tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30601346751595404982024-03-12T23:57:05.186-04:00Observations From No FrillsI like cheap food. Even if it's expired.Pamela Westobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10291741878623977453noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060134675159540498.post-24248796749000154842011-06-23T01:09:00.129-04:002011-06-27T10:21:55.205-04:00Buffalo Stance - In Defence of a Much Maligned MetropolisMuch has been and is being written about the bijou known as <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city>. From <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: #ffffff; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/arts/design/16ouro.html">The New York Times</a></span></i> to, most recently, <span style="background: #ffffff; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/travel/northamerica/article/1012779--how-i-overcame-my-prejudice-against-buffalo">The Toronto Star</a></span>, everyone seems to be jumping on the <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Buffalo</city></place> bandwagon. And I ain’t no different. I am not only on the bandwagon, I am leading it. <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> is da bomb. And it’s ready to detonate. And if you ain’t with me, you be missing out. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">To back track and to be honest, I am a very recent convert. For my part, I really only discovered <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> last summer. Phish-bound and zipping nearly obliviously by <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city>’s downtown core on<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; mso-highlight: yellow;">the highway</span>,</span> I stared at the skyline and thought “Hm. That actually looks like a pretty cool city to shoot.” A lover of architecture and urban landscape junkie, I tucked the mental note away to be dealt with <span style="background: #ffffff; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32605934@N04/sets/72157624145202817/">after Blossom</a></span> and upon my return. After a few months (and surviving <span style="background: #ffffff; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32605934@N04/sets/72157624366236172/">the G20</a></span>), having my friend’s DLSR in hand and becoming more and more disgusted and disillusioned with Toronto’s treatment of its heritage architecture and <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; mso-highlight: yellow;">disrespect for its landscape</span>,</span> I started to look farther afield for locations to shoot and immediately remembered my now beloved Buffalo. Naturally, I didn’t tell anyone. I mean, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city>? And no outlet shopping? What would they think? I hadn’t even grown up in <state w:st="on">Ontario</state>, but for the past twenty years, all that I’d heard of <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> was fires, snow, and the Walden Galleria. But the mental snapshot that I’d taken Blossom-bound kept resonating. Finally I decided to take the plunge and to start looking into a day trip there. And thank god that I did. For if a city was a singer, it’d be <span style="background: #ffffff; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS5IJgshm70&feature=related">Fred Eaglesmith</a></span>. Contemporary. Yet respectful of the past. And, more importantly, living and breathing timelessly and imparting an important, honour of our history, our future, that is so lacking today. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">To be truthful, the first trip I flew almost blind. Correction. I wasn’t almost blind, I was as myopic as I am at 3 am, slightly drunk, without my glasses. Which is to say, I can make out shapes – barely – and fumble my way to the toilet. Barely. Basically, I did a cursory search sights, booked my Megabus ticket and off I went. But even my flirt with the city banked very surprising returns. Sure, I knew that Frank Lloyd Wright had designed there, but I’d had no idea what historical treasures resided within this modest metropolis. Brainwashed to belief that <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> was to eternally be the butt of every joke, I’d no idea of its truly wealthy past and the architectural and historical riches that had been subsequently bestowed upon it. I’d no clue that, having been the bastion of Society a mere century and a half ago, that Buffalo had been the site of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_William_McKinley">McKinley’s assassination</a>, that several <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">presidents had come been born of the city, that all the great architects and landscape designers of the time, from <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="http://www.richardson-olmsted.com/">H.H. Richardson</a></span> to <a href="http://www.buffaloah.com/a/archs/beth/bethfox.html">Louise Blanchard Bethune</a> (the first female member of the American Institute of Architects!) to <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="http://www.bfloparks.org/">Frederick Law Olmsted</a></span>, had been drawn to this humble city a mere century ago. And so, surprised at my initial findings, I boarded my bus, camera in hand, confident<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that I would capture all that I would really need to in eight hours time, come</span> home and neatly tie it up on a photographic bow upon my return. How wrong I was. