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• Rome food diaries…
  on Mar 26, 2011 in Rome - Italy Café's Coffee Culture Food Gelato Ice cream Italian food Italian gelato Italy Lifestyle Photography Pizza Rome Street food Travel What to eat in Italy
  Hello everyone!! March for me has been a month all about travel… I’ve done seven flights, crossed two borders and visited three countries, and the month isn’t even over yet! After traveling to Northern Spain I flew to Rome because my friend Sha...
• Taormina, Sicily…
  on Mar 17, 2011 in Sicily - Italy Coffee culture Culture Europe Food Islands Isola Bella Italian coffee Italy Lifestyle New Zealand Ocean Paradise Photographs of Sicily Photography Puerto Rico Beach Sicilian art Sicily Taormina Travel Where to go in Sicily
  After traveling to  major cities in Europe like London, Paris and Rome, I wanted to go somewhere where I could get lost by the Mediterranean sea. Somewhere where I could feel the ocean breeze in my hair, somewhere where I could eat fresh fish and ca...
• A weekend in Valladolid, Spain…
  on Mar 15, 2011 in Valladolid - Spain Arab architecture Architecture Carnival Casa Rural la Centralita Culture Europe Food and wine Interior Design Lifestyle Photography Places to visit in Spain Spain Tapas Travel Wine
  I’ve just come back from Italy and I have so much to write about!! – Art and lifestyle in Rome… My new found island paradise: Taormina, Sicily!! And a colorful weekend of carnival street dance in Duomo, Milan!! However, last Friday, before leav...
• Notre Dame de Paris…
  on Mar 3, 2011 in Life in France Paris Architecture Audrey Hepburn Charlemagne et ses levdes Design France French architecture Gothic architecture Gothic design Marilyn Monroe Notre Dame de Paris Photography Travel Where to go in Paris
  Before I leave for Spain tomorrow, I wanted to write about the Notre Dame photographs I took in Paris! I’ve been to quite a few gothic churches… But this one is said to be one of the finest examples of French gothic architecture in France...
• Le Roi Soleil…
  on Feb 26, 2011 in Life in France Paris 18th century art and design Architecture Art Château Versailles Culture Design French culture Interior Design King Louis XIV Le Roi Soleil Lifestyle Photography Places to visit in Paris Textile design The Sun King Travel Vintage
  When I’m traveling I like to capture design snippets… In London it was Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square and who remembers Moroccan tea by night!? During my recent travels in Paris I found a lot of interesting buildings, not to menti...
• Marie Antoinette’s Bedroom…
  on Feb 24, 2011 in Life in France Paris Architecture Culture Fashion France French design French interior design French lifestyle French Revolution Interior Design Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette's Bedroom Photography Travel Vintage
  I still have so many photographs from Paris to write about!! But before I mention my Paris architecture series and other photographs from around the city… I thought I would write about the photographs I took inside the bedroom that belonged to...
• Château Pichon-Longueville…
  on Feb 24, 2011 in Life in France Bordeaux Château Pichon-Longueville Culture Food French French Château's Friendship La vie en France Lifestyle Mediterranean Pauillac Photography Spain Travel Vineyards Vineyards in France Wine Winter in France
  Recently I had the opportunity to visit a Château here in Bordeaux named Château Pichon-Longueville! The last Château that I wrote about was Château Lafite… Since coming back from Paris I’ve been meaning to write about these photograp...
• Montmartre, Paris…
  on Feb 23, 2011 in Life in France Paris Art Artists Cabaret de la boheme Claude Monet Design Eiffle tower France Inspiration Life Lifestyle Montmartre Moulin Rouge Pablo Picasso Paintings Petit train Photography Sacré Cœur Salvador Dalí Sketches Starving artist Travel Vincent van Gogh Where to go in Paris
  In my last post I mentioned Montmartre, the art enclave of Paris. On our second to last day in Paris we saw our last sunset here and the skyline views were epic!! The white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur looked amazing just before sunset! People...
• Coffee by the Louvre…
  on Feb 20, 2011 in Life in France Paris Architecture Art Café's in Paris Coffee Coffee in Paris Culture Design Eiffle tower France Gargoyles Louvre Louvre Paris Montmartre Napoléon Notre Dame Photography Places to see in Paris Symbolism Tea by Thé Travel
  - This was my favorite ceiling inside the Louvre! Four angels of sin and purity. One of my favorite mornings in Paris was outside the Louvre where we had coffee at a happening little café called Tea by Thé! The girl who made our coffee had the usua...
• Brunch in Bordeaux…
  on Feb 18, 2011 in Life in France Black and white photography Bordeaux Carpaccio Chez Edouard Culture Food French food French lifestyle Friendship Lifestyle Meeting new people Photography Restaurant Restaurants in Bordeaux Travel Wine Writing
  My American friend from Chicago named Lizz just came back from Poitiers today. Doesn’t she have the most candid smile!? Last week I explored vineyards in Bordeaux with Lizz before leaving for Paris, we actually met through another friend named...

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