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MTV FORA, Peach Beserk & Blog Babes

Carly — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:22:26 +0000

I got my hair fixed first thing on Monday and it’s back to pink for me. Thank you so much to Matt at Brennen Demelo Salon for coming in early on a Monday morning, fixing my colour and styling my hair for the MTV event. Then it was off to see my lady Krista Mae, makeup artist extraordinaire, to get my makeup done. I felt like such a princess having people do my hair & makeup and put me in a pretty dress to wear. I’m always the business person in the background, holding on to everyone’s stuff and it was such a nice change to be the one in the spotlight, so to speak.

My sister Kristin was able to make it out, which was so great. I love going places with her and she looked hot in a blue suede dress. My cupcake dress is by Peach Berserk.

Raymi, Michelle, Carol, Casie, Me, Kristin, Breanna

The first part of our fun day was to watch the interview with Kelly Cutrone of People’s Revolution. Some of you may know her from her work on The Hills & The City. She’s a fashion PR powerhouse and now a TV star and author. I really wanted to meet Kelly in person and get a chance to talk to her, but she was on her promo tour for her book “If You Have To Cry, Go Outside” so she was whisked away to her next interview. Kelly is one of my business idols and I can’t wait to read her book and hopefully have the chance to meet her in person one day.

After the interview the media/VIP’s went up to the Masonic Hall for a sneak preview of MTV’s new online magazine FORA. Casie is the features editor of the magazine and she invited a whole bunch of bloggers and media including the Toronto Blog Girls. It was so great to see all the girls out and dressed so pretty and I got to meet a few more Tweeps/Bloggers IRL.

The magazine will be live in April and the first issue is a Prom theme featuring dresses by Peach Berserk. Casie & Kingi worked together to dress the Toronto Blog Girls for the event, hence the pretty dresses. There were a few girls that were saying some nasty things about us dressing up on their blogs & twitter feeds. Who knew that wearing pretty prom dresses would cause girls to act like we’re in high school? I was pretty surprised that anyone invited to an event as media would be negative about us wearing dresses featured in the magazinebut I’ll chalk it up to jealousy because we all looked gorgeous.

They had a photo wall up for us to take “Prom Photos” and we all took advantage and hammed it up for the cameras.

Casie, Lisa, Michelle, Raymi, Kristin, Me

Dan & Jessi introduced the magazine and showed outtakes of their “celebrity photo shoot”. These two are a great pair and they work together really well.

My sister and I had the chance to chat with Jessi and she’s such a sweetheart. We were talking about her most interesting interview and she floored us when she said Tom Cruise! Apparently he is really nice and down to earth in person. Who knew?

After the preview we went down to Hemingways for some drinks and food. It was such a great day and thank you to Casie & MTV for starting off my week with such a fun day.

The Guide to Social Media Success

Carly — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:18:23 +0000

Hi friends.

My agency, along with the talent in the New Media division are putting on a social media seminar on March 18 from 6-9pm

It will feature Raymi the Minx, Casie Stewart and Sean Ward followed by drinks and networking.

Click here for more info and to purchase tickets.

Hope you can make it!

Show and Tell: Feb 26/10

Carly — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:46:06 +0000

We finally got winter in Toronto and have about 3 inches of snow. It made for an interesting time last night, trying to walk around in the snow with a freshly tattooed leg, and getting a cab was almost out of the question. Luckily Chad loves to come and pick me up from events Tonight I’m going to another fun party with Ms. Currybomb, the Toronto Cat Rescure Furball. Do you have any fun plans for the weekend?

In Aug 2009 Simon Hoegsberg spent one week, 5 hours a day, giving free advice & coffee to passersby. It’s a great Social Experiment, and one that I actually found pretty interesing.
For all you fashionistas out there Wikifashion is looking for contributors. It’s a great site started by Madeline Veenstra an Aussie native.
BlogTO posted a great article on the Top 5 Spaces for Working Remotely in Toronto. Very helpful for freelancers and self-employed people.
I love Twitter and got this link for Top 5 Ways to Market Your Business with LinkedIn from @renee3
Have you checked out the Toronto Blog Girls site yet?
Did you see the videos that Sean Ward posted with me in them? Here’s 1, 2 & 3
We’ve all heard “nice guys finish last” and HeartlessBitches.com has a great article that could help explain why
A great set of candid celebrity photos. Some of these are really old and before they were stars
I love horses
This was a great read: Offline Inspiration: How to find it and get the most out of it

Have a safe and fun weekend and make sure you take care driving in our winter weather.

Bruce Lee

Salvador Dali

Tattoos & Celebrity Ping Pong

Carly — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:47:29 +0000

That’s what my afternoon and evening will consist of today. I’m going to get tattooed by a good friend of mine Steve at Adrenaline Tattoos in Toronto. I’m pretty excited and a little nervous. It’s been 4 or 5 years since I got tattooed last, the stars on my chest done by Paul, and I always feel a little scared going in.

