The South Bayview Bulldog

Everyone seems to have an opinion about the Kate flippy dress picture. Blogger Trish Stuebing (Trish Stuebing’s Store Diary) has this view. The following is from her blog. Just can’t help thinking that everybody should take a deep breath and stop fussing so much about Kate Middleton’s flippy silk dress. Thursday in Calgary “Kate Watchers” were entertained by viewing her royal left buttock when the wind lifted the back of her dress. Despite all the fuming about not embarrassing the Duchess, I think the picture was not offensive but quite charming. Keep in mind that Kate is a seasoned public figure. She’s no school girl. It’s said that she got her friendship with William going by showing up at a party in a see-through dress. None of this makes her anything other than perfectly respectable. But she’s human and life has its surprises. Of course, 80 years ago, in a much more rigid society, couturiers knew dressmaking tricks to avoid these things. They would sew tiny lead weights in the hems of skirts and corners of stoles to hold light weight chiffons and silks down and make hems and corners look clean and balanced. Skirt linings and half slips achieved the same purpose and later on with the advent of panty hose women wore underpants over them. So look, you can be sure this isn’t likely to happen again. Kate is a smart woman. But it did happen. Why does it seem that Kate’s “defenders” are more upset about it than she is?

Canadians will be hard put to reconcile the high wages paid to many charity workers with their own tight conditions. Revenue Canada figures indicate that thousands of charity people make six figure salaries. Some earn as much as $350,000. As usual, we’re asked to believe that there is a direct connection between how much a person is paid and how good is his work. It’s the old “top money for the brightest person” refrain. But is that just baloney? The argument seems incredibly self serving. There are lots of examples in recent history where taxpayers would have done better trying out a second or third string player for less money. The so-called inferior candidates could hardly have done worse. Here

Oh dear! A Toronto Sun photograph has taken a photograph at the precise moment a gust of wind lifted the Duchess of Cambridge’s dress to well above mid thigh. Such a buzz. The photograph, taken on Thursday but only now coming to light, shows a flash of flesh as the hemline of Kate’s yellow skirt gets tossed about in windy conditions shortly after the royal couple’s arrival in Calgary. The good (or bad) news about this is that the Canadian papers didn’t publish the picture. The bad (or good) news is that many U-K papers did and if you silly children must see it go to this Mail Online blog

Renovations continue at 1685 Bayview Avenue, the double store which housed the Strategy Games business. As we reported recently the stores have been leased. The work permit says the name of the tenant is Interior Alterations. A new coating of stucco is going on the signage area of the building, readying it for a sign. Inside, work is progressing on a sales counter. We’ll keep you posted.

Zellers employees at the Overlea Blvd store feel certain that the store will close before September. They have been given no indication of that, but it seems unlikely to them that the new tenant, Target, will wish to let a Christmas shopping season go to waste. The Overlea location is one of six Toronto area Zellers slated for immediate conversion to a Target. Any employee wishing a job with Target will be required to re-apply.