These images remind me of warmer and less stressful days. If you’ve been following my blog you’ll know that I spent part of my holidays traveling around Switzerland. One of the stops on the trip was Basel, a less known but equally beautiful city. Basel is Switzerland’s third most populous city (behind Zürich and Geneva). […]
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La Cure Gourmande is a sweet shop I came across recently. If you have a sweet tooth like I do, you are going to love this. The first thing that struck me was the store, it is so colorful that it makes it impossible to pass by without going inside. An assistant is greeting shoppers
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Last Thursday it was my birthday. Today I’m sharing with you the photos of the celebration. First, I had a small party at home with my family and boyfriend. Later that same day, I celebrated it with my friends. I wish all days were as special as birthdays but now that I think about
Happy Monday, dear readers! I hope everybody had a wonderful weekend. I was wondering earlier if it was a good idea to post a recipe today since some of you may still feel stuffed after the Thanksgiving feast. In the end I could not resist posting this savoury pie. There are so many good things
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I’m an extremely organized traveler. Weeks before setting out I plan what I want to see every day, where to go on excursions, where to shop and even what restaurants I want to eat in. However, sometimes you have to change your plans. Let me tell you the story of how we found Stein am
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Thanksgiving is around the corner, so today I want to share with you my pumpkin pie recipe. I had never tried this delicious dessert before I moved to the US. However, I quickly started falling in love with all things pumpkin: pumpkin cake, pumpkin pie and every year I can’t wait for fall to drink pumpkin
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There are many shopping venues in L.A. but one that I particularly like is the complex consisting of Farmer’s Market and The Grove, located in Los Angeles’ Fairfax District. The Grove opened in 2002 and has been an extremely popular outdoor mall ever since. The TV show Extra was also taped here. The Grove features
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The first thing I should explain about this place is its name: Matadero, which is Spanish for slaughterhouse. The place has been converted to an arts centre. Matadero is a lively, constantly changing space at the service of creative processes, participatory artistic training and dialogue between the arts. It was set up to help reflect
Third stop on our journey along the California coast is Monterey. We’ve already visited the fairy tale city Carmel-by-the-Sea and the dreamy Pacific Grove. Monterey was the capital of Alta California under both Spain and Mexico. In 1846 the U.S. flag was raised over the Customs House, and California became part of the United States after
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Come fall the internet fills up with all things pumpkin. However, there are other equally delicious foods typical of this season that seem to be overlooked. This recipe is extremely simple as you can see in the directions above. By the way, how cute is the poster? Have you ever seen this? This is what
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