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NHL SERIES PART 7: The Calgary Flames

Last, but certainly not least, I present to you my home city’s team, The Calgary Flames. Founded in 1980, the flames have only held the Stanley Cup once, but that doesn’t stop them for fighting to the death every year. … Continue reading

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NHL SERIES PART 6:The Edmonton Oilers

As a former resident of Edmonton, it is with great pleasure I give this one back to you all. Motto: “Here come the Oilers” The Edmonton Oilers joined the NHL in 1979. They have won 5 Stanley cup championships, and … Continue reading

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Summer of Scion

I had the pleasure of shooting photos with the talented Armand Flores (Profolio Photography) and his Assistant Sherwin Esmilla (SVE Images). I started out the afternoon with makeup at my lovely makeup artists house. My inspiration for this look was … Continue reading

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NHL SERIES PART 5: The Toronto Maple Leafs

As a girl born in northern Ontario my heart is usually with the Toronto Maple leafs, despite the bad press the poor guys have gotten recently! The Toronto maple leafs, like their rivals the Montreal Canadiens, were part of the … Continue reading

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Four Weddings Fail

I used to love watching the show “four weddings canada.” I would sit there and critique each brides choices, saying which parts I agreed upon and which were just ghastly. Sometimes I’d banter with my boyfriend at the time about … Continue reading

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My First Portrait

Today I received one of the greatest gifts ever. A gorgeous, relatively undiscovered artist, originally from Moscow, Russia, drew a portrait of me from a picture. Her and I met at the “welcome wagon wedding show” (see blog post). Herself … Continue reading

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Threaded Brows

Back at the Bombay Beauty Loft again, I went to get my new shellac manicure from my gorgeous nail artist, hailan quan. While there my makeup artist Kada took one look at my eyebrows and said “let me thread these … Continue reading

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You Make Canada Proud

It’s one thing to take on the world as a trained Olympian. We know they’re the best of the best. But when someone with a disability competes at the same level, and prevails, it’s truly something to be admired. These … Continue reading

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Broken

There comes a time at the end of every arduous battle, that one must say “enough is enough” and call it quits. I reached that point last night. Some of you may remember my boyfriend cheated on me, for the … Continue reading

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The Iceberg

Stop falling in love with the first person you think you have a ton of things in common with. There are millions of people on this earth, chances are you have lots of things in common with quite a few. … Continue reading

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