Big Bunny's Girl of the Month: Gina Lynn

This month keep's the latin flavour and features Gina Lynn, although it's not readily apparent from the pictures -- she's not a real blonde. Gina has puerto rican and italian parents, started working as a stripper in her senior year at a catholic high school (according to wikepedia) and then progressed to working as a model and finally as a porn star, appearing in such classics such as "Drowning in Bitch Juice 3", "Oil Overload" -- a favourite of mine, "Big Tits at Work" and "Breast Seller 2" among many others (appearing in more than 100 fils). But Gina isn't an actress she also works behind the camera as a director -- talented and hot -- directing such features as Ultimate Feast 2 and 3, Black Attack 2 and some releases in the the Filthy Ho's and Fresh Breed series.

I'm sorry that this one is light on the pictures, but there is lack of jpeg's out there.

Real Estate Signs: A New Media Outlet

The street side garbage/recycling receptacles is a major outlet for real estate agents to advertise. But lately I've been noticing that some agents have been going upmarket. I guess its too degrading to have your image and slogan just below a garbage receptacle and get garbage and stuff seeping down on your brand.

The bus shelter sign is the new garbage can sign.

Check this one out.

"A new standard of excellence", as opposed to the old standard of excellence? Why not "Excellence in excellence!"?

This guy even has a little ad campaign going.


He's got a strategy that he's selling you. He has 74 options to choice from to help you.
First, he tells you his method 12.

Then he's got his method 31.



What I don't get is if he actually buys ads for all his methods? Probably not, because then he would just be giving away his secret to other real estate agents who would track down his signs or read this blog.

But I'm going to keep an eye for more ads from him to see if he reveals his secrets.

Big Bunny's Girl of the Month: Eva Mendes

The temperature's starting to drop, so lets warm up around the hot and sultry Eva Mendes. Eva joins Selma Hayek as Campari calendar girls who are also girls of the month.

Real Estate Divas?

This caught my eye. I remember there being 2 divas before, but the flip side of the sign didn't have the other diva.


Here's the original sign

There should be 2 of them one that looks like Peg Bundy and another one.

I wonder what happened to the other diva? Maybe the lifestyle for a real estate diva is too fast paced -- drinks at a cougar bar, drinks at divorcee night at some hotel bar bear the airport, late dinners at Red Lobster or the Keg -- and she burned out. Or maybe they got into a fight. Peg might have stolen the other ones boyfriend or something.

hmmmmmm.........

I'm not sure we'll ever know for sure.

Tati Revisted

I've previously reviewed this spot, and while it wasn't a disaster it wasn't overwhelming either. But things can change over time.

I didn't know this until this summer, but apparently this place is named after the french comedian/director Jacques Tati. They also have a movie poster for one of his films when you first come in. Kind of neat. Better than picking something like "Wild Thing". Have to tip my cap to the owner on this one.

The scene is still pretty mixed, but does lean more heavily to the young side. The musical selections are always pretty decent. You can hear anything from some indie rock stuff to miles davis stuff from the 2nd great quintet.

The service is casual and friendly. They have an all girl crew working here. One is a holdover from earlier in the year, but the rest seem new. They all kind of share. So you can get served by any of them, especially on a busy night. Some of the waitresses are pretty hot as well. The Saturday night crew is particularly noteworthy. There are 2 blonds and a brunette who will give anyone who's a little bit of pervert a bit of exercise for their neck muscles. I have to tip my cap to the owner on this one as well.

The wine list here is pretty well stocked. I've never been disappointed by the wines I've had here. Like a lot of places a lot of the better wines are in the $80-$100 or above range. However, unlike a lot of other places you can still work the wine list for a really good choice in the $40-50 range. I had this really great California Zinfandel there and it was about $48. They also have a Malbec there that they sell by the glass, which is really good. I had a glass and i could smell the bouquet without doing anything to it. I think a bottle is in the low $40 range.

The appetizers are always pretty good. The snails are really good as is the salad with bits of bacon/ham. They also have an antipasto platter which has a little cheese, some cured meats, a grilled pepper, some olives, grilled calamari, grilled shrimp, ... . I know that this is not authentic french bistro fare, but the ironic thing is that the french bistro does antipasto better than a lot of Italian spots.

I think there's been some change over in the menu. I don't remember some of the things that are on there from before. But in any event, aside from the foray into the pasta, its standard french bistro. The cassolulet here is really hearty. I almost didn't finish. The serving size is pretty decent -- noteworthy since most portion sizes are shrinking as the economy goes into the shitter -- and the cassoulet is in the medium range for richness. So its not as heavy as the cassoulet at Pastis for example, but it's not a light weight either. They also have this monk fish that they prepare like a lobster, which is quite good. It might actually be the lightest main on the menu. I say lightest because the most of the mains are really rich or filling. Take the black cod. I thought that this would have been pretty light, but I think they cooked it in a lot of butter and it comes with this truffle oil mash potatoes -- so it was pretty hard to finish. I'd say the fall back options on the menu would be anything with frites: the steak, the bavette and the mussels (when they're in season -- months with an r in them).

The deserts are pretty decent. The coffee was a real weak point during my earlier visits. But one of the new girls is doing a lot better job. The coffee is decent now -- it would definitely be better than Starbucks now -- so its drinkable.

This is definitely a medium price range place, your looking at $100 or so for dinner with a few glasses of wine. They also have a decent looking fixed price menu on Sunday to Wednesday for $25.

Overall, not too shabby. A nice little spot to go for dinner for two or for bigger groups if you're looking for a french bistro with a younger scene.

Rating: 1 Bunny

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

Keepin' It Realtor

I found this site just today: Keepin' It Realtor. They take submissions of real estate ads and post them. They also hand out an award on the ad.

I'm not sure, but it looks like its based here in Toronto because a lot of the ads look like they're from here or maybe they have a lot of readers from Toronto. I guess some people have submitted some ads that I had posted previously.

Its great to see another blog pop up and devote itself to the sharing of these great ads. I haven't done a real estate sign post in a while, but I'll have a few for you in the next weeks.

Spotlight on Gear: Aladdin Style Footwear

If you need something to rock to the club and get ready for the ladies how about these.







I'll have to admit, I'm not sure if the Aladdin thing is played out and you're supposed to be moving to a more duck feet kind of look. In any event, lets have a closer look.

Here's something with the edgy Aladdin toe



You see that it comes to a point and curves up. This is the style that I thought was on the leading edge of douche bag fashion.

But when you see them along these two with wider and flatter fronts as well as a bit of snakeskin pattern, I'm not so sure what the leading edge of douche bag fashion is anymore.



These ones have a wider toe, but have a bit of the arc associated with the Aladdin style toe. Could they be some sort of hybrid style?



Now the metal tip on these toes is clearly late-1980s or early-1990s gino. This might be a retro look or could it be a revival?



The Mondrian style colour blocking on these is a really different detail. You don't see that every day, so I guess that's going to grab a lot of attention when you rock them to the club.