BEEn a while

It's been so long since my last post, but here I am!

This weekend was completely insane. I travelled over 900km in 42 hours, slept very little, filmed parts of the second Serbian TV Ottawa episode, went to the Ottawa Serbian Festival every single day, attended the Serbian TV Ottawa launch party and danced my little heart out the entire time.
Insane...but so much fun.

A really good friend of mine who is also my God sister (is that a real thing?) or kuma, for those who speak Serbian, recently got engaged and asked me to be her maid of honour. Her engagement party was this past Friday and even though I told her I wouldn't be able to make it, I went to Toronto for one night and surprised her and her fiance. 

The happy couple and I. Note: The shortest person in this photo is me, and I was 6'2 (in heels).

We danced until 4:30 am and didn't get to bed until 6:00 am.
The next morning I was up at 9 and heading back to Ottawa by 10:30. Since it was a long weekend, traffic was nuts so we arrived in Ottawa at 4pm, and I was at the Serbian Festival filming the feature for Serbian TV at 6pm. Filming wrapped up at 8:30 pm and I danced and hung out with friends until 11:30 pm.
The next day (and again on Monday), it was back to the Serbian Festival for more dancing and food. Sunday night we attended the Serbian TV Ottawa launch party which didn't wrap up until 3:20 am.

This is what I wore.

These photos were actually taken during my photoshoot with Danka a few weeks ago, but wearing the dress this weekend made me realize I never featured it on the blog.

Dress: ASOS, Shoes: Winner's.

And here is the Serbian TV Ottawa crew at this weekend's launch party! 

Also, check out my CTV Morning Live appearance, where I discussed Serbian food. Ironic, since I can't actually cook any of it. 

Bloggers Block

It feels like forever since I've excitedly stared at the blank blogger page, ready to dish about a new vest/ skirt/ shirt I've incorporated into that day's outfit.

There are about a million reasons why I haven't been posting. Newfoundland was busy and more importanlty the weather was completely ridiculous. It was cold and here was a permanent mist suspended in the air. My hair exploded. Seriously. Also, I had brought summer clothing (45 lbs of it, to be exact) so, in order to stay warm I basically had to layer on everything I brought with me. Needless to say, it was no time to be taking outfit photos.

Life has also been pretty crazy, as my local TV career seems to be picking up steam. Not really.
I do have an unplanned TV appearance this Tuesday that I've been prepping for, and we are getting ready to film the second episode of Serbian Television Ottawa.

I'm also tired of my closet and everything in it. I'm not interested in shopping either. Crazy. I know. I hit the mall today with my friend and I wasn't tempted to buy anything. I came home emty handed. *gasp*

Like I said, a million and one reasons not to blog...but really, the truth is that I've hit a major bloggers block. I'm sick of taking and looking at photos of myself, and I've been wondering: who really cares what I am wearing to my 9-5 office job? REALLY?

To make matters worse, I just tried to force myself to upload some photos and my internet is basically dial-up right now so nothing is moving.

It's a sign: I shouldn't force it.

Quiet in the Library, Please

This outfit makes me look like a librarian, no?

It was +500 outside and cloudy, with lighting, thunder, strong winds and a tornado warning (no joke), so we had to stay inside obviously (and I was tempted to hide under my desk as I did when we had a minor earthquake one time...I am THAT brave). That could also explain why my hair looks like I stuck my finger in an electrical socket. Good times.

Cardigan: Smart Set, Tank Top: H&M, Skirt: Thrifted, Shoes: Nine West

So we officially launched Serbian TV Ottawa. You might remember that I wrote about filming our pilot episode here.
Well we now have a YouTube accout and more importantly, a Facebook page.... so it's official - Serbian TV Ottawa is real. What could make something more official than Facebook, after all?

So far the feedback seems to be overwhelmingly positive which is so encouraging and means a lot to us as we  prepare to start our first season. Obviously there have also been people who are criticizing and pointing our random things that aren't very constructive or creative, but that's to be expected. Like I told my co-host and friend Uros, if he was Matt Lauer and I was Kelly Ripa and we had a million dollar budget, people would still criticize the show and wonder why we couldn't have Serbian superstar Ceca (she's the Serbian version of Madonna, just younger and less into thrusting) appear on the show as a hologram.
So, we just have to stay positive and keep working! Can't win 'em all.

In celebration of Serbian TV Ottawa, here is our official preview clip (it's in Serbian but includes bloopers in English.)

 So, a cyber toast to STVO - here's to a fun and successful first season! Samo naprijed!