florence :: in photos

florence, i heart you so..and so...and so!

sometimes i think, i remember you in high school. then i think, holy s*&! are you doing some great things!

this is the latest single from my friend joel van dijk shot by another friend of mine marcus mcdougald and starring joel's super pretty (and talented!) girlfriend leah king.  in short there is a lot of greatness tied up in this one amazing song and video!  seeing projects that these two put out (both together and individually) always makes me pretty happy for those two geeky faced kids i went to school with.  okay, maybe not geeky faced, but you get it right?  i don't keep in contact nearly as mush as i would like but i always look forward to whatever creative thing they have on the go, always, and this latest venture is for sure one of my favourites!

happy listening and viewing! 

rome :: in photos

florence, cinque terre, venice, munich, monsheim and paris to follow!

and you ask...why do i love this holiday so???

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

home.

{a pretty home i walk by every day- love passing by these two trees!}

handsome and i have been home for a little over a week now and i must say it's great to be home!  we came back to the most amazing fall colours i have seen in toronto.  the weather seems to be skipping ahead a bit because it pretty much feels like winter, but that's okay!  it just means bulky sweaters, knee high boots and cozy scarfs, and who doesn't like that right!?

plus halloween {a.k.a. my most favourite holiday} is just a few short weeks away, hooray!!  the other night, it was all i had in me to not parade costco's halloween and christmas aisles for hours.  i am pretty exited for our costume this year too!  we have had some pretty good ones over the years, but this year, our costume will be a bit more special.

 there are some pretty exciting things to look forward to in the next few months, halloween being just the start!

photos from the phone :: september

postcard from two cities :: florence & rome

i am a bit behind with these posts because internet access is a bit spotty but sad to say we are heading home early tomorrow morning {weep weep} so here is a combined postcard of two cities!

i know i have declared love for a lot of the places we have been to, but florence, florence captured my heart completely.  we keep chatting about which city we think we move to and have pretty much tied it up between florence and munich.  on the first night there we met a women from the town i graduated high school  in from northern california- and as an add on, turns out i graduated with her daughter!  then at dinner, two people from toronto ended up sitting right next to us- such a small world!  the bonus of florence was for sure meeting up with an old co-worker for gelato and dinner on our last day.  if colorado would have represented, i would have felt complete!

we finished the trip off in rome, wonderful, amazing rome!  between jay and i we pretty much kept saying "it must be so great to constantly live amongst so much history and art!"  you look left, you look right, you look straight ahead, all you see is beautifully crafted buildings and sculptures you can't believe someone once made by hand.  i'm pretty happy we ended in rome because in just a few short days, it feels like we took a week's worth of site seeing in.  plus, we had the most amazing gelato, hands down, here in rome!  if you ever come be sure to make time for giolitti as you tour around one spectacular city.

if we were to get the chance to head back to any city we have visited thus far, it would for sure be florence... or paris...or cinque terre, oh my i can't decided.  i really do just love them all!

au revoir, freilos, ciao lovely places- we had the most amazing time!

for everyone who provided us with pages amongst pages of suggested places to go, thank you so much!  i'll post more pictures soon once i can organize the hundreds we took!