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July 28, 2021

El Tortoni, Buenos Aires – A Cafe of Tango with History

General, Latin America, Travel Alejandro Christophersen, Alfonsina Storni, Argentinian medialunas, Arthur Rubinstein, Avenida de Mayo, Avenue Rivadiva, Baldomero Fernández Moreno, bares notables, Benito Quinquela Martin, Boulevard des Italiens, Buenos Aires, Café de Los Angelitos, Café Las Vielotas, Cafe Tortoni, Caminato, Carlos Gardel, Casa Rosada, churros, El Tortoni, Federico García Lorca, Fénix Jazz Band, Francis Ford Coppola, Gran Café Tortoni, International Tango Festival, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Carlos, Juan de Dios Filiberto, Julio Cortázar, La Boca, La Peña, La vengenza sera terrible, leche merengeda, merianda, Pan Dulce, picada, Plaza de Mayo, submarino, Tiffany lamp No comments

When I heard of Cafe Tortoni a few years ago during one of my private Spanish lessons owing to an article my teacher brought to class, I was happy to […]

July 12, 2021

In Nature and Fresh from Nature

General, People Auberge la Fenière, baeri, beluga, biodiversity, Carlo Petrini, caviar house, Caviar House Prunier, celiac, cheese shop, cheesemaker, cheesemonger, Clara Solvit, Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, Colmar, Comté cheese, Cuisine Libre, Domaine du Kheir, ecosystem, Ernest Hung Do, Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Franck Chabert, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Free Cuisine, fromager, fromagerie, Fromagerie La Fontaine, gluten, gluten free, goat's cheese, goat's cheese salad, Jacques Nebot, Kaviari, Kom&Sal, Laurent Dubois, Lourmarin, Lucien Dumond, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, Michel-starred, Michelin green star, micro-farm, Nadia Sammut, organic gardening, Paris Match, Peschadoires, Provence, Raphaël Bouchez, Rebeiz-Nielsen, Reine Sammut, salade de chèvre chaud, Slow Food, sturgeon, sustainable organic farming No comments

A couple of months ago, I came across two articles in different issues of Paris Match magazine the photos of which captured me at first sight. Looking at those photos […]

June 22, 2021

The Movie “Coco” and Mexico’s ‘Día de Los Muertos’

Films, General, Latin America, Travel altar, Calaca Festival, calacas, calaveras, calaveras literarias, calaveritas, Catrina, Catrina Parade, Cenote, Coco, comparsa, Coyoacán, Cuernavaca, Day of the Dead, Día de Los Angelitos, Día de Los Muertos', Diego Rivera, Dolores Olmedo Museum, Dulcería De Celaya, Emilio El Indio Fernandez, Emilio Fernández, Festival La Calaca, Frida Kahlo, Gran Desfile de Día de Muertos, Gran Desfile de Die de Muertos, Gran Hotel Ciudad de México, Guanajuato, Jacqueline Bisset, James Bond, José Guadalupe Posada, legend of La Llorona, literary calaveras, Llorana, Lowry, Mariachi, marigold, Mega Ofrenda, Mexican marigold, Mexico, Mexico City, Mictecacihuatl, Monumental Casa, Monumental House, Oaxaca, Ocotlán, Octavio Paz, ofrenda, pan de muerto, papel picado, Plaza Garibaldi, Popocatépetl, Posada, Que Bo!, San Miguel de Allende, Spectre, sugar skull, trajinera, Under The Volcano, Xochimilco, Yucatán, Zócalo 2 Comments

A couple of years ago, I watched the movie “Coco”, produced by Pixar Studios and released by Disney Pictures in 2017, after it was strongly suggested in the Spanish class […]

May 4, 2021

Chalets – (Part 3) and More From British Columbia and Aspen to Wanaka

Australia / New Zealand, General, Japan, Travel, Us/Canada Aspen, Aspen Crud, Aspen Music Festival, aspen trees, Audi Power of Four, Belly Up, Belmont, Bighorn, Bill Murray, Blackcomb, British Columbia, Butze Rapids Trail, Chalet Antonia, Churchill Bar, Columbia River, Commonwealth tour 2016, Deer Valley Resort, Denver, Evil Dave's Grill, Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Food and Wine Classic, Fraser River, Garibaldi Provincial Park, Gary Cooper, Glacier National Park, Hinoki wood, Hirafu, hoary marmot, Hotel Jerome, J-Bar, Jasper, John Wayne, Kelowna, Lake Okanagan, marmot, Maroon Bells, Mission Hill Winery, Miyabi, Monisha Rajesh, Moose Lake, Mount Aspiring National Park, Mount Robson, New Zealand Mountain Film and Book Festival, Niseko, Okanagan Valley, Pan Pacific Whistler Mountainside, Park City, Pioneer Springs, Prince Rupert, Prince William and Kate Middleton, Queenstown, Revelstoke, Revelstoke Mountain Resort, Rockies, Rocky Mountains, Rupert Rocket, skeena train, Stein Eriken Lodge Deer Valley, Sundance Film Festival, The Aspen Institute, The Brown Palace, The Little Nell, Tsubaki, Urban Chalet, Utah, Vancouver, Wanaka, Wānaka, Whare Kea Chalet, Whare Kea Lodge, Wheeler Opera House, Whistler, Winter X Games, World Ski and Snowboard Festival, WSSF No comments

This is my last post about chalets after my two previous posts titled “Chalets-Winter Tales (Part 1)” and “Chalets-Winter Tales (Part 2)“. In this post, I will mention the chalets in […]

March 13, 2021

Chalets – Winter Tales (Part 2)

