Month: March 2011

Here are a couple of nice super moon pictures courtesy of a Flikr site based in San Francisco

The Royal Bank (RBC) at Bayview and Belsize will have what is being called a “First time home buyers seminar”. It will be run by Luciano Guarino (inset) who is known to the bank as a Mobile Mortgage Specialist. The date is Thursday March 24, 2011 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm at the branch. Attendance is by RSVP by Monday, March 21, 2011. You can call at 416-974-8894 or 416-974-7932 Mr. Guarino will no doubt be looking for new business but it may be a good chance to get a few tips on how to construct your home-buying and mortgage plans.

The long-suffering residents of MiIllwood Road on the Leaside side are living through yet another disruption. Rabcon Contractors are working their way east on Millwood, replacing connections to residences. And it’s going to be a few more weeks. Rabcon incidentally is the water and sewer main contractor contracted by the City to makes these repairs. Their website says they work extensively with Toronto Water on sewer and water main construction, sewer and water connection services and on various specialized construction projects.

This wriggly fellow is one-year-old Conrad Black (no comment). He was visiting along sunny South Bayview today when we snapped these pictures.

A wonderful astronomical event will occur tomorrow night as the full moon coincides with the so-called lunar perigee. The two events will create a moon that will appear to loom larger and brighter than usual. Astronomers call it extreme supermoon. Sounds like martial arts. But chances are you will like this show. The little diagram above is very helpful in understanding the phenomenon. Click on it a couple of times to make it much larger. The event typically causes greater than usual high and low tides. Lunar perigees were previously visible in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005 but not with full moons.

The see-through dress worn by Kate Middleton to a charity way back in 2002 has been sold at auction in London for $104,860. (65,000 pounds). She and William, students at the time, both attended the charity. The gauzy barely-there dress with a blue trim was bought by an unidentified buyer. The auction price, which excludes a 20 percent buyers’ premium, was originally expected to reach only 8,000 pounds. Some commentators (the beasts) maintain that the dress played a role in sparking the royal romance that started shortly after the event.

Naming your children after movie stars? It’s a good bet that Alberta couples are in that mode as Liam and Emma come up number one as name choices for babies there in 2010. (That’s Mr Neeson and Ms Thompson at left). Liam was the most popular name for baby boys in Alberta pushing Ethan out of the top spot after a nine-year reign, Service Alberta said Wednesday. Emma was the most popular name for girls in 2010. In 2009, Olivia was the most popular for girls. Emma was also the most popular name for girls in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Homefront client MaryAnn Lowry (left) is a royalist and doesn’t mind anyone knowing it. So when she and her friends gather on May 29, 2011 to celebrate the wedding of William and Kate, she will put on the Ritz. Among the items for the use of her friends (and MaryAnn) is the really stunning nickel and copper structure tray (centre) which we have been advertising. MaryAnn snapped it up as a fitting accoutrement to her party, which incidentally, will also celebrate the first time she and her friends gathered to pay proper tribute to a royal couple (Charles and Diana in 1981). It sounds like fun and MaryAnn has promised to send us pictures.