Finding Home On the Blue Horizon

Sponsored post by The Blue Horizon Hotel, Vancouver, BC.

In so many ways, Vancouver feels like my home away from home. This is not only because Vancouver and Seattle are so much alike in geographic feel, culture, and history. It’s because I go there to meet my crew—people who know I’m a bit whacky and love me for it. We get together to recharge our creative spirits and feel the strength of one another’s support.

Isn’t that what home’s all about?

This year, we added another member to our crew—the Blue Horizon Hotel. They took us in, gave us a suite for the weekend, and didn’t bat an eye when we walked out of the elevator and into the pool and fitness areas dressed in our finest “Goochie” Designs.

Take a look at our video and you may understand just how supportive Blue Horizon was to our creative endeavors.

No Further Than Marilyn

When I first entered Blue Horizon, I knew we would have a good time, but when I encountered Marilyn, I knew we were home. Marilyn is the fabulous lady who adorns many walls around the hotel. Here, she reminds us to Speak No Evil–and that, my friends, is a good first step to making people feel right at home.

Read the story of Marilyn on Blue Horizon’s website.

Our Accommodations

You can see from our video how we took over the hallways, the lobby, the pool room, and common areas of the hotel, but the one-bedroom suite we shared was what made everything else possible.

For starters, we had plenty of space to spread out. That’s saying a lot for four fashion bloggers armed to the teeth with outfits and shoes.

The suite also gave us the space we needed to host a professional makeup session with makeup marvel, Suzy Thomas (@thasooze on IG).

She rolled out her supplies on the desk in the main room and made us all feel deserving of a Vogue…er…Vague? cover shot, taken by our resident photographer, @VancouverBarbara.

When we were worn out from our day of super modeling, the room became a safe haven to us, a quiet place to hang out, catch up, and speak our deep thoughts.

Here we are on the couch together minutes after Patti and I arrived from Seattle via Cascade Rail by Amtrak.

Apart from our sunny faces in the photo above, check out the light in the room! Big windows = better to see the view of English Bay!

No Need to Leave When There’s ABODE

We literally did not leave the hotel over the course of one 24 hours. We had everything we needed right there, including an inviting restaurant called ABODE.

When it was just the four of us, we held court at a booth and played improv games to keep our creative juices flowing.

And when Sue, our favorite sewing guru from A Colourful Canvas joined us, the staff at ABODE smushed together tables to make room for all of us. Then they made sure we had everything we needed, including the much talked about and thoroughly enjoyed rhubarb crisps.

Yes. You read that correctly. We had it more than once.

We loved our time at ABODE so much we had to get a photo with Abigail, our favorite waitress.

Until Next Time, Blue Horizon

From the moment we arrived until the last goodbye, Blue Horizon made us feel at home. They allowed us to let our hair down or put it up, whatever we needed. We could be exactly who we are and that’s what made us feel most at home.

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Outfit Details

There are several outfits in this post. My outfits consist of things I made, things I’ve had for a while, or things I’ve thrifted. If you’d like more information about any of the outfits I sport in this post, please comment below and I’ll respond with ideas and links to similar styles.

For details about what my colleagues are wearing and how they experienced our weekend together, visit their blogs here:

• Bag and a Beret by Melanie Kobayashi
• Not Dead Yet Style by Patti Gibbons
• Suzanne Carillo is at SuzanneCarillo.com
• A Colourful Canvas by Sue Young

Finally, one of our outings in Vancouver included a visit to My Sister’s Closet, a shop benefitting Battered Women’s Support Services. I was lucky to find the sequined dress I wore in the video, as well as the black maritime-styled pants I wore at ABODE.

Below is a photo of our crew populating the windows as mannequins at My Sister’s Closet.

Linked to the lovely Patti’s Visible Monday at Not Dead Yet Style.

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Affiliate link and Sponsorship disclaimer: Please note, our stay at Blue Horizon Hotel was sponsored by the hotel itself, but my opinions are my own and they come straight from the heart.

Also, although I paid for the outfit and accessories seen in this post, some of the items linked above may be affiliated with companies I am associated with. By purchasing from these stores, I receive a small commission and you support the work I do here. Thank you for your support!