Red and White

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Are you sick of seeing red and white? Or shall I say red, white AND now blue? Tired of the endless Instagram fireworks videos and pictures of fireworks in general? Well, just when you thought it was over... BAM! Here's some more red and white, served on a platter with a side of fries (just kidding, I have no fries).

All jokes aside, why not take one more minute to celebrate this beautiful country? I love Canada and I'm so proud to be a Canadian. While I'm half Italian, I was born here and am so fortunate to live in this beautiful country. 

To celebrate, I went downtown with my best friend Rosie and sister Lisa to see Metric perform for FREE! We've paid hundreds of dollars and traveled to both Montreal and Kingston to see this band, not to mention seeing them here in Ottawa a few times too. So when we heard they were one of the performers at the Canada Day concert this year, we had to go, despite our fears of going downtown on Canada Day (it's INSANE and not for the claustrophobic). 

Despite not actually seeing them from where we stood, hearing Metric perform and being in the huge crowd that fills downtown Ottawa every year on Canada Day was worth the trip. They only played two songs but we sang along to both and seemed to be the only fans in our part of the crowd, so it was more like a Laura-Rosie-Lisa concert where we were standing.

After the fireworks, we went to Lonestar for some margaritas and fajitas and my night ended with a romantic fireworks show in Stittsville with my boyfriend, Jonathan. 

How was your Canada Day / 4th of July?!

People watching.

Rosie and Lisa. 

Instapics.

All pictures taken by Lisa Kidd or myself.

dress: value village, $5

purse: value village, $4

necklace: forever 21, $13

leggings: joe fresh, $10

shoes: naturalizer, value village, $7

belt: value village, $3

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Stars & Metric

As I mentioned in my last post, I saw Stars and Metric on November 23. I taped parts of the concert and wanted to share the experience with you. This was my first time seeing Stars and I really enjoyed their show. They had a lot of energy and sounded awesome!

If you've been to a Metric concert before, you already know the show is magical. It's such an experience and they really make it all about the audience. No other band in my opinion really makes you feel as though you are a crucial part of their music. And perhaps for some artists, the audience isn't an important piece to their show. 

Metric evokes such emotion and they truly deliver on stage. They've never ever disappointed me and I've seen them four times. 

Stars

Stars lead singer, Amy Millan

Metric lead singer, Emily Haines

All photos and video by me.

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I Can Feel It In My Bones

The title is a lyric from Metric's "Gimme Sympathy" song. Last week, I traveled to Kingston, Ontario (two hours from Ottawa) with some friends to see a Stars and Metric concert.

When deciding what to wear, I immediately knew I had to wear my new leather fringe jacket. Building on that, I pulled out my brown suede skirt and glittery oxford shoes. The outfit was almost perfect but was missing something: a shirt. Suddenly I heard a knock on my door and I was pleased to see Rosie standing there, ready to hit the road. After telling her that I had no clue what shirt to wear, she simply said: "Wear a leopard print top!" 

I was a little hesitant that leopard print was the missing piece to my outfit puzzle (especially since she tells everyone to wear leopard print, regardless if they should) but I tried it anyway. I ended up loving how it looked and I was a bit rattled by how simple my solution was. I suppose sometimes you just need a second brain.

Before the concert, we managed to visit Value Village, meet up with a few other friends and fill up on fajitas and margheritas at Lone Star, all in time for the concert! We sadly didn't have time to visit the new H&M there but we figured having dinner and getting to the concert on time were the top priorities. All this to say I had such a fun mini-road trip!

All pictures taken by Lisa Kidd.

jacket: value village, $18

shirt: forever 21, $13

skirt: value village, $7

shoes: winners, $15

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