The other night I was at Bedford Academy for dinner & drinks with some of my fav friends to celebrate Renee‘s visit from SF. Haven’t seen Renee since she moved and it was so nice to see her in IRL. WE MISS YOU RENEE! ♥ We felt it was a good idea for her to make a speech. It went something like this… Tried to take some pano shots of the crew but I’ve not mastered shooting people this way. I’m learrrrrrning still. Most of us in this group met early 2009 through events like Twestival, GenYTO, CanLit and patio Tweetups. It’s amazing to see how everyone has evolved over the last few years. We’re a passionate group of young people working with new technology in mobile, social and web.  When we started GenYTO this was our mission, to unite the “wired, creative and ambitious young people in the in the Toronto startup, marketing, PR and tech community.” This is me on My City Lives around this time last year talking about how my friends in the Toronto tech community have inspired me.   You might recognize a few of these awesome people 😉 I reckon it’s time to plan GenYTO Summer 2011. Ideas welcome. LMK.

Well helloooooooooooo dah’ling, welcome. This is the boat I went on, Capt. Matthew Flinders. He’s Australian & kinda special. Captain Matthew Flinders RN (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been known as New Holland. [wiki] I’M KING QUEEN OF THE WORLD CITY. I kid I kid, this will never stop being funny to me. I don’t even give a care what you think about it either. Ahoy, matey! Eat her dress, do it. So pretty in the sunshine she was. Who thinks we should have a party here? Say ‘ai ai’ & raise yo hand. Gamble? Mariposa Cruises went all out for this mixer. Loved it. Didn’t have any of these. This yes. And a whole lotta this. Then we met Mysterion. I wrote down a word on this paper and he had his eyes closed then HE GUESSED IT. I know, awesome & Casie go together but he didn’t even KNOW ME. Then we had round two and I drew cherries, folded it up and put it in his hand and HE DREW THE SAME THING. Fahhhh, this guy is good man. Keri drew a server and he drew a set of drawers (obvs he didn’t think of server) but STILL. Holy kaw. Our city is so beautiful. View from the water/island is dreamy. Mr. Mariposa, Jason Lambert. New BFF! HI JASON! Hey Bloggeratti! Social(ites). Few beers deep by this time. Then I are some meat. With my hands. BARBARIAN. You bet your ass I filled my purse w/ candy. Jason encouraged me, he didn’t know…

Oh hai, Princess Casie here with a beer. Somebody likes to have f-u-n. Yep, these are my friends. They are great. You guys remember Rightsleeve? Done a bunch of things with them over the last year. Hawaii & I, proud parents of Triangle & Eviana. If this makes no sense to you, you haven’t been paying attention to the baby saga. Thanks for a fun time Rightsleeve. You know I love ya. BTW, I also love these! So rad.

Awesome. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir Canada’s and North America’s first-ever Olympic Ice Dance Champions. They were so nice. I chatted with them on camera for a couple mins. Video & photos from the event(s) to come. This was too exciting not to share.  I LOVE THEM. 🙂