Blogger Profile: Kate from Petite Adventures

Screen handle: Kate (aka: Petite Adventures) Twitter: @PetiteAdventure Website:  petite-adventures.blogspot.com Where are you based? Ottawa, ON Why did you start your site? After moving to Ottawa in the middle of winter, I was looking for a creative outlet. I love fashion and fashion blogs, and I love to write, so I thought “why not”. I […]

Blogger Profile: Food Junkie Chronicles

Welcome to our first blogger profile!  DelectablyChic! will, on a regular basis, be profiling style and food bloggers from not just in the Toronto area, but around the country and the world.  First up is Toronto-based Twitterer and blogger, @foodieyu, whose website is Food Junkie Chronicles Why did you start your site? I was constantly […]

The Coveteur at Holt Renfrew!

The ladies of The Coveteur, Erin Kleinberg and Stephanie Mark, along with photographer Jake Rosenberg, made an appearance at the shoe salon at Holt Renfrew Bloor Street on August 27.  Hosted by VP of Fashion Direction of the store, Barbara Atkin, it was, according to them, The Coveteur’s first store appearance, after having been online […]

Fashion Blogging vs. Style Blogging: This Webitor’s Opinion

Some people may think they are one and the same, but I think this is not the case.  In fact, they are, in many ways, very different.  The fashion blogger is usually dressed in the latest “it” styles (even if it looks ridiculous on them) and are, to a certain extent, the newest socialites (cyberites?).  […]

Alternative Fashion Week Starts TODAY!

I’m one of the official bloggers for Toronto Alternative Arts and Fashion Week (|FAT|), which starts tonight.  The four day event features not only fashion, but music, film, photography, performance and installation arts – what the website describes as “platform for inventive, pioneering and contemporary expression.”  In the fashion category, designers include Breeyn McCarney, Gaudet […]

Holiday Party Etiquette Refresher

Cynthia Cheng Mintz   Good behaviour is very important at parties, so here are some rules to always remember (regardless of what kind of holiday or party you are going to):  If you’re at a cocktail event, make sure you mingle.  Standing around the buffet is not a good thing and neither is sitting in […]

Working in Israel: Part Two of a Life in Israel Series

Erin Gold Skyline of Tel Aviv at dawn I’ve always thought of autumn as a time of work. As I watch the leaves change, I think of the summer holidays behind me and the goals that lay ahead.  This year, as I set out on my duties, I’m constantly reminded of the five months that […]

Moving to Israel: Part One of a Life in Israel Series

Erin Gold Some travelers say that the first time they get off a plane, they’re overcome with a strange sensation of being nowhere near home. It hits them like a brick. It hit me as I stepped off the airplane in Israel and realized that I was going to be there for five months. I […]