Pretty Tight

Stay classy Adelaide and church, stay classy.

2010-08-27T13:48:00.001-04:00

Gotta love it.

Song of the Summer

2010-08-23T13:26:00.001-04:00

R does it again in a big way.

Property shines again

2010-08-20T18:04:00.001-04:00

Stay classy, dufferin and college. Stay classy

2010-08-19T12:08:00.001-04:00

Property Lights It Up

2010-08-19T11:35:00.001-04:00

My girl property always knows how to put on a show.

plaid shirt from winnipeg

2009-04-11T19:40:00.001-04:00

Matt James Live

2009-03-28T15:02:00.003-04:00

Last night I wasn't feeling too hot, but I promised an old friend of mine that I would come by his show at Bread and Circus in Toronto.

Matt James is from the north-end of Toronto, born and raised - and I've known him since I was about 16 or so. He was in a band with my best friend Dave, and he played some mean guitar.

Fast forward to the present day. It'd been a while since I had last seen Matt, but he reached out to me with an invitation to his shin dig. I recorded some of his tracks and did a little interview with him after the show. Hope you enjoy.

Fritcedric Affair

2009-03-22T17:32:00.005-04:00

Big night on the town last night, lots of parties and interesting things to do. I started out my evening at a little house party on King St W near niagara where my good friend Selector Dominique and our buddy Toni were throwing down the 7s.

It was an interesting party, attended mostly by international ESL students. I heard a lot of spanish, some Germanic tongue, and maybe some other dialects I couldn't quite place. Either way, it was a pretty tight place to start off the night.

After we kicked it for a bit with Coach and some friends, we decided it was time to leave to check out two of my favorite people in the city right now. Fritz and Cedric are gifts to us all and it's important to let them know that once in a while.
Cedric did his solo thing, and it was wonderful. Then Fritz joined him for a special encore presentation. I was, of course, in the front row.

Don't they look wonderful together? Yes, they certainly do. This party was pretty tight because it wasn't too full, there was wicked dance music, and people were having a great time. There was no wait for the bar, the service was nice, and there was this awesome patio on the fifth floor that provided a nice place to chill out.

After that we did a little bit of limbo and called it a pretty tight night.

Pretty Tight Comeback

2009-03-20T10:25:00.003-04:00

I went to check in on my boy Selector Dominique the other day to check out some of his new 7's and kick it west end style.

He treated me to some fine tunes and hospitality, digging into his collection is always a pleasure.

I sincerely suggest that you take a look at his blog and start feeling the tunes of summer.

It feels great to say, that I'm back!

Northern Yonge is luxuryrap.com

2008-11-16T00:04:00.001-05:00

The new Northern Yonge website is up.

Checker out if you want some new tunes.

ditty's blog is some real shit

2008-09-02T15:41:00.001-04:00

i have to give a shout out to ditty for this blog post. this is pretty tight indeed.

Blog Book: Page Four

2008-08-19T12:00:00.002-04:00

the heart was from the delightful gisella dela rocha, the penis and boat care of dylan le french. thanks guys.

ps favorite quote: it's brotastic! thanks laila

Blog Book: Page Three

2008-08-18T10:52:00.001-04:00

Favorite quote: I'm not a hider, I'm a midnight thief.

- Liza Property

Blog Book: Page Two

2008-08-18T10:45:00.002-04:00

Doing a bit of catching up on the old blog book.

The Blog is BACK

2008-08-11T15:35:00.000-04:00

NO CAMERA? NO PROBLEM.

shitshow at the cottage bad news for pretty tight

2008-07-23T13:08:00.003-04:00

Hey everybody

I spent a debaucherous weekend at a cottage with some friends and some naked chicks decided to tip our canoe at 3 am en-route to stealing a neighbor's gas can (so we could take out a power boat.... duh), and my camera and dignity were in my pocket. I lost both. It's ok though because i stole those ladies' clothes on their way out of the lake.

no pics till i get something new in order. i'll try my best to keep up.

