Big Bunny's Girl of the Year (and December)

The girl of the year (and December) is Kim Kardashian. These are all high resolution images so feel free to click on them for a better view.

Kim was the girl of the month for February this year. Since then she's had a really busy year: a sex tape (not really that good -- poor picture quality and bad camera angles); a reality TV show, which also features her sisters and the rest of her family; and, most recently, a playboy photo shoot. The pictures in this post are from that photo shoot. They're decent, but I think they lightened her up a bit (she might be a little too dark for some playboy readers -- but she's just right for me), and might have airbrushed some stuff out. They should have picked a better photographer to bring out her deep sensuality. Terry Richardson would have taken her to a whole new level. But I guess there's always hope for next year.

Top Pickups in 2007

This is a run down of my favourite pickups this year. This leans pretty heavily to outer wear and denim.

10. Wings and Horn knit hats. For me a winter hat is an essential. These two caught my eye. The pom pom is really gangsta. The hats are also over sized, so they don't fit really tight. If you lean this over to the side, you can get a really pimping look happening.

9. Rag and Bone Jumper. I kind of liked this. I've had this thing for cardigans this year. This one is made from wool, but it kind of feels like felt. I like the buttons and the extra pocket up top. It's also got this detail, on the lower sleeve -- some sort of elbow patch.



8. Sugarcane Okinawa. I got these this year. I still haven't had a chance to debut them yet, but I'm really satisfied with them. They're made from the sugarcane/cotton blend and left hand twill. The denim on these is just sublime -- you get a little slub and these subtle differences in the colour. I'm pretty sure I'm going to keep these ones blue and not make them an everyday jean. I don't think that you'll many pairs of these on the street.


7. A gaggle of Jack Purcells. I loaded up this year. I guess the Chuck Taylor is the more common and popular choice, this is my the Jack Purcell takes it to another level. They aren't as common. They have this stealth quality to them, they might look like the Chuck Taylor at first but then when you take a closer look they're something totally different. I think my favourites are the gray ones. They're made of twill, not canvas. I've only seen one other pair in the city.



6. Oni Blue Fit Denim. I'm a big fan of these. The denim is super slubby and somewhat coarse looking. There are a lot tougher to fade than I would've thought. I got almost two months of daily wear into them and I've hardly dented them.

5. Engineered Garments Field Jacket. This one is unlined. It was little big; I was eying it through the spring, but someone scooped my size. I paired it with a Y-3 hoodie, which makes a nice inner layer.

4. N-1 deck jacket. This is something I spent most of the year looking for and only picked up a few weeks ago. Now I can look like Lee Marvin in Point Blank. It's got a really fitted look and the lining seems pretty warm. This will be great on those chilly days in fall and spring.





3. Engineered Garments Mountain Parka. Even though they call it a mountain parka its a field jacket as far as i'm concerned. I was eying this one all fall, I picked it up on sale at the end of november. This one besides a couple of detail issues (snap buttons, some extra pockets) is lined with a wool lining. I haven't had a chance to wear it yet, but I think that this will be a really decent fall jacket.



2. 45 rpm Soraikho Slim. I've only just gotten these, but these were a major item on my to get list. Unlike some brands that feel they have to a super-slim look with a severe taper, these are a straight leg cut that's a got a slimmer silhouette.

1. Nom de Guerre waxed cotton rain coat. I absolutely love this piece. I feel like a U-boat captain when I wear it. Its got a rugged military look, but its cut really slim. I'm really looking forward to see how this ages because wax cotton gets a patina as it ages.

Girls of the Year

I'm making the monthly girl for December the girl of the year. These are the runner-ups. I picked 5, i'm not going to number them because that would be like objectifying them.

So in no particular order.

Kurara Chibana. She looks so classy.

Salma Hayek. Even though her heaving bosom features prominently in the picture, I do look over at the Campari from time to time.

Leah Dizon. Playful, but still kind of slutty,

Tera Patrick. I still can't believe she married that ugly fuckin' troll. She looks like she was made to be photographed by Terry Richardson.

Maria Ozawa. Asian chicks with no asses? Maybe, but Maria's trunk has got enough junk in it to make almost everyone happy.


Next week, my girl of the year.
Who will it be?

Year-in-Review: Dining Out

I thought I'd close out the first year of this blog with a year-in-review theme.

This is the first post.

I'd picking the top 5 places in the city that i've reviewed.


5. There is no 5. I think the first 4 on the list are a lot better than any of the candidates that could file in the 5th spot, so there would be a big drop in the quality of the experience between the first 4 and the fifth.

4. Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar. I like the feel of the place and the choices on the menu. It's a decent value and there is a great choice of (good) wines at reasonable prices. It's got a tapas style menu. I like the frites here as well as the scallops a lot. If you get a couple of glasses of wine and some tapas your probably looking at like $120-$140 for 2.

Rating: 2 Bunnies

3. The Foxley Bistro. The place is not as polished looking as Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar, but the food is still really good. No need to worry about the wine here, there are just too many spices in the food to get a stable enough wine that could stand up to the variety in the menu. Hence my recommendation that you stick to beer or some other beverage. Like Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar, this is a tapas style menu -- but the servings are larger than the traditional tapas dishes. The menu is really reasonably priced. Dinner for two here can easily be $80.

Rating: 2 Bunnies

2. Splendido. This place is the place to go if you have buckets of cash to blow and want to get pampered. Whenever you get up someone will be waiting to tuck you into your chair when you get back. The plates are served all at one and unveiled together. The menu changes from season to season. The menu is not a menu in the traditional sense, you order different variants of a tasting menu, with some selections in the components. When I went there were a few different variants of the menus (some had more courses than others). There is a really extensive wine list, with a big range in the quality as the price points of the wine. The sommelier is really helpful and knowledgeable. However, be prepared to pay the price. If you go for the lowest price tasting menu and a bottle of wine, you're basically looking at $300 for dinner for 2. If I lived in Rosedale and was a real high roller then this would probably be the number 1 on this list. But I don't.

Rating: 2 Bunnies

1. Jamie Kennedy Restaurant. This is a more formal dining room located within the wine bar, but it offers a regular menu instead of the tapas available in the wine bar. The service is good, but you don't get the show that Splendido puts on. The sommelier is helpful and knowledge and there is a big selection at really good prices to pick from. Its pricey -- but not as pricey as Splendido -- dinner for two is probably in the $200-$220 range,

Rating: 3 Bunnies

Notes on the Bunny Rating System:

• 0 or no Bunnies, it's a waste of time; don't go.
• 1 Bunny, the place is worth checking out.
• 2 Bunnies, you should go out of your way to check out the place; the food is really good and the place is cool.
• 3 Bunnies, you absolutely have to go there; the food is exceptional and the place is really cool

A Most Interesting Real Estate Agent Sign

I spotted this sign the other day while I was walking around at lunch. Some real estate agents like to put their pictures on the sign as a form of branding -- I suppose, or perhaps they are so vain that they like to see pictures of themselves.

I mean most these agents, both men and women, look really cheesy in these pictures. However, the picture of Valerie above is not in that category. If we look at the closeup we can see that Valerie is a real hottie.



Valerie doesn't want to give the impression that she is all beauty and no brains, so she also indicates that she B.B.A. (Bachelor of Business Administration.

There are few things that I real like about the picture.

First, the pose is more like one the snapshots you see at something like Last Night's Party -- although the skill of the photographer might not be equal to that of Merlin Bronques. With this pose I get the feeling that Valerie spends a lot of time at clubs.

You need to closer at the picture to see the other details that pop out.




Looking at Valerie's lips it almost looks like she wet them before they took the picture (either that or they photoshopped it). The wetness on the lips, really makes me want to consider her as my real estate agent.

The other that gets me about the add is the little glitter in the earring. It almost looks like a star. It reminds of those cartoons where the hero has these perfect white teeth and when they smile you see a sparkle in their teeth.




You can also see (above) that Valerie has some exposed shoulders and the outfit looks it has a pretty deep plunging V. I'm not sure if this would be proper business attire, but I don't think many people would care.

I can almost see her with some oversize sunglasses driving around in an entry level acura to showing.

Douche Bags and the Canadian Winter

I didn't manage to get any pictures of this, but i hope my description can help you see what I saw.

I've noticed that douche bags tend to dress in a similar manner in the winter, with one or two variation.

First, they should wear a light wool top coat, which is usually (maybe always unbuttoned).

Second, they should be wearing a black shirt -- which might have stripes. It should be untucked.

Third, the top two buttons on the shirt should be unbuttoned. I've noticed that unlike my shirts, which might flop a little around the collar if they aren't buttoned up enough, a douche bag's shirt will look more spread. Think of a taking a fresh link of sausage and slicing it knife. You get that kind of effect. The other thing that you see -- and this is the great part about winter -- is that the bare chest that's exposed by the unbuttoned shirt turns really red. I get this on my hand in winter, its almost like a wind burn.

