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In an effort to actually write about my life on a more consistent basis, I decided it’s time to reflect back on my sleep-deprived TIFF. Every year the party invites received are a little more A-list, the bonds forged with publicists are a little stronger and the tales I come home become a little wilder (and sometimes weirder).  While the official party recaps go up on MSN Canada, there are always a few details to preserve here for posterity. (Or just so my friends can read it, thus saving my voice a little.)

Dietary staples: tuna tartare, Burrata cheese (oft consumed with figs and/or prosciutto, or topping a beat salad), asparagus salad (props to Loblaws for putting green veggies in our MSN interview lounge), mushroom risotto, mini grilled cheeses, & macaroons.

Furniture that’s out to get me most: Wobbly tables. Seriously. Put me in a room with hundreds of them and ask me to pick a table to sit down at, I guarantee I’ll find the only one with a wobble. 

Friendship forged in the trenches: There were a lot of familiar faces this year as I oft circulated plus one-less through any night’s events. Many people get cynical about the publicist-journalist relationship, but my stance is fairly simple: we’re in the same boat when it comes to TIFF. Yes, we’re hustling for invites and they’re hustling for coverage; BUT at 3 am, we’re all scrambling to write copy, recall famous faces and party details, all while trying to soothe our aching tootsies and hoping that we survive the next day with 2 hours of sleep. I’m so thankful that all these amazing PR women are in my life every year and I really do consider them friends - not just people I work with.

Best photo-op: Getty photog George Pimentel snapped me and Flare’s Ryan Michael Cheung with Zac Efron at the dinner for the cast of The Paperboy on Friday, Sept. 14. Amazing. (Look, I can act cool and collected and normal for about 97% of the time when it comes to my job. The 3% is normally me calling/texting/bbm’ing a friend with a lot of “!!!!!!!!!!!!!” in the message - see note on Pacey/Joshua Jackson below.) 

Best celebrity flirt: Travis Milne. The Rookie Blue star is unquestionably good-looking (especially in his tailored suits), earnest and very approachable. Most of the show’s cast can be spotted out during TIFF - regardless of an early call time - and Milne’s no exception. The charmer is always up for a conversation with a fan, friend or member of the press. Sure, he’s most likely telling all the girls what they want to hear, but it’s still fun! Everyone needs a cute flirting buddy. 

Pervy-iest (but still humorous) propositioning: Literally being bumped into by Misfits actor Robert Sheehan has definitely become my favourite story of TIFF 2012. (It rivals last year’s slightly insane run-in with Juliette Lewis.)  We collided as he came out of the men’s room at Soho House – it would have been minor except that he just went with the collision and followed it up with “I think we were just in a sexual position; should we try that again?” One dramatic slo-mo reenaction later, he was still full of bon mots and sexy suggestions (many to do with going off to have a threesome in a dark corner of Soho) and continued to be a source of entertainment and sexual commentary for many many women.

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