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">Foolhardy and ignorant to the riveting architectural texture that <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> would proffer, I disembarked and made my way to a service station for a map, slinging my camera bag across my back and making my way in the hot sun. How hard could it be? Did I really need to stay until evening? Slapping on SPF and marching on, I soon realized the bevy that <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> had to offer. Block by block, avenue by avenue, I found myself stopping and starting, shooting facade after façade, I was inching along and inching along like a hungry caterpillar with ADHD. Shooting for hours in the sun, 20 lbs strapped to my back, I discovered that I’d never so much as left the downtown area. Looking back, I felt <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">as I’d did strawberry picking – how could I have spent so much time, seemingly covered so much territory, seeming to have been so fruitful, yet geographically covered such little territory in retrospect? I hadn’t made it to <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellicott_Square_Building">Ellicott Square</a>. </span>I hadn’t made it to the <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="http://www.albrightknox.org/">Albright-Knox</a>. </span>I hadn't made it <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on"><a href="http://www.bfloparks.org/"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; mso-highlight: yellow;">Delaware</span></placename><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; mso-highlight: yellow;"> <placetype w:st="on">Park</placetype></span></place></a>, etc, etc, etc….Feeling somewhat defeated, I knew that I had to come back and come back for longer. Much longer. And so I once again tucked <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Buffalo</city></place> back</span> in my pocket to be revisited later. I may not have stuck to the guide book reco’s, but the city sure had stuck to me. Reclining on the seat of my bus back, I plotted my return. Sure. Some may dream of <place w:st="on">Bali</place>, but my dreams are more modest. And, apparently, closer to home. But don’t be mistaken – the rewards are just as rich, if not richer. I mean, what’s more fun and energizing than finding a trove on your own stoop? For <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> isn’t just like peeling the layers of an onion back, it’s like peeling the layers of a perfectly preserved onion back. And what is more rewarding to an urban photog? Standing on any street corner, you can espy three, four, five, six architecturally historic and interesting buildings. Can <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Toronto</place></city> say that? Sadly not. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">A civic crush developing, I bided my time over winter, waiting until the snows of <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> had safely abated and I had some free time for my next assault. And an assault it was. My second trip, having had much more time to research and being more familiar with the city, I foolishly thought “I got this covered. <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> is my bitch.” How wrong I was. Though I’d researched it more – taking a readership at Robarts to delve into its civic and architectural history and even reading <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Light-Lauren-Belfer/dp/038533401X">City of <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Light</place></city></a></span></span> for more context – I once again foolishly believed that I could conquer the city in one, fell swoop. Again, how wrong I was. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">Stepping outside of my hotel in a monsoon-like rain my first day, I set, determined to not let the rains deter me. And so I shot inside Ellicott Square. For more than two hours. Sure, one could pass through these halls in mere minutes, guided tour or not, but to me the attention paid to every bolt, every curve of filigree was astounding. They just don’t make them like they used to, yo. I mean, who today considers how one might view a simple bolt fastened to a banister from below? Not many, I tell you. </div><br />
