pencils down.
TIFF picks were due today at 7pm. did you get yours in? i dropped off our book at lunchtime and was surprised at 1. how many people were in line to drop off (clearly i wasn't the only clever one think…
The journal · 2008–2011
a language all my own.
a place where i write about things, in a language all my own.
this little piggy.
went to the ex this weekend! and while we weren't up for taking in many of the rides (my brother and i were trapped on one when i was younger...), i have zero problem in partaking in the food. especia…
these streets will make you feel brand new.
the city may never sleep, but we sure did after an exhausting (but amazing) whirlwind trip to new york. i wont bore you with every detail of our five day urban vacation, but here are the highlights - …
bonafied lovin.
fan-funking-tastic! chromeo are finally back in town - which is MORE than enough for this girl. but wait, there's more! not only will we get to dance to the sweet, sweet tunes from the fabulous montre…
tres bon, bon iver.
last night we headed to the sound academy (ugh) for bon iver. and while i was ridiculously excited to see justin and the gang perform, i couldn't help think that a different venue (cough-massey hall-c…
let the games begin.
it's that time of year again! packages for the toronto international film festival officially went on sale today (if you're a visa cardmember). you can bet i'll be snapping up a couple so that we can …
mmm. music.
after a very long, very cold, very wintery drought, i’m very happy to report that concert season seems to be back in full swing in toronto. it started with cmw and sashayed right into junofest . on st…
top less gay love tekno party.
leave it to canadian music week and one hell of a performance to break me out of my blogging rut. friday night, we went to check out music bc 's showcase at the rivoli . i don't even know where to sta…
ah-bominable!
it's my first christmas in this building, and our first christmas with the mister living back in toronto! after much debate about buying a real tree vs fake (my vote for real, his for fake), we finall…
tim time.
given it's been a couple of months, i figured it was high-time i get back my blog. i know my last post was bragging about how often i'd write now that i could moblog, the irony is not lost on me. in m…
moblogging!
holy crap! i'm moblogging! (mobile blogging). that last massey hall post was written and shot entirely on my iphone. dear apple, i love you. you do realize what this means, don't you? more timely post…
backstage pass.
today we were lucky enough to hear about 'culture days' happening at massey hall. culture days = free all access tour of the concert hall. in otherwords, total awesomeness! the tour was led by a masse…
shellac attack.
a couple of weeks ago, i went to ritual in toronto to get a shellac manicure. the promise? up to two weeks of chip-free colour. two weeks? come on! i usually barely make it out the door after a manicu…
let's go to the ex!
i'm a little late in posting it, but after a 5+ year hiatus, i finally made it out to the ex. here are the highlights: the eats - we tried it all! deep fried butter (kind of like warm timbits), foot l…
life's a beach.
hot damn, the weather is crazy here! yesterday was a scorcher, so the mister and i decided to head to the beach to try and find some relief. if you haven't already been, sugar beach , is a good (new) …
my windows look into your living room.
saturday night we braved the extreme heat and headed down to the molson amphitheatre for a star-studded (canadian music stars!) concert on the water. believe it or not, it wasn't the heat that killed …
under the stars.
thursday night we went and watched ‘this movie is broken’ under the stars. open roof films puts on several movies during the summer, most take place out back of the amsterdam brewery on bathurst. supe…
three dee.
before i get into the movie, can we get into the fact that there is a 3D theatre in the cn towerr? when did that happen??? am i the only one that didn't know? in any event, the mister wanted to see ' …
opa!
the mister and i were probably two of ten thousand people mulling about danforth on saturday taking in everything we could at the 'taste of the danforth' festival. first of all let me say, i remembere…
comfort food.
while i consider myself lucky to have moved up the street before the thompson hotel officially opened (goodbye, drunken street fighters letting out of the bars at 3AM), there is one thing that could h…
oh, no.
remember my favourite optimistic door just down the street (original post here )? well, positivity no more! i have to admit after having seen it as a 'yes' for the past year, the sudden change to 'no'…
broken.
don't get too used to the look of the new blog. somehow, overnight, it decided to reject its old layout and all of its picture links. so, in an attempt to save your eyes, i've thrown it into this simp…
wooden heart.
eeeeeeeEeee, she's finally here! we spotted this beauty while out dresser shopping this weekend, and she just got dropped off! (she weighs two thousand pounds. not really, but i couldn't even lift one…
long.live.synth.
while we were reveling in the awesness of the synthesizer for a few of the acts on friday night (yes, we're all eighties-babies!), i decided on my next silkscreen project. a synth tee! likey? okay, so…
stadium love.
w e’re so often packed into small downtown bars to see local indie bands, i’d almost forgotten how nice a larger venue can be. we headed to the amphitheatre to see metric on the weekend, and what a gl…
the amazing race.
