words from the birthday gal
So it was my 23rd birthday on Friday, and CJ made sure it was a really special day. I woke up to a bunch of balloons over the bedroom door and a trail of paper hearts with sweet notes, leading up to my...
View Articlehow to: the perfect sock bun
The sock bun – what every girl needs to know! This hairstyle is perfect for those days when you don’t have time to wash or do your hair, or if you’re opting for a classy up-do. Whatever it is, it’ll...
View Articlethe Great Gatsby invades Ottawa!
On Wednesday night we attended the Great Gatsby Salon fundraiser, at the St Laurent Centre. If you’ve followed from our last post, we were asked to attend the event as their special guests and cook up...
View Articlejazz fest: Ottawa After Dark
This was our first night at the Ottawa After Dark Series, and the Belleville Orchestra was performing on stage. The orchestra consisted of 7 musicians, who played wacky 1930s-inspired French tunes...
View ArticleMontreal street style
A couple of weeks back, we took a trip to Montreal to get away from the city a bit. You’d think us being fashion lovers, we’d have visited the nation’s fashion capital more often, but this was our...
View ArticleRunway for Hope ’13
This past Saturday, we attended Runway for Hope, a charity fashion show featuring some of Ottawa’s up-and-coming local designers. We were given front row, media passes to attend the event, and we have...
View Articleblogging blues: why we blog
By now, we hope you’ve read the post that I wrote earlier in the week, about how to dress your guy, exclusively from a ladies POV. I admit, dressing CJ was something that I used to be apprehensive...
View ArticleOttawa bloggers unite for Target’s grand opening
On Tuesday, Target launched its first location in Ottawa at Billings Bridge Mall — and we there among the first to ring in the grand opening. On Monday morning, ourselves and a bunch of other local...
View ArticleOttawa’s Rideau Centre gets huge facelift
For the past few months, Ottawa has been buzzing with rumours about the Rideau Centre’s transformation. With several retailers closing up shop and new space being made around the building, we knew that...
View ArticleAll black
I’ve been wearing a lot of black lately. It could be the change of seasons, and that I’m mourning the six-month departure of summer in Ottawa. Or it could be that black is just the easiest to wear....
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