Fierce Fashion Alt title: Love Ronnie's

2008-07-16T14:33:00.003-04:00

My brother from a different mother Dave, pictured here with mama liza.
Lookin forward to the cottage this weekend lauren, bottle throwing contest!
K let's take a moment to talk about ASS!
My old school buddy Shauna who never wore fierce tiger jackets to our history classes. don't you love being surprised by people from your past? i mean, in a good way.
brooooooin out super late night before we passed out uptown.

Lifestyle Continued

2008-07-16T14:26:00.003-04:00

When the weather's nice and our schedules are complimentary, we always take a ride out to my buddy Dave's boats for a little tour of our surprisingly nice waterfront.
Sometimes it doesn't even feel like toronto.
Sometimes it feels like i'm really just making propaganda.
Maybe I am.

Maybe I am.

More Proof at the Drake Underground

2008-07-16T13:58:00.005-04:00

Once a month we all get together and make an exception to the "no drake" policy to attend Mr. Jon Friis's More Proof fiesta.
At first I thought this photo was all about Jon flailing and skipping about, but then I noticed this girl who I probably shoulda talked to.
Now this one, got rather tired of my photo taking antics. Notice my bro Josh giving us the rock on.
I like a little lick now and again. Notice Mama Liza's hungry eye. K couldn't resist this all-star line-up: travis, laura (sup neighbor), some dude, your boy brian, rory them finest!
Enough said.

Now on to the dancing shots. Bounce!

Nice floors down there surprisingly. Good party jon, pretty tight man, pretty tight.

Lara goes away

2008-07-10T22:10:00.003-04:00

i'm posting the song liza and i performed for our friend Lara, who left toronto not long ago for a little trip. Hope you enjoy it. Have fun biz!

LARA DONE - Northern Yonge

Northern Yonge: Torontopeg Edition Alt Title: Takin Care of Bizness

2008-07-07T17:45:00.003-04:00

Torontopeg: Def. "The intermingling of young people from toronto and winnipeg, resulting in wild house parties attended by members of each group."
Did a little northern yonge performance at the torontopeg party, which actually celebrated the departure of young biz, off to london, then nyc. bye bye bizzie biz, see you soon.
after the show, displaying torontopeg tshirt. sorry if any girls got hurt in the giant brawl over the last two shirts.
me and mama liza, slash liza property, slash partner in crime. she rocked the house.
these photos courtesy of sarah nicole. thanks a bunch!

Adam Crunkshank

2008-07-07T17:31:00.003-04:00

Went to a house party at queen and portland hosted by our friend hanna k. thanks for a great party hannah, and thanks for inviting:
Matty K - don't see him often enough but when i do it's onnnnn.
adam crunk shank doing his thing at a loft of some sort.

ah young schumacher, always sporting the best t's.

My Garden Continued

2008-07-01T17:50:00.004-04:00

2008-07-01T17:50:00.001-04:00

Garden Party Chronicles: Part I

2008-06-30T10:49:00.005-04:00

It's not often that I get to go hang out with my old buddy Rachel, so when she throws a garden party i just make time to stop by. With my possie, obviously.
Dave, Dave, Dave. It's good to have you back, we missed your antics.
Here's the birthday girl, pictured with me, and map.

I have no further comment except to say that I promised not to publish the photos of Dave trying to get all up in that Liza.

Rachel's mom's an architect. My mom is an architecture critic. We both grew up with modern furniture. I like that.

An Te Liu: Style and Epoch.

2008-06-30T10:31:00.003-04:00

Got up at 9 today because last night I went to bed really early. So I thought to myself, let's bang out some blog posts before I completely forget the wheres, whens and whos that go along with this Canada Day long weekend. Below we see me and An Te Liu, where he opened his show Style and Epoch at the MKG gallery on grand old Ossington Ave. I don't go to art shows without my trusted companion Paul. Not only does Paul's demeaner and style command respect and admiration from those who surround him, he's in the art business, and his advice over the years has proven to be priceless.
And of course, my eccentric sister, (and recently-arrived roomate - sorry about waking you up the other night btw - you know how it is when Dave's in town...) chit-chatting with some of her Berlin friends who were in town. Notice Sputnik handbag. Well done Clara, well done.
The artist himself, deeply immersed in conversation with another Berliner.
Art is fun.

