, historic and a fantastic way to promote curling and I will post the picture both here and in the curling club website for all the world to see. And you could also join this shout out to curling moms. Send in your photos to me by email and I will do the rest. Tell me a bit about yourself, what information you would want included online and let me do the rest.