David Hutton, The StarPhoenix / Photo: Richard Marjan
Saskatoon's famous playmate has another jewel to add to the family collection.
City council has approved naming Tweed Lane in Rosewood after Shannon Tweed, 54, the Mount Royal Collegiate alum who rose to fame in the 1980s after appearing on the cover of Playboy magazine.
Tweed, Canada's second Playmate of the Year, former gal-pal of Hugh Hefner and longtime mate of KISS bassist Gene Simmons, was in the city last year filming an episode of A&E's Gene Simmons Family Jewels, the reality show chronicling their lives.
For the episode, which was shot in November, the city presented Tweed with an honorary street sign bearing her name at River Landing, but Saskatoon Tourism wanted to have a street officially named after her before the episode airs July 12, so it was fasttracked. Tweed Lane will be near the Boychuk Drive entrance to Rosewood.
Rosewood is a new privately developed neighbourhood underway in the southeast corner of Saskatoon.
On Thursday, Tweed, calling from Abbotsford, B.C., said she was thrilled with the honour. She didn't expect Tweed Lane to be anything more than a gesture for the show. She said she'll be in Saskatoon in two weeks for a family wedding.
"I wasn't hoping for anything," she said. "I didn't think it would actually become a street. I thought it was just honorary. I'm very happy."
Tweed was about to phone her mom, who still lives in Saskatoon along with her brother and two sisters, to let her Saskatoon family know the news. She said she hopes her street name gains some notoriety for the city. Her longtime partner, Simmons, had a boulevard in Dallas, Texas, named after him shortly after the honorary presentation last year in Saskatoon, she said. Simmons was also given the key to the city.
"I hope it helps, Anything that brings commerce and tourism helps."
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