King of Schmooze's Sunday Report

Photograph by : Brent Foster, National Post

World Cup Soccer - Hemingways is official bar of The Netherlands

I'll admit it is kind of strange to see a bar in Yorkville, owned by a Kiwi, that is flying the flag of The Netherlands. But it is true, Hemingways at 142 Cumberland is sporting two Netherlands flags out front, where the Canadian and American flags once flew.

They have games showing from 9 AM daily during the preliminary rounds, and The Netherlands play on the following days:

Friday, June 16th - Netherlands vs Ivory Coast - 12pm

Wednesday, June 21st - Netherlands vs Argentina - 10am

For complete listing of games you can watch, go to www.hemingways.to and click on events.

You can also read the full story that appeared in the National Post on Sat. June 3, 2006 here http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=532413c5-6cf7-4d7c-8000-53c8e0f6bd98

Was that Rick Mercer or was I just dreaming ..................................

So, thought i should get back into the swing of things ....... being a monarch and all. There's only so much time in the day though which sometimes makes posting here a bit of a trick.

Well, the KOS was having a casual stroll through Yorkville on Sunday after the Jays' 10-5 loss to the Detroit Tigers when I decided to stop in at my downtown residence, www.hemingways.to , and see what was going on.

I was out having a chat on the Shotover Bar's patio with my friend David C., when what to my wondering eyes should appear but Rick Mercer of 'The Rick Mercer Report'. Although he didn't have 8 tiny reindeer, it was cool to see him out and about. And after reading in last month's Toronto Life magazine about what he get's paid to do the Rick Mercer Report, I was kind of disappointed that he didn't buy the house a round. Oh well, next time Rick. Next time.

By the way, you can check out his show here http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/ , or his blog here http://rickmercer.blogspot.com/ . Truly a funny Canadian. He will be awarded the Order of Canada someday. You read that here first, by the way.

Speaking of the Shotover Bar at Hemingways ............... Martin, is there anyway we can put a kibosh on the new "Max Fire" jukebox while we are trying to watch the Stanley Cup finals, or the World Cup ............ or any other important sporting event for that matter? It would make alot of the 'regs' very happy.