BEST NEW GIFT BASKETS IN TORONTO!!

As voted by us!!
Sweet and sour chicken balls, are The WaterShoppe eau cadeau's hot! Even in these days of slow holiday sales, I am pleased to say the orders are a-comin! Here are three great reasons to use our company for your gift needs:
1) Quality PLUS quantity. We fill them to the brim with the best waters/chocolates/useful stuff and pretty things.
2) The level of customer service is the best in Toronto. Cat lover? Red wine drinker? Water snob? Collector? Belgium chocolate expert? Rubber duck addict? we are the shiz.
3) You can trust us. We will talk to you, find out what you want to spend, and do everything to make your gift the best! No shiz.
This goes out to Murielle, who called because her daughter is a huge fan of water, and wanted to make her a special gift-You are a fabulous mother, and a very cool lady!
For Rosemary in Woodbridge, who entertains and wanted to provide her guests with a great selection of waters-It was a complete pleasure dealing with you, thank you for the orders!
For Arlene in Cambridge, who wants to surprise her husband with Glenlivet water to drink with his scotch during the holidays-Thanks for the order, and I hope he doesn't read this!
To Avner for placing his trust in our hands, to make a large gift basket order for a special client-You aren't a ball breaker, I was kidding!
To Mario for driving in, and buying two bottles of Bling for his co-workers to make them happy-"Ahhhh, you are sooo nice".
To Tina from Simon Says for placing orders, and trusting us to make her baskets fabulous-Thank you! Your retail store for kids is the best in the city! www.simonsayskids.ca
To Kevin, owner of Bling water in LA-you are as cute as a button, and yes I'm old enough to say that! www.blingh2o.com
To Fieldstone school for using our service to send a special basket to Ken Kostick as a thank you-what a great way to return a favour! See you next year at your auction!
For Nancy who had us deliver a basket site unseen to a Markham hotel, hope he loves it!
For Jane Gowing for ordering lots of Voss-good on you for being a woman in charge of her own business, contracting, no less!
And for Ricky at Sirius radio for using us to make your gift basket, thank you Santa!
Feeling the love, keep it coming, and use us! Unlike our government, we have our ship running smooth and clean!!
p.s-For those readers who are not in Canada- "ha ha, jokes on you!" This whole coalition thing is a gag! We are TO-TALLY together here, and everything is just fine!

Bling water in Toronto!!

Holy Dinah! The Bling H2O order has arrived, and it is crazy. These collectible bottles come adorned with swarovski crystals of every colour! We have gold, red, blue, pink, and we even have a limited Christmas Bling bottle with red and green crystals!
What a gorgeous addition to a bar. Who needs a stainless water bottle, when you can sip your water from sexy reusable glass bottles like these!
Don't forget to place your basket orders with us-fresh and yummy hand made truffles, LafCo House and home candles, a bottle of Bling, some spring water ice cubes, a picture frame with your selected image, we can do whatever your heart desires. And we can add some booze too!
Here is a couple of good jokes:
Two friends are playing golf, when a long funeral procession goes along the road. The one guy stops mid-swing, removes his cap and bows his head. The other guy says "wow, that was very touching. You really are a kind man".
The guy replies "Yeah, well we were married for 35 years".
Buh Dun DAH!
A woman gets on a bus, and the driver says "my God, that is the ugliest baby I have ever seen!". She heads to the back of the bus furious, and sits down beside a passenger. "That bus driver just insulted me" she says. The man says "Go up there and tell him off!" "Don't worry, I'll hold your monkey".
Buh Dun DAH!
I'm takin it on the road!!

