I live in the city that Taylor Swift is about to take over. We are now just 48 hours away from Taylor’s first of six shows here in Toronto but the city has been talking about it, and preparing for it, for weeks. Last week ceremonial streets signs for “Taylor Swift Way” were unveiled on a stretch of city road connecting City Hall to Rogers Centre, where she’ll be playing. The signs will be up for the entire month of November and then donated to the Daily Bread Food Bank to raise money through auctions.

 

There are also advisories on road closures – not that anyone will f-cking pay any attention to it. People will probably get into their cars anyway to come downtown for the vibes, which will make Toronto’s nightmare traffic situation even worse, on top of the regular closures, the Taylor Swift closures will add another layer of f-ck onto what’s already an unbearable reality in the downtown core, which is where I work. So I’m grateful that public transit is extending service but I might actually be even more grateful if Taylor Swift could be the latest celebrity to shame us for the traffic madness in this city. When Niall Horan was here in the summer he had to walk to his own concert, LOOOLLLL. But also not LOOLLLL, it’s more like screams of desperation and frustration!!!!!

 
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Niall walking to Scotiabank Arena because of the traffic in Toronto @Niall Horan #niall#nialler#niallhoran#horan#theshow#tslot#theshowliveontour2024#theshowliveontour#niallhoranvids#niallhoranconcert#niallhorannation#1d#onedirection#lovers#tslottoronto #tslottoronton1

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Taylor Swift pointing it out though would be next level. They say she can have a serious impact on local economies? Girl, put that power to use and fix our traffic!

Anyway, more updates on Taylor in Toronto to come through the week, including my traffic reports, because if it’s one thing you can count on me for, it’s bitching about Toronto traffic. 

 

Speaking of disasters, and in other Taylor Swift news, she was out in New York and Kansas City over the last few days trolling us with her terrible fashion. I’m calling it a troll because how else would you explain this Vivienne Westwood?!

Taylor Swift out for dinner in New York, November 8, 2024
 

That was Friday. On Sunday Taylor was in KC for Travis’s game, wearing Versace and a corset. Thanks, but I hate it. The suit is fine, but the corset (Victoria’s Secret) is a miss, because of the front dip. I get that she’s out here trying to high-low with the price points but I don’t think she has the eye for it. You know what could have saved it for me though? A different pair of boots. There are other Versace options that are so much less basic: the riding boot, for example, if she’s not that adventurous. But, like, if we’re talking to the Taylor who decided to take that Vivienne Westwood out for a ride, go for broke in the Versace ribbon cage boots, with the hardware to match the suit! That’s the call that would have gagged me.