l'ete.

Kiss me hard before you go, sweet summer.

spin.

Every once in awhile, I try to take a second and relish in all the communities I'm a part of. There are my journalism peers, my yogi friends, my dancing divas, my university classmates, my swimming crew and so many more groups that I'm lucky to be a part of.

Even better? This year I've started to see some cross-referencing between these communities. This includes people working together, someone who know someone else and the like.

I remember reading an article all about female DJ's in Toronto (which was written by one of my journalism classmates) and it referenced Lucie Tic. Funny enough, Lucie is the DJ for the dance events that I do with my troupe. Small word hey?

Anywho, she's absolutely fantastic. There is a noticeable difference in the music, the crowd and the energy when Lucie takes to the stage to spin.

I wish I could have Lucie just DJ the soundtrack of my life. She's that good.

Check out this mix from her SoundCloud page - you'll have it on repeat for your entire Saturday afternoon.

history.

When I was in high school and applying for university programs, I was determined to study history and humanities. Obviously, things changed when I got into journalism school and moved across the country instead of across the province.

However, the grounding philosophy one of my history teachers said back in grade 11 has still stuck with me over the years, "We must look back in order to move forward."

Here I am, a year later after one of the wildest and most amazing school year's of my life. A year ago, I fell into my dance troupe and started really performing again. What I thought would be one gig has turned into countless classes, becoming a certified FitCanPro instructor, and dancing at some huge events (like in the Opening Ceremony for the Ontario Summer Games last night).

A year ago, I was questioning everything as I headed into my last two semesters of university. While my team and I were making our documentary, things completely fell apart. We knew we could pull our project together, but weren't sure about the quality.

We made it, and eight months later, two of us on the team have just finished working for covering the Olympics.

After completing an internship at Canada AM, I'm now working freelance as a guest co-ordinator. I have had an amazing opportunity to meet some interest people from all walks of life (NBA basketball players, Thomas Mulcair and Melissa Joan Hart to name a few).

In short, this year has been busy, busy, busy. However, it's also been awesome. More than ever, I believe in the quote "love all, trust few and do wrong to none."

Fresh off the Olympics wagon (and gearing up for the Paralympics) I want to take a second and thank so many of you for your love, thoughts and support for making my Olympic and professional dreams up come true.

We're heading into a beautiful weekend here in Toronto - I'm definitely looking forward to some downtime, but am excited for lots more to come this fall!

gatsby.

"It was only a sunny smile,

and little it cost in giving,

but like the morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living"

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

social.

It's true, time flies when you're having fun.

I have had the time of my life covering the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games and cannot wait to for the next project. This was, hands down, the highlight of my entire summer, if not my journalism/social media career so far.

I'll be back on the blogging track as much as I can - I have many a post planned for you all and some fun features coming up this fall.

If you have an event, product or something you want reviewed, I'm open to the challenge! Just shoot an email to plfavro@yahoo.com or tweet me @PortiaFavro

Have a great start to your week and stay tuned...there's even more to come this fall!

PS how incredibly awesome were the Spice Girls in the Closing Ceremony last night? I died.