MissAdventures With Maya

With an armful of the September issues of all my favorite mags, the Fall invokes  a feeling of fashion bliss for me. The much loved "sweater weather" that approaches causes most women I know to go into a shopping frenzy, or at least obsess about it for those of us on a budget.    Boots, booties and the chunk heel saturate the glossy pages of fashion lay outs and yet the most important shoe for the season ahead is nowhere to be seen. I am, of course, discussing the runner because the only way I will be sporting all the fashions of the season ahead is if my body is in top form and that means getting this body beautiful at the gym. Or the great outdoors as the weather beckons me to run through the changing colours of the months ahead.  Having literally run my last Asics Gels into the ground and treadmill, I ventured out to buy my first pair of fall staples at my local New Balance store. I tried on a half dozen or so and ended my quest with the Barringer 890 ,...

Hello Darlings. C'est moi, Mlle.Maya. I know it's been eons since my last post, but what can I say? Life has a tendency of sweeping us up and carrying us away. As you can tell by the photo in this post, one of those swept away moments took me to Dubai. This was my second time in the surreal city in the sand and I took full advantage of a fishing expedition with my dearest cousin, Fadi. Vacationing in Dubai is pretty dreamy, but what took my breath away (besides the 60 plus pound fish I was reeling in) were the freezing conditions on the water. Of course by mid-day stripping down to a bikini was fine, nay, and necessary but the morning winds were brutally frigid and reminded me of my cottage days in Northern Ontario. Hence the cozy cashmere sweater I sported (Club Monaco) and trusty yoga jeans by Montreal's Second Jeans . The latter is a must have for every gal on the go whether you strike a pose on a mat or not. Now that summer is closing up shop and I am back i...