Don’t Make Dinner, Order Supperworks!

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Sometimes I have zero time to make dinner.  Actually most of the time I have zero time to make dinner.  Looking for a healthier meal option instead of fast food, I stumbled upon SupperWorks.

 
Each location offers an online menu which changes each month.  You need to decide if you are going to pick up pre-made meals, or if you will go into your local SupperWorks location and prepare the meals yourself.  I tend to pick up my meals, but preparing them is actually really fun!
 
 
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After choosing online which meals you would like to prepare, you are also able to use their online calendar to determine when you will go in to your nearest branch.  Once arriving you are outfitted with an apron, and are offered free refreshments – including wine!
 
 
Stations for each meal are outfitted with freshly washed/sliced/chopped/grated ingredients.  There are measuring cups and other utensils to mix together sauces and marinades, and recipe boards list what you need to do to put the meal together.
 
 
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After preparing the meal you would place it into a freezer bag and use a provided label with final preparation instructions for at home.  The best part is you leave the mess and move on!  You don’t need to do any dishes or clean up your work station – a staff member comes along to take care of everything.
  
 
The benefit to making the meals yourself is that you learn how to make the recipes yourself for future use, and that if you want to avoid an ingredient you can.  They even offer certain time slots each week when you can bring your child in and prepare your meals.
 
 
 
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 There is also a Stork Special where in the first two months of your baby being born Supperworks will make your meals free of charge for pick up.
 
Locations include Pickering, Forest Hill, Leaside, and the Beaches in Toronto.
 
For pricing details visit www.supperworks.com

What to Do – eFashionista’s Bra Snobs Event

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On Friday, November 15th eFashionista is hosting a luxe lingerie event for Bra Snobs!

 

Located at Coup de Foudre’s fabulous boutique in Richmond Hill, attending fashionista’s will enjoy boudoir-inspired cocktails, Parisian lingerie, and sweets.

 
 
The night will include on-site bra fitting, a boudoir beauty station, and boudoir photography.
 
 
 
Every fashionista will leave with a gift bag valued at $100, and there will be plenty of giveaways as well!
 
 
 
I attended the Baking in High Heels event this summer which was also hosted by eFashionista, and it was fabulous.
 
 
R.S.V.P required!
 
 
For more details please take a look at the link below!
 
 
http://www.efashionista.ca/blog/luxury-lingerie-toronto/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Where to Shop – The Hudson’s Bay Signature Collection

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The Bay has recently launched new items for their signature HBC Collection for the holidays, and I’m pretty much obsessed with all of it.  The Bay has had a big year with talk of purchasing Saks Inc., announcing the opening of  Kleinfeld’s Bridal Boutique in Toronto, and opening up their own shop at Pearson International Airport.  The Bay has reinvented itself as a trendier department store by bringing in brands like Coach and Topshop, and letting go of Bill Blass and Liz Claiborne.

 

The signature HBC Collection includes clothing for men, women, kids and even pets.  The home items are my favourite, although the signature red, yellow, blue and green can often be hard to match if you already have a set colour scheme.

This fall Converse debuted it’s Jack Purcell sneaker collection which merged the Hudson’s Bay stripe blanket with the Jack Purcell sneaker.

The Jack Purcell Duck Boot is $140.00, the Jack Purcell LTT is $130.00, and the Jack Purcell Helen is $120.00.

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Not all items in the signature collection are this pricey – the signature mugs are only $7.

Here are a few of my favorites!

 

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Photo’s courtesy of www.thebay.com

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Where to Shop – Event’s with Gap, Flare Magazine and Shops at Don Mills

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Tuesday, November 5th from 6:00 – 8:00pm select Gap stores are having a holiday event hosted with Rue Magazine.  There will be refreshments, one-on-one styling tips, a sneak peak at new arrivals, and 30% off all regular merchandise.