Fourth, there is the footwear. Obviously, there should be some Aladdin-style footwear that comes to a point. But as I kind of thinking that maybe its not Aladdin that the inspiration. Perhaps, its Santa's elves, who have to a lot of work in snow and have pointy shoes as well.
Maybe some of them got a day pass to go clubbing and didn't go back. Or maybe they're like cross country skis, so they cut through the snow and ice.

Anyway, keep an eye out for them.
They're everywhere.

Event Ad

I saw this ad a few weeks ago. It's for some Latin-American dance event. I think this is pretty good.

The ad has all the basics: location, start time, information on prizes and drinks.

It also has a common theme -- the lollipop-- in both the title and the imagery.

These guys didn't go cheap on the model for the ad -- unlike some other promoters, as the closeup below demonstrates. This model is adequately breasted and quite fit -- notice the piercing through the belly button.



There is a strong sexual message in the ad. I mean it would be one thing if they had a smaller lollipop, but they used the extra long version. I would interpret it as saying something like, "Come to our event and you're going to get some hot chick chewing on your knob."



These guys get bonus marks because not only do have the extra long lollipop, but the model is having a really good time as well -- as the picture below demonstrates.

8 Diagrams

I just grabbed an advance copy of the new Wu Tang album -- 8 Diagrams. There's also a mixtape to accompany it, which was mixed by Mathematics.

The mixtape is OK. I thought that the first half of it was a lot stronger than the stuff on the back end. It's got a few songs from old Wu or solo work pasted onto to new beats. Some of the these work better than others. I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said most mix-tapes are better than the actually album. Fortunately, this is not true here.

All the surviving members of the Clan are present. There is a tribute to ODB that is bit of a posse cut. The album is also note worthy because it has the first officially cleared sample of the Beatles. The RZA sampled "As my guitar gently weeps" for "The Heart Gently Weeps". Its kind of mellow, but in a real gangsta Wu Tang sort of way.

I would have figured that the Ghostface Killah and Raekwon would have been heavily featured on the tracks before I listened to it. But it turns out that the Method Man probably gets more verses than them. It's probably Meth's best showing in a quite a while. It's refreshing to hear Masta Killa, U God and Inspecta Deck also get some verses. There are a few RZA stream of conciousness flows. Ghostface and Rae also get their share and deliver. It almost easy to forget the GZA because he's just so calm and understated by nature. In any event, all of them are in top form.

The production is kind of what you would expect from the RZA -- snippets from Kung Fu movies, samples of shaolin soul -- but just to cross you up he's got a beat with a little bit of crunk in it.

I really liked this. I don't think that there's a song that just blows you away, but when you step back and look at the whole piece its really solid. There's nothing really disappointing on this.

Big Bunny's Girl of the Month: Tila Tequila

This month I feature Tila Tequila. Tila is originally from Vietnam, but moved to the US. She started out as a car model and somewhere along the way she became the most popular person on myspace. She's got her own TV show right now -- a reality dating show -- One Shot At Love. When the first episode began I thought this was total trash. Basically it was 16 super-meat heads, with excessive testosterone levels competing for her. So basically there were a lot of confrontations and posturing. Then there was serious plot twist. A group of 16 super hot girls come out. It turns out that Tila is bi-sexual and the show will have the men and women competing for her love. With this little twist, this show went from trash TV to must watch TV.

There are plenty of pool side competitions and a lot of the girls prefer to wear thong bikinis. Tila also has a lot of sexual energy, so she frequently makes out the women contestants. Also they picked some real meat heads so a few weeks ago there were some punches thrown and security had to escort the guy she kicked out off the set. Next week there's supposed to a cat fight.

Like I said, must watch TV.



I like the American Apparrel outfit she's wearing above, maybe she should do a calendar with them.

Dinner at Phebe's Zee Bar

I would've have probably been better off posting on something else, but this place was so hideous I had to share it with the world.

It definitely wasn't the first place on the list for dinner on Friday night, but since we couldn't get a reservation anywhere else we had to go there. Interestingly, the person responsible for the reservation said something to the effect "It always seems that I can get a reservation there when other places are booked." That raises the obvious question of why there might be that regularity.

The name of the place "Zee Bar" is supposed to be a clever pun on "Sea Bar", I must be a little slow because I didn't see that until someone told me. I thought Zee was German for the. The place is supposed to specialize in seafood.

The crowd, is mostly in the 40+ range. Mostly couples, but it looks like a few cougars go the place before prowling the city. I get the sense that its mostly a local crowd.

