Showing posts with label Pedicures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pedicures. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 May 2013

This beautiful weekend needed to be blogged about.

So, this post is long over-due, but I feel compelled to blog about this amazing weekend I shared with my bestie April! She came to visit me a couple of months ago (was it that long already?!), and it was great. We started things off with a bang – taking an Uber cab to La Carnita for some tacos. Everyone at work was raving about La Carnita, so I had wanted to try it for quite some time – this was the perfect occasion. As we waited 45 min for our table, we snuck across the street to Shoeless Joes for some wine/Caesars and tried oysters for the first time. We, surprisingly, enjoyed them!

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When we finally got in, we ordered more cocktails (caiprinhas and margaritas?) and tacos. I absolutely loved the decor of La Carnita, with “Welcome Gringos” written clearly in penny tiles at the doormat. It was super-loud, but a really fun place to go. The tacos were delish, but the best part was the dessert – home-made chocolate/peanutbutter popsicles. Ohmygodsogood. We couldn’t get enough of those.

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The next morning, April curled my stubborn hair into beautiful bouncing waves, and we set off for a day of shopping. We popped into Holt’s Cafe for some nourishment, before checking out Mendocino (where I got my favourite ultra-soft shirts), and the rest of the stores on Bloor.

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In the evening, Chris came around and met April for the first time – my boyfriend and my bestie! Two of my fave people and I headed to the Toronto Underground Market (TUM), for some delicious street food. Again, we took an Uber cab. Because we are ballers, and like to track our drivers and know their names. Ha. At TUM, we ate copious amounts of food – everything from Hawaiian chicken, pulled pork sliders, caprese salad skewers, and jerk chicken, to candy apples, meringue, and sugary nuts. It was super cold, but such a fun atmosphere and everyone was so so happy. We had a great time!

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The next morning we tracked down a place to get mani-pedis, K Nails & Spa. On our nails we got the paraffin wax treatment, which made our hands baby soft. Then we popped over to Moroco Chocolat to grab some macarons and April treated me to a cappuccino. We sat in the warmth of the Yorkville sun and savoured our macarons while taking too many pictures of these beauties. Macarons are like the precious jewels of the pastry world. So delicate and pretty.

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Then it was time for this busy lady to catch her Porter flight back out of Toronto and onto colder climates. There really is nothing better than spending a weekend with your bestie, doing all the girliest things you can think of, and taking way too many Instagram shots of the whole thing Smile 

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Tuesday, 14 May 2013

The Trifecta.

Today was a great day for three reasons: 1) a new hairstyle/haircut; 2) pedis in Yorkville; and 3) a trip to Taqueria for some crispy shrimp tacos.

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I’m really savouring these next few days of complete and utter freedom – not working, not studying, just doing my thing and enjoying the freeeezing cold frigid May weather (not.). I decided to go Swedish blond at Haartek, and my poor stylist had her work cut out for her (literally), trying to fix the impromptu chop I did to my hair Saturday night. She ended up going a lot shorter than I had wanted, but I like it – it’s different, and Chris thinks I look like Veronica Mars haha. I drank way too many gratis cappuccinos, and had a good laugh when the 75-year-old Italian woman who was whipping them up for me said “don’t worry, you won’t get shaky! I only shake when I DANCEEEEE!!!!” and started shaking it. Loved her. With my new “NYC” hair, I headed home for some tea and home-made guacamole. My apartment went down to 15 degrees today (well below the legal minimums for temperature in Toronto), so I’ve been trying to spend minimal time here and be out as much as possible.

Before meeting Serpy for pedicures at K Nails & Spa in Yorkville, I picked up a button-down from Banana Republic and browsed the Winners on Bloor. I opted for the hot pink OPI, while Serpy chose a more coral-red for her upcoming trip to the Dominican. Lucky girl! As our toes were drying, I was thinking of inviting Serpy for tacos, when she said “wanna go for tacos at that place by your house?” Um…yes psychic-child, I do. Weird. I chose my go-to favourite – crispy shimp, while Serpy picked the barbacoa beef taco. Yum! It’s days like this that I think I could totally get used to being a housewife sans kids, living the life of luxury…