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Successful shopping for the store
Well today went fairly well despite the continuing heatwave.
I was lucky enough to stumble across a listing for the Big On Bloor festival on Friday night. Lucky because it was going on the following day, and was a great place [...]
Review: Snakes & Lattes Cafe, Toronto
I have a new favourite cafe where there is rarely a seat, the service is slow and the coffee mediocre.
BUT THEY HAVE BOARD GAMES. THOUSANDS OF THEM.
I love the concept of Snakes and Lattes, a board game cafe located just [...]
Jessica Biffi Collection @ Addition-Elle
Well, there’s really no excuse for me not writing any longer. Things have settled down a bit so I thought I’d hammer something out on a cool experience lately.
Last week I teamed up with The Asian Pear and Melanie for [...]
Introducing the Spa Review Series!
Woooeeee!!!
It has been a seriously busy past few weeks (months) for me! Flitting around from place to place not only have my weekends been booked solid (and still are!) but even my weeknights have been filled with an assortment of [...]
Clothing Swap, FTW!
Ever been to a clothing swap?
I just went to my first one ever and had a great experience! I teamed up with some fellow GTA fatshionistas from the fatshionista (plus-size fashion) community and we organized a mid-winter swap on Sunday.
I [...]
Pretty Baubles!
Thank goodness for 3-paycheque months!
This past week I just bought 2 new necklaces, both as a result of my silversmithing involvement!
I can’t remember if I mentioned it, but the studio I do my work at had a booth at an [...]
Got My Shot + Thoughts on the Flu Vaccine
So, I got my H1N1 shot this weekend, and it went just fine. My mom’s office had finished giving it to all their high-risk patients and there was enough serum left for one more shot, so she brought it home [...]
Das Boots!
I thought I’d post a follow-up on the boot situation I was complaining about earlier.
I don’ t know why, but I went back to that shoe store again the day after. Luckily it was open this time!
Poor little Max (the [...]
Storm Season
Oooh, there’s an awesome storm happening outside as I type this.
This whole weekend it’s been crazy in terms of weather. My body isn’t too happy… I’m a human barometer and the weather changes and storms have been causing me serious [...]
The Garbage Strike Blues
For those of you that don’t know, Toronto is in the midst of a city workers union strike in which garbage pickup, city maintenance, summer camps, etc. have all been stopped by the striking union. More information.
This garbage strike is [...]
