Cut Through the Mall to See the Tree

Beautiful.

In late November and December, whenever possible, I cut through the Eaton Centre to walk past the Swarovski tree.

It’s 7 stories tall, covered in crystals, and it spins.

The bows and red balls are new this year.  I’m curious to know the reaction, usually it’s only crystals. Being a minimalist, I like the latter.

I also like their sunglasses, which I didn’t even know that they make sunglasses, learned that a few weeks ago at an event.

Oh hi hi.

(I dedicate this gif to Allison )

At that same event I met Christine in real life… in 2009 we’d both entered a contest to win a trip to the Olympics.

At that time, she was a student and I was ‘The Canadian Explorer’.  Then out of school and tada, she’s working for a top PR firm, nicely done missy!!

The Contest: they were looking for mobile explorers (I know come ON), so you had to create an original video showcasing your blogging and social media skills, and the 5 entries with the most votes were sent to cover Vancouver 2010.

This was my entry.

Remember when we all had Olympic fever?  The excitement and camaraderie and patriotism?  Awesome.

And remember when Canada threw ‘The Party Olympics’ while SIMULTANEOUSLY winning more Gold medals in the history of all time?

GO CANADA GO!!

 

 

 

Keri
PS – I won the contest, here’s the proof, and yet I didn’t.  That day, I declared contests dead to me.

 

 

 

 
 
 

What I Got for Christmas

Each year I get a Christmas present from myself.  This year I got an IronKey – the world’s most secure flash drive.

Military-grade encryption and you can’t physically break into the thing, and if you try it self-destructs.  Same as if you enter the password wrong 10 times in a row.  I can immerse it in water, and use it to surf the net anonymously.

You can kinda see my present from a couple years ago, that headset. I often get electronics.