+ make lemonade +

happy monday :) - it's a chilly day in toronto (finally) and i'm so excited to share this post with you all, because it makes me very excited.

when i first heard of make lemonade i knew it would be a place that would instantly excite and inspire me, even hearing about the concept got me beyond pumped!

"Make Lemonade is a brand new, coworking space for women, in the heart of Toronto. Born from the idea that creating your destiny can’t be store bought, we’re on a mission to create a community of driven women who create, dream and get.sh*t.done"

last week i got to visit this gorgeous space in the heart of downtown toronto, and meet with rachel who is the talented gal behind it all. rachel was even more lovely, kind and inspiring then i could have imagined. it was so great to be able to chat with her and find out all about how make lemonade came to be, and hear more about her hopes for the future and sheer excitement of the response so far.

when i told rachel about my blog & brand, i explained how much supporting local, our community and uplifting others meant to me. toronto (& beyond!) is filled with so many creative women who i've been able to connect with in some capacity. i love seeing places like this pop up to help connect us all, and i personally left there feeling eager and excited.

make lemonade is a gorgeous, inspiring, cute-as-can-be space for women in toronto and i can't wait to head back soon! looking forward to planning some events with make lemonade & my work! also can't wait to head back to attend some of the amazing events that will be happening at the space in the coming months

follow make lemonade on instagram for some inspiration, and if you live in and around toronto you can stop by for a tour on monday, wednesday or friday at 11am -- there are lots of really cool events happening as well so keep up to date on those! so exciteddddd.

& now, a speak inside make lemonade:

(toronto adventures - the leslie street spit)

Oh hello & Happy Monday! (even though it feels like Sunday!)

I wanted to share some photo's that I took last weekend on a little adventure we went on in the city. Pete and I and my brother Dave and his boyfriend Mikey went on one very amazing bike ride! This day was fun for a bunch of reasons. First off, I've been really wanting to take my DSLR camera out more often to take photos, and I did just that. Second, I was dying to get out on my bike ride again for an amazing biking adventure! And finally, I am basically always down to explore a new part of Toronto.

We've heard nothing but wonderful things about The Leslie Street Spit (Tommy Thompson Park) and have wanted to go for a while. We live in the west end of the city, and the spit is wayyyy east. We biked along the waterfront trails which are awesome! It was a reaaaaally hot day, and it's a really long ride, so we definitely took it slow for most of the way.

The Spit is such a cool spot, for a lot of reasons, one definitely being the fact that it's filled with incredible views of Toronto. It's lush, filled with wildlife, butterflies, flowers and oh - the prettiest rocks (a bunch of which we got for our collection!) The whole spit used to be lake 50 years ago, and its now covered with detritus and lake dredgeate. 

The whole area is filled with cyclists, runners, families and people out exploring. No vehicles or animals are allowed on site since it's a bird sanctuary. I'd definitely recommend checking out the spit if you're from Toronto or visiting. There were so many great photo ops and here's just a few snaps! I didn't even get any on my DSLR from the bottom of the spit because it was REALLY hot and we were reaaaaally tired (lol)

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! ♥

Cute Toronto - Crown Flora

//      c r o w n     f l o r a 

Hello beauties! Happy Monday :) Also, can we just talk about the fact that January is some how  almost over?! Annnnnd I haven't even posted my 2017 goals yet (coming soon, promise!)

It's been a while since I've shared a little Toronto lovin' with y'all, so here we go! I took these photo's in the Fall one weekend while Pete and I were exploring our hood. I pop in to Crown Flora often, to either pick up an awesome plant, or gift or just walk around to get a little inspiration (it's so pretty in there!)

This location is in Parkdale, but they recently opened a second location right on Queen Street (Queen West) and they've got the best, most badass selection of plants, fresh flowers, gifts and they even do awesome workshops! 

Crown Flora // 

1233 Queen Street West

740 Queen Street West

@crownflora on Instagram