305. Equestria | OFF TO NYC!

Words cannot express how much I LOVE and WANT these boots!!! I saw them months ago and fell in love immediately. I found them here last weekend and tried them on..did not want to take them off! The sales associate persuaded me to put them on hold until next week. I want them so badly but can't afford them yet :( Especially since I'm heading off to NYC tomorrow and want to do another Europe trip this year I need to save..ugh. I'll get them eventually. Can't remember the last time I've wanted something so badly.

So this is my final post before I head off to New York. I'll be updating frequently when I'm there so keep checking back!! (well I said this last time when I went to Europe and still, 6 months later, I'm still posting the photos hahah. But let's hope I actually do it this time.)

Hope you all have an amazing New Year's & all the best for 2013!!!!


Love these fringed ones as well.





Pre-Snowstorm


Post-Snowstorm






Went for dinner by myself at the Royal York's Library Bar earlier this week. There was a snowstorm and I wanted to go somewhere accessible by the indoor PATH (that my building is connected to) so I headed to the Royal York. I love the Christmas season there. So cozy, especially in the middle of a raging snowstorm. I rarely (almost never) dine alone when I'm in Toronto but it was actually kind of nice. I should do it more often.




Gluhwein at the Christmas Market!!



Lunch at Arcadian Court (by Oliver & Bonacini)


At the art gallery with my dad & sister


We saw this really cool exhibit by Evan Penny. Extremely realistic human sculptures!


hahah ;]





Goodbye Toronto, see you next year! Now I'm off to finish packing. Just realized I still have some stuff in my suitcase left from my Europe trip (I DETEST unpacking)


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304. My Christmas in Photos

A very nice Christmas brunch at C5.

I am a bit late but Merry Christmas everyone!! I hope you all had a wonderful time with your family and friends and got everything you wished for :) I spent the past couple days with my family & friends and got something I've always wanted. Here are photos of (most of) my Christmas:








Last minute shoppers at Louis Vuitton



Picked up my present!!!


Christmas Eve dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel




After dinner, I went for a delicious Winter Mojito with a few friends at The Keg (aka, the only other restaurant/bar open on Christmas Eve). The bartender gave us free shots..I forgot what it was but I think it was rum and butterscotch liqueur..tasted so Christmas-sy! But probably not a good idea to have all that because I started feeling just a little tipsy which I should not have been for where we headed next...

So after that we went to Christmas Eve mass at church. I actually have not been to church in over a decade. It was nice though, I'm glad I decided to go that night. Gordon Lightfoot was there to perform/sing a song. Apparently he goes there every year for Christmas Eve.

Afterwards, we raced back to The Keg for a final nightcap before my friend dropped me off back home and I opened my present...


The Burberry Mid-Length Cotton Gabardine Trench Coat. If you know me, you'll know I am obsessed with trench coats (mostly on men) but I've always wanted my own. I'm so glad I finally got one! & the more I look at it the more I love the dark blue one as well..ah I want that one as well now..!!! I love this colour I got but I am also so paranoid I'll get it dirty.

The trench coat matches my Azur Keepall quite well, doesn't it?

5 MORE DAYS UNTIL NYC!! SO EXCITEDDDDD. Now off to finish my movie marathon & wake up early for Boxing Day sales. Let's see if I come home with another trench coat. I actually still have to finish Christmas (gift) shopping.

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303. Lucerne + Zurich

Before I leave for NYC, I'm going to try to post as much as I can of the remainder of my Europe photos from this summer. Keyword here is try. I can't believe Christmas is merely a few days away!! Not prepared for it yet and certainly not in the spirit of it either. We still haven't gotten any snow and I haven't gotten any Christmas shopping done yet.

Here are some photos from my short stay in Switzerland back in May.


That was my second time visiting Lucerne. I will always remember the feeling I got when I saw this bridge in person for the first time ever. When I was really young, I saw a photo of it in a travel brochure. I think I cut it out and tried to draw it too. At first I had no idea where it was but I always thought it represented a quintessential little European town. Then when I visited Lucerne for the first time, I was aimlessly wandering when I turned the corner to find it right in front of me. It's one of those incredible feelings - seeing something in person that you originally thought only existed in photos. That's probably why I decided to return to Lucerne again this summer (because to be honest, as pretty as it is there's not a whole lot to do in this city..at least not enough to justify my going twice in a span of 5 years)


There's my hotel - "Balances". Will do a review on it soon.




Vandalizing Kapellbrucke. Anyone heading there soon? Let me know if it's still there!


Zurich!



Of course I had to drop by LV. It's nice and large here!


Another favourite brand - Breguet. Though I'm still waiting on my first..



I love all the boutiques here - huge selections & everyone is so well-dressed.


Strolling beside the lake. I only spent about half a day in Zurich; half of that time I was eating/people-watching in Sprungli.


Next destination: Paris! (via Basel)


Shameless self-promotion + food at the Basel train station


More self-promotion. (If you don't know: I love to scatter mini blog business cards all over the places I travel to)



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