Celebrity sightings and Rookie(s) of the Year

Celebrity Sightings:

Very weak year for celebrities. On the train ride down, we met Tammy Laverty, the sometimes anthem singer for the Ottawa Senators. Saturday, in the Convention Centre, we ran into Naheed Nenshi the mayor of the City of Calgary.  In the wee hours of Sunday, on Yonge Street, we met up with former Argo football great Terry Greer.  But that's it. BOOOOOOO.

Rookie of the Year:
It was a tough choice, so in the end, the executive made no choice at all - all three rookies share the award: Edgy Edgerton, Tommy 2Gun and "Robert Loggia" Lauzier.

Photo gallery from 2012 - the Friday

This year was another great tour.  There was a record crowd at the Vanier Cup, over 37000 to see Laval beat Mac. See below for some photos documenting our "experiences", starting with Friday.



We stayed at the Delta Chelsea. Decent spot. From our rooms, we could see this bar called the Zanzibar. Nobody went there.



We dressed as Santas again for Vanier Cup. Fourth year in a row. JRock models his suit for a suitably impressed Skinny, pregame.




No surprise, the Santas were very popular with the fans. We posed for lots of photos.



We looked pretty sharp really.



Believe it or not, some Santas were actually allowed to touch the Vanier Cup.



White Lincoln, rookie of the year in 1999, hadn't come in a while. It was goodto have him back. He looks happy to be there too.



Photo gallery from Saturday

Saturday was a "free day". We explored the sights and smells of Toronto and enjoyed the Grey Cup Festival.

There were Grey Cup doughnuts at the Timmys.

Towny picked up Linda at the hotel bar - literally.





Ever wonder what Justin Bieber will look like in 30 years?  We found out. Dark is his biggest fan.





We went for fancy dinner at Barberian Steak House. In the foreground is Kenny's $85 bottle of wine. What you can't see is Spence's $450 bottle of wine.  Big Fun Rick almost didn't make dinner - he had another "dinner" offer, but he passed on it.



We went to the Spirit of Edmonton party at the Sheraton. Good times. As per Lanark County rules, we made our own coat check. On the floor.





Adam met the Argo's biggest fan. Neither of them had a drink all night, they were just holding these for a friend.



They say everyone has a twin out there somewhere.......

Photo gallery from Sunday

Sunday was Grey Cup day. Some of us went to the Grey Cup Village. Others did not. We all made it to the game, at least for a little bit. Toronto won, beating Calgary in front of 53000. They had rye at this year's game too, which of course was a good idea.



Vodka and cranberry - breakfast of champions.



Linda had to work Sunday too. Towny was pleased.



Rookie Tommy 2Gun met the Blues Brothers. Apparently they were kind of dicks, though.



If you are too hot.....you gotta cool down with some ice.



We were fortunate enough to have the Fake Don Cherry make an appearance at Grey Cup.



Edgy was very pleased he got to meet the Fake Don Cherry.

 

The Fake Don Cherry made it to the Grey Cup, albeit briefly.