Reasons why Thursday and Friday rocked :
- starting the day with a healthy dose of chai latte & Andrew Bird;
- finally going to yoga;
- having lunch with co-workers old and new;
- receiving exciting updates on the Europe front;
- accomplishing all of my Christmas-related shopping needs in under 20 minutes;
- going West of Bathurst for the [...]

Biked to the Phoenix, waited 30minutes, realized I wasn’t up for Camera Obscura and left. In how many languages can you say ’silly’?
Rose, I’m feeling older!

Well, well. Looks like the fine lady over at Notebook Doodles and I are not that different after all.

With all the crushes  and objects of affection I keep gushing on and on about, perhaps it’s time I made my own little booklet. Noelle probably knows more about my crushses than me, though. Does that count?

Oh I simply had to drop everything I was doing- the simultaneous emails, the chats, the cyber-pings, the planning- to contemplate the absolutely incredible nature of Andrew Bird’s musicianship. There’s something about his ability to craft a song that always causes me to stop, sigh, and get lost in my own thoughts no matter where, [...]

It’s (almost) Christmas present time, which in Chiara-ville can only mean one thing: handmade gifts and crafts! Yay!
The Fall Manifesto was a collaboration between me and a handful of special ladies, and though my crafty plans are not set in stone yet, I think it will take center stage in my merry gift-making this [...]

Ha. I think Lee’s is turning into my default live music hang-out. Who knew.
Last night I had the pleasure of being riveted by Snowblink (one of my new favorite bands) and the incorrigible Apostle of Hustle. Noelle and I saw Apostle of Hustle some good three years ago, I think, but this was my first [...]

With the TTC fare increase looming over us and pipes that shouldn’t be cut exploding and blocking subway service for over 6 hours, I thought I’d post one of my (very) few positive recollections of my time as a TTC commuter. (By the way, thank you, Toronto, for the mild weather so far. My relentless [...]

(Johnny Cash, you  were right all along!)
This has been a tough week, one which still gives no signs of wanting to slow down. The bed is perennially unmade, the fridge embarrassingly empty, the dishes rigorously unwashed and the laundry still in a giant pile looking for its fair share of soapy love. But I’ve got [...]

I was preparing my Global Cities presentation and stumbled upon a Hispter Bingo game, so then of course Emily introduced me to this other awesome gem:

Enough said.

Oh, Internet. How you distract me.

Oh, Europe. How you tease me.

(Photos by: i.Anton, Chinako, Unurth & me. )