On a lovely evening in early May, Random House of Canada invited a group of bloggers to their offices for a small reception with authors Danielle Trussoni and Edward Rutherfurd. Greeted with delicious drinks and an assortment of cheese & crackers, delicious assortment of perogies (courtesy of Pravda Vodka House) and macarons, it was truly [...]
Recap: Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2013
Having gone last year and thoroughly enjoying ourselves, Christa (@ More Than Just Magic) and I decided to meet up once again to explore the annual Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), a free event held at the Toronto Reference Library. We started our morning by meeting Ardo (@ A Wordsmith) at the nearby Starbucks which, upon [...]
Recap: Every Never After Book Launch Party with Lesley Livingston
Last Friday, Lesley Livingston hosted her book launch party for Every Never After, the sequel to her 2011 book Once Every Never, over at Dominion on Queen, in the East end of Toronto. Coming from an outing with another friend, I was a bit early and ended up bumping into Siobhan (Conversations of a Reading [...]
Interview: Lesley Livingston
At last Friday’s book launch party for Lesley Livingston’s Every Never After [recap here] out on Queen Street East in Toronto, I had the amazing opportunity to sit down with her for 10 minutes for an interview. It felt a bit strange at first, to do a formal sit-down interview with Lesley since she’s a [...]
Recap: Macaron Day Aftermath
As I mentioned earlier today, March 20th is Macaron Day across numerous cities worldwide, including Toronto. Yum! Tiffanie (Mostly YA Lit) and I had plans to go check out at least 4 of ‘em after work. With the first day of Spring starting off freezing cold and snowy, waking up with a migraine, I had high [...]
Mmmm Macaron Day Toronto!
Those of you who know me & my blog’s Paris Month in April will know how obsessed with macarons I am. (And how one of my biggest pet peeves are the people who confuse macarons and macaroons!) Tying in with Macaron Day in other major cities worldwide like Paris and NYC, Toronto is participating as [...]
Recap: The Original Wedding Soirée
While the original wedding “soirée” was held in the daytime rather than the evening, as the name purportedly means, it was a beautifully fanciful event. An immensely better experience than my first wedding show experience a month or so ago, this event had 100% more classy, tasteful and relevant information for me and my style. I [...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: My Neighbourhood
I haven’t done one of these in a while and Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge this week is the first “Phoneography Challenge” where we must use our phones to capture the week’s theme. And this week’s theme is: My Neighbourhood. I picked various photos I took over the last few months from around my neighbourhood [...]