finally! it's north by northeast ( nxne ) time again in the city! it's one of my most favourite things to do in the summer in toronto. my friends and i joke that it's like the amazing race - there are…
woofstock.
dogs galore as woofstock came once again this summer to toronto! if you’re a dog owner, and you’ve never been, you must! it’s the only time of year when i think the dog to human ratio is actually high…
little lovelies.
do you see what I see? these little lovelies have just started popping up on the terrace! :D
btotd: bicyclette.
it’s a pretty assy day. it’s been raining, work is busy and i’m feeling tired and a bit under the weather. i was about to breakup with today, when this beauty landed herself on my desk. isn’t she gran…
sunday school.
the mister and i went for a silkscreening class this past weekend at peach berserk (the hot pink storefront on queen street west). i actually didn’t know they held classes in the back of their store u…
home sweet (new) home.
well, we’re in and settled. as you can see someone has been settling themselves all over their new outdoor space. unpacked + organized = more blog posts more often. thanks for everyone's notes about m…
la terrace.
well, it's may 1st...which means i picked up my keys this morning! here is the view of my new terrace! :)
breathe me.
last night was the first time i'd seen sia live...it was also the first time i felt incredibly old, but loved every minute of it. the show was at the phoenix, and for once we didn't get there ridiculo…
patio lanterns.
o kay, you know it's been too long since your last blog post when it takes you three tries to get your password right! what can i say? between work, a sick dog and well...life, my blog has been a litt…
btotd: burger coma.
if you have never eaten a craft burger , you have never truly eaten a burger. a craft burger will make you sleepy and will leave you feeling full for hours. this is a total 'win' in my books. the burg…
btotd: moustaches for your mutt.
btotd = best thing of the day. and yes, THIS is. every time i look at it, i laugh. thanks to chad for sending. totes made my day. now, if only my dog would actually play with a ball! buy yours here .
packing up.
i hope casey looks as cute in a moving box as these guys! can't believe it. after only ten months here, i'm actually giving notice, packing up, and moving...down the street! i know, it sounds crazy, b…
ignited.
or is it ignit? am very, very fortunate to have smart, cool friends who take me to smart, cool events. this week i was lucky enough to attend ignite toronto , part of global ignite week which features…
golden.
w hat a way to wrap up the olympics! our men win gold! have never felt so proud and i love how much our city has come alive. red and white everywhere, cheering, random high fives from strangers. canad…
you give me fever.
olympic fever! after a week and a half in chile, i was super happy to get home. not only was it exhausting, but i was missing the olympics...and they're being hosted in canada! i don't think it's any …
best.week.ever.
okay, maybe not. but, it truly has been an epic six days in chile so far. in fact, the aforementioned epicness, has lead to less blogging than i had originally hoped to accomplish while here, but once…
four-in-one.
day two in chile, and i had almost forgotten the most important lesson i had learned from the trip here last year... rewind to a few hours ago. we had just returned from a client dinner, when we ran i…
dear bowmanville.
you've finally hit the big time! google street view is now live back home! :) here are a few of my favourite stops. okay, okay...riley's is technically oshawa...but close enough! :)
genius.
a lright, day one here and i'm not going to tell you about the weather (ridic hot), the hotel (not really my style, but nice), or the fact that i got zero hours sleep on the 10.5 hour overnight flight…
ready or not.
i'm mostly 'not'. i was recently told that i have to fly to chile for work, and while this may sound like your dream...i'm a little hesitant. 1. i've already been to chile and 2. it puts a lot of my l…
i feel it in my bones.
words cannot possibly describe how much i loved the two shows this week. yes, the setlist (much like the duo's wardrobe), was the same both nights, but the shows felt very different. i keep getting as…
go steady with me.
yes, it took everything in me to not put my own head in there...if you don't recognize the pic, it's from tegan and sara's album artwork for 'sainthood'. you may remember i blogged some time ago about…
love is all around us.
i know, i know. it's been quiet around here lately. i switched to my new position at work, and between that and transitioning off of my old team, there really hasn't been a lot of time for keeping up …
no pants, please.
i'm not sure if you're aware, but today the third annual 'no pants! subway ride' took place in toronto. i have to say, given how cold it was, i found it very hard to believe that hundreds of people wo…
my grams is better than yours.
there are so few things that i am sure of in life, but of this, i am sure. my grams kicks any other grams' ass. she sings, she dances, she speaks swenglish and i'm pretty certain she can drink both yo…
it's a girl!
my newest baby, the diana mini . i got her for christmas and can't wait to get out and shoot with her! i know there are lots of apps to replicate the look, but there's something fun about shooting on …
happy new year!
t he new year was rung in with the sound of some clinking glasses and...a smoke alarm. regardless, i stand by the choice to light the sparklers. in hindsight perhaps we should have lit only half...but…
skål!
