Category Archive: travel

How Come Vietnam?

Chùa cầu, Japanese covered bridge circa 1590 once divided the town with Japanese on one side, Chinese on the other. Designated as a Unesco World Heritage Site, Hội An is a sweet little… Continue reading

Việt Nam chào buổi sáng!

It’s been a while and, oh how I’ve missed you so! Between selling our home, a quick move and a much longer renovation in the new loft, coupled with massive freelance jobs (for… Continue reading

Rural Marrakech + Jardin Issil

The last two days of my journey took me to Yves Saint Laurent’s Jardin Marjorelle, five star camping at the Jardin Issil and a day long excursion into the Berber populated mountains of… Continue reading

Welcome the Weekend in Bath!

I don’t think there is a single anglophile out there that doesn’t count a visit to Bath on their bucket list. Natural thermal spas, historic Georgian townhouses and ancient Roman ruins dating back… Continue reading

Portobello Crawl…

Just a few highlights from my lengthy stroll down Portobello Road this past Saturday. Assaulted as usual with the overwhelming spread of antiques, jewelry and inexpensive fashion, but also present was plenty of… Continue reading

nyc: ispiration and details

soho: pants, charles henry; tank, minkpink; sandals, kelsi dagger; camera bag, kate spade skyline from the high line imperial anemones by faberge necklaces by dinosaur designs shorts by krizia cyrus company chest with… Continue reading

return to the land of oz (part two)…

…green acres, many, many green acres. a lot of people (okay, americans) when asked what they think australia is like topographically, will usually envision dry, red clay beds found in the outback which… Continue reading

return to the land of oz…

…a month long creative sojourn through australia! what an amazing trip it was and how quickly time flew by, yet during that time i saw so much!  from sydney to the blue mountains,… Continue reading

it’s never too late…

…to tap into your inner child! so i’ve waited quite a while to visit some of the attractions in my own backyard.  i seem to vaguely recall a trip to the cabrillo beach… Continue reading

while i’m at it…

…if you are interested (i know i would be), i’m going to share some of the tracks i had in heavy rotation while in vancouver. it got quite ecclectic at times but there… Continue reading

lovely and alluring…

…the barefoot contessa boutique awakens the inner goddess in all of us. the ladies of contessa know their client and celebrate femininity with a palette of soft creamy beige and toast, blushed pinks… Continue reading

smoking lily…

…is a rare find in vancouver and hopefully an indication of more to come. my first round here in the green capital left me at a loss for shops that stock local designers… Continue reading

ye old seattle paperworks…

…provides mucho inspiration for designers on the hunt for vintage visuals. i won’t lie. we managed to get in by the skin of our teeth as the shop was closing up for the… Continue reading

lodgings fit for a queen…

…on our overnight sojourn to seattle, we were urged to take our night’s rest at the sleek hotel max. billing itself as an art hotel (350 paintings by local artists), it boasts several… Continue reading

more fun than a barrel of monkeys…

…try a trashcan full from pao de açucar! the minute i heard there were monkeys here, i was on a mission to capture them on camera. the weather proved to be an obstacle… Continue reading