toronto reunion

so it's been 8 years since i've been back to my former stomping ground toronto (which you think dates me but because i was there when i was 18, that makes me 26 years old!).

of course, the first thing i had to do was see my TO BFF kris.

oh, wait, first, here's the skyline from my room at the park hyatt. have you noticed how much it's changed?

i also reunited with my friend jeremy, where we drank beers in this parking lot. just like old times!

tatijana is still the same beautiful person she was 8 years ago, and pretty strong considering she was effortlessly holding my drunk ass up.

hey look, it's anderson cooper! just kidding. that's adam.

this big black guy at the gay bar woody's is all like, "wait a minute.... wrong bar?"

my after party was pretty nutty, especially since cait grew her hair out , whatever that means (i'm on like 3 deadlines so none of these deks will make sense ish)

foxley ... the new restaurant opened by the chef of tempo, where i used to work, and he still only staffs gay guys!

kris is on, like 2 hours of sleep, thanks to the bag of heroin.

reunion.

of course, i had to go out and see the fake dinosaurs at the ROM...

and check out frank gehry's facelift to the oga.

look, andy warhol! i wasn't supposed to take this photo but i gave the security guard a handjob in the elevator.

tat's new baby!

kris hard at work. his paintings. www.krisknight.com

until next time ...

g-rated paris

because i'm getting into all sorts of trubs with my blog, i thought i would go g-rated. how lovely and wonderful !

here i am in front of the eiffel tower! you won't ever see a local posing for the same shot!
not only was it the french open, some racing thing, and mother's day but there was an infestation of these oversized, plastic rabbits!

can you believe i had to eat one of these fuckers at a michelin rated restaurant?

this is where cecilia (style.com) had her phone stolen from her bag while april (elle mag) tried to cancel her blackberry... only two hours after we had arrived!

you could see the eiffel tower from any vantage point, really

but sometimes i wasn't really paying attention.

who doesn't love collette?

oh, so the main reason i was in paris... i was reporting on issey miyaki's new fragrance launch (august 2009) which is going to be wicked awesome... !

here's a sneak peek of the bottle. more to come

i spent some time at notre dame where tribute was paid to crew and passengers of the disappearing plane. very sad.

more sad was this american couple who were like "hey, what's that glass thing comin from the ground?"

checked out the new philippe starck-designed bon restaurant..

i'm sorry.. what??? vintage louis vuitton elevator at le dokhan??

while we're on the subject of designers, christian dior institute is one for the books

as is the glam plaza athenee (where carrie bradshaw stayed in the final episodes of sex in the city)

oh look! drunk journalists.

and who can't forget martin (middle) who showed me the caves of paris. good thing we found this hottie (right) who didn't speak a fucking word of english ! (or french , for that matter, as he was waaassted)

until next time from my hotel room!