well, the glögg is out, which can only mean one thing! hope you all have the merriest of christmases. xo
urban family christmas.
i was lucky enough to be included in 'urban family christmas' this year, and even luckier that it was at osteria ciceri e tria . if you haven't been, osteria is owned by the same people as toronto's b…
happy anniversary.
to me! i can't believe it, today mark's one year since my first post here. sure, the blog has had it's ups and downs (or lack of posts here and there), but it's hard to believe it's been 365 days toda…
tis the season.
to make your dog look like a jackass. but how cute are they? case and his christmas side-kick, higgins, decked out for the holidays (i love how terrified higgins looks in that first one).
a change would do you good.
i've been thinking a lot lately about how much has changed for me over the last year. my life certainly doesn't resemble anything of its former self, but i've honestly never been happier. so you can i…
do you hear what i hear?
w ell friends, christmas is just a couple weeks away (yay!), so it's about time i got around to posting my favourite christmas songs. while there are some old classics that you absolutely can't f*ck w…
the reveal.
it took an entire night, two pieces of floral foam and a band-aid for my pine induced cut...but the centerpiece is done! and, i actually kind of love it! my preference would have been for red candles,…
oh, hi.
i just realized (or rather, it's been pointed out to me...) that it's been a week since i've posted anything here. i think it's the longest i've ever gone without putting something up! what can i say?…
home sweet...well, just home.
after 10,000+ kilometers, 2 flights, 11 hours of flying, 4 hours of airport sitting and 2 cab rides within 24 hours...i'm finally home. so far the time change is killing me a little bit (hawaii is fiv…
aloha.
here's the one pic i promised to post from vacay. as you can see, it's beautiful here. i deffo don't want to leave. home in a few days. xo
so long, farewell.
vacay has officially begun. vancouver leg, done. next up, hawaii! weeeEeee!!! yes, that is mega excitemente! :) i promised to post at least one pic while i'm away, so you can expect at least one post …
remember.
i'm not even going to diminish the importance of today with jokes or cherylese. today i am remembering, and am grateful.
2 more days.
yes, that's right. just two more days. and with so much crammed into those two days, i'll likely be neglecting this little page of mine (more, i mean). i thought, since i've been a little time-starved…
five rules for life.
it dawned on me last night how lucky a girl i am. sure i complain about trivial things like having this damn cold for over a month, working till midnight, the weather, lame-o friends...but misery love…
come sail away.
three reasons to not dress up as drunken sailors for halloween (these all come in the form of pickup lines that were as consistent as they were lame): i'll be the captain of your ship so...where are w…
happy halloween!
just a quick post to wish you all a happy (+ safe!) halloween. i stumbled across these app-o-lanterns last night. how cute and smart are they?! perfect for us apartment/condo dwellers with no steps to…
wordboner.
i really wish it was called something else, because it sounds so very wrong when i say 'i heart wordboner'. it seems a while since i gushed about anything on the blog besides music, so here is my late…
love.
tweet from wired magazine. do you see what i see? makes. my. life. that is all.
let the countdown begin.
some may say it's too early to start the official countdown, but my mind is already wandering...and i'm really excited... and we're less than 20 days away, so i think that makes it a-ok. 17 days till …
rock goddess.
metric played two shows in toronto this week. were you at either? against my better judgement (damn this cold!), i went. and god bless emily haines. have never had such a big girl crush. she sings, sh…
bowlerAWESerama (updated)
as it turns out, the lunges didn't really help. my bowling game is still quite lacking. but 10-pin seems to be the great leveler. while "striker" (as she calls herself) is a 5-pin queen...10-pin? not …
hey, stranger.
it's what i say to friends i haven't spoken to in a while. seems fitting to use here, non? yes, it's true. i've been neglecting my blog. so what have i been up to? well, aside from my usual tom fooler…
islands disappear.
last night, said the whale stopped by criminal records to promote their latest album. the band played a very intimate show (those who have been to criminal records, know how intimate this would be!) d…
there are no words.
i can't even begin to tell you how much i loved the vampire weekend show last night. loved it oh, so much! i was there with some of my most awes friends, at the very front of the stage, seeing one of …
the kids don't stand a chance.
vampire weekend have been playing on my comp since approx 8:58 this morning. pretty sure the people in my hallway are starting to hate me...but i can't help it! mega excitemente for tonite! you do kno…
king eddie.
a couple of friends (who should really have facebook accounts ;) ) have asked me if i could post my eddie videos elsewhere for them to see. given how crazy strict the pearl jam ten club can be, i thou…
white night.
or nuit blanche as it is better known, took place last night in the city. for those not from toronto, nuit blanche is an all night (6:55 pm-sunrise) 'contemporary art thing'. installations are located…
just breathe.
