A few weeks ago, I attended the book launch for Lindsey Kelk’s new book, The Single Girl’s To-Do List. The Harper Collins Canada team held the event at swanky Yorkville venue MoRoCo Chocolat, where we were plied with bubbly, chocolate & tasty treats for a couple hours while mix &…
I’ve got a confession to make. I think Twitter and I are in the midst of the terrible twos. I’ve been active on social media for just over two years now; just enough time for certain things to start getting on my nerves. I began getting little twinges about a…
I’m a sucker for tiny, pretty things. That’s probably explains a) why I have a tiny puppy b) my insatiable appetite for beauty samples. There’s something about miniature beauty treats that makes me fall in love (maybe it’s the promise of falling in love & adding more full-sized goodies to…
After a few months of teasingly hot-and-cold weather here in Toronto, the sun is finally shining and the Ontario-grown berries are plentiful. At the grocery store this week, I couldn’t resist the draw of the succulently, sweet and slightly mushy Ontario strawberries…which is why I decided to muck around with…
There’s been much ado about nothing today. Who knew a little punctuation could cause so much grief? The University of Oxford styleguide (PR edition) no longer supports the use of the Oxford Comma (street name: serial comma). Big whoop. For those of you feeling much maligned about the superfluous punctuation’s…
The dog days aren’t over – they’re just beginning. Summertime can be a catch-22 for beauty addicts. Summer is a great time to experiment with bright, fun colours but creeping temperatures usually result in sliding makeup. [photo courtesy of doornail243 on flickr] With a few easy swaps (and a few…
By now, you’ve heard the story of U.S. Democratic Representative Weiner, he of Twitpic fame. [missing out? see the end of this post for The Anatomy of a Scandal] It sounds like a bad joke: Representative Weiner tweets a photo of his wiener. Unfortunately for the Representative, this situation was…
