February 2012

I Heart Vegas, Books & Charming Brits

February 29, 2012

The past few days in Victoria have been very chilly and exceptionally windy. It’s the kind of weather that makes you just want to climb under a blanket, watch back to back episodes of Portlandia and daydream of sunny skies. So you can imagine how happy I was when a package arrived from Harper Collins the other day containing Lindsey Kelk‘s new [...]

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Curious What Our Chemistry Would Be Like Offline?

February 27, 2012

Thank you to HowAboutWe for sponsoring this post. All opinions and awkward facial expressions are my own.   My first video for Skinny Dip is ready! But first a few things… As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve only tried online dating once with comically disastrous results. However, lately it seems the topic of online dating is impossible to escape. If the people around me aren’t [...]

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A Single Girl’s Dating Survival Guide: 6 Commandments

February 24, 2012

This week has been a blur of writing for clients and working on my first video for you guys. Yes, I said VIDEO! I am happy to report that I taught myself how to use iMovie and I am no longer horrified by the sight of myself on camera. Make sure to check back on Monday to catch me in motion! Putting [...]

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Skinny Dip Condoms are Here!

February 20, 2012

I’m SO SO excited about this (insert a million exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!) The project that started off as a dream (a creative vision really..) has finally come to fruition. Skinny Dip condoms are here! Wait. WHAT?! Let’s back things up: It all started sometime before I went to Bloggers in Sin City last year. The first conversation I had with Almie of  Apocalypstick before [...]

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Vive La Revolution

February 18, 2012

Some of the best conversations I’ve ever had have occurred between my Mom and I while we sit at our kitchen table. We have a nice living room but we really only use it for watching TV. The kitchen table is where everything goes down in our house. It’s where we show our love through food, have our morning coffee, talk about [...]

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Music Guaranteed to Kill the Mood on Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2012

I realize that not all of you love Valentines Day like I do, so I’ve come up with an “Anti-Valentine’s Day Soundtrack” – a small collection of songs that are so comically disturbing & un-romantic that they are guaranteed to kill the mood or, at the very least make you laugh. 1. Some Cut by Trillville (otherwise known as the “Juggle My [...]

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Things I Would Tell my 20-year Old Self #6 – Sam

February 13, 2012

Welcome to another installment of Things I Would Tell My 20-Year Old Self. Today we have my friend Sam from Met Another Frog here to do the honors. I have big love for the blogging team over at Met Another Frog. They manage to put out awesome, original, thought provoking content about sex & relationships almost daily – which, if you blog yourself [...]

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Happiness, Yoga and a Good Ass Kicking: All via your Laptop.

February 10, 2012

I don’t know about you guys but I find it so much more challenging to work-out in the wintertime, especially when you spend most of your winters in frozen Eastern Canada. When I was living in my old neighborhood in Toronto, I adored my local gym which was a 10 minute walk from my house. During the winter I’d brave the snow [...]

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Online Dating for Beginners

February 8, 2012

You know that saying, “It takes a village to raise a child”? Well, I have a new one for you guys: “Sometimes it takes 8 women and a couple of bottles of wine to write a really great online dating profile”  & that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Let me explain: A friend of mine recently decided that she wanted to start actively [...]

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Attracting Your Extraordinary Love Giveaway

February 6, 2012

It’s Monday which means it’s time for another book giveaway! This week I’m giving away a copy of Attracting Your Extraordinary Love by Ricky Cohen. If you’re looking to find love or just get to know yourself better, this book might be for you. The author brings together insights from the greatest thinkers and scholars to help empower readers so that they can live [...]

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