presale jitters were at an all time high today. tegan and sara haven't been in town for two years, and their presale tickets went on sale this morning. needless to say, i was feeling a bit of pressure…
awes.
so...are you awes? friday, october 16. rsvp in the comments section. [quicktime]http://share.cherylese.com/awesMOVIEweb.mov[/quicktime]
wallflowers.
it was a gorgeous fall weekend here in the city (the rain today, not so much). saturday, casey and i ventured out in hopes of criminal records having received their latest shipment of gig posters. at …
l’excitemente!
i think most people are aware of my love of all things egyptian and my burning desire to see the pyramids in person, so it goes without saying that this exhibit is right up my alley. king tut is comin…
an appetite for design.
the winners of the 2009 toronto urban design awards were unveiled earlier this week. many of them i have enjoyed personally and some i've even blogged about, but when scrolling through the full list o…
look.book.
i swear i've picked this book up at least ten times, flipped through it...amused, and then put it back on the shelf. not today. today, i bought it. and i heart it. 'bands on the road: the tour sketchb…
oopie.
remember that ball from kfc from like, the 80s? it was the best ball ever! there was water in it, and it was so fun and super unpredictable (well it was, until my grams' german sheppard bit a hole in …
blue eve of dawn.
holy crap. vampire weekend are playing the horseshoe in toronto...and we got tickets!!! weeeeeeeeeee! honestly, i can't even properly describe how excited i am for this show. we are talking can.barely…
yes, oui, ja, tak, óo, sì, ya
did i cover off your language? (more importantly...did i get it right?) this door is down the street from me. there are no numbers, no mailbox, no nothing. just a door with 'yes' on it. can't even tel…
screen dreams.
sunday craft time! what better to go with the gig posters in my living room than some music-inspired pillows? step one: free hand drawing with fluid on screens. step two: screen filler. step three: wa…
art + music.
god, i love the internet sometimes. i was looking for some pics of cassette tapes for my next silkscreening project, and look what i ended up stumbling across! how awes are these portraits? answer: be…
meter maid.
given it's 09-09-09, i was trying to do a beatles post for tonite. you know, favourite songs, fun covers, an exclusive video...but alas, wordpress and it's 'bug' have been giving me problems and a cou…
saving grace.
have you been? it's cute, it's quaint, and it's a bit ridiculous. i would say there are maybe ten tables in this tiny-tiny brunch spot. and people line up. and they wait. we waited. and it was delish.…
pitch.black.
this is the view from our table at o.noir . when they say you're dining in the dark, they mean it! the whole experience was hilar and so beyond creepy. we were immediately met by a host who escorted u…
isn't he lovely?
even more so when he's nice and oh, so quiet! i had a few people email to ask what i ended up getting for my little casey problem . i did try to get the ultrasonic unit i'd mentioned in my last post, …
i just want back in your head.
i read this morning that tegan and sara have confirmed a canadian and european tour for this fall, and are about to release tour dates to the public. can think of nothing else now! i.must.get.tickets.…
do you hear what i hear?
last night i went out for a few hours, and when i came home, i got off the elevator and rounded the corner to my place. what.is.that.barking? horrified, i knew instantly what is was. a beagle bark is …
magic pills.
today marks the start of my new magic pills. i kept reading really great reviews for genuine health's multi + daily glow ...and today, after noticing i had only four one-a-day's left, i bought them. t…
all the world's a stage.
just got back from buskerfest . i.am.beat. super fun though, so many fun acts (and delicious food) to check out. my favourite by far were the USA breakers. these boys had tricks! and were great with t…
learn something everyday.
my new favourite site! it combines my love of useless facts with my super love of doodles. learn something everyday launched at the beginning of august, and adds a new fun fact (complete with awes dra…
bits + bobs.
there are a few things that i've been wanting to share, but seem too small to warrant an entire blog posting. instead, i bring you this mega awes post...that is, a post full of random things i'm reall…
read my lips.
if you're in toronto, grab your credit card, your reusable shopping bag and head over to cubeshops . new to the city, this teeny tiny little store on baldwin street is oozing totes cool japanese desig…
lost in translation.
okay, not a huge post today since i'm shooting, but here's a little something i hope will at least make you laugh...because i d-i-e-d. this is an interview madonna gave, that has been translated a few…
stroll with me.
down memory lane. i know most of you have never been and probably never heard of cullen gardens and miniature village, but for me just the name brings up such great childhood memories. i can close my …
rules of engagement.
toolo , one of my flickr contacts (not friends ;) ) recently started designing some of his "rules". there are three right now, and so far, i'm totes on board. what do you think?
words of wisdom.
or at least that's what my brother's email was titled. here's what he sent me this morning: “every morning in africa, a gazelle wakes up…. it knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will …
this is home.
