Hello Darlings,

After 20 courses, 4 languages, 4 internships, 1 specialist — I finally finished my degree and this week attended my University of Toronto convocation as part of St. Michael's College. Although I finished my courses last year, I delayed my convocation until this summer, and could not have asked for a more beautiful day t0 share with my family and friends.

While sitting in Convocation Hall and listening to the University president discuss our great achievement, I began thinking what exactly these fancy diplomas will do for us graduates. With the spiel about University of Toronto being one of the twenty best universities in the world, I was pondering that something like 1 in 2 recent graduates are unemployed. In my own case, while already in a career it still has little to do with what I studied! So with tens of thousands of dollars spent on my degree, and even more time spent on internships and working — I became a professional blogger and a business owner.

Hello Darlings,

This weekend are the MuchMusic Video Awards 2012 and Toronto is buzzing with excitement! For me, this week has been a blur but in the best way possible and the best is yet to come. So many parties, so little time... and I am running out of cocktail dresses and my feet are in a permanent state of pain from heels. My head is spinning with excitement!

After an early wake-up, a venti Americano and a sleepy taxi ride, I arrived at the Red Bull headquarters on Queen West for the Universal Music MMVA VIP Gift Lounge. As a guest of Fiji Water, I was invited to pick up a number of goodies and enjoy the beautiful weather on their rooftop patio with a BBQ and DJ.

Hello Darlings,

Tuesday night, I had the pleasure to host the Apres-Work party at the swanky Thompson Toronto rooftop patio. The venue is one of my favorites for summer evenings! This was my second time hosting an event at Thompson and I was looking forward to spending the evening mingling and enjoying cocktails with readers, industry colleagues and friends :)

Before the event, I had a fun time shopping with Toronto Blue Jay's catcher, J.P. Arencibia. We spent a few hours together at the French Connection store at Bloor and Yonge in downtown Toronto, chatting about his style, women, life - he is a real sweetheart! The interview and images coming up in the next post tomorrow.