Written by: Alexis McLaren Most people enjoy the CNE for its rides, food and concerts. As for me, I make a straight beeline to the $5 DVD booth. People! You can get 5 DVDs for $20, you can’t turn that deal away! Much to my surprise, this year there were two!! A lot of people don’t appreciate the DVD booths like I do because they don’t carry “good” titles. The term good is subjective. While good to most are movies that performed well at the box office or snagged a whole bunch of Oscars, I prefer movies that people turn » Continue Reading »

Written by: Alexis McLaren When I was a kid, I absolutely DREADED going to my cousin’s house for one of her infamous basement parties. It was all the parents dancing in the middle, with all the children holding court against the wall with misery in their eyes. Fast forward 20 years later, when my mother and neighbour begged me to take them to see Freddy McGregor. I feared that it would be yet another fam jam, but Mr. McGregor had me jamming out with my mom and neighbour the whole night long. After a slew of great opening acts to » Continue Reading »

  Written by: Alexis McLaren Let me start by saying this: I’m NSYNC for life. ”It’s Gonna Be” will always be my jam. But one of the duties of a best friend is accompanying your BFF to see one her favourite boy band members and make sure that she doesn’t commit any felonies. With hundreds of women reliving their high school fantasies packed into the CNE Bandshell, they were primed and ready to scream, chant “I love you” and “take it off” to a man that made their hearts swoon when they should’ve been studying for midterms. » Continue Reading »