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Weird but Wonderful | Don’t Trip
“Danger to fall in the sea.” Capri, Italy
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Eye on Design | Capri | The Sandals
Capri is a jewel of an island off the Amalfi Coast. It is a stunning location full of history and natural wonders, surrounded by the deep blue sea…a magical place that has enchanted visitors for centuries. I watched in awe as the ferry drew closer… …but, honestly, what was really on my mind was finding…
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Style Moment | Positano, Italy
“When the sad day arrives and you have to leave for wherever you live in the world, Positano will be waiting to welcome you back. You will return. Almost everyone does. Ci vediamo.” Ed Wittstein (1929-2011) American scenic designer. He made Positano his second home for more than thirty years, and chronicled his life there…
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Positano | Le Sirenuse
“We went to the Sirenuse, an old family house converted into a first class hotel, spotless and cool, with grape arbors over its outside dining rooms. Every room has its little balcony and looks out over the blue sea to the islands of the sirens from which those ladies sang so sweetly.” This was how…
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Amalfi Coast | The Sirens
One morning I looked out from my balcony in Positano and saw this ship sailing across the harbor, in front of the islands of Homer’s famous sirens. The Li Galli islands in the distance are where those famous seductresses lured sailors to their deaths in Homer’s Odyssey.
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Positano | It’s Real
When I first got to Positano, I texted a photo to a close friend. Her response was, “This is a real place?” Gazing out at the astonishing vertical village rising up from the sea, I had exactly the same thought.
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Weird but Wonderful | Peace in London
“Any peace cutlery, £1” Portobello Road market, London
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Paris | Sunday in the Park
“In certain corners of the Luxembourg garden you could almost believe yourself in the countryside. There was nothing more delicious, after a wearying day, than to find yourself hidden among these great trees, to forget Paris in the center of Paris, to smell the invigorating scents of earth and vegetation.” Jules François Simon, 19th century…
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Bruges | Antiques, lunch, and chocolate
These are my absolute favorite places not to be missed in Bruges, starting with Greet Verbeke, an antique store chock full of style moments.
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Where am I? A Day in the Life of a World Traveler
Bruges is in Belgium. I mention this because I think I may have hit the travel wall…I’ve been to so many different European cities lately that I can’t seem to remember where I am.
