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After a wild couple of days, it's finally the weekend. 

Enjoy your days off and hope you get a moment to soak in this beautiful autumn weather. 

Also, where will you be Thursday, October 25? It's one of the several shows I have coming up this season! 

Come see my latest dance show, "Dangerous Dames and Wicked Little Girls". It's going to fantastic (and I'm only slightly obsessed with my solo dance song). 

Check out the promo video here: 

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"It’s being here now that’s important. 

There’s no past and there’s no future.

Time is a very misleading thing. 

All there is ever, is the now. 

We can gain experience from the past, but we can’t relive it; 

and we can hope for the future, but we don’t know if there is one."

— George Harrison

 

These worlds could not pertain more to my life right now.

My yoga teacher said something interesting in class earlier this week. We talk about gratitude during Thanksgiving (which just passed). But what about gratitude year round? Why can't we take more time to appreciate what we have already? 

Gratitude isn't about taking that day to celebrate the year. It's about taking a moment each day to relish in the world around you. 

In so many ways, this is like Ferris Bueller's famous quote, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."

Gratitude. Every. Single. Day. 

Just a thought. 

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Well, hello October, nice to see ya.

It's been a whirlwind of a week and now is Thanksgiving weekend (already!) This is the part of the year I think "maybe it just won't snow this year" and "maybe summer just needed a little break, she'll come back."

Until then (and I know sometimes these thoughts are fruitless) let's embrace autumn in all its glory. 

Here is October's Top 5. 

Twitter Handle Necklace 

During the Olympics, one of the interns named me "Miss Social"as I ran around tweeting and Instagram-ing the Games. A takeoff of the classic Carrie Bradshaw necklace, I would love to get a @PortiaFavro pendant. 

 1982 by Jian Ghomeshi 

CBC's "Q" host Jian Ghomeshi has released his first book, 1982. It's all about his entering his grade nine year of school, and his attempt to be David Bowie. Awesome. 

Check out this interview: 

Smoking Slippers.

Almost as comfortable as your bedroom slippers, but socially acceptable to wear in the real world. 

I prefer mine with as much shine, sequins and studs as I can get. 

The Fall List. 

Staying in Toronto this summer was fantastic. Now that I'm here for another year I'm hoping to conquer my list of things to do and see this season. 

I already completed one! Off to a good start. 

Pumpkins. 

You know me by now. It's the most wonderful time of the year - pumpkin season. I'm decking out my new apartment in all things orange and gold until Christmas.

Have a lovely weekend and Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! 

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It certainly doesn't feel like fall weather yet here in Toronto, but that doesn't mean that we can't experiment with some autumn favourites before the mercury drops officially.

Here's what I'm loving this month:

Joe Fresh nail polish in Tin. This is actually the best deal on a beauty product - three polishes for $10 or $4 each.This silver shade is fun for day and adds a touch of the unexpected to any outfit (and a bit of shine).

Canadian songstress Feist's new album, Metals. My favourite track is "Graveyard" for it's interesting lyrics and catchy beat.

If you're looking for a treat in Toronto, Nadege is the sweetest little French bakery on Queen West. I'm a huge fan of their salted caramel macaroons (and of this exquisite video!)

Photo gallery walls at home. I'm working on one in my room made out of vintage magazine covers and art reviews from the newspaper.

My friend Hayley gets all the credit for this one - my favourite addition to my blog reel is Spoon Fork Bacon.com. I'm in love with all the recipes, the layout and cockatils! (Pictured: the spicy blood orange champagne punch)

Enjoy and Happy Canadian Thanksgiving.