The place is decorated like Captain Highliner's recreation room. It was hideous. They have like these exposed brick walls all over the place with nets, lobster traps and mounted trophy fish. I almost expected to see the Captain -- Captain Highliner because Captain Morgan would never come here -- come out and work the room to make sure everyone was enjoying their meal and having a good time and maybe tell an interesting anecdote about some what he harpooned.

For some reason, they seem to have a decent wine list. We had a California chardonnay off the list that was pretty good, it was like $48. I can't remember the name exactly, but it had a bit of an Italian ring to it. We also brought a bottle -- a Mersault -- that was fabulous. The corkage fee was kind of high at $25, which would discourage most people from bringing a wine.

The menu has a few selections in the mains and the starters. They also have an oyster bar, so you can order those as well. The food was adequate. Most of the mains are in the low-$20 range, although the oysters were like $3.50 each. I started with the clam chowder and it was pretty good. Unlike Cafe la Gaffe, the clam chowder is prepared like a clam chowder. I followed that with a Jambalaya, which was really filling. It had a little bit of everything, but it was kind of light on the better quality seafood and compensated with a lot of clams and mussels. They also give you a little galvanized steel bucket to put the shells in. If they actually had a little bit of balance in the kind of seafood they were using they wouldn't have to put the buckets out. I mean the buckets on the table is kind of like 1 step removed from spreading saw dust on the floor and having the tables replaced by a sheet of plywood on bales of hay. I also tried someone's frites -- they came with some mussels, he also got a bucket. The frites are certainly not Jamie Kennedy quality. They weren't that crisp, a little on the soggy side.

I did order desert, although I tried a bit of someones chocolate cake. It kind of tasted like something like you could find in the frozen foods section of a supermarket.


Overall, this place is not that cheap. Dinner for four came out to $280 without the tip. The place is hideous and the food is not outstanding. It shouldn't be a surprise that they don't get any bunnies.


Rating: 0 Bunnies

Notes on the Bunny Rating System:

• 0 or no Bunnies, it's a waste of time; don't go.
• 1 Bunny, the place is worth checking out.
• 2 Bunnies, you should go out of your way to check out the place; the food is really good and the place is cool.
• 3 Bunnies, you absolutely have to go there; the food is exceptional and the place is really cool

Next Level Shit

Ok, for this post I should get the blogger of the year award. These pictures are just a sample of what awaits you at supertangas. Basically this website is pictures and movies of girls posing in thongs -- and not much else. The girls are from all over, but a lot of postings from Italy and Spain as well as South America. But there are French and Eastern European ones as well.

Cafe la Gaffe

Went for dinner a few weeks ago. This was my first time back in like 10-years or something.

The place pretty much looks the same as it did back then. It has a lot of charm. It's an old Victorian building with high ceilings in the main room. The main room has an exposed brick wall on the left with some banquette seating, and the bar on the wall. The wall is covered with some art -- not prints. It seems a lot nicer than most of the nasty shit people hang on walls these days. They still have the original floors in the place -- they look like oak. There is also some seating in the back room, with a smaller bar.

I was there on a Thursday night. It wasn't too hectic. I'm not sure if it was because of the weather or if this was a typical scene. There were no old people that I could see in the place. There were also not many couples there. Most of the crowd was women. I would probably say that they would in their late-20s to the early-30s range. There was a group of 4 sitting close by. They were decent looking. Mind you they struck me as more a square-toed-high-heel-type than the pointy-high-heels variety.

The service is pretty relaxed and casual. They staff look really bohemian -- you know the struggling artist with no talent look. I generally don't have an issue with causal, but it would be kind of hard to tell the difference between the staff and the customers here. They were playing some stuff by the Beatles as the background music. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, but not my first choice.

I didn't have any wine, but they seem to have a fairly extensive offering of bottles with some available by the glass. The markup seemed to reasonable -- about 2.5 times LCBO prices. Mind you I doubt you'll find anything that will really impress you, but you should be able to find something acceptable.

I started with a clam chowder and had the bouillabaisse as my main. After I had placed my order I hear the waitress describing the clam chowder as being different from most clam chowders because they use a tomato base. Well that might be interesting decision, it also means that it isn't a clam chowder anymore and perhaps a more suitable name may be appropriate. Also if you plan to use a tomato base for the soup it would be helpful if you used fresh tomatoes because it would taste better. The bouillabaisse also turned out to have the same tomato base, also not a good improvisation. For a french bistro they do use a lot of tomatoes. I'm not sure if whoever's cooking doesn't know how to make a fish stock to use in the bouillabaisse, but it would have helped. The bouillabaisse also had a lot of mussels and clams, at the expense of other types of seafood. Definitely not one of high points in the menu.

