During my interview with Vishal Hussain, the owner of @milasonfront Fine Footwear, he showed me comfy orange shoes for walking around #TIFF17 during the day (orange is the @tiff_net colour!) and classy dark shoes for interviewing Jennifer Lawrence on the red carpet. Watch for the full 5-minute interview soon on my Facebook and YouTube! 👟 #Toronto #shoestore #shoes #celebrity #fashion #style #influencer #fashionblog #entrepreneur 👠 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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Carolyn @thecontestqueen wanted to check out @milasonfront. She tried on shoes and I wound up interviewing the owner, Vishal Hussain. I planned on just doing it for 60 seconds to fit on Instagram. But we wound up having an hilarious conversation for several minutes. He's got the shoes to make Jennifer Lawrence fall in love with me when I interview her at #TIFF17. Oh, and he's also got awesome shoes for those of you who aren't weirdos like me. So watch for the rest of my chat with Vishal soon on my Facebook and YouTube! 👟 #Toronto #shoestore #shoes #celebrity #fashion #style #influencer #fashionblog #entrepreneur 👠 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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I always have adventures with Carolyn @thecontestqueen! Here's a clip from yesterday's Instagram Story (full vlog is on my Facebook and YouTube - search Josh Rachlis and follow and subscribe!) We watched her daugher getting her hair made into a purple mohawk by @jenndidmymakeup at @avedainstitutecanada. Then Carolyn tried on shoes at @milasonfront (and I wound up interviewing the owner - Stayed tuned for that on Facebook and YouTube.) Then we explored the fun stuff at @urbinz_toronto. And then returned to Aveda, where I interviewed Jenn - Stay tuned for that too! Who wants to join me for the next adventure? 👠 #Toronto #vlog #vlogger #hairstylist #hairsalon #shoestore #influencer #entrepreneur @stlawrencemarket #funny #comedy ✂️ I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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And here's our server Vivian with the cartoon I drew of her. The cartoon close-up was my previous post. I draw pretty accurately, huh? 🤣 Here's the previous post's caption, so you know the story: On Wednesday, after our @famosopizzeria waitress helped me pick a pizza, I asked about her life and learned she's been at @uoft for pharmacy for 8 years and has been doing placements at places like @shoppersdrugmartofficial. Then I secretly drew a cartoon of her and gave it to her as a surprise. In the next photo, I'll show you her posing with the work of art, so you can judge how accurate my drawing is! (As we left, I asked what her name is and I think it was Vivian.) 🍕 #Toronto #restaurant #server #cartoon #art #pharmacyschool #foodie #pizza #pharmacist #pharmacy 🍕 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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On Wednesday, after our @famosopizzeria waitress helped me pick a pizza, I asked about her life and learned she's been at @uoft for pharmacy for 8 years and has been doing placements at places like @shoppersdrugmartofficial. Then I secretly drew a cartoon of her and gave it to her as a surprise. In the next photo, I'll show you her posing with the work of art, so you can judge how accurate my drawing is! (As we left, I asked what her name is and I think it was Vivian.) 🍕 #Toronto #restaurant #server #cartoon #art #pharmacyschool #foodie #pizza #pharmacist #pharmacy 🍕 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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Met #DaveBetts, drummer for @honeymoonsuiteband! 👉🏻On Wednesday after seeing Tulip Fever with @elanikins, I met up with @staceygains, whom I'd emailed an extra ticket to. Walking down the street, Stacey ran into her university friend Dave after 20 years. His wife is taking her own selfie in this pic. Since he's a drummer, I think he should change his name to Dave Beats. But he's done ok so far without my advice. 🥁 #Toronto #celebrity #drummer #rockband #vlog #rockstar #musician #music #influencer 🥁 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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On July 21, I was about to attend that evening's Toronto premiere of An Inconvenient Sequel (@aninconvenienttruth). Catherine McKenna (Minister of the Environment & Climate Change @cathmckennaottcen) was going to do a Q&A along with Al Gore and billionaire activist @participant Media film producer Jeff Skoll @jeffskoll. To help them promote the documentary (which is a sequel to the global warming doc An Inconvenient Truth), I drew a new poster (with a new title inspired by - I mean - recycling ♻️ - a recent comic book movie sequel) and wrote a theme song. I hope this helps save the world, Catherine! 🌎 🎸 #BeInconvenient #AlGore #JeffSkoll #globalwarming #environmentalist #Canada #Toronto #song #singer #comedy 🎶 ✏️ 📝 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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It's 11 p.m., which means it's still August 25th, which means it's still my parents' 49th anniversary! So I'm not too late! And I'm sure this card and song was worth the wait. Right? Umm, anyway... Happy Anniversary, @lornerachlis and @louiserachlis! (See the full song - another 30 seconds - at http://ift.tt/2fCIaz6) 💑 #wedding #marriage #anniversary #love #cartoon #song #family #parents #Toronto #Ottawa 💏 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #entrepreneur #influencer #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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Uh oh. On @JSwipe (Jewish @Tinder) I'm matching with women who've seen my #TinderFail posts. Clearly I've exhausted the world's supply of women. In both senses of the word "exhaust". I need to find a new hobby to occupy my time while I wait for my videos to upload to http://youtube.com/joshrachlis. 🇮🇱 #dating #relationship #single #procrastination #Toronto #comedy #Jewish 💔 I am a: #influencer #entrepreneur #vlogger #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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#TinderFail: Eva called my bluff. 