Man, it was good to be back in the homeland!

I went to Toronto last weekend for business and pleasure. It was an amazing trip! Such good times and good people!! Here's a bit of a recap.

Thursday night - DJ Catskillz (that's me!) spun a few tunes at Teatro with my pals Jane and Brad. It was super fun!! People dug my selections. In the house were:
Pauline, Sarah, Exan, Jessica, Rick, Max, Matthew, Shawn Marino, Jordy (Universal urban rep), Ice (Virgin urban rep), and more!!

Friday night - Linda called and invited me to see her band controller.controller open for The Cult. Rock on!!! What fun! controller were really great. They have certainly stepped it up a notch since the last time I saw them! At one point, we were even on the side of the stage watching The Cult. A tad surreal and a blast!! Pics to follow of Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy's butts. I took a ton of photos since I was so excited. It was so great to see Linda and catch up. She got ENGAGED!! Congrats!! A bunch of us headed to a new bar on Queen West called The Social for a nightcap. It was cool until a guy started to harass me and I thought he asked me what turns me on but instead he asked what kind of rum I was drinking. Classic!

Saturday day was spent brunching at Kalendar on College Street. I forgot how much I loved that spot! Hanging with Exan, Pauline and her friend from Houston. Then Exan and I went shopping in Kensington Market. I scored an amazing brown leather jacket for half price. Got to love Toronto vintage!!

Saturday night was THE TWILIGHT SINGERS. Woo! First Exan and I went for dinner at Mini-Market by Tempo. It was excellent to see Greg Bottrell who owns the restaurant. Total sweetheart! And I also ran into my pal Jeffrey Remedios who owns arts & crafts. Then Jane and Rick joined us for a snack and then we were on our way to Lee's Palace. Pauline met us out front and then it was on! Great to see Natalie on the door and Sherry serving drinks. The show was amazing!! I took a ton of photos that need to be developed...so I will post those soon. Dulli was spot on during the show and the band even played "Faded" by Greg Dulli's former band The Afghan Whigs. It was heavenly and I wished my gal Judy was there with us ladies. (I met Judy and Pauline met at that same venue 12 years ago at an Afghan Whigs show. April 1st, 1994. Crazy how time flies!!) I called her on her cell so she'd be able to hear the tune. It's one of our faves. I'm posting shots from the Twilight Singers Philly show 2 nights later since my shots are not developed yet.





Then on Sunday, I had a coffee with Judy's parents. So good to see Charlie and Marg. They are so sweet. Lovely lovely people. And then I hung with my good pal Steve Jordan and his girlfriend Michelle. They are expecting a baby in about a month. A little boy who will be named either Otis or Austin. Which name do you prefer? And I also had the pleasure of meeting Steve's daughters Evie and Bea. Cute girls! Then Sunday night I had sushi and drinks on the rooftop of The Drake Hotel with Jane, Jessica and Rick.



Monday, I had breakfast with sweet Jane at the Drake Hotel. Then the rest of the day was spent working at the KOCH Canada office. That night I attended the URBAN DJ STYLUS AWARDS. I even had the honor of presenting an award for College Radio Hip Hop DJ Of The Year. Very fun! It was wonderful to see a bunch of former co-workers in the music business in Toronto. And I hung out with Michael Williams who was one of the original VJ's on Much Music. He was very sweet and even joined me at the KOCH table to watch the awards.

My alarm clock went off at 6am Tuesday morning (after getting in at 1am from the awards) for my flight back to New York. Yikes! Thank heavens I slept on the flight back but it's only an hour...back to New York City.