You’re late, you’re late…for a very important date!

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It’s almost December, so that means it’s almost time for another Gratitude Tea! This charity event is all about raising spirits, receiving praise and spreading goodwill. Well actually it is a formal way to say ‘thank you’ to that unsung hero in your life We are giving you the grandest of opportunities to speak out about that special person in a way that they will always remember. Bringing a guest is just as special too. Just by bringing them as your guest speaks volumes to how they have impacted your life.

Oh and there is tea too! Lots of yummy sweets and treats, clotted cream and tiny sandwiches that only Marie Antoinette would approve of.

Where: Rosewater

When: Sunday December 5, 2010

Time: 1:00 to 3:30 pm.

www.gratitudetea.com

 

 

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The Most Gorgeous Wedding I’ve Ever Seen

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The beautiful Coco Rocha wed long-time friend James Conran and boy was it a wedding with a capital W! I’ve never seen such an extravagant video for a wedding but it was so elegant and beautiful. The video plays out like a Chanel perfume commercial or a movie trailer for a beautiful fairy tale where a princess gets married in a French Chateau. The video speaks for itself, so have a watch.

FABulous $10 iPad Giveaway from FabFind

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Kudos to the fine people at FabFind. You created mass hysteria on the web when you announced the daily deal today would be a $10 iPad. Hard to believe? Absolutely! In fact, when learning of the deal this morning I had to turn to my Twitter tweeps to double check the deal was legit. When I signed into Twitter, I found out I was late to the party. The discussion was in full gear and as I found out, half of Toronto already knew about it before I did.

Word spread like wildfire, which caused their website to go down. At around 1:00 p.m. the CEO of the company sent out an e-mail to all subscribers with the subject, “Re: $10 iPads…whoa, people!”

 

FabFind CEO Response

 

http://www.youtube.com/v/8ZVMXtgBghE?fs=1&hl=en_US

The deal was most definitely legit and if you don’t believe me, just watch proof of the delivery of an iPad to a reluctant believer in this video.

Since the possibility of getting your hands on an iPad were like winning the lottery, FabFind decided to give away the last iPad to the winner of a Facebook contest. The rules are: you submit a reason for why you need/want an iPad in 140 characters, submit and vote on the best answer. The answer with the most responses, wins! Before you can submit your answer, or even view others’ responses you have to “like” their fan page on Facebook first…very smart marketing! Not only are people going to “like” this service, they are going to spread the message far and wide so people will vote for their answer.

I submitted an answer but not before realizing there was only one iPad to be given away, not the first 100 as my friend informed me.

As of right now their website is still down and I’m sure the owners are basking in a 1000% increase in traffic to their FabFind.com.

Jimmy Fallon’s Hashtag Segment

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The other day my sister and I were watching Late Night with Jimmy Fallon when his hashtag segment came on.

On Twitter Jimmy asked his viewing audience to use the hashtag #worstjobieverhad so he could compile the best tweets to read on his show. I can honestly say, I haven’t laughed out loud that much in a long time.

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – Hashtags (9/29/10) – Video – NBC.com.

Run for the Cure’s Social Media Connection

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CIBC’s Run for the Cure is one of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s biggest fundraising initiatives. To compliment their advertising and marketing efforts, the organization has also created a site called areyourunning.ca which focuses on the ways you can get involved online and off.

Included on the website:

  • Facebook app called Wig Out, that allows you to upload your own photos from Facebook and plant a digital pink wig on your head, so you can share with your online friends
  • Twitter backgrounds, that show you are supporting the cause
  • 10% off digital music downloads
  • WigTube, with links to CBCF’s YouTube videos
  • The World’s Largest Handholding Chain, where you can search for family and friends to hold onto or join as an individual

If you are running, I will see you there on October 3, 2o1o!

It’s Been a Year…Time for a Little Reflection

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It’s time to get a little personal, which is something I don’t do very often on this blog. If you have ever lost someone very close to you, maybe you can relate.

