I'm lying in bed, listening to the soothing sounds of James Taylor, and reflecting on this past year of my life. The good, the bad, the ugly. New friends, old friends, experiences, opportunities, love lost and love found.
I've gone through a lot in the past little while. While I may have had some hardships at times, everything I've experienced has been a learning adventure. I've developed some amazing friendships with people I have had the absolute fortune of meeting. Some friendships may have fallen by the wayside, but it's never too late to pick up where we left off. As they say, better late than never.
I guess the point of this post is to just assure myself, and maybe some of you, my dear readers, that although times may be difficult, don't take anything for granted, whether it's good or bad. Anything and everything you go through helps you grow as a person, and I have firsthand experience of this.
As long as you have a core group of people who love and support you, who can understand you and you can relate to, you are golden. I'm lucky enough to have the best friends and loved ones who care so much about me, and only want the best for me. I want all of you to know, if you're reading this and if I haven't told you already, you mean the world to me and I couldn't ask for more!
I suppose I'm in a bit of a corny mood, and listening to James Taylor may fuel this mood a little, but I just felt like writing a note to the world to get some lovey dovey feelings off my chest.
Every day is a beautiful day. Carpe diem, my friends!
In the words of James Taylor,
When your down and troubled,
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, whoa nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me ,
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights.
You just call out my name,
And you know where ever I am,
I'll come running, oh yeah baby,
To see you again.
Winter, spring , summer, or fall,
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You've got a friend.
xoxoxox,
Sadie
Well the sun is surely sinking down, but the moon is slowly rising.
So Much Going On!
Hello friends!
So much has happened in the past little while that I've got so backed up on my writing.
FIRST: WORLD CUP 2010!!!! I don't know about you, but I'm a football fanatic, particularly when it comes to World Cup/Euro Cup/Premier League Championships. As always, since I was a little girl, I'm rooting for none other than BRAZIL! They are playing incredibly this World Cup. I am also very impressed by the effort put forth by the underdogs this year. The favourites are making some shocking moves, and lack of goals (achem - Spain vs Switzerland, Portugal vs Ivory Coast, Serbia vs Germany, to name a few). I think that's one thing I love about tournaments like this on the world stage. Anything can happen! It is very unpredictable, keeps us guessing, keeps us on our toes. It's great excitement!
If you're looking for a great place to watch the games with a few friends, some drinks, good food, and a great atmosphere, check out The Football Factory. I watched the Brazil vs North Korea game here and the energy was phenomenal! One of the co-owners, Chrissie Whittick, even gave me a Brazil tshirt and a World Cup bottle opener key chain.
Happy World Cup everyone!
SECOND: This past weekend, I volunteered at The Field's MMVA Pre-Bash at Tryst nightclub. I was working the VIP green carpet alongside my good friends, Bridget and Julia. Whenever a celeb walked into the party, I would scribble their name down on a white board, and hold it up for the media to see while the artists posed in front of the media wall/step & repeat.
Sponsors such as Yellow Tail, Pizza Hut, Boris, Eska, PS3, World Vision, FitFlop, and more sprinkled the club with samples and reps for everyone to try. Free wine, free beer, free pizza and free burgers from our friends at South St Burger Company (yum!!) - how can you go wrong!!!!??
This was probably one of the most fun volunteer opportunities I've taken part in! I got to meet and mingle with Canadian celebs such as Stereos, Karl Wolf, These Kids Wear Crowns, Ten Second Epic, Crush Luther, The Danger Bees, The Blue Print Crew, Elise Estrada, Giovanni & Solitair, Ray Robinson, and many many more. I was a little bummed that Dave Navarro, Adam Lambert, and Ke$ha (who all RSVPed 'attending') didn't show up, but I was still thrilled nonetheless!
I wore a cute little summer dress from Urban Outfitters, my killer nude Browns heels, and a gigantic smile the entire time! Can't wait for next year's pre-party. Trust me, I will do what I can to volunteer again!
THIRD: This past Monday, June 21, I attended my first Tweet Up at Caplansky's Deli, along with 20 other Twitteraholics relatively in the food realm. It was great to put faces to names with people I've been Twittering with for months now.
I met Bridget to the Adelaide Street Pub beforehand to gain a little liquid courage over some beers before heading over to the #DeliTweetup. When we arrived at Caplansky's, the patio was packed with live Tweeters, sampling pickled platters of pickles and tomatoes. Bridget and I pulled up a table and joined in on the sampling.
Zane, the owner of Caplansky's, then brought out little plates of chopped liver, schmaltz, rye bread and tomato for us to try. He gave us a spiel about how it was his mother's delicious chopped liver recipe, so I dug in. It was very tasty. Chopped liver has a very distinctive taste, and sometimes, if made the wrong way, can turn out too sweet. Here, it was done just right. Delicious with tomato.
Then came out the potato knishes. I am a huge fan of all things knish, as my grandmother is a pro-star at baking them for me (cheese and potato). The ones at Caplansky's were okay at best, but I hated the "signature" smoked meat gravy that was doused all over the plate. Knishes are best served by themselves, or with sour cream. The salty, watery gravy made for an awful topping.
We were then told to split up into groups of four and order things to share. Bridget and I ordered the Matzah ball soup (a favourite of mine), and the famous smoked meat poutine. After one taste of the matzvah ball soup, I was ANYTHING but impressed. The spices were all wrong. The soup had a very strong taste of dog food, which I found absolutely appalling. The matzah ball may have been tasty, had it not soaked up the horrific broth it sat in sadly. Then came the poutine. Where were the cheese curds? We counted three. The smoked meat was the same smoked meat gravy that was served with the knishes, which I was utterly disappointed with. The portion was WAY too big, even for two people to share.
All in all, I had a an absolutely great time meeting new people, but I will NEVER EVER return to Caplansky's Deli. The food is 100% awful, which my mother warned me of before my visit, and I now agree with her.
I'll take my regular order at Yitz's ANYDAY!
Sorry for the all-at-once blog post, but I figured it was easier than separating it into three!
Cheers,
StheF
A New Chapter
There have been some big changes in my life recently. Usually I am absolutely terrible with dealing with change, but this time, I am embracing it with open arms. This time around, it is the kind of change that will bring happiness, comfort, a little bit of sadness, but ultimately, it signifies a new chapter of my life.
My diet that I spoke of in an earlier post has been somewhat unsuccessful so far, but that is because of two family weekends in a row. Two weekends ago, I was in London Ontario for my cousin's Bar Mitzvah. These sort of weekends are always a blast! The drinks were flowing, the conversation was at high volume, there was a Mariachi band, and to top it all off, we ended the night at the Barney's Patio in downtown London!
This past weekend, I was in Boston, or more specifically Andover, for my other cousin's high school graduation at Phillips Academy Andover. It was a beautiful weekend, filled with close family, good food, a gorgeous ceremony, amazing seafood (copious amounts of oysters!!), and a night out in Boston with an old friend at Ned Divine's. The only downside was a ton of rain and humidity - which didn't help in the hair frizz control department.
Now that all of the chaos is done, I am putting my life in order. Back onto the 10 Steps to Success! And I'm making more time for friends. With the new changes comes more time to myself, and I'm going to spend it wisely with people I've sorrily neglected.
Hope you all had a great weekend!
StheF