Northern Yonge goes to G-Unit

2008-06-23T15:37:00.000-04:00

Sweaty Betty's BBQ

2008-06-23T13:45:00.003-04:00

Flowers and Chicks

2008-06-23T12:37:00.003-04:00

One of the best parts about living in the west side is the roses and other flowers that really bring out the best in our neighborhood. Here are a few I snapped when we were en route to the beacs for a few drinks.
The best part about it is that the gardens here will only get better and better as the summer goes on. So i'll keep you all posted.
One of our favorites west side ladies, rachel, doing her thang behind the bar at the beacs.
Cameron, me, and sarah.

Eglington West: Alt Title: More Flex

2008-06-23T11:19:00.003-04:00

Bicycle Art Show at Studio Gallery PT II

2008-06-23T11:02:00.002-04:00

Bicycle Art Show at Studio Gallery

2008-06-23T10:41:00.004-04:00

This past Thursday I had the pleasure of attending an art show put on by two of my old friends Avery and Vanessa of Studio Gallery and Agency.

As part of the Bicycle Film Festival, the show celebrated our favorite way to get around the city. The piece above is done by an extremely interesting guy named Ben Schumacher, who posts his work on his awsome blog.
Here's Nick Fox and me in front of the piece he did for the show. Nick helped me out with a lot of the Northern Yonge branding, and we ate tons of vietnamese food while he worked with Studio Agency on some web design projects.
One of my favorite favorite people in the world, Mathieu, AKA Ndeur, and me in front of the piece he did for the show. Mathieu is establishing himself as one of the most accomplished young designers/artists around. His customized pumps and vintage heels are driving the buzz but just you wait until this guy can unleash his full creative energy: this guy paints, draws, designs websites, makes furniture, clothing, anything and everything.

Here we are, Mr. Ben Schumacher and me standing in front of one of his photographs which was shown at Studio Gallery. Nuff said.

COLD AS ICE

2008-06-17T15:54:00.001-04:00

West End Sunshine

2008-06-16T11:43:00.004-04:00

My Garden

2008-06-11T10:28:00.002-04:00

As some of you may know, I have a pretty tight garden. I decided to post this post for anyone and everyone who doesn't have one. These are purple irises, which are really pretty.

These ones smell really nice.

These ones are white peonies, which only bloom with the help of little tiny ants. They also smell really nice, but if you're gonna take them inside you have to shake them upside down.

This is another iris.

Not quite sure what this one is yet, i'll ask mom and get back to you.

Hope you enjoyed the photos.

Leonard Cohen Live in Toronto: Alternate Title: Leonard taught me how to love.

2008-06-10T16:45:00.005-04:00

Last night I had the distinct pleasure of attending one of Leonard Cohen's last performances at the center formerly known as hummingbird.The tickets were pretty expensive, but he played for three hours, which ain't bad for a guy who's last concert was 15 years ago (when he was 60).

At the end of his second set (before the encore), we threw him red roses. He was nice enough to pick them up and sing a song with them.

He might be old, he might be frail, but he's still amazing.

There's no need for me to say that last night was pretty tight.

And here's a special treat.
I am your man - Leonard Cohen

A Thousand Kisses Deep - Leonard Cohen

this machine kills fascists.

2008-06-08T22:32:00.002-04:00

i really don't care if you get it or not.

believe it or not, toronto actually IS a city

2008-06-08T22:18:00.004-04:00

I know it doesn't always feel this way, but sometimes toronto actually feels like a bigger city. by sometimes, i mean only when you're on the 24th floor of a downtown hotel. we just stopped in at a visiting friend's hotel room after we finished upat the symphony. I love sound check. you can take a girl out there (if you can find a decent one in this city), pay six bucks for the tickets, maybe spend a little more for some intermission flutes of champagne, but all in all, it's cheap, it's culture, and it just makes you feel good.
I'm one of those really lucky guys that actually has a wicked sibling. I feel that sometimes people have siblings that aren't fun to hang out with, and there's not much one can do about that. I'm just lucky. I'm not even lying either, check out clara's blog if you don't believe how cool she is.
Paul is one of my closest friends. He is moving back to new york in august. we're all going to miss him. te voy a extranar amigo.
And so i can say, with confidence, that this past weekend was pretty tight.