I had a taste of the stuff chicken breast. It wasn't undercooked or anything. It tasted like roast chicken. The serving was absolutely huge (as was the bouillabaisse). I find it hard to believe that they have such a large female clientele with servings this big. They also don't really plate the food very well. Its just heaps of food -- kind of like what you see at one of those Portuguese BBQ chicken joints.

The place isn't really cheap either: a couple of drinks 2 chowders and 2 mains came out to $70 not including the tip.

Overall, I was not impressed at all with the food -- even though I kind of liked the look of the place. They need to put a lot more effort into the presentation of the food as well as actually cooking good food and the appearance of the staff. They might start by hiring a real chef instead of whoever's cooking right now. Bodega is far better in terms of what you get for a similar price, e.g., the staff look like staff, the food is plated well, etc. You could also get a lot better meal for the money at the Foxley.

There are better places to eat and hang out.

Rating: 0 Bunnies

Notes on the Bunny Rating System:

• 0 or no Bunnies, it's a waste of time; don't go.
• 1 Bunny, the place is worth checking out.
• 2 Bunnies, you should go out of your way to check out the place; the food is really good and the place is cool.
• 3 Bunnies, you absolutely have to go there; the food is exceptional and the place is really cool

Real Estate Agent Ads

I've been noticing a lot of real estate agents like to advertise on the street. Its interesting though because they put the ads on the garbage/recycling bins. So I guess when someone is throwing out their garbage or depositing their recycling they might think that they could use the real estate agent in the garbage can.

Here are a couple that really grabbed my attention. These are all high resolution so just click to get the bigger image.




This agent specializes in servicing women. I guess her deal is that she can relate to a woman and guide her through this whole process of finding and buying a house because they need an advisor because they're doing it alone.

I think that's a good idea, but why don't women real estate agents specialize in serving men. I mean it might useful for a single man to get some advice on what would be the foundation of a good bachelor pad. For example, what colours make women feel more comfortable in a space? Are you better off with open concept or something that is broken up into rooms? Is my kitchen chick friendly? Should I have a bathtub in the master ensuite?

I think it would be really important to get the answers to these questions provided by women. If you think about the size of the commissions involved it would be great to get answers to these and know that you'll be set up.

I wonder what other services a full service agent like Janice (above) could provided. I mean a regular agent could tell your getting a good deal and your not overpaying and you can afford it. But I guess the old saying about real estate agents applies "A real estate agent will tell you anything." Sure its a great time to sell. Sure its a great time to buy.


This is where an agent like Janice can provide a really useful service. Suppose you're undecided about what to do and you don't know whether to up your initial offer, for example. Janice senses your indecision and helps you make up your mind by giving you a blow job and then telling you if buy the place you can expect to get something like every night because you're buying a real pimp pad. I would probably be more inclined to buy the place then I would with the usual agent comments: "Great location", "This a real bargain" etc. You know for the kind of commissions that agents get these days (2% of the purchase price) it makes sense to get a little something extra thrown in if your agent looks like Janice here.

This another ad that caught my attention. This one seems to be appealing to my intellect. I would almost buy into that if I didn't see the glamour shot of the middle eastern chick. Once I saw that my mind really started to wonder.


After wandering for a few seconds I kind of focused in on the lips, which seem really suggestive to me. Have a close look at the picture.




If you look at this picture you'll notice that her skin looks really pail and she's wearing white and her dark hair forms a border or frame. So what really stands out is that her lips are really red and feature prominently in the middle of the image. So I'm thinking that there is a subliminal message in the ad. Something like " use me as a real estate agent and you get a blow job".

That's my interpretation. I mean my imagination could be really running wild, but this is a really suggestive image if you ask me.

Digital Cameras and the Internet

I'm willing to wager some money that 10 years ago pictures like the ones I'm posting would be really hard to find. I think its the spread of websites like myspace and facebook that has really led to uptake in the upload of pictures of this.

But I wonder if girls were always thinking of taking pictures like this, but couldn't because they didn't want some pervert who developed the pictures to make a copy for themselves. So its digital cameras that are making easy for them to do this.

I also wonder what these girls are thinking when they take these pictures. Are they like drunk or do they have some sort adrenalin rush or are they just like bored.

I wonder .....

Cindy: I'm like so bored. Let's do something crazy.
Amanda, in reply: Hey, like, let's strip down to our thongs and take some pictures.
Cindy: Cool!

In the end, who really knows -- let's just hope they keep taking and posting the pictures (some of these are high resolution so you can get a bigger picture by clicking on the image).