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Satisfied that I’d covered every inch of Ellicott Square, I made my way to the street, squinting in the now sun-blessed streets. Poking ‘round a bit more and munching down on some <span style="background: #ffffff; mso-highlight: yellow;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32605934@N04/5810079730/in/set-72157626910986826">deep-fried bacon</a></span> at <span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; mso-highlight: yellow;">The Pearl Street Grill</span>, I made my way back to the <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; mso-highlight: yellow;">Hyatt</span> to hunker down. Which brings me to another point that I’d like to make. Most times I shy away from chain hotels, but this time, out of laziness, I opted for the Hyatt</span> downtown and for that I’m so glad. Not only did they have a room ready for me at 10:30 am on a Saturday – the Holy Grail as I recall my days a hotel desk clerk – but staff person after staff person was not only courteous, but informative about the city’s history and must-see’s. Not seeming to follow a corporate script, they all, regardless of shift time, appeared to be invested and informed about the city. Total civic pride props, yo.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">But walking home was just as rewarding. So many incredible buildings, so little time. From the onion domes of the orthodox churches gleaming above the quaint clapboard houses in Polonia to the centuries old storefronts through the Eastside, the area had a quiet, architectural confidence about it. It's an area, like just about every other in the city, that knows its identity and place like a sagacious, favoured elder settled into their favourite spot on the sofa. There as they always have been and there as you mistakenly believe that they always will be. Which is what made walking down Broadway somewhat unsettling. I had the same sneaking sense that I did when I shot Route 66 – how much longer till all this was bull-dozed and homogenized? Given the low-density of population and the high likelihood of re-purposement of the heritage buildings at hand, I fear for the buildings that I shot and fear how economics and short-sightedness might collide and eradicate the very character that make such areas of Buffalo charming. How much longer would they exist before being replaced by Wal-marts and banal, franchised market-places? <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">Shrugging off any negativity off and savouring what is now, I soldiered on at early evening and made my way up to <a href="http://www.forest-lawn.com/">Forest Lawn Cemetary</a> by Buffalo Transit. And here I must digress a tad from my architectural love-affair. To explain, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> has a steet-car-cum-subway that runs along Main Street. It’s FREE above ground. And only $1.75 per ride for the subway. And they play classical at all stops, above ground or below. I don’t know how the city funds it, but I bought a day pass for $4 and got well beyond my money’s worth. But, I digress…I showed up at Forest Lawn just as they were closing one of the gates for the night. I was kind of choked, given that there was a few hours left of daylight, but I put on a pleasant face and was duly rewarded. The care-taker, Ed, personally directed me to the ‘must-sees’ and for that I’m forever grateful. Ain’t nothin’ like a private tour of a cemetery at magic hour resident to so many historical figures, much less one do gorgeously designed, verdant and home to a deer. Rather than feeling as if I’d checked a site off my list, I felt more like I could’ve spent many more hours soaking up the solitude and beauty of Forest Lawn. Forget unlocking all of the history the area had to offer in a mere hour. A day at least ought to be dedicated to meandering in its bucolic vistas. And I hadn’t even gotten close to neighbouring <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Delaware</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Park</placetype></place>…</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">By evening I realized I’d over-shot <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city>. Once again. Some may take the view that, not having been to Albright-Knox, not having been to any of FLW’s creations, not having really touched many of <city w:st="on">Buffalo</city>’s much-heralded sights, I’m missing the whole boat known as <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city>. But I take a different viewpoint. I didn’t’ purposely eschew those sights. Rather, I stomped the city, shooting all that I found interesting and engaging and simply ran outta time. And that, to me, is the sign of a damn good excursion. The important point about <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> is that it’s not just its major tourist attractions that should draw visitors to this city, but rather that it’s its inherent, preserved, nature that ought to draw people here. And that is what I sadly see is in most peril. For as a city gains recognition, it tends to modernize and thusly eradicate the very charm