loving the 'this is home' project. what is 'home' for you? feel free to submit your own phrases to the project, more details and specifics here . deadline for entry is august 31, 2009, so you've got a…
eighties baby.
i guess i should be thankful i'm an eighties baby...because after doing these, i'm fairly certain i would have been a very lonely, very single girl if i'd been born any sooner. i'm kinda partial to th…
ride the wave.
literally. i'd heard that the new simcoe wavedeck was much, much...er...wavier than it's predecessors, but i wasn't expecting this. grown men were practically scooting on their bums, and young kids we…
do you believe in magic?
a friend of mine was recently saying that she wishes she could see into her future. it got me thinking about the possibility and about psychics and card readers. i'm fairly certain my family believes …
true or false?
i say true. just one of the animal-related quotes at the waterfront. adors.
small town girl.
yes. i am. but i felt right at home here! did you know they do a farmers market downtown toronto on saturdays? and when i say 'farmers market', i mean it...complete with man playing the guitar on the …
xo.
drinks when you get back!
with a (re)purpose.
a house up the street from me is using old drawers as planter boxes. just small ones, for their herbs. sure, it's not for everyone, but i thought it was a really cute idea. they've got the front of th…
the friendly alphabet.
and other ridiculously fun things you should check out. am in total heart with this photostream. i can't get enough of the hand-drawn scribblies! a few of my favourites are below, but if you have time…
once upon a time.
i met with my new doctor yesterday. and, i must admit, it all felt like a bit of a fairy tale. she was young, sweet, and taking new patients? she had me come in just to do a little meet + greet. like …
have you seen?
you must. it is ridiculously adorable...but not so cutesy that you'll hate it. sure, it's a romantic comedy, but it's done in a really fun way (read: boys will actually find it amusing too). the movie…
one hundred!
can you believe it? today marks my 100th blog post! i don't know about you, but i totes didn't think i'd be at it for this long! whoda thought that i'd have this much to say (hold your tongues), or th…
shuffle off to buffalo.
now there's no need! finally, bath and bodyworks are opening all over canada. no more driving to buffalo for lip shines or hand soaps. excitemente! the eaton centre location opened last week. more pro…
tweet, tweet.
i joined september 5, 2007. how about you? (and yes, i am totes posting this because it makes me look smart :) )
front row.
no, not really. but i've got my ticket. do you? metric, october 20 at massey hall. tickets on sale this friday (but you can get one now if you have an american express card). mark it in your calendar.…
worth a thousand words.
last night i got an email from a teacher who wanted to use one of my photos in a presentation he was giving to his class. he asked if i could send him the high-res version and wanted to know exactly w…
dating in the dark.
it premiered tonight. are you watching this? am embarrassed to say i watched...and i loved it! three men and three women join the show every week and then proceed to date in complete darkness. by the …
my ears are ringing.
no really, they are. but so worth it. last night was bookie's big blast, a concert put on by edge 102. the lineup included ruby coast (adors), still life still (not quite sure about them just yet) and…
cover me.
i have such a soft spot for good covers. have you heard this cover of mgmt's 'kids'? am so totes in love with it. i'd heard it a while ago, but could never find it because i didn't know who it was. am…
it's a dog's life.
in the last week, i've heard about three different people getting new dogs...all of them puppies from breeders. while i love dogs, and love that people want to get dogs, it makes me sad that there are…
la-la-love.
see what i did there? it's a combination of love and music (as in la la la)...i know, totes clever. anyway, it's been a few days since i've posted (thanks to everyone who's pointed out my severe slack…
in the air tonight.
one of my favourite artists from the 90s is playing the rivoli tonight...and sadly, i am without a ticket. advanced ticket sales sold out in no time, but apparently there will be a "few" available at …
i.want.it.
ugh. so, once upon time, i only liked this camera. well, liked it a lot. and now? well now, i must have it. i'm just that in love with it. most of you know how i feel about stop-motion anything (j'aim…
you've got mail!
or more importantly, i do! today i received one of five hundred prints that artist hazel dooney was sending out in celebration of her 500th blog post. each print is signed, numbered and dated by the a…
the sea of love.
come with me, my love. to the sea, the sea of love. and love it, i do. it's really one of my favourite things to do lately, grab my man and head to the waterfront. we spend time walking along the trai…
the view from here.
this post could also easily be titled 'reason #342 i love my new apartment'. this was the view last night. from my couch. fireworks over the lake from the comfort of my living room? amaze. though case…
all in a day's work.
operation: make the apartment feel like home, is well underway. which i'm sure you can tell from the last coupla posts. today's mission? paint the bedroom. it's 10pm, and i'm finally done. the walls a…
i spy with my little eye.
i had this great idea that i would blow up a picture and stick it on my craft room wall. the 'great' part of this idea is that i would change the pic monthly. i figured it would be a good way to enjoy…
the writing on the wall.
after much printing, adhesiving, x-actoing and repositioning...the first of the lyrics are on the wall. that's right, i decided to just make them myself! (is anyone really surprised?) and while i thin…
today.
action-packed. ikea. chinatown. kensington market. the red room. mostly on foot. entirely exhauasting. but, oh so much fun! highlights? meatball lunch. a strange (but super helpful) man helping us pac…
because.
