420. Recent Life // PDAC 2015

On my way to Longos for my first grocery shopping trip in a long time.


Working at Starbucks in First Canadian Place.


In the mail: HOLTS Magazine + my new Sigma Brushes


Skincare and beauty products haul..I'm going to do a separate post for this soon

So I didn't really do much for PDAC this year. I didn't think I was going to do anything for it actually..the most fun I ever had was the first couple years I ever went. The first year, we randomly stumbled into the parties at Royal York unsure of what it was. We pretended we were also in the mining industry when we met some UBC (?) students. We said we used root canal drills at our mining company. Then we met a lot of acquaintances who I now end up seeing (every year for the past 7 years) during those few days of PDAC. It's weird how I have been going for so long and I'm not even in the industry.

My friend invited me to this party on the first night at the Ripley's Aquarium. I think this one was put on by Silver Wheaton. At PDAC, all the major companies host parties everywhere around the city where all it's all open bar/food. We'd go to wherever we get invites to then end up at the Royal York "suite parties". This year I only went for like an hour or two though.


My photos are pretty bad here..hard to take photos with a drink in one hand & camera in the other.






Then "Mining Night" in the ballroom:




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318. PDAC 2013

Sorry once again for being so MIA this week! Been pre-occupied with PDAC. I've gone to PDAC (mostly just the parties) for the past 4 years now and it really does get better each year. Last year was a lot of fun but this year was even better. My favourite night (as always) was the night of the big Mining Night party at the Royal York ballroom - aka the night I met cute blond boy ;] More about that later....
Here is a video for now, earlier on that night with the live band:

I'll start from the night before the convention officially began..my friend & I went to the airport to pick up one of his business associates. Most of the people who come for PDAC are foreign (or from Vancouver). I've met quite a few over the years; pretty much all of which I only see for these few days when they're in Toronto for the convention. I guess that's one of the reasons why I always look forward to it again. When we got to the airport we found out his plane was delayed 3 hours so we killed some time, went back there to pick him up, then went for laaaaate night dinner - poutine & Fruli!

Going to the show..I mostly went just to say hi to the people I knew at the booths. I stick out so much at this place lol (As you can see, the majority are old and/or men)

Immediately after the show, the party-hopping begins..the first one on our schedule was Bymark, hosted by one of the law firms. So pretty much all the PDAC parties are open bar with an endless amount of delicious hors d'oeuvres passed around. The food here was so good!! We had so many slider burgers, lobster rolls, chicken dumplings, tuna on something..etcetcetc..

After Bymark, I went home for about an hour to recover/rest a bit. Then off we went again to the Royal York Hotel for a few suite parties (each one put on by a different company/firm).

A couple hours at the Royal York, then Loose Moose for a huge party put on by Wildeboer Dellelce. Strict door policy here, luckily I had a ticket! It seemed like mostly corporate types from Toronto here.
The photo on the right was this oxygen bar they had in there. It was scented oxygen. Supposed to wake you up a bit but it did the opposite for me. There was also a fortune teller/tarot card person there that I forgot to try..We spent the rest of the night here and was one of the last ones to leave. Fun night!!




Round 2: Mining Night



Now my favourite night! We started off at the Hockey Hall of Fame party..a quiet, calm evening at first.




My dinner that night

Then the Royal York!! I guess Mining Night is considered the "biggest" night during PDAC. At the Royal York they have the huge party in the ballroom with a live band, and on one floor of the hotel there are several suite parties. There are mostly mining students at these. We got there and it was completely packed. We walked around for a bit before meeting my other friend & some of his business associates.

We stood by the side of the stage. Suddenly this cute blond guy comes in front of me..then to the side..then behind (well at a distance)..I didn't really pay any attention at first. Then a girl (blond boy's co-worker) comes up to me and goes "hey he thinks you're really cute..but are these your bodyguards?" referring to my friend's business associates hahahah. So then I strayed away from my "bodyguards" & went around in search of more suite parties with blond boy, then a non-PDAC bar, etc..then finally home...another great night.

Now I'm suffering from PDAC withdrawal. Life goes back to normal tomorrow. Might be MIA for the next few days as I catch up on life/work.

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