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Event LOVE: Gala of Light @StreetHaven
We were recently invited to the 2nd annual Gala of Light, which benefits Street Haven at the Crossroads, and was hosted by television personality, Melissa Grelo, Co-Host, and CP24 Breakfast/News Anchor. It was a lovely night of fundraising, eating delicious appetizers, sipping tasty cocktails, laughing and catching with some of my favourite bloggers, not to mention a mind blowing performance by Universal Music Canada Recording Artist Divine Brown!
About the Gala of Light and Street Haven:
“This event was established by a group of power-house women to bring awareness to marginalized women in downtown Toronto. Street Haven at the Crossroads is a multi-program agency that was established in 1965 to serve homeless women. Viewed as our biggest fundraising event of the year, The Gala’s attendees include a diverse audience of 350+ socially aware, influential, trendsetting, men and women across all industries, including: financial services, entertainment, fashion, and media. Street Haven has been part of our city for 47 years and counting providing thousands of homeless women with safety, support for recovery and a road to self-sufficiency. We invite you to be a sponsor, donor and community ambassador to a very special organization. This year our fundraising initiative is Operation Soul Food, bringing fresh, healthy, food options to our clients. In addition to providing wholesome food, Street Haven’s women help grow a small community garden that provides great therapy to our clients and serves as a culinary asset in the kitchen to have fresh herbs on hand. Our long-term plan is to expand the program to include yoga instruction, access to memberships to YMCA facilities, meditation and food preparation classes.”- Shannon Wright
Thank you for inviting us!
Bella
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Event LOVE: @GUESS Music Festival Collection Launch #GUESSRocks
When I received the invite to attend a private launch of the new GUESS Music Festival Collection I was super excited, because 1: I’m always down for to check out GUESS’ new collections as they’re usually super cute, and 2: I couldn’t wait to see who would be performing at the event… Mind you the invite said NOTHING about live performances, so I don’t know how I managed to convince myself that there would be actual performances lol, I guess my mind ran away with the whole Music Festival Collection theme…
Anyway, I was DIGGING most of the collection. I don’t own any Guess pieces, but after what I saw, I may need to add some pieces to my wardrobe, including the accessories. I mean sure we don’t have a Coachella here in Canada, but we have so many other awesome music festivals in the summer time, that the collection is totally perfect for!
We sipped on delicious Vodka Lemonade drinks and treats while viewing the collection. It felt like summer in there, and then we went outside 🙁
I’m not big on jeans during the summer… or ever really, but some of them were kinda cute!
I usually prefer big chunky bracelets and bangles but these would be nice too 🙂
party people!
yes that’s more like it!
Digging this vest!
Army green everything!!
cute!
Camo everything!
I’ll wear anything with animal print…
These ladies making cute look too easy!
YAASSSSSS!
Werk!
Can’t do festival without the fringe!
something for the boys!
les noms
Had me wishing summer would just get here already!
soooooo good!
<3 Elana 🙂
Thank you for inviting us, the collection ROCKS!
Bella
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Event Love Catch Up: @JazzBistro_ca Launch
Elana and I attended the official launch of Jazz Bistro a few weeks ago, and even though was freezing outside; it was soon forgotten once we entered the neat space- I was loving the black and red interior, with the dimly red lights, and let’s not forget live music!
Jazz Bistro is Toronto’s newest jazz club and restaurant located on Victoria Street in downtown Toronto. We got to sample the menu and sipped on yummy cocktails (and wine naturally) while jamming to some dope live music! It was a good night.
This man is WICKED on the keys!
The music was so so SO good!
mini beef wellington… I couldn’t eat it, so I lusted and lusted and lusted instead
Everyone came out to show support 🙂
I’m not a fan of foie gras but it looked pretty tasty
always fun times with Elana
Can’t go wrong with some tasty shrimp and a glass of white wine!
Mustard and Ketchup 🙂
If you’re looking for a grown and sexy night out, I would definitely suggest checking out Jazz Bistro 🙂
Thank you for inviting us.
Bella
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Event LOVE: @Tiger_Of_Sweden Grand Opening
We recently attended a special media and VIP preview to celebrate the grand opening of Tiger of Sweden’s flagship location in Toronto. I’d never heard of Tiger of Sweden so I was curious excited to see what it was all about. I liked a lot of the women’s clothing, but it was the men’s clothing and accessories that stole my heart; if they have my size in the menswear, then I need EVERYTHING! The bowties, the mixed print shirts, the printed blazers, the coats and even the shoes; everything was so grown and sexy. I dug it.
We sipped cocktails and snacked on hors d’oeuvres like tuna tartare served on taro chips, while jamming to the music and trying our hardest not to soil any of the lovely clothes!
Here are some of my favourite Tiger of Sweden pieces:
Definitely one of my faves from the womenswear
love love love!
sheer + print= perfect for meeeeee
CLEAN.
I fell in love with this shirt!
mmmmm… yum!
This guy’s umbrella looks like a sword!
Ally lovely as always!- GirlsOfTO
I love the colour!
