NXNE Part 2: Danny Brown, St. Vincent & More

Here are some other highlights from my whirlwind NXNE week of festivities:

YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE

 Danny Brown, June 19

He put on a seriously dope show after finally getting across the border

NXNE: 20th Anniversary Party

NXNE is always a busy time. I had a jam-packed schedule that I had to balance with my part-time job and other life stuff. But I love NXNE because there's so much going on and I can usually time things so that they work out pretty well. One of the first events I checked out was the 20th Anniversary Party at Edward Day Gallery on Queen West.

I had a spot at the red carpet and here's a glimpse of who came out to the party!

Adriiana, musician | Tre Armstrong, choreographer

4Count, musicians

SNEAK PEEK: Alli Simpson Style Shoot

Via Facebook

Already a past Faze Magazine cover star, the adorable Alli Simpson will be featured once again in our upcoming issue. We had a fun back-to-school style shoot with the Australian beauty earlier this month. You may recognize her as Cody Simpson's younger sis, but she's quickly making a name for herself, through her own singing talents and her incredibly pretty Instagram.

IG: @christinadun

MuchMusic Video Awards [Part 2]

My friend Naomi and I were super excited to cover this year's MMVAs on June 15th. Naturally, we took lots of selfies. It was pretty chaotic the entire night, with the streets blocked off, crazy screaming fans, and such. We mainly stayed in the media room though (photos of the celebs who stopped by HERE) so we avoided being amongst the massive crowds.

Fave performance of the night:

After the awards show, we checked out the Universal Music after party at Maison Mercer, which was pretty rad.

Overall, it was an awesome experience! Peace out, until next year!

- Christina
Follow my adventures on Twitter: @christinaaa28

MuchMusic Video Awards 2014 [Part 1]

I've always watched the MuchMusic Video Awards from my living room couch in Surrey, BC and this year I finally got to see inside the huge Canadian entertainment event up close. I got a media pass for this year's MMVAs to cover it for Faze Magazine and it was pretty cool!

Part 1: Photos from the media room -

Nikki Yanofsky

Jena Malone

Victoria Duffield

Laura Vandervoort

Down With Webster

Sonreal

Fefe Dobson

MAGIC!

 Marianas Trench

Lorde

Kiernan Shipka

Imagine Dragons

Sam Roberts

Hedley

Alyssa Reid & Virginia To Vegas

Part 2 of my MMVA experience coming up!

- Christina
Follow my adventures on Twitter: @christinaaa28

Toronto's First Cat Cafe: Pet Me Meow

Earlier this month, I got to tag along with my friend Takara Small for a shoot featuring Toronto's first-ever cat cafe: Pet Me Meow.

Located upstairs at the RedFish BlueFish Creative Cafe (73 Harbord St), Pet Me Meow had a room set up full of playful and adorable kittens. I met Jeff Ro and Ashkan Rahimi of Pet Me Meow, who gave us the run-down of their latest entrepreneurial venture.

 This one was my FAVE. #grumpycat

Their pop-up cafe ran for a few days only, but they're working on opening a permanent location this fall! Keep an eye out :)

Find them on Twitter >> petmemeow

- Christina
Follow my adventures on Twitter: @christinaaa28

On Set: Degrassi

Photo via Facebook

This summer I've been working like crazy, trying to make money to save up for NYC. The hustle is real. Picking up random jobs here and there can be pretty interesting. Recently, I've been getting into some background work, which brought me to the set of Degrassi.

I used to watch the show back in the day (circa Drake era) so it was cool to get to set foot on location of the teenage television show. I obviously can't share anything about the actual episode, but here are some pics from my general experience.

Stay tuned.

- Christina

Follow my adventures on Twitter: @christinaaa28