that draws folks to it. Essentially, my only concern now is not for the visitors wishing to enjoy <city w:st="on">Buffalo</city>, but rather for <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> itself. Every city must grow and evolve, however I fear that <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> might make several irrevocable mistakes in this regard. That Buffalo might not take full advantage of its unique opportunity at preservation. Right now the city has everything to gain from a heritage perspective. And everything to lose. But that is a subject for another blog. In the interim, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Buffalo</place></city> should beyond herald that it’s been selected for the <a href="http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc/">2011 National Trust for Heritage Preservation's Conference</a>. It deserves it. I know I’ll be there to celebrate. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.visitbuffaloniagara.com/visitors/architecture/">Visit Buffalo Niagara</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bechs.org/">The Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.preservationbuffaloniagara.org/">Preservation Buffalo Niagara</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.buffaloah.com/a/bamname.html">Buffalo As An Architectural Museum</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc/">The National Trust for Historic Preservation's National Preservation Conference</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wrightnowinbuffalo.com/">Wright Now In Buffalo</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.forgottenbuffalo.com/">Forgotten Buffalo</a></li>
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<div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">PS. It depresses me to know that the kid Neneh was pregnant with in this vid is now legal drinking age in US. I feel so old. Shuffles off to put another cardigan on.</div>Pamela Westobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10291741878623977453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060134675159540498.post-10658573559047597592011-01-07T20:23:00.047-05:002011-01-08T00:53:57.518-05:00The Magic of Michael Archibald's Miniature Manse<div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">Ok. So I've always been obsessed with dollhouses. Don't get me wrong, I've never wanted to play with dolls - that's for girlie-girls - but I've always been intensely intrigued by the miniaturization of worlds, of architecture, of interiors. Maybe it was because we moved so much, or maybe it was because of my precocious and geeky interest in architecture and design, but I adored the thought of tiny environments that I could create and control. In elementary school I had a book</span> <span style="color:#000000;">on</span> <a href="http://www.pics.kaybee.org:81/Vacations/Europe1997/England/WindsorCastle/QueenMarysDollHouse/">Queen Mary's Dollhouse</a> <span style="color:#000000;">and would pour over its images, wishing desperately that I had a manse so magnificent to manage, maintain and manipulate. And I remember spending hours in Aunt Heidi's Corner, the mecca for dollhouse enthuisiasts in St. Louis' Westport Plaza, gazing over the abundance of intricate Snooki-sized structures, their construction and their attention to detail. When I was ten years old my father surprised me with a dollhouse that he'd built for my</span> <span style="color:#000000;">birthday. The</span> <a href="http://shop.greenleafdollhouses.com/Taft-General-Store-Dollhouse-Kit.html">Taft General Store</a>. <span style="color:#000000;">It was awesome. Not because it engendered play with people, but because it proffered up all manner of possibilities. Goods to stock. Counters to fill. Barrels to bolster. From pint-sized packs of flour to pioneer provisions, it was perfect for the miniature maniac. And it was made even sweeter by the fact that my father had made it on the sly after a long day's work. How adorable is that? Pops was awesome that way. I loved that dollhouse, but, as all little girls do, I out grew it when the spectre of boys and clothes and parties began to take precedence. The Taft sat silent for years, undisturbed and gathering dust until, after several moves by my parents, it bid the fate of so many childhood toys and ventured to the diminutive dollhouse valhalla in the sky. </span></div><br /><p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">I've often thought of The Taft and, in recent months, I'd begun reflecting on dollhouses and the more mature place they could play in my world. I mean, I can't afford an actual house, so why not a play one? Especially after discovering that there's an entire miniature movement afoot. Perhaps it's nostalgia for childhood games, or perhaps it's the subprime at play, but crafty and cool folks are gravitating back to pocket-sized pied a terres in droves. And they're doing it in</span> <span style="color:#000000;">style, from</span> <a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/welcome-to-the-dollhouse/">Valley