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THE STAMPEDE OUTFITS YOU NEED THIS YEAR

July 1, 2017 3 Comments

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!! I hope you’re reading this while sunbathing and sipping frosé. If not, let’s make it happen. Today ALSO means we are ONE WEEK away from Stampede weekend 1. ONE WEEK. The countdown is on. It’s time to start planning out outfits and booking our beauty routine. JUST a little itinerary for ya’ll, stampede beauty will be posted TOMORROW and followed up with my Guide to Stampede. AKA what to do and how to survive. Genius. Stampede is Calgary’s hallmark event of the year. People travel from all around the world to attend. You DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT need to be a country fan. I know, shocking. I wasn’t and would attend Stampede each and every year. The city basically shuts […]

Lifestyle, YYC

HOW TO THROW YOUR PRE PACKWOOD GRAND PARTY.

June 29, 2017 No Comments

I have SUCH an exciting post for today. Pretty much because there are like 900 photos BUT ALSO cause we are chatting PACKWOOD GRAND! We are ONE MONTH AWAY TODAY. July 29, 2017. Mark it down. YES yes yes yes. The event of the summer. I know a few of you have no clue what I’m talking about so let’s talk. Packwood Grand is a fabulous event inspired by the Kentucky Derby but held in Calgary every year. A TON of Calgary’s young professionals dress up in their summers best and attend. It IS an elegant affair but socializing and drinking does take place…. for a majority of the time. GUYS WE DRESS UP AND HAVE FANCY COCKTAILS AND CHAT. Isn’t that what we always […]

Food, Girl Talk, YYC

SWIRL Custom Cakes & Desserts is 10/10 GLAM.

January 17, 2017 No Comments

We’re talking CAKE today. So last weekend I saw probably the most stunning cake I’ve ever seen and/or will see in person. It was flecked with 24K gold edible foil and took 25 hours to complete. It also hung from the ceiling. No I am not making this up. SWIRL Custom Cakes & Desserts is taking over the YYC cake game. I am OBSESSED. Lynnette MacDonald is the founder/head designer of SWIRL and, just like her confections, is incredibly sweet. You can tell just by talking to her that she puts her whole heart into each masterpiece she creates. Her passion and drive is obvious and so are her skills. She puts 110% into her creations and ohhh my gosh you can tell. Okay can we discuss these […]