CORPORATE GIFT BASKETS WITH SPEYSIDE WATER

Good evening all! A few days have gone by, and yet my foul mood lingers on. I need to play with some puppies or something to get out of this. I know! I should eat a candy apple while walking through leaves, on a sunny afternoon with a bunch of cash in my pocket in a pair of new jeans that lift my butt and lengthen my gams.
Soooo, we are having a sale on SPEYSIDE GLENLIVET WATER! Play James Bond, and get some. Totally unique stocking stuffer, no?
Great boyfriend or boss gift-A bottle of Glenlivet scotch, some spring water ice cube trays, and a 500ml of Glenlivet water. The ultimate pure scotch experience!
$38 for 24 bottles. You definitely can't find it cheaper in Canada. Have you noticed how sales-y and matter of fact my last few blogs have been? Tough. We need the google search key words, so if ya want some ha ha's, you'll have to wait until we get some sales on our targeted items!
Speaking of the JEAN PAUL GAULTIER limited bottle, we have them. And yes, there was a deer crossing Bayview avenue carrying the BEST CORPORATE GIFT BASKET IN TORONTO yesterday. I asked him in deer speak how he found out about our baskets, and he responded "I also love the EDIBLE WILD HIBISCUS FLOWERS too! To summarize this blog, The store has the BEST HOT CHOCOLATE IN TORONTO when you need something warm, we can fill a STAINLESS STEEL FLASK with it to go, and put an ARCHIPELAGO ROOM DIFFUSER aside for your next trip to The WaterShoppe! What's that? Of course we carry ORE SHOWER CAPS!! Silly...

Jean Paul Gaultier bottle/Best Toronto Gift Baskets/Harney Teas!

Okay, so are we all happy Obama won? Good. Now lets move along.
I happen to be in a particularly sour mood tonight, so I will skip the usual chit chat about getting taxed to death by the city, my dislike of teeny dogs, bad quality sushi, that super annoying Best Buy commercial with the parents looking for the 'Oh my GOD I LOVE it' gift, and the repairs taking place on every road I need to take to get home!
IMPORTANT PLACES TO SHOP:
The WaterShoppe. For What: Harney Tea collection/LafCo candles/Archipelago diffusers/Evian 2009 Gaultier bottle/Built NY.
Simon Says. For What: No Slippy Hair Clippy/ Inky Dink Tees/Camper shoes for kids plus a ton more cool stuff for the little ones.
Michael Francis Photography. For What: A meaningful family portrait/a head shot while you still look great/to cover that special event.
Canopy Blue. For What: great denim for women/Toms shoes/great casual evening wear for women who like to be social.
Ciao!

Scary!!

Set the scene:
Have a dinner party. Serve alcohol. Pick a target. Make sure that if you have two washrooms, that your target thinks only one is working. Take out any lightbulbs, so that if they try to turn on any lights, no luck. Have a small friend hide in the tub with the Psycho shower scene creepy stabbing sounds ready.
When your tipsy guest reaches in and turns on the light, hit play, and listen to them scream like a little girl!
Awesome....
Yes, we are selling these Psycho shower curtains at the store!

Ultimate tea gift!

We have a special on our tea gift baskets in the store right now, that you can stash away until the holidays! 20% off the regular price means you can get the great selection now, save some money, and not have to panic and last minute shop. We can even make delivery arrangements right to your door, so that you save that darn gas money too!
Baskets start at $35.
And now onto something completely unrelated where I like to sing "The-e-se are a few of my favorite thing-s-s-s!"
1) perfect spaghetti carbonara
2) a full tank of gas
3) evenly matched hockey fights
4) houses with too many Christmas decorations
5) high ceilings and radiators
6) videos of monkeys that steal tourists food
7) the smell of baked bread
8) Lisbon at night
9) drunk Octoberfest dancers
10)scary movies

Try some of our teas!

