sh*t nico says...

(i’m typing and nico is saying something but i’m not paying attention…)

*tap tap* 

“he-YOOOOOOO! 

i said can i watch something on your ‘puter?"

congratulations karoline & aaron!!

on saturday, i attended the nuptials of one of my very dear friends, karoline.

her various wedding activities have been featured a couple of times on my blog (here and here).

as per the brides request, her face will continue to be disguised.

anyways, i headed down to the church to watch karoline marry her "friend" aaron in a beautiful catholic ceremony.

after the i-do's were exchanged, guests were given a ticket to be used at the ice cream truck that was parked outside.

it was hella hot, so the ice cream was much appreciated.

accidentally twining with avery. 

shout out to the ice cream truck driver dude for hooking me with a sundae despite it not being allowed.

*you da real mvp!

i laughed.

we then headed to the reception to continue to celebrate the union of these two fine folks.

disguised, as per karoline's request. 

avery being a creep and insisting they all hold hands for their shot.

it was truly amazing watching karoline walk down the aisle in all her bridal glory.
it seems like just yesterday we were being separated by mr. murray for singing r. kelly's ignition in grade 9 science class.
aaron is an amazing guy and i wish them all the best in life.

two weddings down, two more to go!
:)
vanessa

ps. i made these collages after finding these gems in my photobucket account:

homage to our track days - 4x100 and CC (cross country) forever

<3

music monday: ed sheeran

a friend of mine suggested i listen to this song this morning and i am obsessed.

the arrangement is beautiful in itself but what sold me were the lyrics.

i mean, "i fall in love with you every single day"...*swoon.

ed (we're on a first name basis like that) was quoted as saying "thinking out loud" is his favorite song off his new album, X.

i agree, ed.

i agree.

:)

vanessa

sh*t nico says...

me: "nico, what's your address?"
nico: "i don't have a dress...i'm not a girl."

wise word wednesday: FNL

i'm a couple of years late but thanks to netflix, i have now experienced the magic that was friday night lights.
i have about 3 episodes left and have been stalling as i don't want the show to end *tears.

if you're not familiar, the show is set in the fictional town of dillion, texas and centres around coach eric taylor and his high school football team.
the acting is phenomenal and the writing is genius.
so much so that i'd like to dedicate this week's WWW to some of my favorite FNL quotes...

:)
vanessa

ps.

...this post :)

music monday: mapei

all things swedish are pretty amazing, and mapei is no exception.
i came across her song "don't wait" recently and it has been on the heaviest of rotations ever since.
i'm excited to discover more of her music in the future but until then, excuse me while i listen to "don't wait" for the 100th time today.

:)
vanessa


edit: i just stumbled upon an acoustic version of "don't wait" and *tear, it's beautiful.
https://soundcloud.com/mapei/dont-wait-acoustic-version

more wine, please!

over the weekend, i headed up to niagara to celebrate the upcoming nuptials of a dear friend.
a bachelorette weekend, if you wish.
as requested by the bride-to-be, i won't reveal much about the weekends activities nor her identity.
i will, however, share some snapshots from one of my favorite moments of our weekend - zi wine tour.

partaking in a wine tour is something i've been wanting to do for a long time.
so, when it was suggested as a possible activity, my wine loving soul rejoiced.
the region of niagara, specifically niagara-on-the-lake, is famous for it's vineyards and wineries.

we ended up going to trius winery at hillebrand for our tour and i quite enjoyed myself.
our tour guide took us on an extensive tour of the winery grounds - through the vineyards, into the wine cellar - and was very knowledgeable about the wine making process.
upon completion of the tour, we were each given a taste of three different types of wines - white, red and ice wine.

luckily for us, our creepy yet rather connected taxi driver had given us vouchers for an extended wine tasting.
so, we were able to use those to sample another three types of wine in the wine shop.
being that ice wine is my ishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, i used my voucher to sample the other three ice wines on their menu.
it's a shame a bottle was $60 'cause i really wanted to take a bottle or two home with me.
sad times.

hope y'all had a fun weekend :)
vanessa

random snapshots:

dream house, actually.

dream wine cellar?

chain and all.

avery, me and the disguised bride-to-be

we also walked by the falls for a bit and there was this beautiful rainbow that i tried to capture...

and lastly, just because i never want to forget this moment...

(fill in the blank) got us liiiiike....