Scarlett James is hot! and if this photo isn’t enough to prove it, how about these stats!

• She will be flying to China in a few days to perform at the Red Bull Grand Prix party at the Ritz Hotel Shanhai.
• She not only does one, but two Burlesque Festivals per year- and if you are one of the lucky blokes who bought your tickets early, (this three day event is sold out! Thurs. Fri. Sat.) you will not be disappointed.

KA will be there , for work of course… and will definitely post some highlights of the show.

… Oh and did we mention she is also feature in KA magazine vol.5!

Do not miss Scarlett’s James GRAND BURLESQUE SHOW tonight at 8pm at Club Soda…with 25 artists on stage!

Scarlett is also proud to announce that Mr Joe Cortez International Boxing Referee AKA “ Mr Fair, but Firm”, will be her guest of honour tonight. www.grandburlesqueshow.com

Montreal just seems to bring out the creatives, as the song goes “If you can make it here you can make it any where”, a reference to NYC. But I believe that if you can make it in Montreal as an artist, you can make it anywhere. It is not easy to be an artist period, but like Q-Tip, from A Tribe Called Quest so eloquently said in a recent interview: “This is not what I do, this is what I am, there is no retirement from what I am”.

KA Magazine caught up with designer Ifigenia Papadimitriou, for Montreal’s own Bod&Christensen between her travels to China, India and Vegas in between, we had a little glimpse in the mercurial mind of the artist. This drop dead gorgeous young designer is an example of why Montreal is so darned creative, and if that is not enough, she also is case in point for my second argument: Montreal has the most beautiful women in the world. Full interview with Ifigenia in KA Vol.5.

Now, why am I waxing poetic on the merits of blueberry juice on a KA magazine blog? Well, it is because once again we at KA bring you another reason to be proud of Quebec. We have the best blueberries period, and not only do we have the best blueberries; we are blueberry blessed! I mean, there is a place not far form Montreal (not that far) where blueberries are so abundant, the people are actually called “Blueberries”.

This place so rich in blueberry splendor, is as French Canadian as it gets. What is this mythical land you might ask? Le Saguenay is the answer. If you think this is not true, it is rumored that there is so much blueberries in this mythical land that the residents here actually make blueberry sandwiches!

What is my point? (you are right, I am yet to make a point) Well my point is the same way you might not have known that such a place exists in our fair Kingdom; a place where french is the only words spoken. It is the same that you might not have known that the lovely Ms Ashley King is French! But not just French, she is French from… yes you guessed it the mythical land of the blueberries! (at least on her mothers side)

Now on her continued artistic journey, Ms. King will be talking to KA Magazine about her next Album “Parlez Moi D’amour”(he first French release).

We cannot wait, but as we are privy to all things Ashley King, here is an unreleased practice run for her upcoming video for the first single of her next album.

Now, if I could only get our hands on blueberry pies during the winter, all would be perfect in my winter wonderland!

Well if fashion is foreplay, then fashion week is the climax and the world is in a big climax for the next few weeks with fashion weeks simultaneously happening in all the major cities across our troubled little marble in space. I for one, am a huge fan of the global foreplay that is fashion week and the joy that it brings. KA loves fashion from Montreal to Milan and NYC in between we will share our love of Fashion Week with you. In the hopes that you too will rally with us in this climax of fun and frivolity well needed and well deserved.

The season is Fall/ Winter 2012-2013 ( I know how the heck do they keep this organized) and how these creative types work on such an odd calendar is the reason why they are creative in the first place.

On a side note just so we are super clear KA magazine thinks the following: Montreal ROCKS!!! and has the most beautiful women in the world as well as some of the best fashion.

Check out some highlights from Day One of MTL Fashion Week.

(photos by Jimmy Hamelin)

MUSE (DIA! We caught you) http://www.muse-cchenail.com

TAVAN & MITTO - http://tavanmitto.com

DUY - http://www.duycollection.com

MELISSA NEPTON - http://www.melissanepton.com

(photos by Jimmy Hamelin)

Yes, Stevie B for Mayor is not such a bad idea after all. Imagine a city where French and English got along. It’s obvious that French is cool right. I mean Montreal without french is like poutine without gravy or (gasp) greasy fries, yum!!!

I must make a disclaimer here, I am cursed (lactose intolerant anyone, in the land of poutine). I am not able to taste this dish without an oxygen mask handy and possibly an ambulance parked outside my favourite Friday night restaurant “La Belle Province”. One can only dream that one day that tasty meal will be reinvented for all to savour sans lactose!

On that day, I will not just order it and close my eyes while using my imagination, I will take a bite of it’s goey goodness…one day. I digress, yes Stevie B for mayor of MTL.

But in the mean time and in between time, lets just say mayor or not, Stevie has KA’s vote hands down as the coolest cat in MTL. Who needs a big Grey building in the Old Port when you have the Hotel De Ville of Cool on Mountain Street above Rosalie’s, harkening back to the good old days (yes I said it) when cool was hot and the doorman sat on his purple Harley outside of his respective club and ate fried chicken from a box.

Full interview with Stevie B. – Vol. 5

I don’t know about you, but nothing spells a “Great Sunday” like models…well, two models to be exact, in bathing suits, posing provocatively for KA Vol.5. This would actually be the top of the top for me on any given Sunday afternoon

Dia and jess were beyond awesome as this was their first shoot for KA Magazine. Dia especially was very very vocal about her love of all things KA, as she enthused: “I’m gonna bring IT Rabi!!”

After a few minutes, the more reserved Jess caught the KA-Sunday-afternoon-bug and it was all fun fun and more fun in the KA studio.

God bless models, without them what would we be left with? I shudder to think of a bathing suit shoot with… a panda as the subject. Ok! Not a good example, since panda’s are really cute, but I am sure you get the point! Models R.O.C.K.!

Speaking of rock, let us not forget the crew; Rabi was incredible as always on hair, and Susan (the other pisces…there are three of us in the crew) was on with her superstar chair! Talking about superstars, did we say Ashley King anyone? She the multi-talented not to be pegged-down creative director of KA, kicking it with her styling and artistic “director-ing”!

KA Vol. 5 is worth the wait Dia. – Until March 2012

Special Thanks to AquaDiLara, Sauipe, NEVIK, Creed, Marleaux, Jimmy Choo, Louis Vuitton, Ksenia Boeva Collection & Rosenstein Paris

The full editorial will appear in KA Vol. 5′s Limited Edition, available January 2012.