Tuesday, May 25, 2010

BIRD WATCH 2010!!


Over the weekend, mother made an exciting discovery - there’s a robins nest outside my parents bedroom window… and she’s become obsessed with watching the eggs… completed with facebook status updates. One egg went missing over the weekend… talk about empty-nest-syndrome!

Check out the detail in that nest-making-skills!!

A Lesson in Patience

Well it was quite the weekend for me. You would think that things would be rather quiet over a long weekend, but quite the opposite happened. Over the past few weeks I have been waiting on a position that was offered to me at Everything Wine, taking me from a fantastic and reliable cashier to a position with the management team, then Auxiliary Supervisor… I was approached by my managers who said I should apply for the job and so I took a leap of faith and went for it… I was told I would hear back on Friday night about the final decision… Friday came and went with no announcement. The anticipation was killing me but I knew I was facing one of life’s greatest lessons – patience. I hate patience… this whole past year has been one giant waiting game… when will cBo Events finally take off? When will I find my career path? When will my blackberry stop rebooting randomly? WHERE IS SUMMER?! Makes me think of Sunday’s event… I went hiking with my friends Shane and Omeed… we’d planned to hike the BCMC… a trail that runs alongside (but not on) the Grouse Grind… we met at Omeed’s and decided to walk to the base, which is near Grouse. The rain started to come on and throughout the 90 min trek, we got pretty drenched and boy was it cold… we were even snowed upon and the highest elevations… which really didn’t work too well with our windbreaker and short attire. Anyways, one of my main goals was to do the trek and start to get back into shape. It was hard, humbling, annoying, & embarrassing. I was definitely holding up Shane and Omeed who were far too supportive to help an old dog up a mountain. All I was thinking for the first half as “I used to be able to do this… cmon body!” and was getting down on myself. Then at one point Shane said, “Bro if it’s too much we can turn around… it’s ok” and I just looked up at him and said “That’s not an option”. And I pushed on. I had to be patient and get to the end result when it was time… it was hard, sweaty, and mentally draining… but I did it.

Sean pulled me aside at Everything Wine on Sat afternoon to tell me that I’d been hired on as the Auxiliary Supervisor and welcomed me onto the management team. I had the pleasure of handing in my letter of resignation to my current full time job on Monday. I was surprised how internally emotional I became about it, mostly because of the people I’ve worked with over the last 19 months. That and realizing that I’ve been waiting for so long… it’s nice to have something finally going right.

I know what you’re thinking… what’s Everything Wine got to do with events? Well everything, really, in my opinion… so many more opportunities and connections and possibilities. And I’ve always figured that cBo Events would be a developing project on the side over the next 3-5 years; whereas what I’m doing at EWine fulfills so much of passions in life – and what better way to spend 9-5 than that?

And so the story continues… stay tuned.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Shane's Birthday at Naam

Tonight I had the absolute pleasure of being a part of a very top secret surprise birthday dinner for my good friend, Shane. Buddy had NO idea we were all in on it. He was completely convinced that Caroline, his girlfriend (and my sister) were going to go to Naam on their own -- Naam's this super famous vegetarian restaurant in Kitsilano that always has a lineup to get it, much like Antons in Burnaby. Anyways, so a few of us got there about 15-30 minutes ahead of Caroline & Shane... Jeff had gotten a table literally in the middle of the room right at the front... it'd have been perfect for Caroline & Shane to walk in to; however, by the time the birthday boy had arrived, the lineup had begun. We guests played the awkward game of "hide your face behind the menus"... I think the stress got to Caroline who received a bbm from me sayin 'just walk in'... Shane looked through the window and saw us, and was absolutely stunned... it was perfect!

Naam is this increble vegetarian restaurant... and I know what you're thinking... "do they only sell salads?" I was shocked at the menu, as was everyone else. There was so much to choose from! I had the Santa Fe Enchilada -- and let me tell you, I barely ate half of it (so yay, lunch tomorrow!) it was filled with beans, cheese, tofu, cilantro and tons of flavour... not to mention the massive side salad that came with... and it was all so relative inexpensive, especially considering their portions! there was live music and tons of interesting eclectic art figures around the room. I'm not even kidding... I wanna go back next... all 7 of us got different items, and they were all amazing looking.... ok, so Michaela's "steak" was a little questionable to a meat-lover... but, to each their own.

The most exciting part of this event was the sincere gratitude Shane expressed... at one point my friend said "I can't believe you did all of this, I've never had this done for me before." That, right there, is why small intimate yet meaningful events have so much impact. Shane's a genuine guy who will do anything for his friends and family, and yet is continually shocked when the gesture is returned. And that was the highlight of the night.... well, that, and the incredible food. Happy Bday Mr Shane... I may enjoy trying all your veg food, but you can't take away my love of chicken and steak :D

Happy Birthday, Shane! One bday down... 2 more tomorrow!

Friday, May 14, 2010

Fugly Layout


So i'm looking through other people's blog sites, and I've realize - mine is hideous... i was so proud of it last night... but that's ok... much like the development of an event, a blog space, too, requires some alterations and revisions. I guess there's still hope for me yet.

On another note, I thought I'd just throw in this pic of Vancouver, as I was walking around UBC last night at sunset and realized how freaking amazing Vancouver is and am so proud to live in the most expensive, overpriced, most-desired city in the world.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

We all have our beginnings

Well I guess this is the beginning of cBo Events blog site... not 100% sure what this will all be about... as cBo Events is currently a dream, you'll certainly read all about my joys of starting up a business in this crazy world, as well as find links and inspirational ideas, sources, and venues that you, too, could use for your own events. All in all, I do hope you'll check in from time to time to see how things are developing in my world, and perhaps can offer some insight. All I know is this: I like parties. I throw good ones, and I want to help others do the same. Stay tuned... we're in for quite a ride.

cBo Event's FIRST attempt at a blog

Well here we go... our first attempt at a blog... we'll see how this goes... I'll keep this short for now until I know what'd goin on here :)