A day like today calls for a little Baz Lurhmann’s (well, Shakespeare’s) Romeo + Juliet.
Don’tcha think?
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Happy Valentine’s Day! Happy Chinese New Year! Happy Olympics, Canada!
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Image from Le Love.
Get it? It’s fake!
It’s also entirely unnecessary because even though the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games start today (OMG! OMG! OMG!) it’s pretty much spring in our beautiful city.
See? This is what’s blooming in my front yard. It’s unreal.
So where were you when you heard Vancouver won the Games? Me? I was in my car on my way to the TV station newsroom where I was interning at the time. Had chills down my spine.
What do you do when one of your very best friends is carrying the Olympic torch?
You run alongside cheering your heart out. Go! Jessi! Go!
Had so much fun at the Olympic torch relay today — cheering as she carried the flame for 300 glorious metres.
Seemed like all of Vancouver was out to support. Cannot wait until the torch reaches downtown. It will be insanity.
How cute did she look in her white tracksuit?
What did we wear? Red…
And white. Naturally. Man, these games haven’t even started yet and already they’re making me more Canadian than I’ve ever been in my life.
I’ve got the Olympics on the brain. It’s all I can think about.
Went to the dress rehearsal for the Opening Ceremonies last night and had goosebumps the whole time (I’m such a Canadian cheeseball).
So in the spirit of the maple leaf I’m going to wear red. A lot.
And even though it’s warm and sunny, I’ll rock my 2010 mittens. You better believe I’ll be waving them proudly when one of my best friends (and your favourite MTV host) Jessi runs the Olympic torch this afternoon (so excited for you, Jess!).
Go! Canada! Go!
P.S. Check out a few of my favourite things on Di Fabulous Blog.
Dogs and their owners, you know?
Shirt dress and flat boots — I’d wear that combo all day every day if I could. So comfy, so easy-breasy, so fun to accessorize. Shirt dress is from the Gap, boots are Frye.
Beaded belt from Playa del Carmen, Mexico. (That fur you see at the top of that photo? That’d be my kitty’s paws.)
Silver cuffs imprinted with the Mayan calendar — also from Playa del Carmen, Mexico. (Same spot where I found my beautiful beaded necklace.)
On Leroy? Studded leather collar from the Dog & Hydrant in Vancouver. It would look b-b-b-bad to the bone as a belt, too. Don’tcha think?
Buy a Kelly green gown. Ideally one as fabulous as what Keira Knightley wore in Atonement.
Which reminds me to make another note to self: rent Atonement. For Valentine’s Day, mayhaps?
What was once a garage is now the world’s coolest workspace. Would you ever be starved for inspiration in a place like this? Nope.
Would you ever be able to get away with a roofless building in Vancouver? I’m not even going to answer that.
Image from ffffound.
We beat ourselves at our own game. We aimed to raise $10,000 for the Red Cross’ relief efforts in Haiti.
And instead we raised more than $16,000 at Hope in Haiti. Maybe even more than $17,000. (Math was never my strong suit.) Either way, it’s incredible.
So thank you, Vancouver! And thanks again to Barcelona for being the hosts with the mosts.
Take a look at the recaps on A Haute Mess, MizzJ, Senses and Style, A Beautiful Life, Solo Lisa and twitter.
Want to support? Buy a Hope in Haiti t-shirt for $30 cdn (plus shipping and handling). Net proceeds go to the Red Cross. Email me at theanthology@live.com to order.
Photos by Jonathan Evans.
with Sophie Conti’s incredible wardrobe. The stylist’s closet is featured over at StyleLikeU.
She’s the kind of gal you’d like to hang out with. And then hope she lets you borrow her flower halo headband.