My Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet Debut

Words still to this day can't and probably never will be able to describe my feeling during this moment! If I could describe this moment I would simply just play Drake & Nicki Minaj - Moment For life.. The feeling of being escorted and then directed to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. So surreal and definitely SO empowering, especially when you are strutting in women's Balmain!! I literally get choked up every time I think and try to explain the excitement or anything behind my experience in Cannes so hopefully I am doing a good job at blogging it and hopefully the super-cute /slash/ super cheesy video montage I have coming for you guys will do the trick haha!

Feeding The Mind & Body

Having a few hours to explore the streets of Cannes for an afternoon was such a great experience.. I love France for it's architecture, those tight city streets, chic canopy covered stores, the list goes on and on.. I could of literally walked La Croisette the entire day, it stretched as far as the eye could see and provided me with enough Celine, Hermes, Moncler and more.... BUT NO! NOT ALL OF US CAN SURVIVE on the nutritional values of FASHION all day (even though I totally would...try)... While exploring La Croisette and other little cute boutique filled streets of Cannes a little part of the group, including myself decided to stop and have a bite at what I am pretty sure was a snap-shot straight out of the FRENCH section of my dreams... Actually no, correction: This entire day, scenery, food, company and all was an entire chapter out of the FRENCH section of my dreams!!! I was so intrigued to learn that alot the food in France is all organically made and without preservatives. For some peculiar reason once this knowledge was passed to me I found it quite [read: very, very, very] indecent to reject any kind of edible anything that crossed my path. Being the newly born health nut I am slowly becoming I think it is awesome and such a privilege, especially in today's world, to be accommodated such delicacies at their most natural state! Needless to say France kept my mind and my body full!

BURNING THE BIRKIN

Francesca Eastwood, daughter of movie star Clint Eastwood, burnt the famous Hermès Birkin bag as a sign of art (love it!). I mean when you think about it celebrities and the wealthy burn money like it's water in many other ways.. Francesca has forever immortalized herself in this work and will always be remembered as a) the biotch who burnt a $100,000 croc Birkin and b) a contemporary artist who's imagery (as above) will be noted for years to come!

I'M ALL CANADIAN

If you know me than you know I have a sickeningly weak spot for sweatshirts - hence why I refrain from walking past American Apparel more then twice a week (I end up buying sweatshirt after sweatshirts) - but this, this North Star sweater right here is the cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake and I won't deny copius amounts of color-combo's /oh/ and who can't deny some grade A, Canadian love? It was like 40+ degrees CELSIUS outside and I was feeling sporty /slash/ was giving leg so I had to cover at least two limbs lol! These pics almost remind me of a metaphoric climb to the top, starting from the bottom of the staircase, working my way up, taking a break, and then finally making it *cough cough, thanks Ashley!!*! Interesting how a few poses can be translated into something greater lol.. There I go being all philosophic and stuff lol.. Anyways.... Got some things to do, stay tuned because there are more photos from the Festival De Cannes / Cannes Film Festival coming!

The Palais des Festivals

One of the must-do things we did was check out and tour the place where all the magic happens for the Cannes Film Festival, The Palais des Festivals. Luckily, HP had us covered and as part of our influcner power we got special passes which granted access to the all the Palais had to offer... Inside here, during the day, is where all the vendors come out to play. The usually ball-gown and tuxedo engulfed space is a business-chic daytime workspace for up and coming, and already there directors, producers, film-crews, etc. to get their products, film, skills and anything else you can think of that goes into a film out there! It was so cool to see all the different ethnic backgrounds promoting their specific style of films. SO much life and definitely a whole lot of action from all over the world all in one place!!!

Magnum Moment w/ Rachel Bilson

So the other day Magnum Ice Cream held a small get together at the One Hazelton Hotel, here in Toronto with special guest and the face of Magnum, Rachel Bilson. It was the perfect way to get out of the 40°C sun that literally had me panting for hydration while en route to the soiree. Anyway, the event was specifically held to celebrate the launch of the new MINI Magnums (LOL RIGHT!?) and get a chance to meet Rachel. I was given a few moments to talk to her in private and it was great because she is so cute and cool! You can check out the little video here that I recorded while chatting.

Arriving in Cannes

Without further ado, I bring you the HP Global Influencer Advisory Board, a group and annual meeting I have been chosen by HP to attend and be a part of with about 20 other members from all around the world. From the moment I got into Nice my sense were on another level.. Arriving into the city was just as, if not more exciting then how I imagined it would be. What I forgot to imagine is just how delicious the food, cakes and desserts were! The first day was quite a thrill, from KLM slightly misplacing my luggage in Amsterdam at Schihpol airport (luckily it turned up) to a crash course on learning how to adjust to jet-lag... After that was all sorted out I had a chance to finally meet my HP counterparts and a great group of the HP team, who some may I add, have been around with the company since Bill & Dave (the founders of HP)... It was great to get to know more about everyone and learn about their life, and especially their work with HP Since it was my first night, I did have to get adjusted to times for the coming festivities and you all know how much of a light-weight I am so I called it a night earlier then later :)