of the Dolls</a> <span style="color:#000000;">to</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/garden/08mod.html">Modernist masterpieces</a>. <span style="color:#000000;">I'd seriously started to think about</span> <span style="color:#000000;">manufacturing my own miniature mansion, but knowing that a</span> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32605934@N04/5135542241/in/set-72157625291134634/">certain someone</a> <span style="color:#000000;">would likely wreak havoc on my design endeavours, I've been dragging my feet on it. And so I was ecstatic when I went over to my</span> <span style="color:#000000;">friend</span> <a href="http://michaelarchibald.ca/">Michael Archibald</a>'s <span style="color:#000000;">place and espied his Kaczynski-esque cabin creation amongst his canvases. Carefully</span> <span style="color:#000000;">constructed of balsa wood and dollar store buys, it has everything. A shingled roof, tiny shutters and doors, sills, hinges, plank floors, a fully landscaped front lawn, a belly stove, a bed, a desk, a bookcase and, best of all, blacklight paint. Every detail has been considered and crafted. And not a single item was store bought. Windows were created from dollar store key hangs. Rafters from Ikea dishracks. Grassy knolls from spray foam and China Town astroturf. Books from folded paper and foamcore wrapped in canvas. Tiny sculptures adorning the desk carefully</span> <span style="color:#000000;">handsculpted and lit from within. The stove burns. The desk light illuminates. The bedspread of gauze invites. The sheers of paper conceal what is within. It is all perfect in its design. And I can't figure out if it's better in the light or in the dark. Whichever, it is pure genius in its ingeniuty, creativity and imagination. And for that I have to thank Michael. I watch television when I'm bored. And Michael creates tiny wonders. Kudos, yo. Pure kudos.<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><object height="300" width="400"><param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F32605934%40N04%2Fsets%2F72157625646995761%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F32605934%40N04%2Fsets%2F72157625646995761%2F&set_id=72157625646995761&jump_to="><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><br /> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F32605934%40N04%2Fsets%2F72157625646995761%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F32605934%40N04%2Fsets%2F72157625646995761%2F&set_id=72157625646995761&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">All writing and photographs copyright Pamela Westoby. All subject matter and artistic genius copyright Michael Archibald. </span><br /></p></span>Pamela Westobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10291741878623977453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060134675159540498.post-44642307841965953742010-12-06T19:15:00.015-05:002010-12-06T21:45:39.565-05:00Hands Off My Heinie!!!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkUXwEMdRF0RSnAvdeWbQakEoEGJ9m7BjnvVlnnEmfdjfBmbUiHdbK5XusvsuvalHpl9ogBV9dsfLM9ftVM0PCFYpH2ruak2S4R6NJjeSyZXdhP_dU2VumlsBUUsBTka6vIWzj8ho8kI/s1600/DSC04575.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547728304780271298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkUXwEMdRF0RSnAvdeWbQakEoEGJ9m7BjnvVlnnEmfdjfBmbUiHdbK5XusvsuvalHpl9ogBV9dsfLM9ftVM0PCFYpH2ruak2S4R6NJjeSyZXdhP_dU2VumlsBUUsBTka6vIWzj8ho8kI/s320/DSC04575.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> Photo copyright Pamela Westoby<br /></span><br /><br /><div align="justify">Just heard the horrible <a href="http://links.visibli.com/share/ec9f19">news</a> that <a href="http://www.heineken.com/">Heineken</a> will soon be replacing it's iconic stubbies with long necks in all markets but the US. The sacrilege!! Considering that in my world the only constant is change, I'd always relied on my faithful Heineken to remain true and untouched, its diminutive form belying its lager largesse. To be there always, petite, peridot and primed with pilsner pleasure. This is worse than Patty <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duYZiciYPUc&feature=related">cutting her hair off</a>! I mean, at least her hair could've grown back. And she just did it to be sassier. This is permanent. And this experiment won't yield meaningful results. This is an utter betrayal. Damn you, Heineken!! Damn you!! And damn your supply chain efficiencies!! Now my Heineken will no longer stand proud amongst the legions of long necks like a jockey at the Derby - it's been diminished to a gawky wallflower at a highschool sock hop, fading into a background of overwrought <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SeventeenMagazine#p/u/110/ciXMfrHNbxo"><em>Seventeen</em> trends</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgdZNtaciOE">Babyliss</a> treated tresses. My beloved will now be like <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4a87d48fdd/undercover-karaoke-with-jewel?playlist=hall_of_fame">Jewel singing karoake</a> - homely and humble, seemingly one of the crowd, but clearly talented beyond frozen foods and her TJ Max suit. Sigh. The only saving grace is that I can shuffle off to Buffalo for a little stubby love. Thank god I renewed my passport. You bet I'd bear a TSA pat down for you, my little sweet.