Happygrrl on the town

I had a great Saturday night, which inevitably rolled into Sunday morning.

My evening started off by attending the Curly Soiree presented by the blog I Heart My Hair.  It was an informal conference educating women on natural hair care, hair products, and healthy living.  

I enjoyed it as I was surrounded by curlies with big and small afros. Very funky!  I loved every minute of it.

I took this pic of some Afro art. Love it!

After the event, a few curlies and I decided to grab a bite to eat and then check out Nuit Blanche- Toronto's free, city-wide sunset-to-sunrise celebration of contemporary art.  I must admit that although I have lived in Toronto all my life, this was the first time I have attended the event. * Blushing with shame*

It was cool to see everyone joining in the festivities of the night and taking in some art (okay, some of it I didn’t understand, but whatever!). 

Check out some of the installations.

Did you attend any of these events?  Let me know what you thought. Email me at michelle[at]Happygrrls.com

Michelle

What I did on my summer 2012 vacay

Well, it had to happen....summer has sadly come to an end.  It totally flew by soooo quickly, eh?  Before you know it, we’ll be shovelling snow! #scary

This summer was considerably different for me from previous summer holidays. I had a lot more time to hang with my friends, and I was able to do things I wouldn’t normally have the time to do.  Take a look at my summer 2012.

Food Truck Revolution

Food trucks hit the T. Dot in a huge way and I was all over it.  I was sooo excited to sample the culinary concoctions and feast on deep fried fare.

I was able to try a handful of trucks (anymore and I would need to detox for a month) and I completely fell in love with the fries from the #Gourmet Bitches truck.  Take a look at the pic.  Aren’t they scrumptious? 

Street Festivals

Street festivals definitely make you feel like you’re not in Toronto anymore.  They are usually cultural, and offer you a sneak peek into a different way of life. I was able to attend Samba on St. Clair and Brazil Fest.  Amazing, passionate music. 

Tutoring

Summer wasn’t all play. I had to do some “work’.  I was lucky enough to tutor a couple visiting from Italy. They wanted to improve their English skills, and asked if I could help them. So for 2 weeks I held conversation tutoring sessions all over the city. It was awesome and soooo much fun. As much as they learned from me, I learned an immense amount about life from them.  Thanks Marina and Paolo!!  We’ll always have Harbourfront (inside joke!)

Let’s go to the Ex

Okay, what would summer be without making the trek to the Canadian National Exhibition, aka The Ex, eating a corn dog and walking around in the blazing hot sun for about 7 hours? 

I spent the day at the Ex with family and I literally turned into a kid again.  I didn’t go on any of the rides, but just seeing them brought me back to when I used to be soooo excited and terrified to go on them.  Good times. 

I go on record saying that the Ex has the best corn dogs.  Period!  Biting into one was the highlight of the day!  Sad, but true! LOL

Fave summer moment

My bestie (Christine) and I went to the Kelly Clarkson concert!  That.was.so.freaking.fun!  Toronto was her only Canadian stop, so we were extremely lucky to see her.

 

Our seats were in the nose bleed section, but that didn’t bother me at the least. I got to see one of my fave singers belt out her songs.  

Kelly gave such a wonderful show. She sang her classics- Behind These Hazel Eyes (my personal fave), My Life Would Suck Without You, a song from Canadian crooner, Michael Buble, and sang some of her newest songs- Stronger(What Doesn’t Kill You).

It was great night filled with amazing music (BTW, Kelly sounds great live) and fun time spent with my BFF.

I will always remember summer 2012.

Michelle