two eight on twenty

1 invitation to dîner en blanc

2 kidnapped to a market

3 surprise dinner number one at diana's oyster bar & grill

4 surprise lunch at goody's diner

5-8 surprise picnic dinner and shakespeare in high park

9 picnic & paint party with my signature lychee raspberry lemonade

10 homemade paint

11 painting competition

12 drying canvases

13 one happy birthday girl

My birthday weekend was a whirlwind of surprises, painting, and picnics. It was a roll-out-of-bed-no-make-up-don't-brush-your-hair-and-wear-comfy-clothes kind of weekend and I must say, I loved every moment of it! I have the most fantastic friends in the world who are always willing to embrace and participate in all my silly ideas - even if it involves using jelly paint under the hot sun. I don't think there could've been a better way to celebrate adding another tally to my age :)

p.s I am definitely going to blog about number 3 and 4, but have way too many restaurants on my to-blog list dating back to January. Where does the time go?

♪ :: simple plan featuring sean paul :: summer paradise

summertime and the living is easy

What marks summer for me isn't the hot weather or tanning on beaches or trying to cool off in front of the fan. Summer for me has always been about all the festivals going on in the city - especially the ones that involve food! I was feeling a tad blue on Sunday, so Nathan decided to bring me out to cheer me up. We ended up at the Taste of Lawrence Festival which spanned roughly 2 blocks along Lawrence avenue. Local shops and businesses had set up tents so Nathan and I took this opportunity to feed our bellies. 

on our menu

1 pineapple juice 

2 chicken murtabak

3 fried fish cake wrapped around a hot dog

4 taro, durian and vanilla flavoured coconut rolls

and my new favourite

5 cinnamon kurtos (a hungarian donut!)

It was cloudy for the most part, but the sun came out to say hello as we were heading back to the car.

(I kicked myself when I got home for forgetting to pick up business cards)

♪ :: one direction :: what makes you beautiful