I'm very lucky to be surrounded by great cooks. My husband is a true Cordon Bleu as you say in French, my mom always spoils everyone with lovely meals & delicious pies. And my sister is a real Bakerella. She's the queen of the brownies ( hers are the BEST! ) but she also makes Read article…
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Inside A Cidade da Cultura
After taking you for a drink at A Cantina & showing you the exterior of A Cidade da Cultura, today I'll take you inside the Galician museum. The current exhibition Gallaecia Petrea is about the presence of stone in the history of Galicia, from prehistory to today. What struck me even more than the exhibition Read article…
Let’s go to Stockholm!
A little unexpected I decided to plan a trip to Stockholm in a few months. I visited the Venice of the North last year during our Scandinavia roadtrip and dived back into my photos & notes to start a list of places I want to visit again. Days will be short & cold in February, Read article…
The Typography of Travel 7
Beautiful typography spotted on some of my travels: Magazine kiosk – Burgos, Spain Municipal Library – Viana do Castelo, Portugal Nerua restaurant (restaurant of the Guggenheim museum) – Bilbao, Spain Street Art – A Coruña, Spain Biscuit shop – Viana do Castelo, Portugal Gallaecia Petrea, Cidade da Cultura – Santiago de Compostela, Spain Galicia Calidade Read article…
Outside A Cidade da Cultura
It took me a while to sort out all the photos & videos I shot at A Cidade da Cultura, the City of Culture of Galicia. I already showed you some images of A Cantina and today I'll show you the exterior. Here we go! Located on a small hill overlooking Santiago de Compostela, the Read article…
LEGO Lady Liberty
Waking up to thoughts of the US this morning. After Sandy I was almost worried about another disaster this week… but I'm glad it's not the case! LEGO Lady Liberty has been keeping me company on my desk for the past few weeks. She's pretty cool right? Have you ever seen her "live"?
Styloise: Vincent
Vincent, a high school student from Précy sur Oise, was on his way to meet some friends when I bumped into him. He told me I found the right guy for getting to know all hotspots in the Oise, as he likes to hang out here a lot. His favorite place in the Oise is Read article…
The apple tree
Our winter garden is not actually our "winter" garden. When I saw that temperatures would drop down to 2°C, I moved all my palm trees, agaves, succulents and aloë to heated rooms in the building. My beloved Elstar apple tree is now hibernating in our living room!
JOELIX in Butterzart magazine
Earlier this year I met Nina in Berlin when we both attended The Hive, a European Blog Conference. We immediately hit it off ( we talked for hours during the cocktail party! ) and have been in contact ever since. Nina writes a monthly magazine called Butterzart about kids fashion & lifestyle. It's an honor Read article…
New IKEA guest blog: my workplace
My second guest blog on IKEA family live just went live! It's about my workplace. Check it out here! Remember how I told you I never ever win anything? Well my luck has changed! I won this beautiful orange Kaleido tray by HAY on Mrs D.'s blog Fair and Softly goes far. The tray is Read article…
