a royal fairytale...



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 like many others, I said I wasn't going to watch the Royal wedding... but like a train wreck, I couldn't tear my eyes away on April 29th... despite the 6 hours of wedding footage and then all the images flying around twitter about "second dresses", i couldn't and still can't get enough... yes, it was everything a royal wedding should have been... elegance, class with a touch of tradition and just the right amount of spectacle...

Joyeuses Pâques

regrets...

today i was reading an article in the toronto star that really got me thinking... about regrets...
regret is obviously, something i try to avoid, as most do... unfortunately, it tends to creep up on us every once and a while... the funny thing is, we're usually aware that we're going to regret something and yet choose to be powerless and let it happen anyways... i'm happy to say, that i really don't have that many regrets... except...

Footfalls echo in the memory down the passage which we did not take towards the door we never opened into the rose-garden. - T. S. Eliot

 my regret to sarah....

for every day that you are gone, i regret the things i could have done...

i regret that i wasn't there on the day you became my greatest inspiration... i regret not seeing you cross the finish line and not screaming your name and letting you know that i cared..

i regret not feeling the emotion of your life's greatest feat... i could have been there, and was not... i regret allowing fear to govern me, not believing in you and being afraid to see you fail... i regret not thinking it was a big deal...

the last day i saw you... i regret not hugging you longer or telling you how proud i was of you... i regret not taking more pictures, having more laughs, and sharing more stories... i regret rushing to get home...

i regret these things because i can't change them.. you are gone.. and all i have left is the regret..

Let's not burden our remembrance with a heaviness that's gone. - William Shakespeare

spring has arrived.. and with it, BIKE SEASON!!!
one of the great perks of living in the city is tossing out your ttc pass come April and hopping on your trusty 2-wheeler to cruise around in the warm summer breeze...
i have been cycling in the city for almost 8 years... i have to admit, it was a little terrifying at first, but once you get the hang of the streetcar tracks, cars, pedestrians and suicidal pigeons, there is no greater pleasure...
for the last 2 years, i've been playing with the idea of getting a bike that actually matches up with the carefree lifestyle i try to embody... my ccm mountain bike just doesn't seem to make sense as i cruize down my queen west neighbourhood..

here are some investments i'm considering..

THE DREAM (okay, not really considering this.. but it's nice to dream) 

KATE SPADE FOR ADELINE ADELINE



slightly more realistic options...



Linus Dutch 3




Linus Mixte



Biria Citi



thoughts...?