TIAF Gala 2008

In summary:

The place was full of {

• look-alike women with hair like Jennifer Aniston and their latest purchase from Holt Renfrew (one even wore a hideous dress in Holts pink!) – yet another sign that I should stop shopping at Holts;
• look-alike men that just got off their white collar jobs;
• look-alike photographers;
• look-alike contemporary Canadian art;
• fake boobs, fake noses, fake skin, fake girlfriend;

}

Overheard women {

• “Oh, I just bought this from Holts” times billion million;
• “Oh, I can’t believe she’s wearing my dress”;
• “Oh, I just bought my second horse”;
• “Oh, I decorate my place by myself”;
• “Oh, isn’t this clever enough to go into our study?”;
• “Oh, I think getaways are necessary at least once a month”

}

Overheard men {

• “Julie’s decorating our house”;
• “You won’t believe what she just bought… again! You wouldn’t even know times are tough”;
• “We had to fire our second maid the other day”;
• “Everything here looks the same”;
• <Blackberry clicking>;

}

Overheard artists {

• “Are you a doctor?”;
• “I see money but I don’t feel the money”;
• “The food sucks”;
• “Um… Donna Karen?”;
• “This fair was completely unnecessary”;
• “God I hope someone buys this, I need to pay rent”;
• “This is my life” <points to weding ring>;

}

Outstanding pieces {

• Rosy Rox’s bejewelled whips;
• Rob Water’s sacridelicious “Control”;
• Craig LeBlanc’s “Slurp”;
• Thierry Loa’s matrixy “Come to the Secret Location”;
• Willian Mokynski’s DIY “Tu Too Pink”;
• Dominique Gauche’s Damien Hirsty “Showpiece”;
• AY Jackson’s sole Canadiana;
• Dean Drever’s playful “Yellow Kodiak”;
• Jean Robert Drouillard’s “Salesmen in poetry”;

} else = CRAP!

About my experience {

• Siya++;
• Ran into Dr. Hello;
• Shoes hurt;
• Mom’s clothes;
• Faux socialite;
• Drank too much;
• Razzleberry drink on my purse;
• No flash is best;
• Saw nothing I liked that I could buy;
• Not enough bedazzled Maos;
• Why are there no Asians?;
• Grew shameful of my Holts addiction – the place was like an intervention for my burgeoning habit;
• Saw an old crush ;

}

But you are just here to see the pictures, yeah?