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Hello! I’m excited to share with you my thoughts on entertainment with a focus on books and streaming (TV and movies). I have always had my nose in a book and loved TV and movies. To give you a sense of my reading and viewing tastes, here are some of my all-time favourite books and TV shows.
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always have a little bonus up my sleeve - this year it’s a Shop Indigenous mini guide. With the help of my friend Tabatha Bull, CEO of the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business and member of the Nippising First Nation - we’ve come up with some great suggestions on how you can support Indigenous owned businesses this holiday seasons and everyday.
I love today, because I have three of the amazing entrepreneurs who helped me make She Shops Swap the success it was way back in March. They also happen to be my friends…and for that I couldn’t be luckier.
I have deep respect for anyone who complies a gift guide - including myself (kidding…not kidding). A day by day guide as I’ve done in the past is not quite as easy as it looks - and it’s super time consuming. BUT it’s also been very popular and I get great feedback from it which I’m so appreciative of.
It seems like years since the She Shops Swap event doesn’t it? It’s almost unbelievable to think that that fun night of friends and fashion happened a mere ten days before our lives were turned upside down by Covid 19.
I haven’t posted here since March 6th, three days after and barely recovered from my She Shops Swap event. A mere week later, we went into full shut down mode - it was March 13, the day before I was supposed to leave for my March Break trip to Barbados.
According to the website Canadian POS “Gift cards are a popular choice of gift for every occasion….and are most heavily purchased at Christmas.” Do I think a gift card is a good choice? Yes…absolutely. In fact I was at my Mom’s nursing home this morning and one of the ladies mentioned that she really appreciated receiving a gift card for coffee over more chocolate or cookies.
You’re cutting it tight if you haven’t started your shopping yet, but I trust that most of my readers are already sitting back and relaxing with a good book, podcast and glass of wine. But just in case you’re looking of a fab bottle to take to the family dinner on Christmas day, might I suggest my current favourite;
One of my favourite wineries in the Niagara region is the 13th St. Winery. Their modern farmhouse buildings containing the tasting bar & wine boutique and farmhouse bakery have me visiting each time I’m in town for a couple of bottles of their famous ‘Burger Blend’ wines.
There’s an old Italian saying goes something like this; Se chiedi Gucci…potresti ottenere Gucci. It roughly translates to; If you ask for Gucci…you might get Gucci! Feel free to insert you favourite Italian luxury designer in place of Gucci.
I remember a girlfriend telling a very funny story about the first time her daughter put on her own makeup. She walked down the stairs from her bedroom (where she’d be for hours) excessively made up and heavily contoured - but ready to head to Grandma’s house.
