NYC Summers

I'm going home to Canada for a month on Wednesday. I'm super excited to see my family and escape out to the country and quiet for a few weeks. So far, when I look back at my pictures, I'd say I have had a pretty fantastic summer! So many beach days, so many free summer concerts & street festivals - so many visitors & wild nights. I'm excited for my upcoming Canadian summer adventures & insta-shots!

Sunny Days

Black tube dress: American Apparel. Crochet Vest: Vintage Audrey. Gold Snake Belt: Vintage Thrift. Sunnies: Purr Kensington, Bag: Vintage Thrift. Shoes: Gravity Pope. Ring: Vintage Edmonton Antique Mall. Bracelets: Various Vintage and Millicent. Necklace: Millicent

They seem to happen a lot less these days. I can't help but get all nostalgic for the days of my childhood when every summer day seemed hotter than the last. I would spend my days lounging around my cottage in a bathing suit running laps from the neighbors cottage, into the lake to cool off and back to my cabin for food.

Yesterday provided a scorcher here in Calgary. I, of course, wore nothing but black and was becoming delirious with the heat. R and I headed down to the river after work to have a little "man float". By the time we got down there, bathing suits in tow, it was 8 pm and I was quickly turned into a buffet for a hoard of mosquito's. Needless to say only R ended up floating on his back in the river while I watched and took photos of him screaming as the water was so cold. No regrets on my end, that's for sure.

Too bad today is 14 and feels like fall is quickly approaching. Let's hope for a hot September.

Fail fail fail

So I knew this may happen. I knew I would finally get a real job when the temperature started rising and my heart started bloating from the heat. I pictured these summer days unfolding on the dock out at my cottage.... hours shared between nail painting, book reading and dips in the cool waters.

Dream shattered. Bank account drained. Here I am at my new job with a summer schedule of working Sundays and my summer cabin 4 hours away is getting farther and farther. Such a shame. I wish I had the foresight to work harder at working through the gloomy winter days and saved up all my pennies to live it up through the summer months.

I finally got a job working at a furniture store here in Calgary, called Montauk Sofa. All the sofas are made in Montreal from naturally fallen and sourced maple trees; the company is proudly and profoundly carbon negative. Every piece to the sofa is handmade by a group of French Canadians with a love that only comes from a job of true craftsmanship. Although my heart has always been in Fashion, I must say working for a company that is environmentally responsible while being beautiful and swelling with pride towards their craft is enough for me to ignore that there are no pretty dresses to surround myself in.

Regardless of all these life changes, one thing remains the same. My camera is still floating in the abyss of Camera Repairs. I believe my hardy Nikon is trapped in a shop in humid Vancouver- I wish I was there with it too.

Also, is it weird that I spent an hour searching google trying to find a salon in Edmonton or Calgary that will do this to my nails? So trashy and so fabulous, it's CalGel! The website claims that it's actually GOOD for your nails, makes them stronger and heals them while it's on. It's a fake nail, and I friggen like it!