Keeping warm in the snow and below freezing temperatures
My daughter and I spent a couple of days in the car-free Alpine village of Zermatt, Switzerland, with our family visiting from the Philippines. The name might not sound familiar, but you’ll definitely...
View ArticleShopping resolutions for 2013
I’ve never really committed to a yearly shopping resolution, except if you count the last months of 2008 when I decided to shop my closet. I was pretty successful until I became pregnant in January...
View Article& Other Stories
H&M is launching “& Other Stories,” a more luxurious brand, in major European cities this spring. I think it’s a really cool name and I’m very curious to see the store concept and merchandise...
View ArticleA charmed life
I’ve so far lived a charmed life and I’m very grateful for that. If we speak about it in a material way, I once had a very special charm bracelet representing my travels around the world. From Europe...
View ArticleSpring cleaning: Closet clean out
In a sincere effort to lead a more minimalist lifestyle, which I honestly have not been able to succeed in (although I’m trying and getting there), I am once again decluttering my closet — a.k.a. our...
View ArticleMy three seconds with Karl Lagerfeld
My four-year-old daughter and I were enjoying browsing at our favorite bookshop in Paris, Libraire Galignani, looking for her next story — and mine — to take home when I thought I recognized a voice. I...
View ArticleTravelling in style: An interview with photographer Thorsten von Overgaard
Photographer Thorsten von Overgaard and I have been preparing to do an interview for many months now. Instead of doing one interview, Thorsten has answered one of my questions with a video, “What do...
View ArticleRolleiflex and Alhambra
I’m fascinated by Rolleiflex and always find myself staring at people who photograph with it, the vintage ones at least. This camera was a revolution in it’s time and produces fantastic images, not to...
View ArticleConspicuous consumption
Conspicuous consumption is the expenditure on or consumption of luxuries on a lavish scale in an attempt to enhance one’s prestige. — Oxford dictionary I don’t really have a problem with people...
View ArticleUnderstated Parisian chic
I previously wrote an article on Hip Paris on how to dress like a Parisian. What I love, love most about their style is the understated look, très chic! Men and women, looking great and, most...
View ArticleGlitter shoes
We love sparkly shoes! My daughter is obsessed with glitter shoes and I don’t mind having bejeweled feet myself. If you have a girly girl like I do who is often in a dress (poofy if she could have her...
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