Stores participating include the locations at Yorkdale Mall, the Eaton Centre, and the Bloor Street location.

www.gap.com/styldbyevents

 

 

 

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Flare Magazine Canada’s Senior Style Editor Truc Nguyen will be hosting two fashion show’s on Thursday, November 14th at the Toronto Eaton Centre.  The first show will be at 12:00pm, and the second at 6:oopm with a live DJ playing.  Flare will be providing giveaways and gift cards to  members of the audience.

Toronto Eaton Centre

220 Yonge Street, Toronto

www.torontoeatoncentre.com

 

 

 

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The Heart of Fashion Pop-Up Shop is running at the Shops at Don Mills until this Saturday, November 9th.  The shop is open from 11am-7pm  Monday through Saturday.

Net proceeds from the shop will benefit a new space for out-patient mental health care at North York General.

The Canadian designers being sold at the Pop-Up include David Dixon, BRIVTI, Lucian Matis, Thien Le, Starkers Corsetry, Fiori and Laura Siegel.

 

Shops at Don Mills

23 Karl Frasier Road, Toronto

www.shopsatdonmills.ca

 

 

 

 

Photo #1 www.gap.com/styldbyevents, photo #2 www.torontoeatoncentre.com, photo #3  www.shopsatdonmills.ca

 

 

Our Experience at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada

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I waited a few weeks before visiting Ripley’s Aquarium because I heard there were very long lines for admission and to see the exhibits.  My first visit was on a Friday morning which turned out to be a great time to visit because there were no line ups at all.

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Admission is comparable to other attractions in Toronto (The Toronto Zoo, CN Tower, ect.) with adults $29.98, Senior’s $19.98, Youth (6-13) $19.98, and Children (3-5) $9.98.  I decided to purchase a season pass because it was only $100 and I thought it was well worth it.
Parking was actually very easy to find.  The aquarium itself does not have parking, but right next door you can park n the underground Skydome parking for $3.00 per half hour, or across the street in an outdoor lot for $9.00.
The aquarium is two floors, and if you follow the route from start to finish you won’t need to take the stairs or the elevator.  They have planned it so you start on the second floor and slowly make your way to the bottom level, and them finish back on the second floor.
The viewing tanks are mostly floor to ceiling so you can easily see whether there are many people in front of you or not, but with all of the small children trying to press their noses against the glass that may not be helpful.  There are interactive stations for children to play with along the way as well to keep kids entertained.
Dangerous Lagoon is where you can walk through an underwater tunnel and see sharks and other species of fish up close.  The tunnel has a moving sidewalk so you can choose to move along at the pace of the sidewalk, or walk on the other side of the tunnel.  The moving sidewalk was the easiest way to get through the tunnel because the people who where walking kept getting jammed up by the people who were stopping.
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The Discovery Centre had a play structure with slides, areas where children could crawl through which had fish tanks that that surrounded the kids for a new perspective, an interactive water table, and other stations where children could play and learn about underwater creatures.  The play structure was a serious pain in the butt because it was truly child size so I kept getting suck and hitting my head while trying to follow my child around!  The sections where children could crawl through were very small so you had to sometimes lose sight if your child.
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Ripley’s Cafe adjoined the play area.  It was much smaller than I expected with not a lot of seating.  It was packed on a Friday morning so I can’t imagine a Saturday!
Five times a day the aquarium had what they called a dive show at either Ray Bay or Rainbow Reef.  This means a diver is in the tank and a representative is outside the tank speaking to visitors.  The dive show we saw was neat because the diver was giving kids a high five through the glass and waving, but the rep standing at the tank didn’t day anything so it wasn’t much of a show.  I wouldn’t say it’s worth scheduling into your day.
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And like any major attraction, and the end of your trip through the aquarium you end up in the overpriced gift shop!
By the time I left the aquarium at 1pm there was a large line up for admission, so it’s still a very busy attraction after a few weeks of being open.  The tanks and displays were pretty amazing and are definitely worth seeing. It’s not somewhere you could spend your whole day – I think it would only take a couple hours to see everything in a trip.  The aquarium also hosts birthday parties and sleepovers.
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288 Bremner Boulevard, Toronto
647-351-FISH
http://www.ripleyaquariums.com/canada/