yeah I'd take her back to my room at the Parkview Arms

2008-06-08T21:40:00.004-04:00

We met these guys at an apartment-warming party last week, they were actually good times. I don't 'not' get along with other dudes, but it's nice when you meet folk that don't piss you off, they just chill out and make the party better. Full party points to these guys. If Dylan doesn't "already" have a room at the Parkview Arms, he should get one.
But enough of that monkey business, let's get down to BIZZZZness. Daniella is yet another stunner from Winnipeg (notice how she reps the W). Obviously this photo was taken at sweaty betty's. She's even cooler for actually asking the bartender for one of those save Darfur postcards they mail out for you.
And so we ended up at the beaconsfield to celebrate the birthday of my friend Sarah. Turns out Sarah lives in the blessed side, not a few blocks away from my house. She gets full points for living in the best neighborhood, full party points, and full fitness points.
And I'm always glad to be able to say that, all in all, last weekend was pretty tight.

Winnipeg House Party in Toronto

2008-06-02T11:46:00.004-04:00

So I was hanging out with some old and new friends this past weekend, most of them coming from Canada's bread basket - Winnipeg. Now you see, Winnipeg holds a special place in my heart, because that's where my mom's from. I've spent time there over the years, but not much - and I never made a lot of friends there outside of my (huge) family.

So I guess it's not surprising that I met all my Winnipeg friends in Toronto, and they really bring a different energy to the party. If any of you have ever been to the windy corner of portage and main, you'd know that the only way to keep warm (and entertained) is to challenge your liver to a death match of epic proportions.
There's actually many reasons to like Winnipeg, but even more reasons to be fascinated by it. But I digress, just wanted to say that my friends from Winnipeg are entirely awsome, and hanging out with all of them really made my weekend.

Molotov Mashup at Cocktail Molotov

2008-06-01T16:06:00.006-04:00

Every second Friday night there's a party at Cocktail Molotov called the MOLOTOV MASHUP

It's hosted by Selecta Dominique, who's put together a wicked set of mixes on his blog. It's every second Friday, and it's always hit or miss. Sometimes it'll honestly be eight or nine of us hanging out by the bar or on the patio, but sometimes the place gets ridiculously packed. Either way, i consider it a mandatory event on my social calendar.
Last night my sister came out.
Me with Alexi the night before he headed back to Amsterdam.
Me and some of my favorite friends, Em and Crystal. Both so classy, so charming, just two breaths of fresh air.

The Brothers Perin

2008-05-29T12:55:00.003-04:00

This is my friend Alexi Perin, he lives in Amsterdam now but he's born and raised WEST SIDE!
Dominique and Alexi, throwing up the guns

The WEST SIDE PRIDE. Funny story though actually these guys used to babysit me when i was but a little west-ender.

Good Genes

2008-05-28T12:00:00.002-04:00

My mom

Dakota Is Fun On Sunday Nights

2008-05-26T16:03:00.004-04:00

They call her Property, Liza Property
I guess it's sorta lame i don't really remember the name of this band, but i've seen them a few times on sunday nights at the dakota tavern. They play really good blue grass / rockabilly although lately the've been getting really intense and crazy in their shows - maybe a little too much. But these boys still know how to jam it out.

Mean Girls

2008-05-26T15:57:00.003-04:00

She's my sunday boss
The Sunday BBQ at Sweaty Betty's is really turning into a neighborhood institution. Especially since i love mean chicks.

90210 Dylan and Brenda

2008-05-26T15:51:00.002-04:00

MO FIAH!

2008-05-24T14:10:00.001-04:00

Pirate's House with Matty K and Big Ben

2008-05-24T13:28:00.000-04:00

Shit La Merde and Matty K

2008-05-24T13:24:00.001-04:00

Sup Sup that's dylan, me adam
The originator of the sup, the one the only mr matty k
BBQ CHAMPS

Frisbee in the Dufferin Grove

2008-04-29T16:42:00.000-04:00