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Shortly this will truly be my dream...</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S1ZZreXEqSY?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S1ZZreXEqSY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify">Off to break the news to Bucky. He'll be de.va.stated. His dexterity sucks and could only manage the stubby. I fear he'll go back to the Red Stripe. </div></div>Pamela Westobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10291741878623977453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060134675159540498.post-55348330896207775872010-12-02T21:05:00.015-05:002010-12-02T23:24:16.913-05:00Bucky's Letter To Santa<div align="justify"><a title="Bucky Sears Portrait Circa 1982 by Wayward Westoby, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32605934@N04/5135542241/"><img height="500" alt="Bucky Sears Portrait Circa 1982" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1366/5135542241_b599c02cd5.jpg" width="333" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;">Photo Copyright Pamela Westoby</span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Dear <a href="http://movieclips.com/BXzgL-trading-places-movie-very-bad-santa/">Santa</a>,<br /><br />How are you? Bet things are busy – I know Q4 is your craziest! You’re a supply-management genius and logistics god, though, and I have every faith that you’re going to do a stellar job. You must be happy, too, that you don’t have to deal with all that TSA nonsense down in the US – such reindeer games!! Are you seriously going to try to Foursquare it all? You’re such a nut! So anyways, below is a short list of gifts I’d love, love for Christmas. I know it seems rather, well, comprehensive, however I have been exceptionally angelic this year and I’m hoping all my good deeds will be acknowledged. I mean, why else would I help the elderly down the stairs at Sherbourne subway station? It’s all about karma and karma for me means Christmas. Also, as you’ll see it’s not all for me and my altruism is abundantly clear. I’m a good egg – I swear! </span></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"><div align="justify"><br /><br />• <strong>World Peace</strong>. What can I say? I’m a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww">pageant queen</a> at heart. And the world needs it, yo. Especially with Kim’s platforms pinching him recently.<br />• <strong><a href="http://www.kongcompany.com/worlds_best.html">Kong Brand Catnip Bear Toy</a></strong>. I’ve been heartbroken ever since I heard official word that Kong discontinued its line of bear toys – Bear was my favourite companion and I don’t know what I’ll do without him!<br />• <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_wine">Box of Wine</a></strong> – preferably red of any varietal. This for my mother. She likes the convenience and longevity of those boxes of vino! 3 litres that keeps for SIX WEEKS after opening? Bananas good. And it keeps her happy.<br />• <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPzC6apSVh8&feature=related">The Phoenix Capsule</a></strong>. I was glued to the television while those Chilean miners were brought up from the depths of hell. And I just thought that Phoenix capsule was so amazing – it would look brilliant in my living room! Can you imagine what a conversation piece it would be at parties? Bonkers! PLUS it would serve as an ironic reminder that I don’t have my own freedom. Mother, I am looking at you.<br />• <strong>All-expenses paid invitation to Wills and Kate’s wedding</strong>. I know they’d love to have me and I’ve already got their present picked out!<br />• <strong><a href="http://us.leica-camera.com/photography/special_editions/m7_hermes/">Leica M7 edition Hermes Camera</a></strong> – Orange. Such a sweet piece of photographic equipment!<br />• <strong><em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UskVZALEoPY">First Step 2 Forever</a></em> by Justin Bieber</strong>. That kid is just stupendous! And his hair! The world has not known such a phenom since The Rachel. I pray for when his voice breaks, though. And I can’t wait to catch him on Celebrity Rehab 42. If it can happen to Leif Garrett, it can happen to anyone.<br />• <strong>Worldwide Ban On Leaf Blowers</strong>. OMG! Those things are SO annoying!!<br />• <strong><a href="http://www.bungalowpet.com/beds.htm">Prairie Lounge from Bungalow Bob's Pet Designs</a></strong> – Size Small. I know I can totally hunker down in Mom’s sweater closet, but this is so Frank Lloyd Wright cute! AND it’s well crafted – total heirloom piece!