Balmy Beach

March 11, 2013Leave a comment

First thing Saturday morning, my friend, Danielle and I adventured out to the opposite end of the city to walk Lola along the beaches in the East end. It was the first warm weekend of the season, and everyone was out with their dogs and bikes. One of those days where you’d have to try extra hard to be in anything but a great mood. We wandered around for the better part of the day, just being glad not to be shivering and cold for once, before heading back to Parkdale for a celebratory taco night, at Grand Electric, for Kira, who just got engaged!

Sunday, I finally got Frankie back (she had to be spayed and have surgery for a hernia!) from the vet, and we (my two dogs and I) finished season 2 of Homeland, which made sleep nearly impossible.

Back to work today – Alex’s big show is coming up, so soon we’ll have posts together again! In the mean time I’ll be catching up on reading and baking and sleeping!

(We thought we’d stumbled across some really creepy old prison building, but it turned out just to be a water purification centre)

Shop Update

March 6, 2013November 11, 20142 Comments

Vintage high waisted floral print midi skirt (S)

Some more Spring/Summer items in the shop this week. Including one of my (Meaghan) favourite skirts ever!

Vintage 1950’s peach sundress (M)

Vintage silk floral print high waisted pencil skirt (M)

Vintage 1980’s oversized pastel stripe blouse (L)

Vintage 1930’s repurposed high waisted plaid skirt (S)

Vintage high waisted patch work style paisley print skirt (S)

Lately

March 6, 2013November 11, 2014Leave a comment

1. Vintage tea set and chocolatey chai tea
2. Granny vibes – hanging plates
3. Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson live from Austin, Tx and 1970’s Eaton’s catalogue
4. Organizing pseudo walk-in closet
5. New summer dresses
6. Reading Kavalier and Clay

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Ellis Wiley

March 4, 2013March 4, 2013Leave a comment

I stumbled across the above Ellis Wiley photo when I was reading this post about cycling in 1970’s Toronto on The Torontoist blog (I can’t wait for it to be warmer out, so I can start riding my bike around again!). A quick google search later, I was browsing a whole library of his photos on the Toronto History Flickr page. Despite how much I miss Montreal, I’ve grown to love this city – and Wiley’s photos somehow make me love it even more.

All sources say he was a Toronto born accountant, who took up photography as a hobby and wound up taking some great photos of some of this city’s most iconic buildings as they were being constructed. He used Kodachrome and Ektachrome film, the latter of which has a tendency to fade quickly. Luckily, the Toronto City Archives scanned and digitized his collection, so that I could make a silly little blogpost about him today!

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Something Blue

March 4, 2013November 11, 20142 Comments

My parents were in town visiting for the weekend, which was a true pleasure because I really don’t get to see them very often. What little time we had together was spent eating delicious pizza (Pizza Libretto), watching a movie, brunching and making silly jokes. I was sad to see them go yesterday, as I always am.

I’ve been so busy lately with my upcoming show, and to top it off, I injured my leg during a rehearsal and got quite ill for a day last week. But there is not much time for me to rest up, the show is less than 2 weeks away, and if you know me personally, I’m not the best at giving myself a break, even when I probably need it the most. Although, I say that, but most of last night was spent on the couch with Matt, watching Girls, Enlightened and The Americans.

The skirt I’m wearing is actually one we plan to list in our shop. The clasps at the waistband need some repairing, so once I have the chance to sit down and sew, you should see it in the shop in the next coming weeks. It really is a lovely skirt. I think I wore it like 3 times last week.