grind it.

Last week I went into Grindhouse Burger Bar to test out their burgers. They’re in a city wide burger challenge so my friend/owner Rob invited me in to taste the goodness. I was starving at the time so it worked out awesome. No Coke or Pepsi products, Cane Cola has been around for over 100 years and uses real cane sugar. Was impressed to learn that all their menu items are made in-house. This includes ketchup & all the sauces! They have a bunch of fancy burgers but I went for their gourmet big mac style. You know I love my maccas. These onion rings were SO good. 🙂 Grindhouse is one of 4 Toronto Burger joints downtown who are up for to win ‘Best Burger‘ during the Hot & Spicy Food Festival. The winner demos the winning burger recipe with a “Hot & Spicy” side. Event is hosted by Catherine Jheon, writer and content producer for foodnetwork.ca. It all goes down Friday, September 2 at Harbourfront Centre @ 9pm. See ya there! Vote for Grindhouse here. Thanks for lunch Rob. Hope you guys win!

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Weekend Tune: “When The Night Falls” by Chromeo ft. Solange Knowles

Happy weekend everybody! Hopefully you’re all cutting loose and enjoying these hot summer nights! If not, here’s a tune to help from Montreal electrofunk duo Chromeo featuring Beyonce’s lil’sis Solange Knowles! Warning: This music video might get you pregnant… Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Chromeo just can’t be controlled. Not familiar with their amazing disco dance tracks? Let me introduce you! “P-Thugg” is the pimp on keyboards, synthesizers, and talk box. “Dave 1” is that dashing fellow singing and playing guitar. He also teaches French classes. Together, they are Chromeo. And Chromeo = Good times. “When The Night Falls” is the fourth single off their third album Business Casual, which is jam packed with jams to party to. You can follow them on Twitter here, and you can check out their tour dates here. They hit up Toronto in November and I highly recommend you be there. Enjoy! xo Kate

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Dear Diary, I have so much to tell you. xo

Baby you’re my heart You can follow me #lifeoftheparty # #TVONTHEINTERNET http://t.co/WXE1DrK # Photo: i love our condo grsss. http://t.co/YGSUbVm # writing. writing. reading. coffee. writing. reading. morning! # Dairy Queen Blog Cake http://t.co/NYChcvu # ha! @torontogeorge as me. (bangs @dollbarinc) http://t.co/heeOb8L # mermaid, hunk, fashion, crazy things. http://t.co/lQJfX3j # brunch time 🙂 http://t.co/tVTdi2u # Photo: @laurenonizzle @pinkmafia4life http://t.co/bUVZDsP # “i can’t write today, something’s wrong. i can’t smile today, life is a sad song. my heart hurts… so…” http://t.co/rzhb8II # Photo: what? you have good grams?. yippeeeee. http://t.co/1cjBFe6 # euro trip in sept i think. this makes me happy. I got a new campaign launching next month and need a wicked photog to take my photo. My BFF photogs are all out of town next week. LMK. Thanks for the photog recos dudes. Heaps of good peeps. Reckon I’ve narrowed it down 🙂 The Australian, he is so lovely. Great brunch with a good friend today. Awesome way to start the day. Inspiring! RE: It’s mega scary. I seriously felt like someone passed away. I was completely distraught.  http://t.co/9BgSULh # This week i was a professional hipster, Dad said he’s proud. pretty glad I gave away that HP Tablet now. looking or a residential commercial space about 4000 sq. ft. on the right track baby i was born this way. yes this. #smart #right #left http://t.co/9d8ewHC # This post is for you http://t.co/6v4zPe9 #budcamp @Canadian09 @budcanada @carlyannedotcom # Casie Winehouse #memorial #party http://t.co/auwuZO5 casa de nIZZLE – @laurenonizzle wé @brockmclaughlin @natekogan @frikshun, The Australian & Scotti… http://t.co/vcGF8wU Polaroid picta partay.

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This post is for my girls and boys at Bud Camp.

Last year was SO much fun. I loved ALL the girls. A bunch of them I still see. Met some totally awesome guys too. Had an absolute blast. Me wearing my outfit today. Have fun this weekend peeps! For all you people at or not at at Bud Camp. These are my last year memories. xo CASIE P.S. Colin if you see this call me.

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time capsule creative: november 16, 2006

Once I thought I lost the contents my first external hard drive. It was November 16, 2005. I was heart broken. Like no other love I’ve ever had, it was my everything. Devastated. Distraught. Thinking about that day now, and you reading this, my heart, it still hurts, feels like like a day old punch. I went to the bar and I got a martini. What the hell else was I supposed to do, I LOST  goddamn EVERYTHING?! There was a hole in my heart. And it was bleeding. So I wrote… #1 now i must write. today i think i lost my work, my life my story. my external drive showed up empty. my brain is very full. the words i wrote, can not be gone. i must remember what is lost. _______________ #2 where what now here me loud my story goes untold a life worth living a legend will unfold _________________ #3 life lost. a legend burried deep within the walls four of them that hold my life a broken link holds it togehter a photo in my mind it is all remembered. __________________ Later that day, I decided to take all the cords apart (there were two to connect it to my PC, it was 2006) and put them back together. It turned back on. I didn’t  lose anything. The end. Lessons learned: 1) Make sure you back up. 2) Drama inspires creativity.  3) I might be rtrd. 🙂

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exhibitIKEA: realms of bliss realms of light some are born to sweet delight

I cruised by this the night before it opened and snapped a bunch of shots in the dark. Yesterday I creeped into the beautiful art installation exhibit by IKEA at King & Peter. It’s in collaboration with Canadian fashion designer David Dixon, fashion & design photographer George Whiteside, sculptor Bruno Billio and Thrush Holmes, popular artist, painter & owner of Thrush Holmes Empire. I love the creativity. I could live here. Maybe one day I will.     These photos were taken the night before it opened and shot from outside.

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