Ski Biscuit (original video)

Original film of Kate making her now famous ’ski biscuits’. Lily shot this video in 2005 and Syl edited it in Dec/08 so the Martha Stewart people could see what the fuss was all about. According to Paula Q. they loooooved it and landed Kate and Rufus on the show. The rest is history…
Ski Biscuit

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Merry Christmas!

Fords and Gardencourt, synonymous with endurance.
Lily found this pic that Michèle Mercure took 12 yrs. ago
and made the card. The taupe Taurus predates DPP which is Kate’s current rusting Ford hulk.

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Bernard Derome leaves R-C’s Téléjournal, again.

This time it’s for good. The news anchor left the show in the late 90s but came back to host R-C’s Le téléjournal because of poor ratings. I guess he signed back on for 10 yrs. Bit of a sentence. Years ago (mid 90s) a bunch of us ran into him on a x-country ski [...]

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Hot Caroling tonight at the Ballz X 3 annual fest of carol singing – Il Motore, 179 Jean-Talon Ouest, 9 p.m.

There’s still time to join in the caroling at the annual Ballz, BAllz, BALLz get together tonight at Il Motore. Features The Receivers, Adam & the Amethysts and The Mittenstrings or is it the St Sauveur Four (fresh from Carnegie Hall and now appearing in Park-Ex) or both. In any case it should be great. [...]

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New York, New York! McGarrigle-Wainwright Xmas Hour – Carnegie Hall Dec 10/08

Welcome to the week that was. Rufus Wainwright the official ringleader of the McGarrigle-Wainwright Circus with his knack of bringing out the best in people managed to pull off an extraordinary feat last Wed Dec 10 spurred on as he was by Kate’s undaunted spirits and Martha W.’s placating virtues. Everyone involved rose to the [...]

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