Best Gift Baskets! And the current economic quagmire

So here is your reality check concerning our alleged recession in my fabulous opinion:
The worst thing to do in this pending situation is to freak out and stop shopping. I'm not saying you need to play the stock market like russian roulette or purchase a home the size of Casa Loma, but land sakes people, keep the economy moving a little! No shoppy, no manufacturing, no service no travel no jobbies. And you know what really grabs my butt? WalMart will get even busier!! And as we all sit back and watch the USA wait for their next president to decide if our economy will go in the poopers further, let's keep in motion. Our election was a waste of time and money, and although I am a liberal at heart, I actually agree with Harper (read: evil man) when he says we are doing okay.
Think of things like a 4 year old-We are Canada. Nobody hates us! We are invited into every playground. We have lumber (a 4 year old would say "lots of trees"), we have oil, we have clean water, we have plenty of fish, and vegetables. We have free health care, we have education for our kids, we have the best cows (besides Argentina, and I'm sure they force feed their cows aged casket whiskey to make their steaks so good), we have tourism, we have car manufacturing, we have some of the best medical R&D, we have diamonds, we have freedom of speech,we have high taxes-hey! How did that get in there!! We have a thriving wine industry, we have world glass golf courses, we have whales, we have moose, we can go camping in any province, we are multicultural, and any 4 year old would agree that if we put up a fence around the entire country, we could easily survive without any importing, because WE HAVE HOCKEY. Okay, we might drill a small hole in that fence to allow Florida oranges to be hand passed, but thats it!
So if things get very very bad in your personal finances, please take this little piece of advice-Negotiate. And negotiate some more. Collectively, we have power. If you can't pay that bill-tell the huge company that has made multi-millions off of us when things were good that you have to do a partial payment. If you lost your job-there will be another one, and in the meantime just take a job and get less pay. Drop the ego.You will feel better asap. If you are down and a friend is up, ask for help. These are not times to have pride. One day you will return the favour. If you think you are going to lose your home/apartment due to lack of funds, talk to someone about it instead of staying quiet. You never know what can become of it. And really give hell to your local MP's about things that are driving you mad, because they need to hear about it !!! It's their job! Back to the barter system for the time being is sound advise. If you can trade stuff, do it.
And so this blog was to showcase our great gift baskets, for everyone that will support The WaterShoppe!! We work like hell to make a living, so please shop with us instead of a big box store. We even have gift certificates!

I'm verklempt, for all my yiddish peeps..

Seems to me that most of y'all need a touch of class added to your home (I'm not talking about a t-shirt with a rose and sparkly bits on it-AGE ALERT! AGE ALERT!) and we have just the ticket. Feast your eyes on these soy candles minions! Yeah yeah, they are "green", they were shipped here on a puffy cloud, they help young corn niblets growing in organic fields, they capture rain water from your roof, and they work on your compost while you sleep. Ok? The new line of LafCo N.Y is in!!! Once you stick your sniffer into a tester at The WaterShoppe, you will never be the same. And no, I'm not exaggerating. You will need nothing else in your life to find happiness. Well, nothing more than a clean refreshing bottle of Evian water (SPONSOR ALERT! SPONSOR ALERT!).
Before I go further, is it just me or is Perez Hilton now more popular than Louis Pasteur? The world gets crazier by the minute. I mean one man discovered a way to provide children with milk to help grow healthy bones and teeth, and the other gives us by the second updates on the PussyCat Dolls??
Oops, getting sidetracked. Sorry Amanda.
Speaking of Bill Clinton, did anyone see Larry King last night? Man, the guy is smooth.
So the store is ready to be beautiful once again, and the focus is back on great waters. Here is a water fact you might find interesting- Georgians (not the peach luvin state, the country that Russia was attacking) once every 3 months would drink two bottles of their home mineral water Borjomi which we carry at the store (PRODUCT WHORING ALERT!), not eat food for 10+ hours, and lie down on their right side (to affect the right kidney), and place a hot water bottle on their right waist. They stay in this position for 2 hours. This was a home remedy cleanse. I cannot wait to try it out.
Another water fact-Doctors in certain hospitals spread across Italy would give patients who were experiencing kidney stone problems Fiuggi water for both recovery and preventative matters. This is a natural diuretic to break down fat and wash out toxins.
Another cool item about water- Mixing pure pink himalayan sea salt and fiji water creates something called "sole". Many health food stores will tell you that this is a great source of getting 80+ ionic minerals into your body for proper functioning. Fiji is compatible due to it's high PH level. You can cook with it, or just take a teaspoon each morning, which aids your body in absorbing water.
Oh, another water fact-there are a small group of people who believe in solar water . This means that you need to get a dark blue glass bottle, fill it with spring water (NOT TAP), and place a natural fabric like cotton over the lid to keep out the critters while it sits in the direct sunlight for an hour. This practice originated due to beliefs in the power of the sun, and it's effect on waters composition and energy.
Did you also know that if you store bottled water in clear glass bottles out of the sun and in a cool place, the expiry date means nothing? Yes, the FDA had to come up with a way to date water because it became a "food item", and yet Lisa, Sarah, Craig, Rob, myself, and the Water Man himself Michael Mascha drank bottled Perrier from 1959 and it was absolutely fine!
YEAH, 1959. Again, 1959. Um, hey Lisa, Sarah, Craig, Rob, and Michael, drop me a line. I haven't heard from you since that night. Kidding! I'm such a kidder.
Yet ANOTHER water story! - Contrex water from France has been a part of french womens lives for ages, because it has enough calcium and magnesium to not have to swallow that horse pill to get your daily supplement?/ I know, I know, I'm going nuts with facts!!
In conclusion, I would like to say that we should all refrain from believing everything the media reports on bottled water , since the United Kingdom (and other MASSIVE countries we all know well) have privately owned municipal tap water, so they need to keep the attack going in order to promote their own "products". Yup, look it up. If you want tap, drink up. If you want bottled water buy it. Make your own choice. As long as you are drinking lots of H2O, we are happy!!!
p.s-If anyone knows who stole our trees from outside our storefront, please drop a line. It would give me great pleasure to take them back, and steal their sleeping newborn and their new puppie. I'm kidding! I'm such a kidder.

