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Budapest | The Pest Side
Pest (pronounced “pesht”) is the nerve center of Budapest. It is both contemporary and old world at the same time. There are many curiosities about this unique city…trams that go both ways on the same track, currency with an exchange rate of 183.84 to the dollar (figure THAT out when you’re debating a purchase), words…
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Budapest | The Buda Side
The golden age of Buda castle was in the Renaissance, during the reign of King Matthias. Today it is a tourist destination…a chance to wander the cobblestone lanes of Budapest history, and to look over the Danube River to the stunning view of Pest.
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Buda + Pest = Budapest
Budapest is an enigma. It’s a city rich with architectural history, but still emerging from its communist past…so it feels like it’s a work in progress.
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Style Moment | Paris balcony
“You can’t escape the past in Paris, and yet what’s so wonderful about it is that the past and present intermingle so intangibly that it doesn’t seem to burden.” Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) American poet
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Paris | BHV | One Stop Shopping
Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville, more commonly known as BHV, is the store in Paris where you can buy everything. Name anything, go ahead…they have it. Not only do they have it, but they have it in large numbers, and it’s fabulous.
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Paris | Le petit-déjeuner complète
When I’m in Paris, I have the same breakfast every morning at Le Comptoir Des Saints-Pères…”le petit-déjeuner complète.”
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Style Moment | Still life, Paris
“Beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend.” Roger Scruton (born 1944) British author and philosopher
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Eye on Design | Paris | La mêmes choses
On a sunny day in Paris, the Place de la Bastille brocante (flea market) lined the River Seine. There were countless treasures, but I was particularly intrigued by the collections of like objects…in French, la mêmes choses, the same things. Here’s a photo feast.
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FLEA MARKETS | London | Spitalfields
On a London Saturday, the Portobello Road antique market stretches through Notting Hill. On Sunday, across town, is Old Spitalfields Market…a market of a very different color. Each day of the week, various vendors sell their wares here, but Sunday is when the covered market comes to life, with the creations of young artisans and…
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Style Moment | Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, France
“Less is more. God is in the details” Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) German architect