👩‍🔬 #chemistry #dating #relationship #Toronto #vlog #vlogger #influencer #entrepreneur #comedy 🔬 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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Just did my first @Facebook Live broadcast! I was testing out the @belive.tv app, which lets you interview people over webcam. Ottawa nutritionist @hollywarnerhealth volunteered to be my test guest. I think we were supposed to talk about nutrition, but it devolved into a talk about how she's a new lesbian, and all the comments were asking me to take my shirt off. Both of which I'm totally cool with. Check out the hour-long video at http://ift.tt/2wAkYhR and Follow me on Facebook so you can join in on future shows. And if you want me to interview you, let me know! 🎙 #interview #talkshow #talkshowhost #Toronto #vlog #influencer #entrepreneur #facebooklive #comedy #lesbian #swingers #nutritionist #Ottawa 🎧 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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I went to @ontariosciencecentre yesterday to watch the eclipse, and a staff guy gave me the special glasses to look at the eclipse for a second. (See the moment in the Instagram Story I'll post at http://ift.tt/2fCIaz6 and http://youtube.com/joshrachlis). And then I gave them back and took this photo where I'm pretending I burned my eyes. Haha! But now I'm wondering if maybe I really did damage my eyes. And for what? Two seconds of looking at a round shadow on a bright ball of fire? I threw away decades of meticulously protecting my eyes with sunglassses, all for two seconds of nothing? I didn't even care about the eclipse in the first place, plus I was coming down with a cold, but I let the media hype convince me to take public transit to this event. Oh, and afterward I saw a sign saying "Wear protective glasses. Or, even safer, don't look directly and use a pinhole camera." Even safer?! So it's not completely safe to use those glasses they were passing around? So you're taking a chance of permanent eye damage to look at something that looks like absolutely nothing?! If I survive this, I'm not falling for media hype any more. I don't care about sports, so I'm not watching the Olympics or a Blue Jays playoff game. I'm not freezing my butt at Nathan Phillips Square to watch New Year's Eve fireworks. I'm staying home and making songs and videos and cartoons - The stuff I actually enjoy and which will help build the life I want. I remember discovering in university that I was a lot happier when I stayed in the dorm and recorded a song with my friends in the bathroom (for the acoustics) than when I went to pub night to try to meet girls. Even though pub was supposedly the place to be. No more FOMO (Fear of missing out). From now on, only JOMO (Josh Motion). ☀️ 😫 #eclipse #eclipse2017 #eclipseglasses #blindness #FOMO #Toronto #vlog #vlogger #influencer #entrepreneur 😤 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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OMG! I just discovered I've been uploading videos to Facebook in low resolution - I needed to change the settings in my Facebook App to upload them in HD. Should I now go back and re-upload my vlogs in HD? Or should I just leave those and move on and just make sure future uploads are HD? I've been uploading all my vlogs to YouTube for a few months. It's only this past week that I started uploading them directly to Facebook as well. So there are just 8 vlogs in the Facebook album. I'm sure the right answer is just to move on. Maybe I need to do a Facebook Live show to get my mind off these crappy low-resolution videos. Who wants to be my guest via webcam? 📱 #socialmediaexpert #YouTube #FacebookApp #videoeditor #vlog #vlogger #Toronto #influencer #comedy #neurotic 📱 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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Highlight from yesterday's Instagram Story: My goodnight song isn't creepy at all. 😱 #vlog #vlogger #Toronto #funny #comedy #neurotic #condo #song #guitar #singer 🎸 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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Highlight from yesterday's Instagram Story: What's growing in my dishwasher?! 😱 #vlog #vlogger #Toronto #funny #comedy #neurotic #condo #single #cleaning #organizing 👹 I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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Aug 12 #TinderFail. Maybe I need a new opening line? 💔 @tinder #dating #single #Toronto #funny #comedy #relationships #vlog 🥀 I am a: #influencer #vlogger #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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Aug 1 #TinderFail. Maybe I'm not trying hard enough? 🥀 @tinder #dating #single #Toronto #funny #comedy #relationships #vlog 💔 I am a: #influencer #vlogger #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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July 31: Dawn aka @mysweetlittleangel drove to @mercerbeer, the #StratfordON hotel my parents were staying in. I went to the washroom to do Number 1 before the drive. Walking to the back of the establishment, I felt compelled to show you the nightsky-like lighting. I want to make my condo look like the nightsky too. I think I should stay at Mercer for a few days and vlog about it! ⭐️ #hotel #restaurant #bar #travelblog #travelvlog #foodie #Toronto #lighting #interiordesign ⭐️ I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #influencer #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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July 30: My dad's cousin - famous doctor and public health advocate Michael Rachlis - had a brunch for the cousins. I somehow made the cut. As we all left, I asked to take a selfie. I doubt anyone's on Instagram for me to tag them. Other than my parents, who only got Instagram accounts to occasionally check my Instagram Story to make sure I'm not doing any sketchy. But I'm sure I can tag most of the gang on Facebook. But anyway, the bagels, cream cheese and lox were delish! 🌲 #family #brunch #toronto #vlog #vlogger #influencer #foodie #entrepreneur #familyblog #summer ☀️ I am a: #celebrityinterviewer #entertainmentreporter #radiohost #tvhost #comedian #actor #voiceactor #singersongwriter #cartoonist #screenwriter #filmcritic #travelblogger #lifestyleblogger #foodblogger #entertainmentblogger #fashionblogger #mommyblogger #YouTuber #podcaster #digitalnomad

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