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Diary | Roaming the Streets with Surreal Theatre

Surreal Theatre Gastown Vancouver

The last show I saw in a theatre was Raffi (ha!). It had been a while since I’d been to the theatre theatre. Until last night, when I went to the theatre, it just wasn’t, you know…in a theatre.

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Surreal Theatre is set in the streets of Gastown, a favourite neighbourhood among Vancouverites and tourists alike. Although the play isn’t just set there, it actually takes place there — on the sidewalks and crosswalks and action-packed alleys.

It started in a courtyard where the audience gathered alongside the actors…

Who needs red velvet seats? Surreal Theatre takes place on the streets in Gastown.

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…and then we roamed the streets like a big theatrical tour group (snapping as we went) while the characters debated love, childhood nicknames and apps.

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The show ended, much as it started, on the street. (Last night was the play’s premier so there was a ton of media in the 25-person audience, like Dana Gee, pictured above.)

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Since we were on the outskirts of Gastown, we went for an after-show cocktail at Bauhaus, something I definitely did not do after that Raffi show.

Thanks for having me, Surreal Theatre!

June 29, 2016 by

Pinstagram | Wrap it up

The Anthology’s Pinstagram column marries the dream (Pinterest) and the reality (Kelsey Dundon’s Instagram photos of places and faces in and around Vancouver).

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Jeans and a tee. A graphic t-shirt designed for Easter Seals’ Woman 2 Warrior (which I’ve worked with many times before) + an even more casual take on the jeans a t-shirt look.

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Hideaway. Her favourite spot + what would be my favourite spot to read and hang out.

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Goop read. My cookbook collection is rather embarrassing + a radish salad GP would totally approve of.

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Wrought iron. A room divider at The Cross + ornate designs in Barcelona.

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Paper party. A creative use of wrapping paper + a creative use of wallpaper.

P.S. There are more photos where these came from so follow @KelseyDundon on Instagram.

June 23, 2016 by

Wear/Where | To great lengths

Casablanca Free People Dress

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Go long. That’s a sports reference I don’t quite get (something to do with football?) but, as a style and design reference, I get it 100%. And it’s a slam dunk in my books (I know, I know, wrong sport, but you get where I’m going with it).

Wear: The Casablancas Maxi Dress by Free People for instant street style drama.

Where: Add a wide, slightly faded runner from Semikah Textiles for instant hallway drama.

June 2, 2016 by

Bookmark | Ste. Marie Design

In The Anthology’s Bookmark column we explore some of the most inspiring places on the wild, wild web.

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I am such a creative creep. I love seeing the work behind the work, getting a glimpse into the thought process — and the process process — of people who make beautiful things.

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Which is why I love Ste. Marie Design’s Tumblr. The interior designer firm helmed by Craig Stanghetta is responsible for some of Vancouver’s most beautiful new restaurants, like Savio Volpe and Kissa Tanto, and their Tumblr feels like a moodboard they might have created when they were beginning any number of their projects.

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It’s filled with interior design, sure, but also fashion and art, much of which is raw and refined, jagged and framed in gold.

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It will make you want to quit your job and become a designer. Or at the very least, start Tumbling again. So bookmark Ste. Marie Design’s Tumblr already and bookmark The Anthology while you’re at it.

[Images from Ste. Marie Design’s Tumblr.]

P.S. Beef up your list of favourite links with The Anthology’s Bookmark picks.

May 29, 2016 by

Pinstagram | Pink sofas and red suits

The Anthology’s Pinstagram column marries the dream (Pinterest) and the reality (Kelsey Dundon’s Instagram photos of places and faces in and around Vancouver).

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Seating arrangement. My midcentury Danish chairs that replaced the sofa that used to sit under that window + a blush sofa that could replace anything it wished to.

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In bloom. My desk looks like spring + so does Rachel de Ravenel’s bench (photographed by Diana Koenigsberg for C Magazine).

Pools

Wading pool. A sunny weekend in Whistler + a sunny series of pools.

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Backyard. I put up a tire swing in an effort to turn our backyard into a playground + I should just give up because this backyard hideaway is the coolest.

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Seeing red. I stopped into Coach to meet with their team and shoot with my bright red phone + a red hot suit.

P.S. There are more photos where these came from so follow @KelseyDundon on Instagram.

May 9, 2016 by

Home | #IHaveThisThingWithTiles

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I’m helping my sister redesign her kitchen — replacing her retro cabinets, extending her counters, figuring out what to do with an awkward space underneath a window, the works. And the sticking point right now is the floor and backsplash because the options are endless (even within a budget) and there’s real potential to do something striking.

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Nothing, perhaps, as striking as the floors in the #IHaveThisThingWithTiles feed on Instagram (where all these images are from), but striking nonetheless. I’ll keep you posted.

[Images clockwise from top left: source, source, source, source, source, source, source, source.]

April 21, 2016 by

Pinstagram | Party time!

The Anthology’s Pinstagram column marries the dream (Pinterest) and the reality (Kelsey Dundon’s Instagram photos of places and faces in and around Vancouver).

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Family portrait. Me and my baby in black and white + a cute way to photograph a family.

Eco Fashion Week

Fashion Meet. The Eco Fashion Week press conference at the Fairmont Waterfront (read my piece on one of their most innovative shows here) + a workspace that looks like it would also have waterfront views.

Bunny Ears

Hop to it. My little Easter bunny + a hopscotched kids’ room.

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In bloom. Magnolias are my favourite + this makes carnations look surprisingly cool too.

Dress forms

Dress forms. Three dress forms backstage before one of my segments on Global Television + three dressed-up models before the coolest party ever.

P.S. There are more photos where these came from so follow @KelseyDundon on Instagram.

April 19, 2016 by

Wear/Where | Peace Out

Peace Signs

Give peace a chance. Surround yourself with it; live it, wear it, accessorize your office with it.

Wear: An outfit with more personality than you ever thought possible in such a neutral palette (as seen on Crush Cul de Sac).

Where: A custom neon sign by Vancouver’s Endeavour Neon (coolest desk accessory I’ve ever seen!).

P.S. Metropolette started a series inspired by The Anthology’s Wear/Where series and I love her spin on it!

April 14, 2016 by

Bookmark | French for Pineapple

In The Anthology’s Bookmark column we explore some of the most inspiring places on the wild, wild web.

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Often I have no idea how I first stumbled across a site. I’ll get lost in an internet vortex and end up somewhere so inspiring that I get drawn in even further and by the time I drag myself away from my screen I have no idea how I ended up there in the first place.

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But with the design blog French for Pineapple, I know exactly what drew me to it: the above photo. It landed in my Pinterest feed and I fell in love with it right away. The print is striking, the stools are amazing and the blue walls make me want to paint my living room.

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Edited by print and textile designer Bianca Hall, French for Pineapple is filled with art recommendations, photos of her constantly reinvented North London home and DIYs like the fluffy stools I fell in love with in the first place (CB2 has something similar if you’re not super handy with a staple gun).

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In other words, it’s filled with some serious inspiration. So bookmark French for Pineapple already and bookmark The Anthology while you’re at it.

[Images from French for Pineapple.]

P.S. Beef up your list of favourite links with The Anthology’s Bookmark picks.

March 2, 2016 by