The Man Fur is back!

New male "it" model Luke Dylan Cardinal models the Man Fur '09

Yes, we ran into Bono in NYC! What a sweet guy. He was so genuine and down to earth. He’s not only a great musician, but he has co-founded several humanitarian organizations and companies like DATA, EDUN, the ONE Campaign and Product Red. What a pleasure to meet such a fantastic person. PS. That’s our reflection on his car!

Precious

After nearly 3 long weeks in the hospital, my son is finally coming home on Monday! People keep telling me how well-rested I look in spite of having a newborn…Well, all that is about to change. Here come the sleepless nights, the round-the-clock breastfeeding, the bags under the eyes…and I couldn’t be happier!

I’m not sure when I will get back to regularly updating my blog, but I am hoping to be back in full swing by the time we launch the fall lookbook and our new fall collections at the end of August. In the meantime, check out LIV during the month of August for our semi-annual White Sale. EVERYTHING is on sale!

P.S The Bank of Canada declared the recession OVER yesterday…So happy shopping!!

See you in the fall!

Luke Dylan Cardinal has arrived…6 weeks early! He’s as impatient as his Mom!
Hoping to take him home soon…will keep you posted!

Well folks, I have been ordered by my doctor to cease and desist all work until my son arrives in August. Not that I can’t update my blog from a horizontal position, but with no connection to work – husband has disconnected my emails and all access to basically everything work related – it will be hard to keep you informed about what is happening at LIV!

I may post from time to time, but if you want to know the latest at LIV, you’ll have to check it out in person!
See you in August!

Spending March Break at the family compound in Kennebunk. Here are some snaps from Day 1. I love it here!

Back to the back to the beach

Waddling through town

Hitting TARGET!

Tomorrow…the Outlets!

Five years ago on Valentine’s Day, when I was pregnant with Jessie, my husband Mig cooked me a spectacular Valentine’s Day dinner. He made beef Bourgignon and cream of cauliflower soup. Why is that noteworthy? Well, it was the first, last and only meal he’s ever cooked for me! (Don’t feel too sorry for me…he does plenty of other stuff and, truth be told, I enjoy cooking!)

But this year, Mig has agreed to cook me another feast on Feb 14th. Why now, after five years? Because it’s our new tradition: he is going to cook for me on Valentine’s Day…but only if I’m pregnant!

You may have noticed, if you follow this blog, that my entries have become pretty sporadic. You may also remember that I mentioned a couple of months ago that I had been working on a big project that was consuming alot of my energy and that I would reveal this mysterious project on Groundhog’s day. I’m a week or two behind in the announcement, but here it is folks: We’re having a baby! I’m 13 weeks along, which means we’re due in August. I’ve been sick as a DOG for the past two months…which is why I’ve been neglecting the blog, among other things.

For those of you who know me, you know this has been a long time coming! We’ve been trying to give Jessie a little sibling for almost four years! But thanks to our little vacation in Denver last November, it’s finally happening. I wish I could tell you it was the fresh mountain air, but truthfully, it was the world’s best (in our opinion) fertilty clinic.

So that’s my big news! I’m excited to share it with you. And there is so much cool stuff coming up on the horizon for LIV! An AG denim event, the launch of our spring collections, a one year anniversary bash…Stay tuned!

I have been very remiss over the holidays in keeping up with my blog. Sincere apologies for having vanished for so long. I really do have a good excuse though. I have been working very hard on something in recent weeks, something that has taken up most of my time and energy. For now, I am keeping this exciting project under wraps. I will let you know more about what’s on the horizon on Groundhog’s Day!

Here’s what’s going on at LIV: OUR SEMI-ANNUAL WHITE SALE! Everything in the store is on sale. Great deals on furniture, linens and clothing. You won’t even notice that our entire basement flooded and necessitated (is that how you spell that??) having to re-merchandise the entire store.

Stay tuned…in 2 weeks we are shooting our spring ‘09 fashion look-book! I will be sure to post sneak peaks of the photo shoot and the clothes!

Happy new year!

“…whether you’re thinking about the past, the present, or the future, how you feel right now — as you think about the past, the present, or the future — is your life. And it’s a precious, fabulous, creative life that you are not wanting to squander in a place of resistance. Your life is right now.”
– Abraham-Hicks

Today we drove into the mountains and saw some mind-blowing scenery. Those Rockies sure are breathtaking! The best moment was when we drove by a family of deer. The Mama was just chilling on the side of the road, so we stopped to look at her. Lo and behold! There were eight deer behind her, including Papa, and they weren’t the least bit afraid. They just hung around there and let us take their pictures. It was beautiful.

Then we went to Red Rocks Amphitheater (Remember that U2 concert?) Can I just say…WOW. Totally awesome. I like Toronto, but we just don’t get views like this, do we? It was lovely to spend the day in the mountains, especially after we braved the malls yesterday on Black Friday. For those of you not in the “shopping know,” Black Friday has nothing to do with the stock market. It’s actually the day after American Thanksgiving and it officially kicks off the the Christmas season. It’s supposed to be one of the biggest shopping days of the year, so we wanted to check it out. I’m happy to report that the economy seems in FINE shape, at least here in Denver. Consumers hit those malls hard to get their Christmas shopping on, and although we had a festive time (took Jessie to meet Santa), it was refreshing for us city slickers to spend today out in the great oudoors.

Mama and her posse

Red Rocks