Fall is Special. And we have a fall special!

Hey hey hey!
You know it's fall when you go to sleep with the windows open and it feels great. And then you wake up at 4am with icicles hanging from your nose. No wonder the cat sleeps on the laundry. He would probably get stuck to the tile floor.
We just got in a product that is super exciting, and perfect for the weather-Muskoka Ginger ale. Not only is this a drink that has been made for 100 years, it has nothing artificial, and it's fantastic! Have it on it's own, or make a yummy apple ginger cocktail-shot of vodka, shot of sour apple liqueur,fresh lemon juice, and Muskoka ale. Yum!!
And parents, stir up a gallon of this mixture for when you take the kids out trick or treating. It will make the evening so much more fun! Heck, why not throw on your old Spiderman costume! Come on, you can squeeze into it.
The leaves will be changing soon, and that is my favorite time of the year. Taking a drive to Kitchener is the best. Anyone want to come with?
Know what really irks me? Getting sent notifications from the "social utility" Facebook telling me "Tracey, play bouncing balls today and win double the cash!!". I don't want to play bouncing balls! I don't want to see how much I'm worth if I were for sale, and I don't want to receive hugs and giggles and cupcakes and whatever other stupid things those Facebook kids come up with when they are high!
Another thing that irks me is the excessive coverage of the US presidential election I am subjected to every minute. Oy already. Okay McCain, we all know you were a prisoner of war. Yep, Obama you are one helluva public speaker. Let's make this interesting, shall we? I say we take a page from the 80's and make them run for their lives, like the movie Running Man. Did you see that movie? Classic. Richard Dawson (former creepy hand-up-your-skirt lick your face host of The Family Feud) is the announcer of a game show set in the future, where the contestants are convicts and have to survive while be hunted live on tv. Who do you think would win? I think McCain. Although he can't lift his arms over his head, he wouldn't panic, and would paint his face with mud and hide in some elephant poop for days. Obama would try and reason with his hunters, and convince them "we are the people to form a more perfect union". Blammo.
Anyway, the Muskoka Ginger ale is $12.50 for a 6 pack, and you will love it. See you soon!

REELWORLD TIFF

So we got all gussied up and went to the ReelWorld film festival party last night! Good times. We arrived, and had our photo taken just like celebrities. It was kind of fun. Really fun. And then we schmoozed. And then we (read: me) had two big glasses of white wine and felt tipsy. And then the high heels we were wearing became quite difficult. So we left.
Brian was my guest, and it was up to him to work the crowd, get Watershoppe business cards into hands, and talk about how fabulous 10BC glacial water is. Job well done! It was my duty to talk to other guests about the store, and our waters. I'd give myself a B minus. I will however, give myself a big pat on the back for parking three blocks away in a green P on Wellesley Street. Finding parking in Yorkville on a Saturday night is bad enough, but during the Film Fest, it is easier to find another Hope diamond than a good parking space!
There was a great vibe at the party, it was friendly and not pretentious. And we ran into a man who worked at Bell Canada years ago, and is now starring in feature films. From Bell Canada customer service to successful acting career. Boy, I bet he misses ill-fitting head phones and shift work.
Had a great time, and wish I would have been more of a camera whore and snapped some photos. Oh well, next time.
Tah tah...

