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. 

Sub Rosa Vintage

I had such an amazing time with my best friend Patrick in Toronto this weekend, and could barely stand to say bye to him yesterday. I've been playing our three weekend songs on repeat since I left. *sigh*

Friday turned into a really fun day of fashion and photography. Patrick works at Sub Rosa Vintage, a clothing store in Kensington Market. The store is owned by his SUPER stylish friend Erica, and is filled with drool worthy vintage clothing, shoes and accessories. If you live in Toronto, or are ever passing through, you must check it out. Kensington Market is also one of the coolest neighbourhoods I've visited. The streets are lined with small shops, bakeries and restaurants and buzzing with creativity and life. It's basically a much more hip and way less dirty Alphabet City (from Rent).

Patrick and Erica @ Handle Bar

Sub Rosa Vintage - 16 Kensigton - Toronto

Around noon on Friday, Erica arrived with a bunch of new merchandise and asked me if I wouldn't mind modeling some of the new items so they could be photographed for their Tumblr and Instagram. This was the equivalent of asking a kid if they wanted two scoops of ice cream instead of broccoli for dinner. I was so excited!

So, Patrick and Erica styled some outfits and Patrick photographed me wearing them around the neighbourhood. Check them out below, and go visit Sub Rosa Vintage before they're all gone. (Hands off the red dress - I want it, BAD)

Carrie Comes to Kensigton 

Lana Del Prom

Gold Digger

Not Your Mom's Mom Jeans

Party in The Back

And to finish the day off, someone from ION Magazine called Patrick and I a hipster's wet dream, photograhed us with a copy of the mag for their Twitter feed and website and told us an awesome joke - how do you drown a hipster? In the mainstream. #totesamaze