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Six #BossBabe Travel Hacks That I Swear By

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I’m tired of winter already!  Who’s ready for a summer filled with glamorous trips, adorable summer dresses and delicious spritzy cocktails!? Me me me! You’re on your own with the adorable dresses and spritzy cocktails, but I think I can help your glamorous trips out with these #BossBabe travel hacks.  These are tried and true thanks to my international travels including a literal trip around the world from Canada, to the Philippines, to Thailand, to Ethiopia and then back to Canada all within a month!  These work wonders for me and I hope they do the same for you 🙂 Continue reading →

A Throwback From My Dancer Days!

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I was scrolling through Facebook recently and came across this old album called “Gagalicious: The Poker Face Night” — a drag show that I performed at in Zurich, Switzerland 9 years ago.  No, I was not in drag, but I did backup dance for the drag queen Stella Divine thanks to my good friend Marie-Louise Lo.

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Marie, Stella Divine and me

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How To Beat Those Post-Vacation Blues

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Ever get those post-vacation blues? I sure do. Mine usually stems from the overwhelm of all the to-do’s after being away for so long. Here are a couple (seriously only 2) tried and tested, no-nonsense hacks that I use to minimize it! Continue reading →

#TBT To Our Saint Lucia Wedding

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I just realized that I never shared my homemade wedding video on my blog!  So in the spirit of #ThrowbackThursday, here’s the video montage I created of our destination wedding in St. Lucia.

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Isabel’s Millennialogue: Why Travel?

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Hi, everyone! I am back into the swing of things after a month-long vacation to the Philippines, Thailand and Ethiopia. Naturally I now have to blog about “why one should travel”. For a while in the beginning of my professional life, I did not enjoy traveling. I did not understand why I needed to leave home because I love being home on that lazy Sunday, watching Netflix, reading a good book and/or drinking a delicious pot of tea. It was just recently when I had learned to appreciate traveling and I’m now going to tell you why. Continue reading →

Isabel’s Millennialogue: Work Hard, Play Hard

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Sometimes I feel like giving up. Sometimes I feel like simply coasting through life and taking the easy route. I have to slap myself out of it and remember why I’m doing what I’m doing. Continue reading →