Car Modern 2011

The Canoe Landing Park and it's bright and gloriously red canoe sits beside the Gardiner Expressway. It's bigger than you think and sits at the apex of the slope rising from the street towards the south. You can see my picture of the park taken from the Gardiner on my post here. It is definitely a visually rich park, perfect for lounging in the sun and walking the dog.
The open space park overlooks a soccer field and provides an outstanding view of the downtown condos and the CN Tower. It looks like you are in a painting when you are beside or in the canoe. There is a gigantic fishing bobber art installation near the street - bobbers, you know those things that go up and down in the water when fish are biting.

The Toronto Maple Leafs maybe out of playoff contention, but for many of the hockey team's fans this is nothing new. There is still time to take pleasure in going to the game, downing a few ice cold beers and cheering on the lovable losers. A pair of guys in stretchy blue outfits, from the toes to the head, walked towards the Air Canada Centre - sponsored by Highway 407 ETR.

The Maple Leafs played a game against the Montreal Canadians at the Air Canada Centre Saturday, April 9, 2011 and lost 4-1. The small blue man group must be more blue watching the loss, which I didn't think possible; poor blue, blue men.

April 9, 2011 at 6:30pm (doors open) in Downsview Park's Hanger is where two mighty Toronto Roller Derby teams go wheel to wheel, lingerie to lingerie, and put the hurtin' on. The almost unstoppable Gore Gore Rollergirls, resplendent in leopard print uniforms, go against the Chicks Ahoy dressed in green and black. The Chicks know how to fight and will try to crush the Rollergirls so the Chick's Jammers will have to put the hammer down.
The Chick's hammer came up short as the Gore Gores won the battle with a final score of 132 to 83. It had been so close up to half time - then the Gores staged a rally after the break. Members of the Toronto Argonauts were at the game (they even blew the whistle to officially start the game) and I think they may have been intimidated by the hits the girls were giving and getting. They met a few of their own fans at the derby game.

Hobbystar Marketing gives back to the Fans during a special FREE Toronto ComicCON event at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.  This Fan Appreciation event runs April 9 and 10, 2011 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Comics, Illustrated books and cosplay are a big part of the show and there were some really interesting costumes. Don't forget the Fan Expo Canada which is coming to Town August 25-28, 2011.
The program schedule has two full days of entertainment and I looked forward to seeing Richard Hatch  (above) from Battlestar Galactica and the sad guy (Alan Ruck, pictured below) from Ferris Bueler's Day Off among many other entertainment guests.

• Q&A with Industry Legends Geof Darrow and Bob McLeod
• Sketch Duel: Chris Sprouse and Patrick Gleason
• Q&A with Battlestar Galactica's Richard Hatch
• Workshop: Drawing the Human Figure from Memory with Ty Templeton
• Q&A with Actor Alan Ruck

• Q&A with Actor Dominic Keating
• Sketch Duel: Khoi Pham and Marcus To
• Q&A with Anime Voice Actors Jaimi Marchi and Trina Nishimura
• Workshop: Comic Book Penciling and Inking with Leonard Kirk

Full leather outfits are a little binding, so cut out the ass and feel the breeze in your new chaps. You can then use your chaps on the trip to Port Dover on Friday, May 13th 2011. It will be a little cooler this May as compared to last year's August run so you might actually want to leave the ass in your motorcycle pants.
The show was smaller than I thought it would be and didn't have that much going on but it had some beautiful models and a couple of really far out choppers on display.