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OUT TO LUNCH: Fresh Vegetarian Restaurant
Its the long weekend! Or should I say TGIM! I plan on taking the little one to circus event at Harbour Front today if I can the weather should be beautiful, and I wouldn’t mind stopping by for lunch at this gret vegetarian resturant the hubster took my son and I to on Bloor st. in Toronto a few days ago called Fresh.
Fresh carries an extensive menu of items completely devoted to those like myself who as a common practice choose to indulge in vegetables as the main staple in their diet. As a vegetarian I like to incorporate different and unique foods away from the usual and sometimes boring garden salad. Fresh does this in a way that’ just that; fresh! The food was amazing, portion sizes were generous, and service was excellent. I after much deliberation ordered the Tofu wrap which came with a side of Kale Slaw which I though would come covered in mayo so I was hesitant about its arrival at first, but as J reminded me this was a vegetarian spot so there would be no high calorie mayonnaise dripping from my fork. It turned out to be excellent, just doused in what tasted like Italian dressing, thumbs up there! As you can see my wrap was so huge I was able to eat half for lunch and save the rest for dinner. That’s another great thing about how customizable Fresh is, you can request a variance in portion sizes to suits your needs and caloric intake, taking home any left overs in compostable take out containers!
Smashbox Fame Summer 2012 Palette
Hey dolls!
Lately I’ve been finding myself trying to shake up my look by exploring new looks with makeup, but as we all know feeding the make up habit can be an expensive investment. Fortunately to get me started on my colorful new journey I was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of lovely gift from the people over at Smashbox cosmetics!
Kim Kardashian in Toronto Today!
Kim K in Toronto? That’s right! Kim Kardashian will be at The Bay Queen street location today between 4:30-5:30 promoting her new jewelry line Belle Noel which you can pick up on site today at The Bay or online at retailers such as Shopbop.com. Any purchases made today at The Bay ringing in at $50 or more will grant you access to the fashion maven herself for an autograph and photog opportunity! I won’t personally be able to make it down there but would love to hear from anyone who is planning on going or picking up any of her pieces.
Think these pieces are worth $50 to see Kim face to face? Here’s a couple more of my favs after the jump!
True Queen: Karis JG
I haven’t featured anyone for True Queen of the week…in Months! So when I saw Karis post this photo to her Facebook I was inspired and excited because I knew she was the next style Queen on my hit list. Karis is obviously gorgeous and has the style knowledge to match, her white sleeveless shirt, mint colored skinnies and nude/orange sandals have an air of high sophistication and cool summer simplicity. LOVING IT!
Residing in the bustling city of Toronto Karis was nice enough to answer a few questions about her style for us:
What beauty products do you swear by? For beauty products I swear by Mac lipstick and Mixed Chicks leave in conditioner
How would you classify your style? I’d call my style uhhh casual sheek? Lol never been asked
Favourite summer trend? My favorite summer trend is definitely bold colors and prints, my least is those hideous clingy polyester dresses that have all those blingy accents…u know those ones lol the Malvern/Cedarbrae dresses especially worn with tights
(LMAO I know exactly what your talking about! Toronto Catties!)
Check the rest of the interview after the jump!
Night Out: Dinner + No Dancing @ Dazzling Lounge
This week I start school and I promised I wouldn’t go back without spending sometime with my girls so to Dazzling Lounge for a dazzling evening we went! I hooked up with my bestie Aaliyah, to met my girl Kara and Simone for what was great food and an interesting spontaneous night.
Located on the corner of King and John in downtown Toronto, we dined in an inviting atmosphere with two floors of stylish modern decor you could enjoy a good meal downstairs and before heading upstairs to dance the night away. There was one weirdo who tried unsuccessfully to ruin the ambiance, but we weren’t going to let anything spoil the evening.
Dinner was great, Aaliyah and I were in twinzy mode so we both ordered the Mango Salad, and split a plate of Philadelphia spring rolls. I’ve had sushi before but never with raw rawish fish, so I cheated and tried to cover the possibility of finding the smoked salmon revolting by opting for the cream cheese. I got a mouth full of goodness and no gag reflex to threaten my credibility so I think my encounter turned out pretty well!
My partner and I in a pose showdown.
Outfit: Top/Urban Behaviour, Tights + Tank/H&M, Shoes/Payless
Philadelphia cream rolls, it had avocado in it and lets just say I had a bad experience which this particular fruit, totally forgot and ate it anyways. Didn’t toss my cookies but I still have no plans of becoming BFFs with avocado anytime in the near future.
We didn’t end up paying the $10 bucks to get into the Lounge upstairs, it was looking kinda of dry. So we headed out on the street and managed to get on the guest list without paying a cent for Faces nightclub which I went to for my birthday back in February. I don’t know what was up that weekend but the club scene was extra dry. We called it an early evening after holding an unoccupied booth hostage and watching a few dance machines get disturbingly loose on the dance floor.
Regardless though the girls were great company and after my Purple Haze I was ready to call it a night. Despite the turn of events I still recommend both locations, Dazzling for the food and Faces for the dancing, I doubt either will disappoint.
Niagara Falls Birthday Bash
I’m relishing in the few days that I have left before school starts back up; yes I’ve doomed myself to a summer filled with papers and exams. Not that the details of when and where I’ll be attending class have found their way to my inbox yet but that’s a whole other issue I’d prefer to just avoid until completely necessary. This past weekend however I spent in Niagara Falls with a bunch of wild and crazy girls I’ve come to know and love who invited me to tag a long in celebration of my friend Ms. Ebony’s 25th birthday…it was definitely not a weekend that I’ll easily forget!
Our celebration consisted of late night escapades on the Clifton Hill strip, club hopping toasting and boycotting Rumors nightclub before ditching the Beef Barron for their lack of swaggalicius beats. The first of two days in Niagara was jam packed; dips in the pool, sauna and hot tub; which after entering I quickly fell in love with. After satisfying late night munchies at Denny’s (terrible service) dinner our last night at TGIF Fridays (overrated) a frighting trip in the haunted house and earning no money at the casino, I was beat. The highlight of the trip had to be running into Sheena of MTV Canada after dinner, she was super sweet and gladly posed for pics with us. SHEENA woot!!! Who would have ever guessed she chills in the Gra’..lmao don’t mind me I spend so much time in Niagara a nick name was sure to be born at some point!
Me and the birthday girl @Ebony in pic #1 and the other 3 out of 6 girls; @Pennylain @Heavenly and Tasha
