Snaps from around Toronto town

I have neglected my actual camera lately. The last bunch I uploaded were Chicago and that was 4 months ago.  So, here are a few cell phone pictures from the last few months:

Trinity Bellwoods... home.

Dinner with Dave. Also, his first instagram photo. BAM!

Dinner nights with Wojie. 

Bedroom view from Wojies

Toronto besties!

More pictures! More pictures! 

MTV cribs

Well, I'm a few months behind. Nearly 3 months to be exact. Never really sure where the time goes, but suddenly  I've been living here for 3 months and have seen my fair share of couches in that time. But now I'm settled in my new digs.

I landed up in the area I wanted to live in since the day I arrived back in the city. It's close to everything (food, drink, hangouts & work). And it's nearly full of all the stuff I love.

Like this clock:

And my favourite painting in the world:

I'm still in the midst of collecting more things. I need a vintage chair for beside the lamp and perhaps a bedside table (mirrored... you're feeling this right?)  so my book and water can have a home!

It's tiny but it's all mine. And A lives 2 floors above my place, so there's always company. (And a gym and sauna and court yard and about 700 other people).

I'm feeling pretty good! 

Where in the world...

Ah ha! I haven't updated nearly enough...

There will be a post of epic proportions very, very soon.

Excited? I am! 

Listen to this: Bombay Bicycle Club edition

100%  my song of the summer.

Travel Bug.

These are some seriously inspiring videos. STA Travel Australia--you make me want to go back even more.

Time to hit the road... again.

Stop and smell the flowers; or, I love life

After realizing I have been in front of the television more than I have with a book in my hand, I decided to take a trip to Chapters. There's something so wonderful about being in a huge room filled with non-spine cracked books just waiting to be read. Yep, nerdy to the max(xx), but still terribly enjoyable! 

I was actually looking for A Good Year (the film that was based on this book is one of my favourites-- it's up there with You've Got Mail and Serendipity for feel good films I could watch over and over again) the novel by Peter Mayle, but they didn't have it. I ended up buying THE BOOK OF AWESOME, which, *surprise surprise* was pretty amazing, How to lose friends and alienate people: A memoir (loving it at the moment), the newest Nick Hornby and a random book by an Australian author I have never heard of.  That was Sunday. Today and Wednesday and I'm already a book 1/2 into my latest collection. 

I really needed the switch up: sitting down, tea in hand with a book. It just feels so good; so awesome (see: THE BOOK OF AWESOME reference above)! 

And so, I've been thinking about all the awesome little things. And clearly, this guy does, too:

Frank gets me every time!

Light show in the capitol

The other evening a few friends and I went to Parliament to see the brand new light show, Mosaika! It was pretty cool-- and there were lots of people, especially for a free show at 10pm on a Wednesday night.

Pretty neat, right?