What's Your Plan For The Summer?

Gotta love this city...MTL is definetly a nice place to enjoy summer, even when it's raining...with all the festivals, concerts, exhibits, etc it's impossible to get bored...luckilly for me i'm stuck here this summer and here are some suggestions to have a good time...let's meet up!

] May 27-31: Mutek music, sound and new tech festival
] May 30: The Peer Pressure Block Party

] Jun 3: Grand Opening of Terasses Bonsecours
] Jun 3-4: Roberto Benigni
] Jun 4: Santigold @ Metropolis
] Jun 5: Underworld x Circa Montreal shoe release party with DJ Arock
] Jun 10: Dave Matthews Band - Special Guest: Femi Kuti @ Parc Jean Drapeau
] Jun 11: Macaroni Bar Garden Terrace Grand Opening
] Jun 11-14: Nuit blanche sur tableau noir
] Jun 13-Aug 15: International des feux Loto-Québec
] Jun 18-27: The OFF Festival de Jazz

] Jul 05: Femi Kuti @ Metropolis
] Jul 1-12: Montreal International Jazz Festival
] Jul 2-5: FIMA – Festival international Montréal en Arts
] Jul 3-26: Comedy festival Just for laughs/Juste pour rire
] Jul 11, 12, 13: Montreal Reggae Festival
] Jul 16-Aug 3: Fantasia Film Fest
] Jul 30-Aug 2: Osheaga music & arts festival
] Jul 30-Aug 9: Les FrancoFolies

] Aug 9-17: Italian Week
] Aug 13-16: FestiBlues
] Aug 27-Sept 7: Montreal World Film Festival
] Aug 29, 30: NAPA Auto Parts 200

] Any Saturday: @ Koko
] Any Saturday: @ Buonanotte
] Any Saturday: @ Time Supper Club
] Any Given Sunday: BBQ @ Suco
] Any Day ot the Week: @ Barroco

Brunch / Coffee Breaks:
] Le Cartet
] Anton & James

The BIG Game

Tomorrow will be held the 54th final of the UEFA Champions League tournament in Rome (*snif snif*..can't believe i'll be missing it...why did i leave Rome again?)....
When all eyes in the States are focusing on the NBA Playoffs, half the world will be staring at this major event..this tournament is said to be all soccer players biggest dream....

The face off will be between Barcelona and Manchester United (last year's champions) and it will be played @ Stadio Olimpico (home stadium of Roma's & Lazio's soccer clubs)....

Both team arrived around noon today in Rome and went straight to their respective hotels (not even a kilometer separating them)...fanatics were at the rendez-vous of course....

Manchester United won this title 3 times (1968 - 1999 - 2008) and Barca twice (1992 - 2006) and the UEFA Champions League final will be held for the 4th time in Rome (1977 - Liverpool, 1984 - Liverpool and 1996 - Juventus (Forza Juve for Life!!))...

After a doubtful game against Chelsea, Barcelona will definetly have to prove that they deserve to dispute this final by winning only...

Now all soccer pros & fans will tell you that a soccer game result depends on the game quality of the teams BUT ALSO on the referee calls...hmmmmm....


Massimo Busacca will be the MC for tomorrow's game...hmmmmm....
Mr. Busacca have a certain history in refereeing major soccer match ups..
Ukraine vs Spain (during World Cup)..gave a red card against Ukraine and awarded a non existing penalty kick to Spain..then later on in the same game..same action occured in favor of Ukraine..guess what? yes, he didn't blow the whistle...........
Argentina vs Mexico (during World Cup again)..Heinze (Argentine's defender) should've gotten a red card since he was the last defender before the goalkeeper and comitted a foul..guess what? yes he got a yellow card only (might seem like this is not a big of a deal but it's a terrible mistake)...

Anyway, tomorrow i'll be sopcasting the game of course, pretending to work and trying no to shout out my emotions....

Both teams are already their league champions and adding an extra trophy in the stand will definetly resume as a historic UEFA Champions League final not to miss....



GO BARCA GO!! (since they doubtfully knocked out Chelsea who knocked out Juventus....no comment please)

@dembus

My Cities Are 20th & 12th

After the Top99 Women of 2009 (GO MENDES GO!) and the Top49 Most Influential Men (2008 - Mr. President Obama), AskMen.com locked the Top29 Best Cities to Live in for men (2009 edition).
Their Top-whatever- are good reviews on many and diverse categories and is also another way to keep track on stuff not to miss around the globe..of course, not all the Tops are to be taken seriously (personal opinion)...