It has been one year (Aug 3) since my mom died. It has been a wild one but a challenging one as well. Not just the challenge of learning how to grieve, or move forward but learning how to grow from this situation and try to turn some of the negatives into positives.

Looking back at this past year, it’s remarkable I was even able to do anything at all, considering in the first three weeks since the event took place, I didn’t even want to feed myself.

I was able to get back into a normal routine and I think being able to focus on work again really helped me put things into perspective. I can’t say I was too productive at work though, because my mind was thinking about a million things…what to do with my mom’s house, where will my sister and I live? Can I afford a mortgage or a downpayment?

Despite all the worry in my head, I tried not to get caught up in all the grown up stuff I had to take care of and made it a priority to have fun, see friends, treat myself to getting my nails done and the general stuff that would make me happy and distract me from all the negative emotions I had.

If I also did not have the support of my boyfriend I may have probably had a much tougher time coping.

I feel I accomplished a lot this year. I was still able to host another WordCamp Toronto, change jobs – which is somewhat of a scary prospect in challenging times and I was able to put on a charity fundraising event in honour of my mom, now an annual event called The Gratitude Tea.

The best thing I’ve learned from this year is that friends are really important. They will cheer you up when you’re feeling down, take you out for dinner to distract you and remind you that everything will be okay. More importantly, life will go on.

I am my mom’s legacy and I know she would be proud knowing my sister and I picked ourselves up after tragedy and continued to look forward. She was a self-made woman and I try to live by her example everyday.

Here’s a video treat I put together for people who knew my mom. It was taken at my sister’s graduation in the spring of 2009. You can hear in the video that my sister is telling me to put the camera away but I’m glad I didn’t listen. It’s the only video I have of her in recent history.

Summer = New Dresses!

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Wow! It has been a really long time since my last post. I apologize for the significant gap between posts but it’s the summer and sometimes the cottage and relaxation is calling out to you.

This summer also means weddings. I have four of them to attend in just four months! For every wedding a different dress must be worn because the same group of people will be in attendance. Oh what is a girl to do? I guess I have to go out and buy a new dress, or two or three, right? Ladies, am I in the wrong here? When you have a new social function to go to but it seems like you have nothing to wear, or everything is out of date.

For a late June wedding I decided to go with a light and natural “earthy” dress as I like to call it because it had a lot of taupe, grey, brown and beige.

I picked up a simple yet romantic Covet Casablanca maxi dress from a cute little boutique called Clothing of the People when I was in Vancouver in the spring. You can also find Covet in Toronto at LIV by AU LIT on Eglinton West or in Montreal at Boutique Fly among many other locations.

Cupcake Camp Toronto 2010

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Seriously, what makes you happier than a cupcake? Okay, a few things but the cupcake I’m sure ranks high on most people’s lists of stuff they like.

Enter Cupcake Camp. A meet-up for cupcake fanatics, makers and bakers and shakers in the cupcake-making industry. Based on the BarCamp/DemoCamp style of conference, Cupcake Camp allows cupcake entrepreneurs and hobbyists the chance to showcase their sweet creations to the eager samplers of Toronto.

Traditional cupcakes like the vanilla, chocolate, red velvet and mint chocolate variety were available for sampling but interestingly enough people went to the extreme with some flavours. Elvis cupcakes in particular were all the rage. There were at least three different cupcakes that featured the banana-peanut butter combo that the King made so famous and one even had bacon on it! Speaking of bacon, there were three kinds of cupcakes that included bacon. I can’t say that I’m a big fan of meat with my sweets but it was worth trying out.

There were edible gold cupcakes, pear and green tea, strawberry daiquiri, orange creamsicle, black forest flavoured ones among the 50 or more varieties they had to try.

The most creative had to be the cupcakes in the flower pots, with crumbs on top to look like dirt, a flower sticking out and gummy worms for added realism. My favourite of the day though, was the cheeseburger cupcake that looked so much like an actual hamburger you would think there was meat in it.

If you ever want to sample more cupcakes than you can imagine, then find a way to get yourself to Cupcake Camp Toronto 2011!