9.06.2014

406. Recent Life

Prada Saffiano Lux
A few weeks ago my mom and I went to Holt Renfrew to look for a new bag for her..we spent a loooong time at the Prada boutique, trying out pretty much every style they had. In the end she decided on this one. She gave it to me to use for awhile but I haven't used it yet..the colour doesn't seem to match any of my clothes.

Grey Prada Saffiano Tote bag
IQFood Co Toronto Clover Canyon Hollywood Bowl
I have been using my new Fendi a lot though! It is a great summer bag. I got the heatstamp done with my initials. I was pretty surprised at how small the letters came out (as all other Fendi tags I see have bigger letters) but I guess I can deal with it. Also got a new Clover Canyon dress recently.


Pomeranian Hennessy
Toronto Financial District
Forest
Watermark food
Evolution Food Co yogurt and juice train tracks
Mamma Theresa Ottawa
La Societe burger
La Societe Club Sandwich

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4.18.2013

325. aquarium

St. Basil's Cathedral Leftbanked painting
Awkward pose (tried to get a good shot of my heels) + St. Basil's painting I did many years ago. Well I didn't want to spam you with too many travel posts in a row, so here's a big post of random photos I've taken in the past week or so. Plus some requested shoe pics!

Clover Canyon Aquarium Puzzle Dress
New Clover Canyon dress. I searched for so long to find this dress..now that I got it, I think I like my first one more.

Clover Canyon Aquarium Puzzle Dress
The back

Leftbanked Clover Canyon Pomeranian
My dog loves to include himself & his toys in my shots

Leftbanked dog Pomeranian
Posing nicely for you all

Moleskine drawings Baltika
I've decided to start doing my Moleskine drawings again. I haven't really done much "art" of any kind since I finished school but I do miss it. It's a great form of stress-relief. That one above is one of my favourites! I used to draw these a lot while sitting in lectures..& during summer days in cafes.

Moleskine drawings
The current one in progress..spent most of this week doing it

Laduree boxes
Gilead Cafe Jamie Kennedy
On Sunday I managed to drag myself out of bed to join a friend for brunch at Gilead Cafe

Gilead Cafe menu Cannoli Gilead Cafe
After having my first (& most amazing so far) cannoli a couple weeks ago in New York, I'm now on a mission to find a place that makes them just as good in Toronto. I think it would be slightly easier than my other goal of finding decent macarons here. So the cannoli from Gilead was good..& looked very pretty with the side of edible (?) flowers. Though unfortunately not as good as NYC's.

brunch Gilead cafe french toast Jamie Kennedy
The presentation of my french toast could've/should've been better. I did not want to eat that when it arrived! (That's exactly what it looked like when it came) I thought the taste would make up for the fact that it looks like it's swimming in vomit, but it didn't exactly. I would return to Gilead for sure but not going to order the french toast again!

Jamie Kennedy fries Gilead
At least the fries were good.

Pomeranian Leftbanked dog Pomeranian Leftbanked
These pics are in such a random order so here's some more photos of my dog!

Giuseppe Zanotti
Currently lusting after these..

iQ Food Co Blueberry Crunch Hot Box iQ Food Co Blueberry Crunch Hot Box
My favourite from iQ Food Co - Blueberry Crunch Hot Box..their hot boxes are so photogenic I'm always tempted to take a pic each time I get one. & another thing I'm love taking pics of:

Toronto city lights
outfit Leftbanked Moleskine drawing
Yonge & King Toronto cops
I came home earlier to find cops at the entrance of my building. Soon they blocked off the perimeter around my block, not allowing any people or cars through. (Deja vu of the G20 riots a few years ago with cops surrounding my building) Apparently there was a suspicious package left at our front entrance so they had to investigate. I asked them if it was safe to stay in the building. One told me no and that I should wait it out somewhere else. & another told me: "it's big enough to harm people but not an entire building" - referring to the "package"/bomb.

Yonge St cops

Since I am sometimes overly paranoid I decided to get away for some late night dinner:

Bar Isabel
Met up with my friend to check out Bar Isabel, a new tapas place. They have a really unique menu. Their food is delicious! Between my friend and I we ordered: raw horse, pig ears, roast squash, sobrassada crostini, and cured meats. My favourites were the ones I ordered - the Sobrassada & Honey Crostini (above photo on the right) and.....

Bar Isabel Toronto tapas
Roast Squash + Yogurt + Pomegranate + Sage (on the right)...soooooo good!!!

Bar Isabel pig ears
I was so fascinated by that huge ice cube in the drink..

Rachel Roy boots
& one more requested shoes pic!

PS - I really hope tomorrow will actually be 23 degrees. I'm starting to think Spring will never arrive..

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4.11.2013

323. NYC + DC | Favourite Photos & Moments

sunrise from the plane
I'm back from an amazing several days in New York & Washington DC. I booked the trip a bit over a month and a half ago and after planning/looking forward to it for so long it's already over. I wish I could rewind time to a week ago today when I was frantically doing my last minute packing. So sad to be back..now I need something else to look forward to. Here's a quick post to sum up the trip - some of my favourite photos and favourite moments. (Though the photo above was my least favourite moment..having to come back home on my 6:30am flight. At least I got to see the beautiful sunrise) btw, please ignore all the different shapes and sizes of my photos..it's a mixture taken from my phone, camera, Instagram..

Toronto to New York NYC from the plane
Most exciting moment - landing in NYC! Wish I got a better shot of the landing..loved the view from above

Washington DC cherry blossoms
After the first night in New York, we took a roadtrip to Washington DC for the cherry blossoms.

Lincoln Memorial National Mall National Mall Washington Monument
Alexandria Virginia
Alexandria Virginia
Very cute old town Alexandria in Virginia

Pop's Ice Cream
Loved this ice cream shop. Best smores ice cream I've ever had!

Long Island Sound sunset
Back in NY. Drove back in time to see the sunset at Long Island

NYC skyline and Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn
NYC skyline from Brooklyn Heights

Grand Central Station
Every time I go on a trip there's always one random unexpected moment that I love the most/is the most special and memorable for reasons I can't explain. This time it was waiting at Grand Central Station overlooking the rush hour crowd.

Grand Central Station NYC Bentley St. Regis Hotel NYC
Times Square
Laduree macarons
Clover Canyon Aquarium dress
Got a new Clover Canyon dress! That's the only "shopping" I did. Will post more pics after I pick it up from the tailor. Also a lottttt more travel pics soon..


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