The Stop's Night Market 2013

What an incredible way to kick off summer! On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, The Stop held their second annual Night Market where Toronto's chefs, food vendors and artists donated their time and resources for an amazing cause. The vendors served hungry Torontonians from food carts that were designed and built by artists, so every cart was uniquely different.

The tickets sold for $50. All you can eat gourmet street food made by Toronto's finest chefs, and all you can drink. The best part is, the ticket sales go towards The Stops food programs. This year they raised $115,000!!

Gabe, Titus, May and I were asked to photograph the event and I left with a lot of photos and a really happy tummy. (Jin was able to come on the second night to celebrate his birthday!)



Some other exciting news that happened this week, Robber launched their SS13 BFF Lookbook. They had Arden Wray photograph real friends modelling their summer line of clothing. Super fun!! Melinda and I participated and I loved how all the photos turned out! All the girls look babelicious!

detours

Last weekend, Gabe and I drove down to East Aurora to photograph a beautiful wedding. We decided to make a few stops before heading home the next day to make a mini road trip out of it. We went to Lake Effect diner for a well deserved breakfast and crossed the border to drop by Niagara Falls.

It was such a beautiful sunny day, Gabe mentioned that he had never visited the Falls on such a clear day. I don't remember the last time I went to see the Falls to be honest, it is somewhere our parents brought us to when relatives came to visit Toronto and they would buy us ice cream. It was fun to visit on our own. We took a lot of photos, had ice cream, and I bought some enamel pins home.

We didn't go on the Maid of the Mist. I'll save that for next time with Ellie and Jin.

come out from your shelter

Shortly after the rain, we went to the gardens to find the ground sprinkled with little petals knocked down from the rain, drops balancing on leaves, and the florals more vibrant than ever.

The Goodfellows

Sometimes I wish my eyes were a camera so that when I blinked, I could snap a photo every time I wanted to remember that exact precious moment. Having a young family is such a treasure because everything changes so fast. The dynamic of your family will never be the same month after month.

I spent a morning with the Goodfellows, Lou will be turning 1 in a month and it will be a year that they are a family of 4! What a year it must have been! And you can tell Bea loves her little brother a lot. I always think of how lucky younger siblings are, the moment they enter this world, they already have a best friend to look up to.

Maggie and Phil, what a beautiful family you have!