At Home with Kim Vallee

CAKES and baked goods, ENTERTAINING | October 29, 2009

My Branded Cupcakes by Sweet Things

When Juanita Koo saw on Twitter that I was going to Toronto, she decided to give me a sweet treat. She sent me 6 cupcakes that she decorated with the 2 logos of the KimVallee.com brand. It is fun to arrive after a day of meetings to your hotel room and see those waiting for [...]

OFF topics | October 25, 2009

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Career Success Can Be Measured in Many Ways

As I was reading several articles on the NY Times about the gain of women in the workplace, it reminded me how far my career goals changed over the year. I believe that it is because I grow as a person. At university, I dreamt of being the chairman of a large corporation. I am [...]

TRAVEL | September 21, 2009

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Bed-in in John and Yoko’s room at Queen Elizabeth

Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth was one of the sponsors of PodCamp Montreal 2009. After the Saturday sessions, a selected group were invited for a cocktail in the John Lennon and Yoko Ono Suite. Fairmont put the bed as the place it was for the bed-in. One thing that you may not know is that the suite [...]

MEDIA buzz, REVIEWS | September 17, 2009

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A little bit of self-promotion

I wish to tell everyone that will be in Montreal on Saturday that I will be a speaker at PodCamp Montreal 2009. I hope to see you there. I will share my best blogging tips and will be on a panel of top design bloggers from Montreal. For more details, check out the post I wrote [...]

OFF topics | September 11, 2009

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My Photography Session with Elizabeth Delage

For an upcoming event (I will tell you soon), I needed a professionally done portrait. I asked Elizabeth Delage to do my portrait. She is a friend who is a talented young professional photographer in Montreal. It has been a while since I went for a photo session. I had an amazing time! Elizabeth has a [...]

HOME + GARDEN, OUTDOOR space | June 8, 2009

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Liven Up my Terrace with Flowers and Cooking Herbs

Today, my husband and I went to the farmers’ market to get our flowers and cooking herbs. For me, my terrace is not ready for summer until I put plants on my garden pots. I opted for low maintenance flowers: marine blue Riviera, white Diamond Frost Eurorbia. I did not keep the tag for the [...]

MEDIA buzz, REVIEWS | June 7, 2009

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BlogLuxe Awards 2009: I need your Vote

I have been so busy lately that I just realized that At Home with Kim Vallee is a nominee for the BlogLuxe Awards organized by SocialLuxe Lounge in the Most Inspiring Blog Category. You can vote once a day until July for the first round. The five finalists will be announced July 6th, 2009. The [...]

OFF topics | May 31, 2009

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Blog Out Loud event and My Integrated Brand | Quick Links

You may have noticed a change to the main navigation bar of At Home with Kim Vallee. There is now a Live section where you will find my tweets and live blogging posts. What will be these live blogging posts? It will be made of several things. But mainly, there will be quick links. For a while [...]