Afterwards I’ll be heading to the Cabbie on the Street Celebrity Ping Pong Tournament. Thanks to Casie for posting the info on her blog this morning. It’s really interesting that I get most of my info & news from blogs & twitter. I hadn’t even heard about the Ping Pong tourney until today.

I’ve got to go dye my hair now for maximum pinkness. Hope you have a great day and if you’re out at the tourney tonight come and say hi!

Notable TV’s Nuit D’Azure

Carly — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:59:57 +0000

Last Thursday night I was invited to Notable TV’s exclusive event, Nuit D’Azure, at the Annex Loft House. I went with Casie & her friends and lucky us got chauffeured to the event The guest-list was made up of Toronto’s industry leaders, media and tastemakers and I got to meet some really interesting people. I’m loving the vibe of the events I’ve been going to lately and this one was no exception.

BBFF's Me, Lynsie & Casie

I caught them off guard. Sorry officer

The Food Dudes

The night had a few of my favourite things: complimentary drinks, amazing catering by The Food Dudes (the beet bruschetta was amazing), Teekis sandals for the ladies, and a really interesting group of people.

Teeksi Sandals for the ladies. Love the pinky ones

Me & new friend Chris

Me & Sean

Sean made a few videos of the evening and I just happen to be in them. Hot Babes Tweeing is below and click here for the “Joey Jeremiah” conversation.

One of my favourite people, Christina, made it out to the event as well. I’m glad you could make it! Not bad for two farm girls

Me, Sean & Christina

Thank you to Julian and the Notable TV staff for a great party. I will definitely be at the next one.

HaiHaiTO Fundraiser

Carly — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:58:59 +0000

On Thursday Feb. 11 I went to the #haihaiTO Haiti Fundraiser at The Courthouse (thanks Sean!). It was a really fun night and I met some cool new people and lots of Tweeps IRL. It was kind of surreal to be in a room where I recognized people from following them and everyone was so happy and friendly. I smiled and said hi all night long. I was also surprised at how many people knew who I was from Twitter. I guess pink hair does stand out. I bumped into Breanna at coat check (yes, I checked my coat it) and she is one of my new favourite people. Her sister came with her and she was super nice too. I’m pretty bad with names the first time I meet people and I completely forgot hers. They used ’sister power’ to win a yellow Flip camera. I should’ve brought my sister along, cause nothing beats sisters

One of these was a winner!

Everyone was in a party mood and the dance floor was the place to be. The DJ was spinning 90’s hip hop and Top 40 tunes and it felt like high school dances, but way cooler and without having to sneak the alcohol. I haven’t been out dancing in a long time and the whole night was such fun.

Blog Stars Unite!

Every photo I have of Sheldon his eyes are closed.

Where did this mask come from?

Best dressed of the night.

You can see we left the event with our jackets, purses and Breanna with her prize! I want a Flip so bad and a yellow one will make my day. We’re gonna have to make a video together with your new one

I had a great night and it was fun to meet so many awesome new people. I can’t wait for the next meetup.

It’s really happening

Carly — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:36:50 +0000

I am actually planning to go out to a club tonight, to listen to electro & house music, and fist pump like a champ. Seriously.

Casie invited me out with some girls to Wetbar where Pauly D & The Situation are hosting for the night. I’ve already packed my earplugs in my purse and I plan on dancing and drinking in our booth until I don’t notice the music. I’m pretty excited to go out and am looking forward to meeting the girls from Twitter IRL.

If you’re planning on going out to Wetbar tonight, come and say hi. I’ll bet I’m the only pink haired girl there.

Ahhhhh…Good Massage

Carly — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:02:37 +0000

I just came back from a massage. I needed one desperately and haven’t had a chance to go since, well, June I guess.

I’ve been going to a friend of mine Carri, who is an RMT, and she is amazing! Her business is called Imprint Massage and she has the nicest studio at 101 Spadina Ave. The place is so nice and clean and relaxing. Carri’s massage studio is a part of Imprint Pilates, and they also offer pilates (duh), acupuncture and physio.

I highly recommend you check her out, you won’t be disappointed. You can email her at carri@imprintpilates.com or call her to book an appointment at 416-209-1315. Check the Imprint Massage website.

A Walk Was Just What We Needed

Carly — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:18:52 +0000

Sunset

In the summer Chad and I go for walks along the boardwalk. It’s so beautiful when the sun is setting and peaceful down by the water. This is last week and it’s been too cold and windy to go down since. I’m really a whiner in the cold and I get earaches pretty quickly when it’s windy. My favourite spot to sit is the pier on the left hand side.

End of the pier

This is the view at the end of the pier. It goes out pretty far and when it’s dark you can feel that you’re surrounded by nothing but you can also feel that its water. It’s hard to explain.

Chad and I

This is my new favourite photo of us.

The city from the pier. I love living down here.

At the other end of the pier.

This looked much more interesting in person. Didn’t translate at all.

Moi