Meet the Contributor: Allessia
Toronto is where her home is but Vancouver is where her heart is. If you’re looking for someone to laugh at your jokes (good or bad) Allessia is your girl. Standing tall at just 5 feet, Allessia has made it her personal mission to prove that good things really do come in small packages.
I don’t know if it was the world of Pinterest, my love affair with blogs or hearing Darcy Miller (editorial director at Martha Weddings) speak at a conference last January, but somewhere down the line I fell in love with parties. Of course, not just your average party. I’m talking the good-to-the-last-detail kind of parties [...]
January 2, 2013 – 8:00 am
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Tagged BHAGS, cycling, goals, granfondo
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5:37:34 This is the time it took Kat, our junior people program manager, to ride her borrowed steel bike from Vancouver to Whistler in her first GranFondo in 2011. 4:00:00 The time she set her sights on to complete the same grueling course in 2012. How was she going to knock an hour and 37 [...]
We’re kind of a sucker for wrap up post this time of year. It just feels so appropriate, ya know? From yoga to run to smoothies, here are some of our (and your) favourite posts from the blog over the last year. Happy New Year everyone!
1. leave cookies out for Santa.Santa called. He wants his good old-fashioned chocolate chip cookies back (with gluten). 2. give yourself a breakT-minus 4 days to go. The crazy is almost behind you. Take a mini meditation break to recharge or hit up your favourite yoga class. You deserve a little me-time and you’ll feel [...]
1. lululemon christmas cocktailsWe asked superstar local cocktail bartender at Blue Water Cafe, Evelyn Chick, to create two exclusive lululemon drinks for the holiday season. If you intend to blow your guests away, serve them these unique creations: Kriya and December on 4th Ave. SO. GOOD. 2. your official shipping reminder for online shoppingFact: online shopping revolutionized [...]
1. organize your christmasThe Christmas List app helps you organize your holiday shopping and keep you on track. 2. gift wrap galoreThere’s just something extra special about a gift that’s wrapped with care. We’re crushing on these. 3. there’s a new ornament in town.Our recruitment manager, Jacki, dusted off her finisher medals and used them [...]
November 30, 2012 – 9:46 am
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Tagged christmas music, holiday 2012, ideas, inspiration
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1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 1. all the fixings for a holiday partyHost a Pinterest-worthy party with these ‘all-in-one’ holiday décor packages. You’ll fool even your most “Martha-y” friends with your ‘craftiness’. 2. your new favourite holiday albumWhen it comes to holiday music, we take things seriously…from Bing and Mariah to [...]
If you were to look up the words “inspiration” and “possibility” in the dictionary we’re quite certain you’d find our former educator, Betsy’s, name listed in their descriptions (hey Oxford, we’re proposing a rewrite). Not only did she find the courage to leave an unfulfilling career in HR to follow her dreams of being a [...]