<br />• <strong>A Friend For <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/kate-gosselins-paparazzi-dance-flops-10297391">Kate Gosselin</a></strong>. She could really use one.<br />• <strong>Case of <a href="http://www.nabiscoworld.com/Brands/brandlist.aspx?SiteId=1&CatalogType=1&BrandKey=easyCheese&BrandLink=/&BrandId=64&PageNo=1">Kraft Easy Cheese</a></strong> – Sharp Cheddar and NOT Cheddar ‘n Bacon. It’s easy AND cheese – no going wrong with that! Plus it’d go well with my Mom’s box of wine. Instant party!<br />• <strong>Dinner With <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN9-YbJeQY8">Geof Manthorne</a> From <a href="http://www.charmcitycakes.com/">Charm City Cakes</a></strong>. He is so adorable. I know he’s got a gf, but it’d be purely platonic!<br />• <strong>Tickets to <a href="http://www.richardmarx.com/">Richard Marx</a> in Niagara</strong>. Just heard about this gig and it would be brilliant! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_E2EHVxNAE&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=MLGxdCwVVULXe0vWS6rYKdWJXgU9K2ldkb">Right Here Waiting For You</a> is one of my all time favourite slow songs to dance to. Such a crooner that Richard Marx.<br />• <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN-2VReSFBs">Ed Hardy</a> to stop designing and manufacturing, well, anything</strong>. This is for the good of everyone. Ed Hardy is a blight on society.<br />• <strong>To go on a free-style pick with those two lads from <em><a href="http://www.antiquearchaeology.com/">American Pickers</a></em></strong>. Those guys are awesome! And I heart hunting for vintage junk – a cat can’t have too many porcelain signs!<br />• <strong>An abundance of squirrels to watch through the patio window</strong>. Enough said.<br /><br />So I think that about covers it. Again, I know the list is a teensie long and rather varied, but I gotta put it out there, no? Like Thoreau so sagely advised, men hit only what they aim at. If I think of anything else I’ll DM you!<br /><br />On another note, I am so happy that Movember is finally over! I hate facial hair – present company excluded, of course – and how everyone went on and on about it. Yeah, it was for a great cause, but you’d think the men had created fun-draising all on their own! And there’s no pride to be taken in resembling an adult film star from the ‘70s. Shave it off, boys, shave it off.<br /><br />And what do you think about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBaTITqCOU0&feature=related">Drake</a>’s four Grammy nominations? Crazy news, I know! I have no clue what’s happening in the music industry these days! Sure, he was good on <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzYzRmhPYmc&feature=related">Degrassi</a></em>, but dude cannot rap. Real rap is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaoLy7PHwk">Public Enemy</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4o8TeqKhgY">Grandmaster Flash</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTwJMA0C7Rc">P-Star</a>. I mean, his raps are sooo obvious!! Who mentions The Rosetta Stone? Was he watching an infomercial during an insomniatic haze and decided to slip that clever reference in? GD DG! At least be inventive! And how could a kid from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hill,_Toronto">Forest Hill</a> have even a modicum of street cred? I mean, what can he rap about besides fancy cars and Cristal? Traffic quieting humps? Offensive gum spackle on the sidewalk? Whatever. Guess I just don’t have the same ears as kids today do for this over-produced, over-marketed slick bunk. Next thing you know Countess LuAnn will be nominated for Best New Artist. Sigh. Bring back the ‘80s. But not in an ironic, hipster-globbing way.<br /><br />Also, have you been keeping up with the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5fCBEQ4FMw&feature=related">Salahis</a>? I’m so addicted to <em><a href="http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-dc">The Real Housewives of DC</a></em> and I find the Salahis fascinating in a perverse way. Michaele is so incredibly vapid, it’s insane! She’s maybe insane. And Tareq, well…POSER!! I adored how evasive he was when Stacie asked him for financial references when they were looking for property. You could SEE the skid marks forming!! Geez. I crack myself UP!! And forget about their <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlZ22LarT_I">Congressional hearing</a> – too much! I can’t believe he <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwQnTyGbHVA&feature=related">plead the 5th</a> when asked if he was present! Hahahaha As to whether they crashed the state dinner, I’m so totally on the fence. On the one hand, methinks they doth protest too much and besides, where was the invitation?! I’d be whipping that out every chance I got! But on the other hand, it’s like how could someone crash the White House?! You’ve crashed the White House - is it that easy? I mean, you’re always welcome there, but it’s not like you go through security. At any rate, I’d love your perspective! Oh, and on another note, I so love Cat! Not only because of her name, but she kissed Prince Harry!! Holla! And she’s wicked hilarious. Showing up as Sarah Palin to a Republican party?! Genius! Total props!