Thanks, Will Smith, for making my day twice, in completely unrelated ways.This first – this quote from an interview with Parade:"We let Willow cut her hair. When you have a little girl, it’s like...
I frequently lament having boring hair. Its blonde, its generally all one length, and it just kind of sits there—after years of mistreatment, Im too attached to it to make the plunge into any kind of...
Now that its May I think we can finally count on the warm weather being here to stay—and with warm weather comes the excitement of summer shopping. Youre probably ready to spend your pennies on prett...
Fact: avocados are technically berries.Fact: their skin looks like dragons.Fact: they are really good for you –rich in potassium, B vitamins, vitamin E, and fibre (also, monounsaturated fats, which a...
via HomageNewsMoving—even the word strikes me with that familiar crippling fear of change and uprooting. And yet I have moved (on average) once a year for the past five years. I have picked up all of...
Just in the nick of time, I received my April Luxe Box on the last day of the month. You know the drill by now – black packaging, personalized&n bsp;sticker, yadda yadda yadda.Our first glimpse a...
Though Ive not been online much of late, my hands have been far from idle. Making things and crafting has always ben a big part of what keeps me sane, and more often than not, thats channeled as knit...
I love watching videos of people telling me how to do simple, everyday things that I should already know how to do. And I do this exactly for the same reason that I am an obsessive Googler, write dow...
A couple things Im serious about lately:Those Jonathan Saunders waffley knit sweaters I got a sweater similar to these from Amandas castoffs, though its in a much more neutral brown and greige. ...
Just a few snaps from life lately.I brought this little aloe vera plant home unexpectedly on a neighbourhood walk with my mutt, Charlie. I dont have the best luck at keeping plants alive, but surely ...
via pakistantvdekhoI havent even watched it yet, (I checked to make sure the link was for real and then had to blog about it first) but I dont have to tell you that the buzz around this show has been...
So a few nights ago Amanda and I sat around and watched Youtube videos and did our nails while nursing a magnum bottle of wine—a perfectly good activity for a cold weekday night. We thought wed share...
If Ive seen you sometime in the past week, Ive probably talked your ear off about the new Vietnamese sub-inspired shop Ive been to five times in the past two weeks, Banh Mi Boys. What is a banh mi, y...
Thats a brisket pizza, folks!I had a bunch of leftover brisket from my Easter dinner on Sunday night, so I decided to do something creative. After reading a super-simple looking pizza dough reci...
This is just a quick post to say that we have now joined the online world for real. So Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter! Love you all, and have a great long weekend!xo, the BGs
Just a few things giving me a bit of reprieve from the daily grind.This songs been rocking my socks off lately, but you should put headphones before you listen. Everyone will be looking at you all si...
Amanda hosted a swap on Saturday and it was so much fun! I drank too many mimosas and forgot to document the actual swapping activity (also, I was too busy secretly burrowing away pieces that I wante...
We had a really fun weekend around these parts! There was a big swap at my house, complete with brunch foods and baked goods and mimosas and heaps of clothing – plus the best company ever to comb thr...
Take a look at these carefully curated spring-inspired pics and tell me that youre not in an instantly better mood!Mint caddy (it will be mine!) via Family StyleCalla Fall 2012 digi-print via Fashion...
I am shamelessly exploiting this weather. Like, seriously, nearly 20 degrees in March? You bet Ive broken out the skirts and sockless flats like its anyones business. Rocking a pair of shades and pow...
Yesterday I visited one of my old childhood haunts with my childhood haunt (hi Susan!). I used to spend tons of time at this place—birthday parties, rainy days—and I can picture it so distinctly in m...
So I got home, and was so excited to unexpectedly receive my Luxe Box on the first day of shipping that I filmed a video review. And, hey! Surprise surprise, Im an awkward human being! But I liked th...
Somehow we just skipped ahead to summer. Time warp? Season swap? Whatever, I’m not going to question it too closely – my favourite lightweight pants have just come out of hibernation, I actually got ...
My good friends Andrea and Genna are the best kind of foodies. Theyre the opposite of snobs—theyll try everything, they are creative and hilarious, and they know exactly where to look for food inspir...
I know Ive not been around much. But seriously, with a packed work schedule, unbelievably beautiful weather (double digits!) and a time change thats had my days starting in slow-mo, youre lucky to ha...
The Drawfs Dream by Jessie M. King for The Birthday of the Infanta by Oscar Wildevia artsycraftsyLast week it was reported that a collection of 500 fairytales had been discovered. Compiled by a 19th ...
Blogs are near and dear to my heart for lots of reasons. Some have interesting takes on daily life; some teach me things both big and little; some are eye candy, pure and simple. Some of them Ive alr...
I have a few reasons to celebrate lately, one being this article of mine on the Toronto Standard, the other being that Dan and I are going to be moving in less than 2 months! I feel like Im on a roll...
Diet CokeIts amazing, right? I grew up drinking Diet Coke, so it tastes so familiar, so comforting compared to regular Coke, in the same way that milk just tastes better than cream. But its really ba...
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