Yes, it’s rainy and chilly in Vancouver, our summer seems to have ended abruptly (though I do believe over the next 2 weeks it will be improving), but I welcome my favourite season with open arms:

1. Fall Apparel is Far Superior.

2. Bring on Hockey.

One of my dearest friends is none other than Glencora Twigg, fashion designer extraordinaire, co-owner of Twigg & Hottie, Vancouver’s hottest fashion boutique – and no, I don’t plug the joint just cause she’s a best bud – most items in my closet are from the racks of 3671 Main Street and WITHOUT fail, I am complimented on each piece every time I leave my home

This Saturday night, September 23rd, I am doing this dear friend a great service, in my opinion, by hittin’ the catwalk and struttin’ T&H’s apparel. I jest in the whole “being talked into it” – it will be a blast!!

Twigg & Hottie are throwing a fashion show, The Formal Debauchery, at The Anza Club. The title says it all. COME JOIN! The whole night is gonna be a swingin-from-the-chandelier type of affair:
dj’s spinnin, bands jammin’, drinks overflowin’, and beauty fall fashion items on babes (eh-hem).

Get down to Twigg & Hottie and pick up your tickets, or if you miss out on that joyous experience, give them a buzz and buy over the phone: 604.879.8595

Get tickets NOW – they are selling fast, really, they are, again, not just sayin’…

He’s just too funny and too cute NOT to post…

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Just rolled back into Van from a fantastic week-end in Tofino. Surf, sun, soul-cleansing time with wonderful friends. At some points, I felt as though I were on a tropical island, other times, a Newfoundland beach in November. We had cozy quarters, gourmet food, copious amounts of beer, wine, whiskey, rum, gin, baileys, etc, etc …., all the fun toys and tools one would ever need camping, and then some!, sun, calm, wind, mist, cold, hot, sandy feet, rotten clothes, broken toes, crazy dogs, candlelight, yummy campfires, stellar surf session…. I could go on. It was a stunning time with a perfect mix of laughter, love, dogs and pals. I can’t wait to get back.

All pics here 

The Hip are still givn’er: amazing. My musical taste has broadened and varies quite a bit since my first taste of this Canadian icon band with the likes of “Road Apples”, but how can you be truly Canadian and not have a little bit of Hip fan in you. We all rocked out to “New Orleans Is Sinkin” at some point or another in the early nineties. Hell, I even got my dad to hit one of their concerts at the old Maple Leaf Gardens. Well, I kinda needed him to get IN to the building… heh

The band is set to put out a new release this fall, “World Container”, and this morning, just hours ago, they’ve released the first single on their website, “In View”, along with some pics of Gord Downie. How do bands like this one continue to evolve and write unique material into decade three?!

Thanks to all sponsors and organizers, BarCampVan worked. And it was fun. We laughed, we cried, it was better than Cats.Check out the many pics.

There’s talk of throwing together a PhotoCamp or DemoCamp in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled at a blog near you!

Check out the latest episode of This City Rocks, Canada’s HOTTEST music video podcast…heh.

This week we interviewed Vancouver band Panurge – fun dudes, stellar musicians. They’ll be opening for Metric in Victoria next week-end, Sep 3rd.

Capo in fine puppy instigator-run-and-hide-semi-bold mode. Ruckle Beach, Saltspring Island, BC. Also starring Meisha the Moo-Moo, Kelly and Moi.

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Have A Listen: Lipgloss and Laptops, Episode #25

Friends of Raincity, the lovely ladies of Lipgloss and Laptops, Airdrie and Kerry Anne, kindly invited me into their studio to sit in while they recorded their 25th epsisode. We had a blast, tested some products (with some before, during and after pics), talked about my job at Raincity, our Raincity Pilot, celebrity crushes, goDaddy, naked pictures, and travelling on airplanes without lipgloss (gasp!).

These women have it goin on. The podcast is a weekly health, cosmetics, and beauty podcast for the thinking woman. They’ve tapped into a niche and have scooped up quite a large audience since the show’s inception in March of this year: Newspapers want to talk to them and they get tons of fan mail! Not only are they fun and hot in person, but they sound great. It’s a podcast that’s funny and charming with voices that are easy on the ears. And their home studio has better equipment than most radio stations!

Thanks for letting me sit in! Check out their site and download their podcast.

Photo By: Airdrie