Heyyyyyyy

It's been a long time since I've updated the blog, so here is what happened at Taste Of The Danforth: rain. pouring rain. wind. more wind. thunder. lightening. rain. the end.
Yes, our annual big deal sucked the big one.
C'est dommage, considering we had 11 volunteers show up to help us, 96 litres of sticky syrup, 100 bottles of italian soda flavours, 1600 sno cone cups, jazzy new watershoppe t's, we even had a frickin soundtrack!
Mother nature, YOU are one mean mutha....
The good news?
Hang on, it will come to me..
Oh, nobody was injured, and the we all got free calamari!
Oy, vat a veek-endk....

Anyone for a Water Tasting? Or an apron?

Not sure if anyone watched Breakfast Television on Friday, but Mitchell "waterboy" Buck made his debut! This kid is going to Hollywood. Not only did he get to work behind the scenes with the camera man, he also introduced the band with Dina! Although Mitch didn't actually speak, his presence was strong. I'm thinking the next McCauley Culkin- without the drugs, alcohol problem, odd relationship with Michael Jackson and stupid face smacking thing.
Our next water tasting will be July 15th 5:30 to 7:30. Take a trip to Europe without leaving our store! We got Italy, we got France, we got Germany, so via down to la magasin and drink some wasser!
Quick message for the lady who sits on the bench directly in front of The WaterShoppe who curses and screams at everyone who walks by: move. I'm not going to phone the police the next time, I will take you for a "fun road trip" to northern Ontario and leave you there.
Sooo, starting this week, the first 100 people to spend over $30 in our store will receive a vintage apron! How cool is that? I spent 3 years collecting these, and now I need to move them.
They are one of a kind, and funky as hell. And since the summer heat has hit, why not make dinner naked, and sport a sexy l'il apron?
Something to ponder about the Danforth- why is it that I received over $560 in tickets for turning right onto the street between the hours of 4-6 pm and for having an "illegal" bag of garbage, when it seems to be perfectly fine to get so hammered that you urinate on the sidewalk? Hmm.. I know, I know, I'm overly sensitive.
So they year 2008 is flying by, and the next thing you know, Taste of the Danforth will be here. We are going to serve up the tastiest sno cones and italian sodas in the city, and have a stockpile of water weapons to splash those of you willing to get wet!
have a lovely Canada Day, and see you soon!

Ain't summer grand?

Hello everyone!
Please excuse the delay, we have been busier than a dog chasing his tail. Since we last updated: We played a charity hockey tourney that kicked the sh*!t out of us. At one point, we were down to 8 players, sweating like mules, and for the record: I have a black toenail waiting to fall off, Lisa has a wrist that looks like it came from Tales From The Crypt, and everyone that played for Team WaterShoppe needed oxygen tents after game one. Yeah. We sucked. Shout out to Rob for his gallant effort of playing every shift while puking, big ups to James for playing the entire tourney without a break (I have never seen sweat drip like a faucet from a chin like that) huge thank you for Team Mann (Nicole & Ryan the Dream Team) and also to Glen, who I thought would vomit but showed his true colours and only collapsed once! Next year we kill!
We also hosted a water tasting event that was quite fabulous, which will become a habit. Yes, we now host PRIVATE water tastings!
I am too darn tired to post a witty e-mail tonight, since I have become addicted to EuroCup 2008.
This is a post to let Glenda Fordham know that she is loved and appreciated for helping us out in making our dreams come true!
P.S-we are having a promotional sale on Glenlivet water!! $43 per case of 24 bottles. Insane!!!

