Casie, Lauren, Raymi: Toronto Bloggers & Life in the City

Hey look, it’s your fav Toronto Charlie’s Angels together again! Not too long ago Lauren, Raymi, and I were shot by Menkes for this corporate video about how much we love downtown life. Like, comment, share with yo friends.  I cruised around my fav area (current construction zone) Queen/Spadina. My condo is right up the street and I really feel I can do just about anything in this neighbourhood. There’s lots of places to eat, drink, shop, or just hang out. There’s always lots happening, the streets are busy, and you’re close to the water or highway for a quick getaway. Follow Menkes online at @MenkesLife and Facebook/MenkesLife. Music is friends band NIXON.    

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inside jobs: the globe & mail + the motion room, raymi the minx & me

Here’s that vid & I shot with Raymi last month at The Motion Room for the Globe & Mail with Rosa Park. Professional blogger and fitness enthusiast Casie Stewart gets her workout on at the Toronto-based Motion Room. Globe and Mail Update: Published Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2011 6:00AM “Most people are clueless when they go to the gym and left on their own,” says James Cappellano, co-owner of The Motion Room. The Toronto-based fitness club, which opened its doors December 2010, offers results-driven experience where workouts – whether conducted alone, with a trainer or in a group – are scheduled, and performance is measured against goals set by members.

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Sweet Summertime Sets

In the winter I was really all about wearing jumpsuits. So much that my friend Raymi asked if I was a janitor bc I wore them so often. LOL! See Raymi’s blog here. In warm temps, one of my absolute fav things to wear is summertime sets. They’re the best! I have so many different ones and I can’t wait to wear them all. Posted this cute one in my Stories yesterday and it’s been ages since I got so many DMs about an outfit. If you want to match me you can buy it here. In other news, have been going to the gym and mixing up workouts with more yoga. Still running a few times a week. It’s almost getting too hot to run later than 8 am now! I love it. Today I walked High Park for an hour at 7 am. Got a delivery from my friends at Smartwater yesterday, roof top fridge is stocked! I feel this alkaline water is the best water and I will drink all of it in no time. TY Smartwater Canada! Do you use Slack for work? I thought this was quite cute. I love how Slack has a lil’ sense of humor. Remember you’ll never be younger than you are right now so make the most of it! Have a great day! Wear sunscreen.

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Day 402: My Blog is 16 Today

A 16th birthday is a coming of age year, you’re a bit more mature and figuring out who you are. You’re in high school, you can get your license. I can hardly wrap my brain around the fact that I’ve been writing this for so long. And for 400+ consecutive days of a global pandemic. I would love to have had a post written with all kinds of favorite moments in blog history: travel adventures, red carpets, film festivals, tweetups, and events, but that life seems so incredibly far away right now. I didn’t have the energy but now thinking about it, going back in time seems kinda fun. Looking back, the thing I’m most grateful for is all the people I’ve met through this blog. Nearly everyone I know today is somehow connected to my blog, by way of social media, work, or events. It’s changed my whole life. I changed my whole life. The thing is, if you want to achieve something, or be something, you have to work at it. You need to do something each day that brings you closer to that goal. You get up early and work on it before your job, you think about it on your run, you stay up late, you work on it. You skip going out with your friends to learn HTML and use what little extra money you have to make stickers and cards with your name on them. You do something each day to bring you closer to your goal. You take a step forward each day. A couple of things I’m pretty proud of are being recognized by the Canadian Academy of Film & Television as an innovator & pioneer, receiving an Alumni of Distinction award from Conestoga College, and being recognized by Ontario as a…

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Podcast: #WiththeJoneses – Episode 3 – The OG #Blondetourage

Last week, my bff  Lauren O’Nizzle and I were on the Jones Media Podcast – Keeping Up with the Joneses. It was super fun! If you know Lauren and I or have been on the internet for a long time, you’ll enjoy this. We talk a lot about influencers, brand partnerships, and how social media has changed over the 10 years we’ve been friends. This week on Keeping Up with the Joneses, we have Casie Stewart and Lauren Neil in conversation about starting as OG bloggers, tweet ups, their first paid gigs, how they transitioned into today’s influencer culture and tips for parents on how to engagement their kids in conversations about the internet.  Memory Lane – Stuff Mentioned in Podcast Thanks for tuning in! I’ve opened up comments on this post to feel free to leave one if while listening!

