CARRIE BRADSHAW FOR RENT

It is wedding season. You can tell by the proliferation of wedding movies, most of them inevitably starring Anna Kendrick.  Hello Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates and Table 19.
 

So instead of going out and blowing serious cash on a dress you will never wear again, why not rent one or two or three? See, this is a full-service blog. You can even get dresses that could have conceivably come out of Carrie Bradshaw’s closet.

Read on McDuff.

C’mon, can’t you see Sarah Jessica Parker wearing this number? It is one of the pieces available at Fitzroy Boutique (98 Ossington Ave.) that offers everything from a basic LBD to feathers and serious frou-frou. And it will only set you back as little as $50 for four days including dry cleaning.

Think of how that could simplify your wardrobe for TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) parties. Call 647-520-7907 for more info. You’re welcome.

Fitzroy Boutique also has merch for sale, like this cool satin bomber jacket that could have come out of Drake’s closet if he were prone to wearing shrunken clothing.

I am all about lighting. Friends claim that my place looks like the showroom for Lighting Unlimited. I have run out of outlets and surfaces. But what’s not to love about this monkey lamp available at V de V at 120 Ossington Ave.?

Quel fromage? Why is it that the skinny girls are the prime feeders at a cheese buffet? They were all over the goodies at a recent re-branding cocktailer for Toronto Premium Outlets held at Faulhaber Communications headquarters.

A ringer for young activist Angela Davis, on the subway. Google her if you don’t believe me.

I told you the heart sculpture at the Distillery was a romance magnet. A wedding party preps for a photo op.

Beer and water chaser at Betty’s pub in Corktown. It was formerly called The Betty Ford Clinic but I inadvertently got them busted when I interviewed actor Steven Ford for his private investigator role on The Young and the Restless soap. I asked something inane like “was he going to have a drink at his mother’s namesake pub” and he was clearly stirred and shaken. Turns out the Fords didn’t have a sense of humour or irony about it and issued the pub a cease and desist order so it became Betty’s. But not before I scored a T-shirt and ball cap with the Betty Ford Clinic emblazoned on them. Wearing a Betty Ford Clinic piece of apparel while consuming vast quantities of alcohol raises more than a few eyebrows, I can assure you. I even have a great Michael Caine story about that.

Killer rabbit plaque at Blackbird Vintage Finds in the Distillery district, my go-to for goth ephemera.

A vintage truck in an alleyway in the Distillery District. It was probably used in the film Cinderella Man, shot at the Distillery starring Russell Crowe and Renée Zellweger way back when she still had her original face.

Insomnia and Amnesia, two restaurants that are kitty-corner at Bathurst and Bloor. “I’m always tired, but I can’t remember why.”