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This store in downtown Calgary is a gem.

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Flowers

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Wedding dress inspo?

Seen at Calgary Stampede Fleur des Villes

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Make the most of your July.

July 8th, 1965 Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters First published: 1977

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📺 Binge This Next: We Were Liars

📌 Quick Info

• Genre: Psychological Mystery, Drama, YA Fiction

• Where to Watch: Prime Video

• Format: Limited Series / Feature Film

• Status: Completed

• Based on: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (NYT bestselling YA novel)

🖤 Why I Watched It

Honestly? Because it kept showing up everywhere — ads, TikTok clips, Tumblr chatter. When I finally saw it available on Prime Video, I clicked out of curiosity… and ended up completely hooked. It had just the right mix of moody, mysterious, and emotionally intense.

🎬 What It’s About (Spoiler-Free!)

Cadence Sinclair is the golden girl of a wealthy East Coast family who summers on their private island. But two years after a mysterious accident, she returns — only to realize the past isn’t what it seemed. As memories resurface, so do painful truths.

(If the story feels layered and literary, that’s because it is — the film is based on E. Lockhart’s bestselling novel of the same name.)

✨ What I Loved

• Cadence’s dresses – soft, summery, and so effortlessly “rich girl with a secret”

• The rich girl aesthetic – vintage houses, yacht lunches, perfectly curated sadness

• The island getaway setting – dreamy and secluded, but with this constant eerie tension

• The slow-burn mystery with a haunting payoff

• That one reveal… and everything after it 🥲

• Emotional themes: privilege, guilt, grief, and how we protect ourselves from the truth

• Underrated performances from the young cast

🧠 Favorite Quote/Scene

“We are liars. We are beautiful and privileged. We are cracked and broken.”

The moment that quote hits with context? Instant goosebumps.

📝 Final Thoughts

If you’re into emotionally loaded mysteries that unravel piece by piece, We Were Liars will sit with you long after you finish it. It’s soft, painful, and brutally beautiful — the kind of story you’ll want to rewatch just to catch all the clues you missed.

“Not everyone has to like this one. But if it clicks with you, it wrecks you.”

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Protein heavy ikea lunch - powering up for the gym session.

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25 posts!

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Rice with furikake, sunny side up eggs, and some Schneider sausages - I miss our usual hotsilog from the philippines so I made it with a twist today.

Happy eating!

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I love these two new box avatars from Party In My Dorm for the 4th of July hunt. I love the blue more than the red - which is the VIP version.

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i hope i never stop learning. i want to always be studying. the goal is to attain a level of disgustingly educated.

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It’s 4;30am and I haven’t slept yet

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PSA TO ALL READERS while wandering around a mall today I was ensnared by a powerful force that bade me enter a place called Barnes & Noble. in a daze I wandered the displays and was compelled to even pick up several books that this force attempted to foist upon me at great personal cost to myself. it was only through great strength of will that I was able to fight off this befouling force by withdrawing my cellular device from my pocket and logging into my library account to place requests for the same books at no cost that i was able to escape without grievous harm. truly it's crazy out there, stay safe and remember that libraries are always there to provide aid as you fight against such forces of darkness

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This is Emerald Lake in Yoho NP - one of the most beautiful lakes I’ve been to. My favorite is still Moraine Lake though 😍

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Lundbreck Falls on the way to Waterton NP. Great summer!

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Shortly after my first time seeing the lady of the night, she came to visit again a few days after.

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Bucket list item ticked off 5 years ago when I finally got to see the Northen Lights with my own eyes, right outside my bedroom window and behind our house.