<3 (beacause i heart it. it's what all the cool kids do, nowadays.)
rip michael.
as a dancer, mj was a huge part of my childhood - down-the-floor exercises, recitals, competitions. i was billie jean, a smooth criminal and dancing with the man in the mirror. and while he went from …
a little bedtime reading.
how awes are these? i saw them on a blog, but there is no info on who makes them, or where to buy. was thinking i'd screen them myself...but am willing to admit there is no way in hell i'd be able to …
dirty thirty.
i'm only four days into twenty nine, but i can't help but feel thirty is nearly here. and it's got me thinking about how i wanted to spend my thirtieth birthday. now i know that a big "surprise" party…
twenty-eight.
a look at my favourite moments, things, people and places from the year. so long, twenty-eight.
my newest obsession.
gig posters. and i'm not talking lame-o, glossy, fan club-esque posters. i'm talking silk screened, beautifully designed, signed and numbered by the artist goodness. i bought the two above at criminal…
out with the old.
polls have closed. one winner emerged. emailese@cherylese.com the new email address is up and ready to go! add it to your address books. shirleymac is officially dead.
crazy on you.
it's funny, i once met a guy who had been burnt by a gemini. when he found out i was a gemini, it was all over. he stopped calling me by name. instead he referred to me only as 'gemini girl'. because …
lost in the music.
just four more days until the nxne festival takes over toronto. for those of you who have never been, i can't tell you how much you're missing out. 500 bands in 5 days, at nearly every venue in toront…
the polls are open.
okay. i'm super indecisive. and because you were all so great at suggesting addresses (and because i got an awes poll plug-in, thanks admin!)...here's your chance to vote for them. vote for your top t…
hey, hey, hey!
the arkells are a great local band that if you're not already checking out, you deffo should. and there's no time like the present! they're doing a free show in toronto this saturday night. their late…
e me.
because a change of snail mail address isn't enough...i'm also changing my email address. and i figured, because i have such great, creative friends, why not hit y'all up for some suggestions (most of…
grey skies + licorice.
dear rogers: you suck every single ray of sunshine and every sweet lollipop from the very pit of my soul. xo cheryl
a bat phone.
i need one. to make this. if you're keeping score at home, a red phone lamp = the red, blue, white colour-scheme for the living room. dont hate. :) pic from designboom
home sweet home.
most who know me, know that i'm a tad obsessive. i moved in on wednesday and had everything completely unpacked by thursday. was i tired? yes. did i care? no. i just wanted (needed!) everything to be …
cuteness.
i like it, is all.
school's out!
okay not really, but soon the streets will be flooded with kiddies. one school that wont be out? school bakery and café in liberty village. i haven't been yet, but know several people who have. the re…
fantastic + un-plastic.
the plastic bag tax rolled out in toronto this week. and, i'm totes proud to say, i have yet to be caught bagless! though i'm sure it's bound to happen. so, in order to keep myself motivated, i though…
mesmerized.
finally a non-apartment-themed post! saw this music video online today. mesmerizing. i so wish i could make things like this.
praise jebus.
rogers just left. i'm back online! yay! more posts to come...once i get rid of the rest of these boxes.
are we there yet? are there yet?
so the truck is loaded and ready to be unloaded tomorrow morning. it's going to be another long day. but, at least it's been an entertaining evening so far. oshawa sent me off well...and when i say os…
organized graffiti.
i'm kinda (and when i say 'kinda' i mean 'totes') loving the idea of a wall mural. whether just text or an image, i think i dig. a lot. maybe a mural somewhere in the new place? what do we think? yay …
i vow to be awes.
okay, so i'm not really a wedding person. not really at all. but best believe that if i were going to get married, it would need to be awes. i saw something on the weekend that i thought was pretty co…
king of the castle.
with all this talk of a new place for me, i'd almost forgotten about the most important resident! not only will the caseybear get to see me every day for lunch (holy tail wags!), he'll also need a new…
good nite, sleep tight.
don't let the bed bugs bite. in these lovelies? not a chance! i want. but which? the crafty side of me is loving the handmade headboard on the left, but part of me really loves the clean lines of the …
blue period.
it's moving week. i'm exhausted and have had very little time to pack given i've been shooting the last few days. but the excitement of having (and decorating) a new place is keeping me going(ish). th…
one of a million, or one in a million?
