301. dripping in gold

Another random photos post to sum up what's been happening these days..it's been a busy week (as usual). A whirlwind of hotel lounges, dinners, luncheon, (semi-business related) meetings, a Christmas party, Christmas market, Pravda, workworkwork and....planning for my upcoming trip!!!!

I'm so excited - I've decided to spend New Years Eve in New York City!! Will be there for about 5 days. Part work, part play. Ok, the "work" part is just going to be me staying at cool hotels (& restaurants) so I can review it on this blog (& for an upcoming travel website I'm working on). I love when my work gives me ample excuses to travel. Haven't had much time to research and book which ones yet, but will do that soon.

And the "play" part..well that's pretty self-explanatory. I don't think I've ever spent a new year's away from Toronto before, so which better place to spend it than one of the top new years destinations in the world? Not to mention the abundance of luxury hotels there which I am obviously excited for. I have to admit this trip was pretty spontaneously booked. I was walking by a Flight Centre the other day when I saw they were advertising flight prices to NYC and I thought "why not?"

Pravda last night. A lot of fun & made me even more excited for NYE in NYC because I know it will be 10x better. But hopefully I will survive..as I barely survived last night lol.


Courtyard behind my building


Fashionably early to the annual itravel2000 holiday party at Maison!


Then it started filling up..


Lots and lots of delicious food! Buffet style inside the club


Had about 8-10 vodka crans?


Home. Lounged on the hallway for a bit..lol


My outfit

My friend from NYC was in town for business last week..we went to Weslodge for dinner. I've wanted to come to this place for the longest time. It's in the style of a modern saloon..pretty cool and unique decor in there, including lots of taxidermied animals. I'm going to post a full review on this place in a later post.


After that we went for drinks at the Ritz-Carlton Deq bar ("omg! Gingerbread CN Tower!!")




Cozy little area at Deq

My friend decided to order the girliest cocktail on the menu called "Flowers for my Sister". It came with rosebuds which he asked them to put extra in. The bartender told us the rosebuds were edible so we popped one each in our mouths..ended up being the most disgusting/bitter things we've ever tasted. My drink was delicious though - called The Royal Gala (Calvados, Butterscotch Ripple Schnapps, chai tea and cinnamon syrup, citrus, fresh apple juice), it tasted like cinnamon apple cider.


Still at the Ritz..I can never resist a nice washroom shot!

If it's not obvious enough, I love hotel bars. Came to STOCK restaurant at the Trump Hotel on another night.


View from their patio. PS - check the last photo of this post - does that tree look familiar?

After that we went around exploring the ballrooms a bit (I love exploring hotels). The Trump's interior furnishings are so luxurious and gorgeous..I love the cream & black palette.



My blog is so sparsely updated these days :( Every time I make a new post I think to myself that I'm just going to start updating every day, or at least every other day, since I have so much yet to post. But I never do it. Hopefully I will this upcoming week..not too much on my schedule yet besides work and trip planning!

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