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Getting Higher: Rock Climbing

I’m writing this from the cottage with the lake as my second screen. Last week was a busy one after being away but I love those weeks almost as much because things move fast and it’s motivating.  The other day I went rock climbing with Raymi and some friends at Hub Climbing in Markham. I like rock climbing but it gets harder as you get older haha. My arms were a bit sore this week from wakeboarding and my trainer. I’m chuckling a bit to myself writing this because back in 2001, I was a Sunshine Girl (Toronto Sun) and my bio said I liked ‘baseball, rock climbing, and want to work in marketing‘. At the time I had never gone rock climbing in my life. Safe to say I always knew what I wanted career-wise!  We were invited to check out  Hub Climbing‘s 18,000 sq ft facility with over 200 climbs and bouldering. They’ve got locations in Markham (where we went) and Mississauga where they offer camps, classes, school groups, and yoga. They were very helpful in training us to ‘learn the ropes’, climb safely, and push ourselves to the limits. It’s definitely a fun experience, we had heaps of laughs. Martin from @Studenomics was REALLY good. He scaled the speed wall in under 10 seconds!  Hello, I am a rock climbing bae now.  The thing I like about rock climbing is that you use every muscle in your body including your brain. You have to think strategically about where you’re going and how you’re going to get there. Such is life.  Thank you Rob & Hub Climbing for inviting me to climb at your gym. Looking forward to my next visit!  buy bupropion online Buy strattera online http://buywithoutprescriptiononlinerx.net/fluoxetine.html http://rxbuywithoutprescriptiononline.org/citalopram.html

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Work Work, Blog Work, WeWork, Werk!

Hi! I am at WeWork visiting Raymi and the office is SO COOL. It’s a co-working space and there are heaps of big and small businesses around and freelance people working in the common areas. It’s super bright and well designed to inspire creativity. I love it! Of course, we had a little photoshoot! I wore this dress when I was in Vancouver and honestly, I would wear it every damn day. It’s from H&M and I get so many compliments on it! I am on the hunt for more yellow in my wardrobe. It’s so sunshiney and bright! ☀️?? Tonight I’m going to to the cinesphere at Ontario Place, then to a BBQ w/ Schneiders. I’m surprising her so I hope she likes it! This weekend we’re heading up to the cottage for a few days. After all the work we’ve done over the last few months, we can finally relax and enjoy it! I’m looking forward to sitting on the dock, reading, and soaking up the sun. Remember to wear sunscreen!  P.S. Raymi just updated her blog and she is very happy right now go read it! It’s way longer than this haha. raymitheminx.com She has a real job now at Full Stack Resources if you ever need some dev work done!     Buy Propecia Online https://vifreepress.com/wp-content/languages/new/lipitor.html Propecia no Prescription

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Watch My Talk at Social Media Week 2017

Had a great time at Social Media Week. Was great to see so many familiar faces (like Raymi, hey girl!) and meet some new friends. Kudos to Michelle and the Pinch Social team for putting on a great festival. I’m proud to be a member of the Advisory Board and love seeing how HUGE SMWTO has grown over the years. Deb from Rock-It Promotions and I spoke on a panel about influencers and influence and influencing. Very hot topic right now! Scroll down to watch my talk via Facebook Live video. Watch My Talk At Social Media Week 2017   Time in for my influencer talk w/ Debra Sadowski at Social Media Week Toronto (SMWTO)! Posted by Casie Stewart on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Lauren was also a speaker and it was her birthday. I showed up with balloons to brighten her day. Take the sunshine wherever you go!

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Housewarming + Heart Warming

The other week Lauren had a housewarming party and I totally forgot I made a draft post with all the photos. Here’s a Flashback Friday to 3 weekends ago with a whole bunch of my friends, my Instant camera, and selfie stick. Had a blast snapping photos of everyone all night!  I got the $Selfmade shirt from the Song Sisters, international fashion bloggers extraordinaire. How great do my blue Air Optix Color Contacts look. I love them! See blog posts about them here. I have Gemstone Green too. Oh hey look, RAYMI! It was rad to have a RAYunion. Roxy, love you! Brock McLaughlin, the one and only. The next day i stayed at The Royal York Hotel with my sister. This pool was pretty heavenly. Thanks Hotels.com Canada for the hotel hookup! We had a fun girls night. I love this city so much. Here’s to a wicked good Friday and start to the WEEKEND! I’m stoked, have dinner at the Keg to try the new menu with Lauren & our boys tonight (I’m a former Kegger! Cambridge Keg FTW).  Rest tomorrow and the Shop for Jayu photoshoot Sunday. <3 CASIE

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Notable Awards for Young Professionals

