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Calgary has a new restaurant!  Orchard  is located in the base of the Marriott Sodo building at 620 10th Ave S.W.. To enter the restaurant you will walk under an enchanted pergola facing a [...]

Summer 2020 will be the year I traveled vicariously through coffee table books. I have a beautiful collection I sit with over espresso on Sunday mornings. I feast my eyes on the beautiful glossy [...]

There has been an influx in documentary films about iconic male fashion photographers in the last few years… Slim Aarons, Peter Lindberg, Bill Cunningham, Mario Testino and Guy Bourdin. Now [...]

Shoot to Marry  is a documentary produced, written, shot, directed and edited by Steve Markle. The film is a first hand account of  Steve’s coast-to-coast North American search for a wife [...]

Saturated colour opening on a minimalist landscape.  Queen of Paradis  opens up the surrealist journey of French artist Reine Paradis’ creative process leading up to the opening of her Los [...]

This unexpected cold snap over the weekend made it the perfect STAYCATION weekend at  Hotel Arts. Now until April 30, 2020  Hotel Arts  is running a Shop, Dine and Stay promotion. When you book a [...]

Go Back to China  is a semi-autobiographical film about Sasha Li (Anna Akana) a rich girl living the high life, who graduates fashion school then tries to find a job. Unsuccessful in her job [...]

2019 is so close to being over! This was a really challenging year for me. So many life lessons and a self-imposed shopping ban that ruled out any sort of clothing retail therapy. Retail therapy, [...]

Happy December! This is my final giveaway for 2019- I have partnered with  Southcentre Mall  to create a wish list of things I would love to have, but the best part is, I am doing a GIVEAWAY of a [...]

Queen and Slim   The film opens in a diner, on a tinder date between a very educated and composed woman of colour, Queen, played by Jodie Turner-Smith. Queen wears a matching knit white [...]