happy birthday to my boo (toronto)

h a p p y   b i r t h d a y ,

t o r o n t o !!!

Today is Toronto's birthday! My favourite city, and the place I call home. I love this city and feel beyond lucky to of been able to call it home for the past ten years! As soon as I was ready to live on my own, Toronto was where I wanted to be. In High School I'd take the go train downtown and walk around the city, shop, and admire the excitement of such a vibrant and diverse city.

I love Toronto for a lot of reasons. I've always been a city girl, and I am so thankful my hubby happens to share the love of city life as much as I do. We both love Toronto and are excited to stay living in the city rather than the suburbs. It's such a special city and we love to explore it together.

I love to share little bits and pieces of my love of Toronto on this blog and my Instagram for y'all! & I thought I'd do a little round up of some of my favourite Toronto posts today in honour of my boo's birthday today:

// leslie street spit:

// baddies:

// toronto flower market:

// make lemonade:

// kensington market :

// drake general store:

 // crown flora :

// v d e v maison :

// anice jewellery :

christmas in toronto!

Oh hey! Not sure if you knew this, but I *kinda* love Christmas!

Since we're at the start of the BEST & busiest season ever, I thought it would be fun to do a little round up of fun events, markets, and happenings going on in Toronto around the holidays ♥

I've been making a list (and checking it twice, obvi) over the last few weeks of things I always love to do in Toronto, and also searching the net for some more fun stuff! So, before your calendars get fully booked as they do, take a look at all these amazing things below and make plans with lots of special people in your life. Enjoy! 'Tis the season to be jolly.

A L L   S E A S O N    L O N G //

Toronto Christmas Market - November 16th - December 23rd

The Winter Village at Evergreen Brickworks - Every weekend in December

Free skating at Nathan Phillips Square - Starting November 25th

One of a Kind Christmas Show - November 23rd - December 3rd

Festive Specials from Swiss Chalet - November - until probably January? (lol)

Admire the Christmas windows at The Bay - November - January

N O V E M B E R // 
Tree Lighting at The Eaton Centre - November 16th
The Toronto Santa Clause Parade - Sunday, November 19th
Cavalcade of lights -
Elf, the musical - November 21st - 26th
Hanson - "Finally, it's Christmas" show - November 24th & 25th
Pixel & Bristle Winter Market - November 25th
Bad Girls Market - November 25th
Swedish Christmas Fair - November 25th - 26th
This is Local Holiday Pop-Up Night Market - November 30th

D E C E M B E R //
Drunk Feminist Films (Die Hard) - December 2nd
City of Craft - December 8th - 10th
The Jingle Ball - December 9th
Home alone in Concert - December 1st - 2nd
Toronto I Heart Beer Festival - December 9th
The Leslieville Holiday Market - December 16th
Crown Flora Holiday Market - December 16th & 17th
The Nutcracker - December 23rd

cute toronto - baddies

b   a   d   d   i   e   s       ///

For our first wedding anniversary Pete and I made a list of fun things to do in Toronto and were off on some great adventures! We had lots of things on our list and almost completed every single thing! One thing on our list was to check out a really awesome brunch spot/cafe in the west end called Baddies.

It's beautifully crisp and white inside. The decor is perfect and most definitely a dream as far as pretty photo's go. Marble table tops, ashy tones, lovely wallpaper and stadium style benches in one part of the cafe. The menu is small and simple, but awesome. I had the smashed avocado toast with egg and Pete had a breakfast sandwich. Our food was SO good! Absolutely delicious. After our food we enjoyed two of the most glorious cappuccino's you ever did see.

I was excited to bust out my DSLR for the first time in a while! Excited to (try) and get back into the whole blogging thing and really make some more time for this here lil' baby.

Toronto pals, or anyone visiting - you should definitely check out Baddies when you're here. They're open Monday - Saturday 8am-4pm.  -- 679 Landsdowne Ave is the address, and for a little more love + inspiration follow them on Instagram @baddies.caf but for now, enjoy some of my  snaps! ♥