Monthly Archives: August 2009

Bonbon Mix – Goodbye Summer

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bonbon mix

Summer is coming to a close pretty soon and I wanted to share one of my music playlists with you. These are some songs that I’ve really enjoyed recently and played throughout the summer months! The genre of this mix is more electropop-ish and upbeat so please take a listen. Just click Play on that little bear to the right and it will play through all of the songs. Hope you like it!

  1. Closer – Kings of Leon: Such an intense and hot song.. I love it and I love Kings of Leon. I saw them live recently and they were so amazing!!
  2. Little Secrets – Passion Pit: One of my favourite bands this year. Their new album is excellent. This song puts me in a good mood.
  3. My Delirium – Ladyhawke: Love the tune of this song.
  4. Dawn of the Dead – Does It Offend You, Yeah?: I’ve only heard this bands harder and more electro rock stuff like “We Are Rockstars”. This one’s totally different and I really dig it.
  5. Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap: Such a great song! I loved hearing it in 500 Days of Summer, totally fitting.
  6. Cult Logic – Miike Snow: Loved this one when I first heard it! My fave Miike Snow track. “I wanna rewrite my heart and let the future in.“
  7. Quicksand – La Roux: I like her sound, it’s very unique! It was tough to decide between this song and Bulletproof to add to this mix.
  8. She Loves Everybody – Chester French: Pretty catchy tune. This one might play weird for you because it was glitching out on my work computer. Sorry if it is
  9. Gold Gun Girls – Metric: Love this track off their new album Fantasies. “is it ever gonna be enough?“
  10. Nighttiming – Coconut Records: Coconut Records is the music project by actor Jason Schwartzman. He’s one talented guy.
  11. 3 Little Words – Frankmusik: This song makes me feel like jumping around.
  12. Fixin To Thrill – Dragonette: This song is pretty rad.
  13. Skeleton Boy – Friendly Fires: Cool song. The video is cool too.
  14. Lights And Music – Cut Copy: How can you not love this song?! So good!
  15. Dying Is Fine – Ra Ra Riot: I wouldn’t like death if death were good..
  16. Soft Shock – Yeah Yeah Yeahs: My fave from the It’s Blitz! album
  17. New In Town (Fred Falke Remix) – Little Boots: I like this remix better than the original song. Great song to get you ready for a night out!
  18. Walking On A Dream – Empire Of The Sun: This song is amazing! love love love

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My Trip to Ontario and Quebec! (Part 3)

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Yatta! We’re at the final post of the trip to Ontario and Quebec which I took in July. It took a little longer than expected to get these posts up but hopefully in the future, I’ll be more efficient with this stuff! The most time consuming part for me was definitely all of the photos. Browsing, selecting, editing, uploading, seems like a lot work doesn’t it? I’m probably just a big slowpoke! Regardless of however long it took, I still really enjoy sharing my photos and experiences with all of you. I hope you have enjoyed reading about my trip! Scroll on to read about what I did on the last two days!

If you missed the previous entries, read them here:
My Trip to Ontario and Quebec! (Part 1)
My Trip to Ontario and Quebec! (Part 2)

Day 5 – August 27 : 1000 Islands and Niagara Falls

Gananoque Boat Line
This is the tour boat that took us around The 1000 Islands.

Shoelaces
Spotted these untied shoelaces while sitting on the top deck of the boat. They were bugging the hell outta me! I wish the kid would tie her laces, now they’re going to get all dirty! hahah


This is what a boat garage looks like!

1000 Islands
I thought that the houses sitting on those mini islands looked a bit surreal. I can’t imagine living on a tiny island.. I guess I’m a city girl haha.

Coin Operated
I think these coin operated binoculars look pretty cool, kind of like a robot or something.

Boldt Castle
This is Boldt Castle. It was built by the millionaire proprietor of the famous Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City as a display a love for his wife. Woah, imagine someone building a castle for you!! That’s just crazay.

Boldt Castle Visiting
You could visit the castle if you wanted.

Boldt Border Control
There was even a US Customs / Border control at the castle. This is because The 1000 Islands are spread across USA and Canada. I left my cell phone on during the boat tour and ended up having to pay 6 cents in roaming after I got my bill haha

Boldt Castle Bridge
After circling the castle, the boat headed back to the port.

Shortest International Bridge in the World
This is what the shortest international bridge in the world looks like!

Maid of the Mist Next stop, Niagara Falls! The famous Maid of the Mist boat tour!

Niagara Falls
It was my first time ever seeing Niagara Falls!

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My Trip to Ontario and Quebec! (Part 2)

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This post is a continuation of the recollections from my recent trip to Ontario and Quebec. If you haven’t read the first post yet click here to read it. I’ve decided to split the posts into single days because the last post which contained three days turned out to be extremely long. (What was I thinking?!) So, I thought it would be better to divide up the posts into smaller doses, since the entries are photo based which take a bit longer to load.

Optional: You can view this blog post with a song of my choice, just press play!
(Yea, I just resized a youtube video lol)
Postal Service – Brand New Colony

Day 4 – August 26 : Montreal

Bienvenue
Bienvenue means welcome in French! One of the few words I know in French haha

Saint Joseph's Oratory i
In the morning we went to Saint Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal which is the largest church in Canada.

Saint Joseph's Oratory iii

View at Parc du Mont-Royal
The view from Parc du Mont-Royal, where we went for a short photo op after the Oratory. It was too cloudy to see everything though.

Blossom i
Next, we went to the Botanical Garden in Montreal which is very beautiful and very big! We didn’t get to see it all. Warning: A bunch of plant photos coming up.

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