TRAVEL TIPS | Three fave essentials

TRAVEL TIPS | Three fave essentials

24 February 2021 ♦
DON’T MISS
Travel product alert! I will never again leave home without these three items. Ever. 1. TRAVEL PANTS. The holy grail of travel attire.They are made of a magical stretchy, no-wrinkle, lightweight and breathable material. Not only are they comfortable for the plane, they looked as good after an eight-hour flight…
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FLEA MARKETS | Milan | Mercatone dell’Antiquariato

FLEA MARKETS | Milan | Mercatone dell’Antiquariato

25 April 2019 ♦
STORIES
All year round, on the last Sunday of each month, the Mercatone dell’Antiquariato is held along the Navigli Canal in Milan. This is one of my favorite flea markets in Europe, and I have found some of my best treasures here. It was here that I first discovered these stunning…
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FLEA MARKETS | Budapest | Petőfi Csarnok

FLEA MARKETS | Budapest | Petőfi Csarnok

24 April 2019 ♦
STORIES
If a flea market exists in a city, I’ll find it. On Saturdays in Budapest, the Petőfi Csarnok in City Park fills up with vendors selling everything from bric a brac to shampoo, with some antiques thrown into the mix. It’s a colorful mix of merchandise…and characters. (more…)
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FLEA MARKETS | Madrid | El Rastro

FLEA MARKETS | Madrid | El Rastro

23 April 2019 ♦
STORIES
On a Sunday in Madrid, there’s only one place to be. The El Rastro Flea market. Since the 15th century, the El Rastro neighborhood has been famous for the trade of second hand items. The market starts at 9, and by 11 the streets are teeming with people. I started…
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TRAVELING SOLO [Tricks of the trade]

TRAVELING SOLO [Tricks of the trade]

19 December 2018 ♦
STORIES
I’m a woman and I travel the world. Alone. (With some occasional exceptions.) Alone, I’ve stayed in a stone cottage on top of a mountain in Tuscany, an 11th-century fort on an island off the coast of Brittany, an estancia in Argentina, and a riad in Tangier. Alone, I’ve shopped…
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Italy | Risking my life for damask

Italy | Risking my life for damask

8 September 2018 ♦
STORIES
[damask |ˈdaməsk| noun | A figured woven fabric with a pattern visible on both sides, typically used for table linen and upholstery.] Not exactly the kind of thing you’d risk your life for, right? (more…)
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EYE ON DESIGN | Glasgow School of Art

EYE ON DESIGN | Glasgow School of Art

15 June 2018 ♦
STORIES
In 1896, a junior draftsman named Charles Rennie Mackintosh won a competition to design a new building for the Glasgow School of Art. The building was completed in 1909, heralding the birth of a new style in 20th-century European architecture and establishing Mackintosh as a design influencer in the Arts…
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