Montreal’s Marketel launched Marketelle today, elle is French for ladies you see, a female focused devision within the agency that they claim will create better ads for women. At first this sounds kind of great there have been a LOT of terrible ads and products marketed at women in the past couple of years and almost all of them have…
Category: Rants & Raves
Gym Time With Jason
I took a small break from my personal blog last month; #LoveAHeart tired me out, I’ve got a fairly new gig running social for an awesome brand, I’ve been having a blast blogging for View The Vibe and I’ve been spending every Wednesday night working out with Jason Battiste. For the couple of months I’ve been working out every Wednesday…
The Valentine’s Day Video
I once described myself as, the girl who falls in love, because I was and I still am. I love falling in love; the butterflies, the stolen kisses but the very first time he says, “I love you.” that is what I live for. So when my friend shared this video with me from the lovely folks at BizMedia I felt…
Casual ‘isms’
“Isms in my opinion are not good, a person should not believe in an ism he should believe in himself.” – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 1986. This week has been the week of casual ‘isms’ from Facebook posts to inappropriate tweets this week has, for me, been a week of reminders that casual sexism and casual racism are not going…
VIP Pinot Grigio
I came home last week to a visit from the wine fairy, the wine fairy is literally my favourite fairy, when I arrived home there was a beautiful bottle of VIP Pinot Grigio waiting for me with concierge. I had tasted the VIP brand at the Charming Media Holiday Lounge last month but having an entire bottle to enjoy to…
Brazen Razor
I love trying new products, especially new beauty products, so when my friend Jeff asked if I wanted to try his pal Thea’s line of soaps and perfumes I jumped at the chance. As with my review on Soya Skin I really wanted to try the product before saying anything about it so I’ve been using Brazen Razor for a couple…
Citizens vs. Taxpayers
Every time the mayor opens his massive jaws I worry about what he will say next. Will he utter more hateful profanity? Will he talk about his sex life? Will he humiliate the city of Toronto in a new and unimaginable way? Or will he once again refer to Torontonians as taxpayers? The mayor’s favourite word is taxpayer; he constantly…
When NOT to Tweet…
This morning I woke up, hit snooze, wandered to the shower 10 minutes later than I needed to and eventually made it out the door; a completely mundane morning that I was able to enjoy because many years ago men and women put on uniforms and fought for what they believed in. As a social media strategist/community manager/citizen of the…
Michael’s on Simcoe
Finding a dating spot in the city can be impossible, sure we’ve all got our favourite spots but finding somewhere that is the perfect mix of romance and good food is never easy. Last week I joined several other Toronto bloggers and media folk at Michael’s on Simcoe for the launch of their new menu and after an incredible meal…
Dear Mayor Ford…
Dear Mayor Ford, This is not the least you can do. An apology is the least you can offer when you step on someone’s toes, when you accidentally bump into a stranger on the street or when you eat the last pickle and leave the jar in the fridge, these are things were the LEAST you can do is apologize. Repeatedly…
My Shananigans 