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I did a post a while ago that was a sort of class assignment in school. It was about social media and twitter vs. facebook. A recent tweet by Epictweets inspired this post. She tweeted: "Facebook: where you lie to your friends, Twitter: where your honest with strangers"

The truth of that tweet resonated with me. There's something about tweeting that feels anonymous, false sense of security of course, always be cautious about anything you write online. Famous line from the movie "The Social Network": "The internet is in ink, you can't erase it." Aaron Sorkin has a way with words.

Here's some of my fave tweets:

@wblunderfield "Weekly Will-ism: Get so focused on giving your gift that you have no time to judge yourself or anyone else"

@disney "When you're curious you find lots of interesting things to do. And one thing it takes to accomplish something is courage.--Walt Disney"

@epictweets "Don't agree with abortion? Don't get one.Don't agree with gay marriage? Don't have one. Don't like your rights being taken away. Don't take away anyone elses."--epic tweets has a lot of awesome tweets, she lives up to her moniker.

@stevemartin "STEVE MARTIN IS REALLY OILED AND BUFF! OMG, my twitter account was just hacked." -- What a weirdo ;-p

Not gonna lie sometimes the 140 characters limit is a real b!&*h. I don't think twitter is the future. I don't think facebook disconnects us. I just find it all amusing, and facebook on your birthday is the like the best hug ever!

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The concrete jungle...







I love this city!

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That's how ridonculously stoked I was to get to wear this gorgeous Obakki dress to the Leo Awards recently.



Obakki is a local Vancouver design house known for their earthy, artistic designs. The clothes are manufactured in Canada, in Vancouver in fact. As well, the Obakki Foundation http://obakkifoundation.org works to support humanitarian causes around the world. Not only are the clothes beautiful and special, the company itself is as well. They were so friendly and down to earth to work with which is not always the case in the fashion world... My mom came with me to pick out a dress and she was quickly converted as a fan of the brand, as she herself began coveting the lovely items on the racks.



Thank you Obakki! Their flagship store in Gastown in Vancouver is worth checking out based on the layout alone. It won the Governer's General award for its innovative and contemporary design.

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(My dress courtesy of Obakki and Brad's pink ruffled shirt dug out from deep within his closet!)

Today is a red carpet day! How ridiculously exciting is that! My talented boyfriend has gone ahead and gotten himself nominated for a Leo award which means we have a red carpet event to attend this evening!




So that was a couple weeks ago and now I'm gonna finish the post...

What a great event, we really had a wonderful time at the Leo Awards 2011. It was our first time ever doing a red carpet event, press line and the whole gambit. I felt the same as when I used to play dress-up in my mom's closet when I was a little girl!

I definitely had a moment of panic when I realized that I had no idea how to get done-up for a red carpet event. Note: always be sure to paint your finger and toenails the day before, not hours before, because if you wait to the last minute on that step it just makes everything else more complicated. And as Brad and me learned in spades, just be yourself, wear what you want to wear, if you are confident and comfortable you are always in style.

Brad's pink shirt was a hotly debated item before we left the house. I cannot lie, myself and my parents were voting for a safe GQ look of just a white t-shirt with his tux; but he knew what he was comfortable in and everyone loved his pink shirt. Now he's threatening to give us all style lessons (cue eye roll.)

Obakki was kind enough to lend me a dress to wear for the event. That whole story is such fun that it gets it's own post!

(Special thanks to Miss 604 @ www.miss604.com for the use of her photo!)

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It finally happened, that magical first day of summer weather in Vancouver. The day we anticipate all February (and this year all march, april, may...) it felt like summer was never gonna arrive. We certainly missed out on spring entirely; which is truly a shame because Vancouver can have such magical springs. Not this year though, this year we got winter until June! It was painful. I am so so so tired of my winter clothes, at this point they are hanging on by a thread courtesy of over use.

Bring on the warm sunny weather and hello short shorts!

Cue Bill Withers "Lovely Day"

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I am a big fan of wearing scarves. They're an easy way to update your wardrobe, refresh old clothes, and keep warm! Furthermore, in the heat a light weight scarf is a brilliant sweatband of sorts, a discovery I made while traveling around South East Asia. My mom who is well aware of my penchant for scarves recently sent me the following video on You Tube; it's a crash course in scarf tying that will revive your style!



Some visuals of the hot weather travel scarf style:

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As if the movie really needs more hype at this point but after seeing "Bridesmaids" last night I have to give the flick a shout out because I'm still laughing! All the ladies are hilarious. Potty humour tends not to be my thing but the food poisoning scene nearly made me pee my pants... Now I can't stop jumping around singing this song:



In other music news, post-movie my girlfriend Christie (www.vancitydiary.com) were super bummed we couldn't get into the sold-out Foster The People show at Venue :-( Give 'em a listen, word on the street is they are gonna be HUGE!