with the upcoming move and my realization that when you split half of everything two people own, there are deffo some items you're going to miss, i've been forced to do a lot more home/furniture inter…
homeful.
okay, so maybe that's not a word. but it seemed fitting given it's the exact opp of homeless, which is what i was very close to being. so, phewf! i finally have a place to call my own! (yaaaaaay!) one…
tic. toc.
a giant clock made up of smaller clocks? words cannot describe how awesome i think this is. if i was electronics savvy at all...or had any idea whatsoever on how to build something like this, i totes …
back to life. back to reality.
so it's only been a couple of days, and already cuba feels like forever ago. le sigh. the good news is, i uploaded some of my pics to flickr , so that you can all re-live the warm, sunny goodness with…
bon voyage!
this will likely be my last post before vacation. here's a look at the board as it stands...though I am worried about what will be drawn on it while i'm away (sam, i'm looking at you here!!!) have a w…
to all my creative friends.
i've just saved you from working (again) this weekend. you're welcome. steal our ideas is website run by a couple of ad creatives who post all their brainstorming and non-produced concepts to their bl…
someone get this man his prize.
guybrush totes just out-beached us. damn. he even erased parts to add "textures" and "shadows". well done. well done. (ps. four days!!!! :) )
just sayin'...
five more days! but more importantly, there is a new contender in the beach-off. pina colada, care of eugene (aka the brownest guy alive).
cards of change.
i keep meaning to do a little blurb on this one, it's been tweeted a few times now, but worth the post i think. am loving the idea behind cards of cha nge . its a site where people who have been let g…
countdowns are the best.
especially when they enter single digits. the skinny board has been erased and replaced by this: is it obnoxious? maybe? am i excited? totes! you can see we also had a bit of a "beach-off". drew went …
je suis lame.
yesterday a friend asked me if i wanted to go see pearl jam in august. i declined, because i need to be more financially responsible. yep. me. more financially responsible. the whole thing makes me a …
done and done.
i've worked on over a hundred tv spots, countless print and outdoor executions...and this, this is the one that has me blogging. not because it's obscenely-award-winningly-good. no, we've done better.…
right here, right now. vol. 3
i love the unnecessary use of french. i use broken french sentences often and make people ichat me in french whenever possible. i don't know why, but i find it amusing. so, it seemed fitting that i ha…
an open letter to the landlords of toronto.
i rarely rant on the blog, but after a not-so-successful apartment hunt this weekend, please indulge me. ahem. an open letter to the landlords of toronto: can we just agree to be upfront with each oth…
because i like it.
i read something today that i liked and thought i'd type it here so i didn't forget it. don't look at the dark side of the cloud, it's just the shadow cast by the silver lining. sounds like sunshine +…
from yyz to yvr.
with love! :) you get your own password protected page...how special are you? so, because we're here, and you're there...i thought it would be nice to send you a coupla personalized hb messages! of co…
they say it's your birthday...
hope you have a totes awes day!!! :) wiwwu.
pearls of wisdom.
we had the w network + cosmo tv people come by the agency, and of course, like any good supplier, they came bearing gifts. lipstick shaped pens, colourful notebooks, cds....and chippendales-style cale…
girl crushin'
last night's concert experience started out a bit shaky. the opening band, lewis & clarke , were, well...not for me. the songs were so, so dull. i couldn't even tell where one finished and another sta…
one of these things is not like the other.
i can always tell when mandy moore has been in the news, because i get at least one email with pictures from her most recent sighting attached. this time, there were two emails. you know who you are. …
flight night.
i have seriously never laughed so hard for so long. even my pictures suffered because i couldn't hold my camera still enough while i was laughing. the guys brought.it. last night. top 5 reasons i love…
it's business time!
'it's business. it's business time. you know when I'm down to my socks it's time for business, that's why they call it business socks' flight of the conchords. tonite. massey hall. could not be more e…
right here, right now. vol. 2
it's time for the second installment of the tuesday morning music club! so, i got thinking this morning, instead of posting the first three songs on my ipod, why not post three songs from the three ar…
the best kind of therapy.
anyone who knows me, knows that i can be a tad obsessive. but in a really cute way (right? :) ) so, of course i've let this whole apartment hunting thing consume whatever free time i have. the only up…
loving you, it burns a million fireflies...
it hurts me. i doubt i need to point out the fact that i sucked yesterday and didn't get any pics or vids up from the midway state concert. the truth is, my roof is being redone this weekend and all t…
can you hear me smiling from there? ;)
today's amazingness, in a list. it's going to be twenty one degrees and super sunny today in toronto (and yet, i still don't believe spring is here) i have officially made the move to open-toe shoes. …
best.day.ever.
words cannot even describe the awesomeness of my day. and these my friends, are just the icing. here's hoping you all had an equally fantastic thursday. xo (ps, i might never take them off)
tweet, tweet.