To check the Top pages click here...

Back to the Top29 Cities...

Criterias are based on:
- 2009 Liveability
- Sports & Entertainment
- Culture
- Fashion
- Health
- Power & Money
- Dating & Sex
- The Good Life

Born and raised in Rome - 12th

AskMen said: "With over 2,000 years of continuous history and architecture, which can be explored with a meandering walk through its surprisingly compact center, Rome is a feast of culture and style [...] With hundreds of incredible restaurants and cool bars to choose from, there’s no shortage of places to take one of Rome’s 850,000 single women on a date."

I say: "YESSIR!" seriously, Rome is one of the best city i ever lived in...the culture, the people, the ladies, the food, the language, the LADIES, the architecture, the weather, THE LADIES, the motorini*, the traffic, the public transportation...are UNIQUE!!
The Dolce Vita is definetly there and nowhere else....



Currently in Montreal - 20th

"A little piece of Europe in North America [...] Great food and fine dining are both givens, but as added appeal keep in mind it’s been said that the most beautiful women in the world are from Montreal. If you take a walk down St. Laurent Blvd. on a hot and steamy summer’s night, it’s hard to disagree. Not only are the women beautiful, but almost half of them are single."

Definetly true..100% right..that's what i am actually living over here...but the most beautiful women in the world aren't from here (personal opinion of course)...

This reminds me of a comment a C4L** bro said one night, walking up and down St. Laurent boulevard: "Hey ladies! you make Montreal the most beautiful city on earth!"..he just got a thank you out of it though...sucks....

Anyway, i'm not convinced with Dating & Sex for Montreal being so low...hellooo?!?! (reaction based on other people experience)...



#1: Chicago



"Chicago strikes the perfect balance between cosmopolitan and comfortable, combining all of the culture, entertainment and sophistication of an internationally renowned destination with an affordable lifestyle and down-to-earth work hard/play hard character."

Got to visit i guess...

What about your city?


ps: Guys, don't miss out the galleries...


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*motorino: scooter...
**C4L: the crew...

Can't Stop Feelin These Ish...

"hey, do you have any black inside you? would you like some?"

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"baby i wanna see you work - see you dance
without no shirt - without those pants
pop champagne aint a damn thing change "

Tonight @ KOKO

Ok so here's the deal..summer is knocking at the door here in Montreal..hmmm actually we are the ones knocking at his door....no long stretches of sunny days yet *sigh*...anyway.....cool thing about MTL during this period are the festivals, expos, restaurants, open spaces but the thing i dig the most (- of course - for those who know me) are the clubs/terasse all over the city...

back in the days i used to go out 5 nights a week..now i'm down to 2 *sigh again* so i can tell that clubbing in MTL is one of the thing i do best..YESSIR!!....just last night i received a BBM from my buddy Nizar asking "i'm downtown, where can i go beside Med or Barroco?"....some see me as a reference for partying-chilling-in-montreal-with-no-cover..me i say it just happened that i rather go out at night than sleep tight because the next day i got to get to work. period.
Anyway tonight is all about Koko...my C4L* bro, let's call him "er secco" is in town....just like me, he is more into sippin coffees with buddies, watching people come and go and debating on serious stuff like "Monica Bellucci or Eva Mendes?".....as soon as we mentionned Koko, his eyes lit, sparkled, glowed, whateved....sure thing he remembered about las saturday was NO UGLY LADY IN THIS ISH!!!! best believe..walking in there is like walking in hell**..no bitchassness, no uglyness, no showing offness, no dont-know-how-to-dress..just classy people having a good time, sippin on their drinks, dancing, and discussing...matter of fact, last saturday i don't even remember what kind of music was playing...too much focused on her & her & her also & even her....drinks pouring..."redbull wannabe" in my system (they don't sell the redbull actually..sucks)..bumping into friends, spilling drinks on her dress..offering glasses to her, him, them...errthing was great!!!
so tonight, guess what cherie? I'M @ KOKO AGAIN...

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*C4L: the crew...
**hell: personal belief --> ladies are from hell...