• Grabbing a pair of those adorable red mittens everyone and their mother are wearing around here.
  • Getting up at 5:30 a.m. to track Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger down and get a picture of him carrying the torch.
  • Tracking down Arnold Schwarzenegger and being lucky enough to see (and get a picture of) his face.
  • Breakfast at The Naam before 9 a.m. I love me some croissantwich!
  • Grocery shopping at Whole Foods in West Vancouver. Trendy rich white people say what? I love grocery shopping in uppity food markets, not going to lie. Guilty pleasure.

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  • The olympic torch passing through our neighborhood!
  • Going back to places you haven’t been in awhile.
  • Standing under the light display at the maritime museum.
  • Having the good sense to beat the crowds by bringing a lightweight, fold up chair.
  • Realizing its really happening.

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  • New design up! It was definitely time for a change. As usual, it features little to no color and a monochromatic scheme. It’s definitely different from anything else I’ve ever had in terms of content layout. Let me know what you think!
  • Having a lazy day, yet starting my day at 8 a.m. (This is what happens when you go to bed early! Love it.)
  • First day of SunRun 10K training. Chanel, meet your running shoes.
  • Working out fail: premeditating how you will gain back the calories (in chocolate bars) you are about to burn exercising. (For the record? That chocolate bar was DAMN good right up until the last bite, at which point I spent the next hour feeling as if I had really overdone it on the chocolate. Basically, the lesson here is to not wolf down an entire chocolate bar in a couple minutes just because you haven’t had one in ages.)
  • Putting back together the pieces of my life routine. Oh, how I missed thee!

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My name is Chanel. This is my experiment in design and writing. You can read more about me here.