hilar. and i'm totes guilty.
reason #3,893
i love my dog. Download because who else is ever this excited to see me?
one man's garbage...
oh, these are deffo this girl's treasure! necklaces from vlingvling are made from recycled vinyl records - tons in black (obvs), but tons in coloured vinyl too. i'm partial to the cassette tape and he…
make something cool every day.
i think everyone is familiar with the idea of a 365 project on flickr (mom, for your benefit, the challenge is to add something to your flickr page everyday), but i stumbled across the make some thing…
right here, right now. vol. 1
tuesday morning music club? i think we just started it. i'll try and do it every week. maybe they'll be a theme, maybe there wont...but one thing will be for certain, ima post whatever's on my ipod on…
a map of cool.
one of my friends sent me this. it blows my mind. they've mapped out all the cool and influential websites and ranked them in an awes-looking, transit-style map. so how many of these sites do you actu…
so, now what?
screens? check. new inks? check. more brushes? check. font needed to design totes awes shirt? check. a design for totes awes shirt? er...um...hmm. funny how sometimes you think you know exactly what y…
love is...
anyone remember those old comics from the '6os? i was walking to work this morning trying to keep my umbrella from turning inside out with a hand that had frozen into a claw, when i noticed a couple w…
one of a kind?
not exactly. yesterday i went to the one of a kind show in toronto. and while i think it's great that we put on exhibitions for artists to show off their designs and sell them, i can't help but feel a…
barefoot and...
nope. just barefoot! my shoes got shipped back to the uk! canada apparently denied my shoes entry. since when is canada so anti-fashion? sigh. shoes aside, i don't have a huge update for you, but i'm …
you've got mail.
this is my maibox. its very fance, i know. this is what i excitedly peer into every day...in the hopes that maybe, just maybe, there will be a delivery notification waiting here for me. so, let's have…
i think i might be falling in love with you.
the good thing about flying is that being on a plane gives you the excuse to watch movies you wouldn’t normally watch...and then, if you accidentally bring them up in conversation, you can play the ‘i…
when life gives you lemons
add some vodka and have yourself a cocktail. you might need one. consider this post a bit of a continuation of the last one. here's the newest concert survival guideline - if you are waiting outside a…
concert survival 101
find a spot to spectate where there is something to hang onto, in the event everything goes to shit. at the front of the stage is perfect. while you might sustain several injuries while trying to hold…
please don't stop the music.
canadian music week is here, and i couldn't be more excited! (can i get a yaaaaaaaaaay???) :) anyway, tonite we're off to see bloc party, and while i'm not exactly jazzed that it's an all ages show, i…
a cinderella story
it seems odd to blog about shoes, but those who know me know that i really like them, so it somehow seems appropriate (and frankly, what the heck else am i going to blog about on a rainy monday?) now,…
rip lmb
MACKENZIE-BARRETT, LIZ not meant for this cold, barren country, our beloved liz mackenzie-barrett left us on feb 27, 2009. beloved wife of adrian, dear friend of cheryl, daniella, kasey and donut grea…
music to my ears.
okay, so the blogging frequently from chile didn’t exactly happen. apparently meetings and shooting multiple days in a row, kinda get in the way of posting. so here we are, at the end of february! goo…
chilly. chilli. chile.
after a very adventurous travel here, we finally arrived safe and sound. chile is beautiful...deffo hot, and really, really smoggy. so smoggy you can only see the outlines of all the mountains at any …
all you need is love.
happy valentine's day, my lovelies. xo
sweet nothings.
really, they are. but fun, non? prizes are totes on their way. some of you were lucky to receive a hand delivered parcel, complete with congratulatory song, dance and/or hug. others had little notes w…
start something big.
something big is coming. i don't want to oversell it, but it's deffo fun. a little piece of this blog that you can keep for your very own. the only problem is, i haven't decided exactly how to distrib…
skinny love.
so today is february 1st. which means we made it. a whole month of the 'the skinny board'. the skinny board is a whiteboard in my office that has all of our skinny activities (that is, the activities …
now hear this.
i noticed there are a lot of new celebrity playlists on itunes, and i got thinking, does anyone really care what the cast of 'little mosque on the prairie' is listening to? fast forward to this aftern…
jack of all trades
master of none. this post could just as easily be titled 'excuses, excuses', but i was trying to give it a more positive spin. actually, that's not much more positive at all, is it? i've been taking a…
common cherylese phrases
okay, so i totes suck at this whole blogging thing. i know you're supposed to update more often, i understand the general concept. but hot damn, it's hard to find the time. so i'm hoping you've all be…
how fluent are you in cherylese?
i'm not exactly sure how or when it happened, but somehow people have become fluent in cherylese. not only have they become fluent, but they have embraced it...calling on a need for a blog. a blog to …
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