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July 31, 2010
Shop My Party Event
Posted by soSilkie under Fashion | Tags: Fashion, fundraiser, greater vancouver, recessionista, retail, vancouver |[2] Comments
Vancouver Recessionistas, rejoice!
This upcoming Tuesday, the Jhala sisters (the most fashionable set of sister I know!) have a deal for you! Also joining the Jhala sisters are our friend and budding blogger Saschie, whose fun and breezy style often leaves me envious. Together the four of them have ransacked their bountiful closets and are placing them up for grabs for SUPER CHEAP!! This is not ratty hand-me-down items, these are those items you spent a fortune on and maybe wore once, or those pretty little things that don’t fit anymore, or even sadder the fab finds you forgot you owned!! These ladies guarantee on their fashion-reputation that only cute and current items for sale!
Nice & Quick
Who: Recessionistas looking for some great fashionable pieces or anyone that enjoys a good deal
What: A huge clothes smörgåsbord! All items under $20 and some complimentary cocktails to sip as your browse
When: Tueday, August 3rd from 7:30 -9:00pm
Where: 67 E. Cordova Street (Wink Beauty Lounge has been kind enough to donate the space; Vivian loves hosting beauty and fashion events!)
Why: To host an event for all of Vancouver’s great recessionistas, to find a new and loving home for some clothes and to help Celeste raise some money for her exchange in the Fall (She’s going to Copenhagen!)
So put on a great outfit, grab your girlfriends and be prepared for some potential cat-fights! See you all at Wink on Tuesday!
Slightly skeptical? Sounds too good to be true?
Stephanie Jhala has been featured on The Style Spy not once but twice! She’s got too much style to be contained in one interview!! Want to check out her style, read the interviews here
View Celeste’s lookbook to see what goodies you can expect from her!
July 30, 2010
I heard this song on the radio a few days ago when I was driving to work, and I fell in love! I looked it up online and found out that it’s by Andrew Allen, another BCer! If you check out his youtube channel, he has a few other songs that are all very good! I recommend Amazing
The song is just so light and fun. Maybe because I was in the car when I first heard it but now the song just reminds me of driving down the highway on a hot summer day and singing along to the radio. I’m going to Toronto next month and we’re hoping to drive to Montreal & Quebec City; this is definitely going on my iPod for the drive!
July 20, 2010
Summer Sangria
Summer time calls for patio drinks! I love a great sangria any time of the year but it feels even more necessary during the summer (especially if you’re taking summer classes like I am!). Now there’s a bunch of sangria recipes out there but here’s what my girlfriends and I love to do for a girls night in!
What you need:
- 1 bottle of wine (traditionally red but take a risk and do white!)
- approx 1 cup (250ml) of orange juice
- approx 1/2 cup (125ml) of club soda
- 1 medium sized orange
- a handful of berries (I like strawberries but blackberries work too!)
- ice but not too much!
- a splash of lemon juice (optional)
We usually start off with the pitcher a quarter full of ice, pour in the wine and orange juice, add in the fruits and then top it off with the club soda to help get it to our desired strength. The lemon juice helps take the edge of the liquor like in any mixed alcohol drink! If you put in too much club soda, a dash of sugar will quickly reverse that, or else just let the fruit sit for a bit.
I prefer the orange cut into thin slices but you can also cut them into small wedges. If you’re using strawberries, either halve or quarter them; smaller berries are fine as is.
Another thing I’ve learned through the years from my bartender friend is to put the fruit in first, mush them up to create a bit of a puree and then add in the liquids. Really, you can’t go wrong with sangria!
Cheers and enjoy!
July 13, 2010
Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh
There’s something about Van Gogh’s Starry Night painting that I love. Maybe it was the fact that there was a recreation done by students in my high school, or that in grade 8 Humanities we analyzed Don McLean’s song “Vincent” as part of our poetry unit…
Who knows, maybe the sky is all swirled up like that and no one sees it because we’re not looking hard enough. As a Communication student whenever I explain what I do and what I write about to my friends ,they’re always amazed. They’ve either never considered things like that, or seen those minute details, or compared this to that… Starry Night reminds me of what life is like when you look beyond.
Of course the story of Vincent Van Gogh’s life is tragic yet captivating in itself too.
I found a 1000 piece puzzle of Starry Night and I think I’m going to put it together when I’m done this semester… Do some brain training.
