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The beginning of a great tradition

This issue holds a special place in my heart. It was the first I ever bought myself with my allowance at the tender age of 12!

Sailing

Went sailing this past Sunday with my awesome brother. That's him looking strong and Captain-y. :)

Today was my birthday

 


Getting older kind of sucks but at least there was pink Veuve, Oyster Boy oysters, many types of Leslieville Cheese, big fat pink peonies, buttercream Dlish cupcakes, Nadège macaroons and my fun dress to cushion the blow. Best of all of course was having the most wonderful friends a girl could hope for around. Great weekend.

Doodle of my dad

There was a time in my life when I used to "chat" on the phone quite a bit. Nowadays I barely say more than "I'm on my way" and "do we need milk?". I don't miss the endless yammering really, I prefer texting or face-to-face. But – – what I do miss is the doodling. I would doodle for hours while on the phone – sometimes "drawing" entire conversations in a marvelous state of complete and utter unselfconsciousness. And because I was not worried about pleasing anyone or what the final result would be, I actually drew better. In fact, the work was often much better – because I wasn't getting in the way of myself. One's ego can really fuck up good work, pardon my French. Anyhoo, not to say that the above is any great masterpiece, but it was a genuine little moment captured. A moment on a little scrap of paper where I quickly drew a very Simpson-like portrait of my father, Karlo Sr., about fifteen years ago. I love it and it's on my fridge now. MUST. DOODLE. MORE.

I'm off to Windsor! Ummm....

Yes indeed! I'm off to super glamorous Windsor today, (and yes I had to look it up because I had no idea where it was), to learn about Canadian Club Whiskey; it's rich history and how it's made. Since I'm not a big drinker at all and I'm traveling with a very cantankerous colleague of mine, this could get messy folks – just warning you now. Ta.

:)

Awww...my pug Bug used to do this to me – miss her

I'm going to be an auntie soon! :)

I've been carrying around these little guys with me everywhere for the last week – they are so well traveled! In fact, they might even want to work in advertising soon given that they've come to work with me everyday, as well as a pitch and a client work session! :)

I'm off to Barcelona!

See you in 10 days! :)

I've been looking at sandwiches all day...

I'm working on a food shoot next week and spent almost the entire day today looking at sandwiches. This photo reminded me of the kind I ate as a kid in my school lunch and as good as it looks now, I would have traded it for PB&J on Wonder bread any day given the chance back then. You always want what you can't have...so silly 

image via Getty

This will be me come Thursday morning...

Busted by Google Street View

Look who was caught taking a break from work to go to Starbucks. Typical me was too busy looking at my Blackberry to bother waving at the octo-camera car driving by!