Today is the last day to vote for your fav people from Ontario in the Notable Awards powered hosted by Notable.ca. I’m nominated in the Best Blog category for Toronto. It’s my second time being nominated for a Notable Award, I was up for Best Personal Brand in 2011. I swore that after winning the Virgin American Provocateur competition I’d never ask people to vote for me again, I know it can be a bother, but here I am. I’m up against some really great blogs that are run by more than one person which is pretty cool. It’s awesome to be nominated with amongst my peers. You can vote for me here and pick out your favs in other categories here.  In other interesting news I’m Nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award (for the second time) in the Canadian Weblog Awards, winners announced next week for that. I’ve been a big supporter of Notable and Julian since he started in back in 2008. In 2009, Julian and Notable document the top bloggers in Toronto, including me. They don’t all blog anymore but you’ll recognize Raymi the Minx, and Lisa Charlieboy in these photos. Below is another one from 2009, we’ve come a long way since then! I had a quick chat with Julian this week about the Notable Awards and what’s next for the company. Scroll down for a recent video I did with Notable for their Icon Series and PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO VOTE. Interview w/ Julian Brass from Notable Julian and I chatted on the phone and I did my best to get it all down! Thanks Julian! Follow him on Twitter at @JulianBrass. What was the inspiration behind creating Notable?? We as young professionals have so much potential, to live our dreams and help other live theirs. Notable is the brand that helps young professionals realize it’s…

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Events | Romance Anyone? Toronto Sex Show

Loving this remix of Tove Lo’s ‘Stay High. I put all the recent songs from my Shazam (music discovery app) and put them in an Rdio playlist. You can check it out here. “I eat my dinner in my bathtub, Then I go to sex clubs, Watching freaky people gettin’ it on, It doesn’t make me nervous, If anything I’m restless, Yeah, I’ve been around and I’ve seen it all” Next weekend I’m going to The Everything To Do With Sex Show for my first time even thought it’s been in Toronto for 15 years. The three day event runs October 24th-26th at The Direct Energy Centre and features all kinds of seminars, art, wellness, celebrities, and other fun stuff to do with sex and romance. It’s a great time of year for this show because we’re about to start hibernation and if we have a winter like last year, we’ll all be spending heaps of time at home. And hopefully not alone! I creeped the event website and found this group of cool peeps I can vouch for that are worth checking out at the show: Actor, musician, gamer, and bar owner Rainbow Francks Artist extraordinaire Jessica Gorlicky UFC babe Elias Theodorou (met him at Todd’s show last month) Katrina McKay from Ohhh Canada! The one & only Todd Shapiro Adult film star Voodoo (met him on Todd’s show too) Caryle Jansen from on Good For Her shop, did a seminar w/ her & Raymi in 2011  Other things I reco checking out are burlesque, the leather, latex, and the exhibitor floor. I’m not sure if you have ever worn a latex outfit but if you have you know how amazing it is. I used to have a gorgeous long latex shirt but it ripped. These are a few of my fav Gaga latex outfits. Tickets to attend the show…

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Feeling Very Thankful. #ThankFALL

We had Thanksgiving up at the cottage this year and it was so great! We headed up north on Friday to spend time with Sean’s parents and family. I planned to do some work around the house on Monday but instead I slept in, relaxed, and watched Netflix. It was a holiday! Fall is a time of year we give thanks and think about what we’re grateful for. Target contacted a bunch of Canadian bloggers and asked us to share what we’re thankFALL for. Scroll down for a few of my favourite things and a chance to win a $250 gift card from Target Canada. FAMILY Sending love and hugs through the internet to my whole fam. So happy to be able to hug them or pick up the phone and give them a ring anytime. I recently went home to see my parents so I didn’t make the trek to KW this weekend but I’ll be back home to see them again soon. Much love to all my sisters and quite thankful for Facebook so I can see all my Kiwi cuzzies in New Zealand. Yay Internet! FRIENDS Lucky to have great friends around me! These are old photos of Lauren, Carly, Raymi, and Keri, our OG blog crew. We’ve had some rad times over the years! THE INTERNET I am extremely thankful for the Internet. It’s enhanced my life in SO many ways, I can’t imagine a world without it. We probably wouldn’t even know each other! I’m really happy that I’ve used the internet to document my life over the last 10 years. Hard to believe it’s been so freakin’ long!   MY LOVE Sean, this one’s for you baby! So thankful to have a wonderful boyfriend who is also my best friend. We love travelling, spending time at the cottage, or just sittin’ around watching Netflix. I…

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Ticket Giveaway to @BrrrrrTO w @BacardiCanada!