Water Tasting Mon May 12th

It was great! Michael Mascha is a fine water expert, and a gentleman! What a pleasure having him come to Toronto to speak. We received some great tips and information, discussed the future plans of the WaterShoppe, and had a good laugh.
For all of you that attended, thank you!
Favorite moments-Scott saying the bottle of Perrier water from the 30's tasted like "aunt Dot smells", Nicole being forced to eat food she didn't want on camera for a "mingling" scene, Brian going home to change midway because "if ONE more guy walks in wearing a jacket and dress pants", the homeless gent who waved and gave us "thumbs up" from the street, the young couple I assumed Lisa invited, she assumed I invited, that stayed for the event, and the best-a couple visiting from Iceland who walked in during filming, didn't realize it was a private party, and got themselves interviewed by the Associated Press!
A special thank you to Steve Kriakis of Ioli water for saving the day! Everybody drink up some greek sparkling water!
Enjoy the long week-end, and don't complain Tuesday about how your fireworks were soggy, your camping trip sucked, and how you couldn't go to Canada's Wonderland with the kids. It's May 2-4, what else is new about cold and rainy???

Here he is!!

As previously mentioned, feast your eyes on Monkey Teapot! Is that something? The new teapots are very cool. Come visit our tea room, buy some fabulous water, some great loose leaf tea, and a teapot shaped like a dragon. Wowzers.
Not sure if you saw it, but we paid a quick visit to DayTime Toronto yesterday, and showed off some of our fabulous waters!
And please stay tuned for a few pics after our Water Tasting event this Monday May 12th. This tasting is really going to be amazing. We need to get our picture taken with Michael Mascha and hang it in the store. Yeah, that's right-WE had the dude from the cover of Time Magazine visit us!

Too busy to type and gripe right now, but wait until next week! I'm sure that I'll have a little story or two about my trip in a frickin cargo van tomorrow to Tonawanda to pick up 50 cases of sparkling. Ohhhh boy, I am super excited to go through customs. Those folks at the border are so darn friendly! Is it possible to get detained for being saucy? -Mister customs agent-"Reason for your visit?" me-picking up 50 cases of sparkling water. Mister customs agent-"Don't you have access to bottled water in Canada m'am" me-Nope. Well, at least not like this kind filled with a mixture of vodka and ecstasy!". And there I sit for 17 hours while they take samples of every bottle and rip apart the rented cargo van. Crime AND being a joker doesn't pay.
Can you see it now? Me driving a cargo van with no windows, attempting to find a freight yard in the middle of nowhere, asking some homeys for directions. All thats missing is a huge sticker on my forehead that says LOST, CANADIAN, NAIVE, CARRYING CASH. I'll just spray everyone with mace that gets within 10 feet of the van. Safety first!

Tea Makes You Strong like Godzilla

We have turned the back room into a tea oasis! Since a pot of tea is only as great as the water you make it with, we figured it was a great fit!We have a selection of black,green,white,rooibos,russian caravan,darjeeling,scottish breakfast, and something that smells like poop but tastes great called mate! And now that I have researched tea for two weeks, I consider myself an expert. Yes, it's that simple. You too can call yourself an expert in any field within two weeks with access to the internet. Of course this doesn't mean that I can answer the tougher questions, like-"what tea has antioxidants?" What the hell are you asking me for? But I CAN tell you what has the prettiest package, and what tea smells like caramels! The WaterShoppe is also carrying a line of purple clay YiXing teapots which are quite amazing. Some are even shaped like monkeys! How fun is it to have a monkey pour you tea? Well, it is a little Dr Moreau, but so what?

We are ready to sell our sno cones again! Perfect timing, since it has quickly turned to minus 7!

Oh! Before I forget, we have a carbonated water which if boiled, turns into a natural laxative. Not quite sure why that was breaking news....

Top 10 Reasons to Visit the WaterShoppe:

#1 It smells good

#2 It looks really nice

#3 We sell rubber ducks that look like aging rock stars

#4 We carry 57 brands of water

#5 We let everyone play with stuff as long as they want

#6 We don't get mad with your children for grabbing things off the bottom shelves, we encourage it

#7 We make incredible baskets (Mothers Day is very soon)

#8 We don't carry bisphenol A bottles, so we aren't hurting your baby

#9 The staff is so sweet your teeth will hurt

#10 We are the first place in Canada to be visited by FineWaters author and water expert Michael Mascha!!! Now THAT is fabulous!!!

Spring has sprung! In Amsterdam....

