OOPS! I did it again=P

Ok Ok Ok I know I've spent have my time on this blog talking about how I'm going to make a concerted effort to blog regularly and then I don't. It's been months and months since my last post and honestly, I have no real excuse for that except that I was busy with, you know, life and stuff! ha!

Anyways, to catch up on the last, what has it been, 7 months?!, here is the coles notes version:

-sadly, I attended 3 funerals between October to February. Tina Barretto, Koyo Hara and Janine Lieu were all taken from us much too early. I know people always say live life to your fullest because you never know when your time is up, and mourning the loss of these 3 beautiful, young people certainly gave me some perspective on that. R.I.P Tina, Koyo and Janine ~ you are loved and you are missed.

-I've had the luxury of going to some absolutely amazing concerts over the last few months - Jill Scott, Mos Def, De La Soul, Kanye West/Lupe Fiasco/Pharrell - all put on freakin fantastic shows! In the next few months I'm also looking forward to (FINALLY!) getting to see the amazing miss Erykah Badu in concert, as well as the reunion of Pharcyde at Rock the Bells (also featuring Mos, A Tribe Called Quest and some of Wu Tang) in Vancouver for the first time! Musically speaking, this year gods have answered all my concert prayers. The only other prayer that remains unanswered at this point is a Fugees reunion tour with a stop in Vancouver...that's not too much to ask for, right?!

-business wise, it's been an amazing time. We recently got accepted to Portobello West (www.portobellowest.com) and will be exhibiting there in June, July and August! I absolutely adore shopping at Portobello, so the chance to have a table there is so exciting for me!

-I recently auditioned for the Dragons' Den, on the CBC. Truthfully, the audition jitters were mostly due to the anticipation and just not knowing what to expect at the actual audition (how many producers would there be? how many questions will they ask me? how many other people will be there auditioning? yikes!). Once I actually got there and got pitching I felt much better. Unfortunately, it looks like Fave Handbags isn't ready for the show just yet, as the producers told me that I wasn't asking for enough money. The Dragons are looking for more large scale ventures, and I guess right now we're small potatoes to them. Oh well, it was an amazing experience and I'll feel a lot less nervous when I audition again next year!

-finally, our duffel bag was recently featured in the April issue of Envy Magazine. I'm sorry I don't have a better image of the article, but my scanner is kind of whack. In any case, here it is.

So that's it for now. Karlo and I are planning a trip to NY this summer, so I'm sure I'll have more pics to put up soon. I promise it will not be 7 months before the next post...seriously, I'll write again in like 5 months this time! Oh I'm only kidding.

Ciao for now!