This weekend is Brrrrr! Toronto, a two day out door electronic music festival at Echo Beach. My friends at Bacardi Canada have given me some extra tickets to share with YOU! I’ll be there on Friday night to see MOBY. See below on how to enter with one click!  I’ve seen The Sheepdogs and Robyn at Echo Beach. This is the first time I’ll be venturing there in [gasp] the WINTER! All I can think is BRRRRRRR! Brrrrr! Details : Brrrrr! Winter Music Festival Toronto  Twitter: @BacardiCanada @BrrrrrTO Dates: February 1st and 2nd Location: Echo Beach  How to Win: Tweet “I wanna go to @brrrrrTO! w/ @casiestewart & @bacardicanada! #Brrrrrcardi OR Click this button to Tweet it. Easy peazy! Tweet #Brrrrcardi   In other Bacardi news, this is me last week at The Brunny for Bacardi Social House. Then I got PHOTO BOMBED by this guy. Hope to see you there! BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! <3 CASIE  

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MO SISTAS TORONTO 2012! #movember

[View the story “MO SISTAS TORONTO” on Storify] MO SISTAS TORONTO Storified by CASIE STEWART · Sun, Nov 04 2012 22:16:00 Sunday morning diva drive w/ @itsbrownbarbie. #Funday http://instagr.am/p/RnVaPiya-9/CASIE STEWART #SocialMoSistas getting ready @ambermac caronsue @shananigans1102 #shootday #movember @ Fuss Hair Studio http://instagr.am/p/RncAXZya09/CASIE STEWART RT @fusshairstudio: Pin up perfection almost done! By @allisonjahr for #movember #fusshairstudio with mosista @ Fuss Hair Studio http://instagr.am/p/RngdFJQmFp/CASIE STEWART RT @ambermac: #Movember calendar shoot time with caronsue @casiestewart and more mosistasto @fusshairstudio http://instagr.am/p/RnhDSolZR_/Julie Andrew RT @casiestewart: HUGE thank you to @fusshairstudio for having all us #Movember pinup girls here today!Lisa Simone Richards RT @TiffEncinaMUA: #kevinluc working his magic with @casiestewart at @fusshairstudio today! #photgraphy #photoshoot #makeuparti http://instagr.am/p/Rn0Tgxx_Aw/CASIE STEWART RT @CaronSue: Pinup Mo mosistasto calendar photo shoot #30daysofmo #movember #mosista http://instagr.am/p/RntMjECpLa/Lincoln McCardle RT @alison_kaizer: movember blogger babes calendar shoot with @CaronSue and @casiestewart ❤ @ Movember http://instagr.am/p/RnyoOwFJDb/Caron Court RT @CaronSue: Minxing it up for #Movember w/ @raymitheminx! mosistasto @fusshairstudio #mosista http://instagr.am/p/Rn-3cqCpOK/Raymi Lauren So much fun! MT “@CaronSue: . @fusshairstudio w/ @ellerich @ambermac @shananigans5 @jacobsonjenna for @mosistasTO photo shoot.”amber mac I want to surf those bangs! RT @CaronSue: @MoSistaTO’s @laurenonizzle and me going pinup style for #Movember #mosista http://instagr.am/p/Rn_FYnipOW/”Lauren O’Neil RT @CaronSue: Awesome day @fusshairstudio for mosistasto calendar shoot! #movember http://instagr.am/p/Rn5KjUipIW/Open Concept RT @Morgan_C_Ross: @casiestewart @laurenonizzle make sure @BigDealDawson has fun at the shoot but doesn’t get too accustomed to having a moustache. ;)Jennifer Dawson “@CaronSue: Pinup Mo Sistas for #Movember mosistasto calendar shoot http://instagr.am/p/RnwUXvipPF/” we should do a calendarCharlotte Connell RT @CaronSue: It’s me and @bigdealdawson at the mosistasto calendar shoot for Movember. http://instagr.am/p/Rnv9PTipOr/Jennifer Dawson @caronsue I spy w/my lil eye, something that is @raymitheminx #movember #mosista http://instagr.am/p/Rn-s2QipN6/Yellow Jacket The mosista’s day end ! Lots of fun doing the hair. #fusshairstudio thanks @CaronSue @andreasluft @ Fuss Hai http://instagr.am/p/Rn6kRVQmB5/Fuss Hair Studio Movember Mo-Sista’s Who Make A Difference!…

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