I’ll take the entire display case please and thank you.
can women wear these?
PERRRRRFECT for summer!
cute knits in pretty colours!
la DJ 🙂
Tunes!
My first (and last) time trying tuna tartare… it’s good, but it’s so not for me lol
the cutest!
It was a good night. Thank you for inviting me!
Bella
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Event LOVE: Oh Hey Versay! – #VersayOnTap Launch @GroupeVersay
If you follow me on Twitter, Instagram and/or Facebook, you would’ve seen that I was having soooo much fun at the Versay On Tap wine event last night. It was a packed house over at Rock Lobster over on Ossington Avenue, as we celebrated the VIP launch of Versay wine, Ontario’s first wine on tap. The evening featured 8 different types of Versay wines on tap (I tried them all, they were all wonderful!), as well as (too die for) seafood appetizers from Rock Lobster. The event was FAN-TASTIC! The wine was so good; it was easy to drink, and tasted really good.
Jerk shrimp and a delicious glass of Bieler Pere et Fils Cuvee Stellie Rose 2012
I guess a lot of us think that wine won’t be as good if it comes in anything other than a bottle, but I was pleasantly surprised. The wine was great; I’m not expert, but I’ve had some really expensive wines and dare I say the Versay wines were better? Yes.
My favourite wines of the evening were the:
- Bieler Pere et Fils Cuvee Stellie Rose 2012, Coteaux D’aix En Provence, France
- Gazerra, Pinot Grigio 2012, Sicily
- Mamma Mia Chardonnay Grechetto 2010, Umbria, Italy
And the food… lawd the food was paired perfectly! Don’t even get me started on the jerk shrimp and lobster rolls… HEAVENLY. My favourite thing about serving wine of tap, is that it’s environmentally friendly; there is no waste, so the stainless steel kegs are all reusable!
This Lobster Roll RIGHT HERE!!!?
Jean Francois Bieler and Matt Dean Pettit (Owner and Executive Chef of Rock Lobster)- I also got to chat with founder, Jean Francois Bieler… well more like gushed about how much I was enjoying the wine 🙂
Always fun times with Telly and Carcia!
party people 🙂
Thank you for a wonderful evening Jean Francois!
We love Meg!
Rock Lobster has AMAZING food! If you’ve never been, you NEED to go!
“No Waste. No Spoilage. No Pomp. That’s why it’s a ‘NO’ party”
It really was a wonderful evening, great wine, amazing food, good music and lovely people; you really can’t ask for more, and what an awesome way to kick off the week!
Thank you so much for inviting us, I had an amazing time!
peace and love
Bella
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What She Wore: Recap of @WMCFashionWeek #ootd
I get really excited and frustrated when World MasterCard Fashion Week comes around, because I have no clue what to wear lol. I’m excited for all the fashion goodness, but when it comes to dressing myself, I’m a total wreck. This season, I did what I always do, BRIGHT COLOURS. I figured people won’t really notice how nice, or not so nice your outfits are, when there are nice and bright colours to distract them lol. So my approach this season was keep it simple, and O.D. on lots of colour, prints and head wraps. As for my make-up, I chose to keep that simple as well; clean face, winged eyes, and a burgundy lip. I planned on wearing my fro out this season, but the weather was crazy honey, so that wasn’t happening! Here’s what I wore during 5 of some of the the most fashionable days in Toronto 🙂
DAY ONE
I had just gotten off work, and I was exhausted. It was cold outside, and I was feeling blue… I was also late so I had to think quickly lol
Headwrap: H&M | Dress and Earrings: Forever21 | Vintage Blazer: Black Market | Shoes: Jessica Simpson | Bangles: Costa Blanca
DAY TWO
The mustard and the camo headwrap just seemed like a good idea… and as long as the colours were popping, I was cool with it 🙂
Headwrap: Holt Renfrew | Vintage Blazer: Black Market | Dress: H&M | Shoes: Aldo
DAY THREE
I had the day off and the chance to take a long and glorious nap, so I was feeling more fashion week-y on day three! Plus, this jumpsuit was TIGHT when I first bought it, so you can only imagine the JOY I felt, when I put it on and it fit! I had to rock it!
Headwrap: It’s a pashmina 🙂 | Vintage Jumpsuit: Black Market | Shoes: BCBG MAXAZRIA | Bangles: A market in Accra, Ghana
The “Big Red Bow” was a hit during fashion week, and this is the first time I’d ever tied my headwrap like this. Success!
I was feeling fun, flirty and girly, so this dress was a natural choice!
Headwrap: H&M | Earrings: Forever21 | Vintage Silk Dress: Black Market | Bag: Steve Madden | Wedges: Aldo
I really didn’t know what to wear for day five, I was tired from all the shows and events, and just needed a nap; but once I remembered that I had this dress that I bought in the UK almost a year ago, everything fell into place 🙂
Headwrap: Black Market | Earrings: Forever21 | Dress: Miss Selfridge | Shoes: Aldo
There you have it! What do you all think of my choices?
Stay fly!
Bella