Just a quick mention about this little winter we are having. ENOUGH ALREADY! I have parked on the side of a mountain of snow so many times, I just assume it's normal to open the drivers door, and fall on the ground. Seriously, the parking situation is so plain stupid, that I'm thinking about driving the car into the store. We can merchandise on the hood. And my favorite way to start the day at the WaterShoppe-driving through mucky dirty shitty coloured snow, spinning my tires every time I have to come to a stop, and then driving through an ice obstacle course to find a car in our paid for parking space! Fabulous.
A big thank you to the 2008 Audi that blesses our spot. Ooops, sorry about the $40 ticket the other day. Is it possible that you forgot to move your car for 9 hours? Nope. OPA!
We recently attended the Canadian Food & Beverage show, and it was quite crap. Although if we were looking for pre-packaged pre-cooked low quality food items, it was awesome! Oh, and if we needed a 20 foot barbeque trailer capable of cooking 3,000 pounds of meat, awesome again!
Makes me wonder why we don't buy a meat cookin truck and park on the side of the 401 every long week-end to catch all the cottage people stuck in traffic for hours. Wouldn't it cheer you up if somebody knocked on your window holding a plate of ribs and slaw?
Has anyone been watching the Leafs? Why can't they just die and get on with a better pick in the lottery? Noooo, it's like watching the fu@#cking Terminator. Whoaaaaa he just got run over by an 18 wheeler. Nope, not dead yet. Whooaaa, he just got blown up with 50,000 pounds of explosives. Um, there he is again. Stop it! Stop.
A super cute woman came in yesterday with her poodle, and bought some waters, asked about the store, discussed her upcoming birthday party, and then her dog farted so bad, it made me gag. No joke, the entire store smelled of rotting garbage and eggs. She felt obligated to purchase some products. Hey, we'll take it!
Please visit the store and give us feedback. We are featured in Dolce magazine, had a write up in SNAP, and we are going to be on DayTime Toronto April 7th.
We need your support, so get your behinds to the store, and no more excuses! The WaterShoppe is going to be huge, so come and lend a hand! We need volunteers for the Beaches Jazz Fest, and the Taste of the Danforth.
Let's get it on!

What the Deuce??? Simryn Chocolates arrive!

It was just the other day, when I was pondering the big questions of life: Does God really know every thought I have? Have I succeeded as a human being in making the world better in small ways? Can miracles really happen? How can I make my arse fatter? And then just as though she was reading my mind, Noni came walking into the WaterShoppe to ask if we were interested in carrying her exquisite line of belgium chocolate truffles. Fate is real kids.
Yes, we have a beautiful selection of truffles. Check out the lineup of flavours-chambord-(so far my arse likes this one the best) apricot brandy, mocha, raspberry, cognac, java, blueberry, mimosa (another arse pick), champagne, strawberry, chili, baileys, oohh and the list goes on!!
And so I pose this question to all people who enjoy chocolate-why settle for second rate bon bons, when the best truffles in the city are a mere two dollars??
Simryn chocolates have been a Danforth favorite for 8 years, and we would like to help make it another 8. So come down to the shop, and treat yourself to these wee works of art. Oh, and if you need guidance on which truffles are best, I can help. If I am hiding under the counter with my face and hands covered in chocolate, call the tv show Intervention. These truffles really are the shiznit. What? Who just winced? So I'm 38 and I used shiznit??? Yo, stop trippin, if y'all are haters then call the po po on me! Hmmm, I better do a google search to ensure that was correct slang.

Happy Valentines!

No, I didn't fall down a well. It has been a long time since the last entry, but December at the WaterShoppe was so busy it knocked us out. By the time December 25th rolled around, if I had to hear another Michael Buble Christmas song, I was ready to pull a Britney.
We are so happy the decorations are put away until next year!
And now we have moved on to the subject of LOVE. Yes, fabulous, amazing, tingles in the toes, LOVE! We make the prettiest darn Valentine baskets you have ever seen! And the store is filled with hearts and chocolates and everything mushy!
Wouldn't it be lovely to come to our store, purchase a stainless steel flask, and have it filled with delicious homemade hot chocolate for your honey? If a man did that for me, I would think he was a keeper. Another sweet idea is to ask us to fill a little red suitcase with all of her favorite things-sweets, smelly candles, diamond picture frames, bubble bath, and rubber ducks covered in hugs and kisses!
Hope to see you all very soon!