Author: matthew
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Learn a Language | Earworms Learning
No it’s not a parasite…this “rapid learning” language program really works. With the use of rhythm, music, and repetition, the words are literally burned into your brain. (What person-of-a-certain-age doesn’t remember “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir” from the song?)
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Style Moment | Bordeaux
“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.” Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian scientist
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COOL HOTELS | Bordeaux | La Maison Bord’eaux
Behind an unassuming gray door (you’d miss it if you didn’t know it was there) on a quiet backstreet, is La Maison Bord’eaux, a stunning boutique hotel in Bordeaux, France. Within this typical 18th century limestone building, is a playfully designed contemporary interior. Thierry, the manager, opens the door with a welcoming grin and efficiently…
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STYLE MOMENT | CHAIRS | Bertoia chair, Copenhagen
“The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living.” Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) Italian artist, sculptor, and furniture designer
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EYE ON DESIGN | CHAIRS |Tuscany | The Chair
I’m obsessed with a chair. I don’t know how or why it has happened at this particular time, but it has become my mission to find a replica of this chair. I’m not kidding, I HAVE to find it. It’s a neoclassical French Bergère chair, and I have a corner in my living room that’s…
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A Musical Tale of Vienna
When I think of Vienna, I think of music…
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Eye on Design | Paris | Tied Up
This chair in a Paris shoe store is cleverly upholstered in neckties. Recycling by design.
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Style Moment | Como
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” William Morris (1834-1896) English textile designer, artist, and writer
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Local characters
Cat nap, Saint-Émilion, France I meet a lot of characters in my travels. Here are some photos of the furry, feathered kind…they always make me smile.
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Style Moment | Marché Paul-Bert, Paris
“There’s beauty all around our paths, if but our watchful eyes; Can trace it ‘midst familiar things, and through their lowly guise.” Felicia D. Hemans (1793 – 1835) English poet
