THE YOUNG INFLUENCERS CONFERENCE

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Hi from the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library. I love this space! I caught the morning keynote by Shane Smith, CEO & Founder of Vice. Panels are full of great people. My talk is “Authenticity and Word-of-Mouth via Social Media” featuring three other bloggers in fashion, photography, and comics.

Follow along my tweets and #YIC12. I you have any questions, ask me!

Have an awesome day!

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YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS IN MY HARD DRIVE

Man I love this guy. Rick Mercer for the win. Imagine the government could peep in your comouter any second.t\ The first thing that it would kill in me is creativity. I love my computer and everyone has some things we don’t want to show others. Mercer’s confident us Canadians aren’t stupid enough to let the Tories peak into our hard drives without a warrant. He might just be right.

Like Rick said “that’s why we close our blinds at night”. Well done. Proud to be Canadian.

P.S. Check out these TOTALLY INSANE AWESOME book carvings. Yes, books.

LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR HEART

Love a Heart from Chris Luckhardt on Vimeo.

Instagram photo by @ValTorontoGal @ The Hideout

I did Jump Rope for Heart and was on skipping demo team fror the Heart & Stroke Foundation when I was a kid. We travelled around to schools doing routines and raising awareness about heart disease. February is Heart Month, heart disease and stroke take 1 in 3 Canadians before their time and it is the #1 killer of women.

Thanks for everyone who came out and donated to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada for Love a Heart. Posted a bunch of photos last week in this post. For info on volunteering or donating visit heartandstroke.com. Be part of the change. MAKE DEATH WAIT 🙂

Semaine de Mode 2012

See highlights on the Ottawa Fashion Week blog.

 

NOW THIS IS WHAT WE CALL DOWNTIME

NOW THIS IS WHAT WE CALL DOWNTIME

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Sun on the face. Senators only.

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Reflection.

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Welcome to Canada.

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Baby blue.

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“I’m melting”

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The Blondetourage: expressed as neon wolves made of ice at Winterlude 2012.

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Full circle.

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Walked from my hotel down to the mall, through the market, around Parliament, through Winterlude, across the canal and back. Kevin was a great tour guide and I posted all kinds of beautiful things you won’t see here I saw on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest, Keek, Facebook and a 360 view from Parliament Hill. It’s fairly mild and the sun felt good on my face. I will remember this day forever.

Don’t have hair & makeup till 7:30pm, it’s nap time. Might watch a movie too.

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