<br /><br />Oh, oh, oh!!! (no reverse pun intended) I almost totally forgot!! How do you feel about Palin shooting that <a href="http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/sarah-palin-alaska/">show</a> so close to you?! Have you caught it yet? I’m embarrassed to say that it, too, is quite addictive. Don’t get me wrong – I hate her politics – it’s just that it’s so gosh-darn good. Who doesn’t love watching her and Bristol gut fish JUST FOR THE HALIBUT?! I’d love to see them all hit my Mom’s box of wine – THAT would be truly compelling television. Can you imagine Sarah all marinated with her prom hair? The sound bytes would rawk more than her sober ones! Still, Palin’s pie-eyed or not, it does make me want to visit Alaska. I want to go snow-shoeing! If I go, I’ll totally try to make it up to see you!<br /><br />And what are you thoughts on all this WikiLeaks business? I know you’re all about discretion and, dare I say, deception, so I’d love to know where you land on Julian Assange! I’m all for transparency, but I think he might’ve over-stepped on this one. Again, I’m on the fence. I fear that you might be next, though! You run a tight, secretive ship and it’s probably only a matter of time before Julian sets his sights on you. Tread lightly, my friend. Tread lightly. And send him something super-nice for Christmas. Like a Crayola Glow Station. Or a “Get Out of Jail Free” card.<br /><br />Finally, I feel so badly for the polar bears!! How are they doing BTW? I really hope they’re doing better – it’s just devastating to see them try to circumvent the disappearing ice floats. Boo climate change!<br /><br />Gotta jet – E! is airing Adam Lambert’s E! True Hollywood Story! He’s here for my entertainment!<br /><br />Cheers, thanks ever so much and hope you don’t have to deal with any TPS pat downs!!<br />Bucky<br /><br />PS. Let me know when you’re free after the 25th – I’m sure you could use a bevy or two and I’d love to catch up with you and the wife over some post-hols cheer.<br /><br />PPS. What do you think about my font choice? Decided to go with Courier – soooo late ‘90s!!! Last century was so much fun! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh5_Wdd80lE">Third Eye Blind</a>, I miss you!! </span></div>Pamela Westobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10291741878623977453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060134675159540498.post-21684901298840436862010-10-19T20:21:00.000-04:002010-10-19T20:30:42.339-04:00Flip Flip Baby!<p><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0YwTPGE-tXU?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0YwTPGE-tXU?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></p><p> </p><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I'm all about reality TV and all about the pop culture, so I was ecstatic to see AP tweet this beaut. Yes, that's right. Vanilla Ice is a flipper with his own show <a href="http://www.diynetwork.com/the-vanilla-ice-project/show/index.html">The Vanilla Ice Project</a> on the DIY Network. </span><span style="font-family:Courier New;">Course he ain't no <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOqF9EPQ90I">Gable Painter</a> - who will always have my heart - but it should be a good watch. He does like to collaborate and listen.</span><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><span style="font-family:Courier New;"><br /><br />Canuck Disclaimer: As so often happens with great television, it would appear this gem is currently only broadcasting in the US. Sigh.</span>Pamela Westobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10291741878623977453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060134675159540498.post-65366672160044861022010-10-19T12:07:00.000-04:002010-10-20T00:02:19.109-04:00Postcards From Pop<span style="font-family:courier new;">My Dad travelled a lot when I was a kid and one thing he always did was send a postcard from wherever he was. It didn't matter whether he was just a town over or across the globe, gone for six weeks or away for day, he always sent a postcard. Course I was totally meh about them as a kid - I was way more interested in the presents he trundled home - but now when I look back I can feel the love and know that wherever he was, he was thinking of us girls. Total cheese, but also totally true. So happy he wrote them and so happy I kept them. Thanks, Pops - happy birthday and I love you! 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz0WJX27CpoCeyrIlbG4nXs3ctNRORGCZaJgVrx_i4Kz-uzd266y4nmbCj76sn4ZABJ4iqsaBWoaiG7RkVubwaMipNphj5g1kusHiCSmkN8YY1PGes0jSVAXD6IRFtoV8JX6OfQMYWF2k/s320/Bucky+Beer.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p></p><br /><p></p>Pamela Westobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10291741878623977453noreply@blogger.com0