Europe, General, Travel Alpine style, Badrutt's Palace, BMW, British Classic Car Meeting, canyoning, Carlton Hotel St. Moritz, Chalet in Verbier, Chalet Rougemont, chalets, Champfèr, Chesa Cresta, Chesa Nova, Credit Suisse, Der Turm, Engadin valley, Engadine Ski Marathon, Gstaad Valley, Gunther Sachs, Hans-Jörg Ruch, Hanselmann, Heino Stamm, Hidden Dragon, House in Les Collons, Julierhof, Jürg Marquard, Lake St. Moritz, Les Collons, LONGINESS, Mahali Mzuri, Maloja, Mario Verdieri, Matternhorn, mountain chalets, Nicky Dobree, paragliding, Patrice Nourissat, Paul Bowyer, Residenzia Rosatsch, Richard Branson, Sir Richard Branson, skijöring, Snow polo, Snow Polo Cup St. Moritz, St. Moritz, St. Moritz Chic, Swiss stone pine, Tamara Sessa, Tamara's Design, The Lodge, Valais, Veneto, Verbier, Virgin Limited Edition, White Turf, White Turf St. Moritz, Zermatt, Zermatt Peak No comments

This post is the continuation (the second part) of my previous post under the title “Chalets – Winter Tales (Part 1)“. In ‘Part 1’ of this post, I had mentioned […]

February 26, 2021

Chalets – Winter Tales (Part 1)

Europe, General, Travel Alpine Mountain Retreat Kitzbühel, Amazon Creek, Anemone Wille Våge, Åre, Bärenhütte, Burgundy stones, Chalet, Chalet Eco Farm, Chalet Les Brames, Chalet Tauern, Chamonix, Copperhill Mountain Lodge, Design Hotels, Dolamites, Ferme de Montagne, Hahnenkamm Mountain, Helene Hennie, Innsbruck, Kitzbühel, Lake Garda, Le Chalet, Le Chalet des Fermes de Marie, Les Houches, lodge, Marend, Megève, Méribel, Mont Blanc, Mountain Lodge Trysil, Namibia, Nordic Choice Hotels, oak beams, Petter A. Stordalen, San Lorenzo Mountain Lodge, ski hotel, Stadl am Tunauberg, Streif, The Villa at Copperhill Mountain Lodge, Trento, Trøgstad, Tyrol, Tyrolean cuisine, Tyrolean marend, Zannier Hotels 1 Comment

When I saw the book cover with the photo above titled ”Living In Style Mountain Chalets” in the shop window of a bookstore, I couldn’t help myself to go inside […]

February 9, 2021

Pleasant Morning Briefings by ‘The New York Times’ – Part 2

General Ansbach, Ansbach Christmas market, Bangkok, Boccaccio, borscht, bouquinistes, coronavirus, David Attenborough, Davos, Decameron, Don Cheadle, El Palito refinery, Emily in Paris, environmental prize, Eton, Giovanni Boccaccio, Hanya Yanagihara, Hikaru Nakamura, Hotel Rwanda, Indiana Jones, Istanbul, Istanbul Film Festival, James Beard, James Bond, John Coltrane, John le Carré, Katherine Hepburn Brownies, London, Machu Picchu, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parada, Margaret Keenan, Meghan, Melbourne, Milan, monks, morning briefings, Mulan, Nairobi, NY Times, NYT, NYT Cooking, Ontario, pandemic, Paris, Paul Rusesabagina, Pfizer-BioNTech, Pret a Manger, Prince Harry, Prince William, Rwanda Investigation Bureau, Sean Connery, Silk Road, St. Pancras station, T magazine, the duke and duchess of Sussex, The New York Times, The Queen's Gambit, Times Square, Tree of Hope, Twitch, Ukraine, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Venezuela, Venus, Village Vanguard No comments

This post is the continuation (the second part) of my previous post under the title “Pleasant Morning Briefings by ‘The New York Times’ – Part 1“. I will go on […]

February 2, 2021

Pleasant Morning Briefings by ‘The New York Times’ – Part 1

General Australia, Bali, Barbès, Beirut, Berlin, brumbies, coronavirus, Daniel Owoseni Ajala, Daunt Books, Gamaleya Institute, Gamaleya Instıtute, Gone With The Wind, Gujarat, Hagia Sophia, Hiroshima, India, Isle of Bute, Italy, Kamala Harris, Kenya, Leap of Dance Academy, Lesbos, Lithuania, London, morning briefings, Moscow, New South Wales, newsletters, Nigeria, NY Times, NY Times photos, Olivia de Havilland, pandemic, Paris, polar bears, Portugal, Prince Harry and Meghan, Red Square Moscow, Russia, Setsuko Thurlow, Shanghai Disneyland, Surrey, Tati, Tel Aviv City Hall, the duke and duchess of Sussex, The New York Times, Times Square New York, travel bubble, Venice, Victoria Park Hong Kong, vigil, Vilnius, Wenchang Space Launch Center, world news, Wuhan 2 Comments

The New York Times (NY Times) is an American daily newspaper founded in 1851 which is based in New York and has a worldwide readership (nytimes.com). I have been receiving […]

December 26, 2020

The 100 Most Beautiful Gifts in The World

General Audrey at Home, Baccarat, Bang Olufsen, BeoSound 8, Bottega Veneta, Buccellati, Cabas Ka, Chalet, Christmas in Rome, Christofle, Courtauld Gallery, Estwing, Hervé Langlais, Holland Sherry, Jacques Genin, Jon Shook, Joseff Hoffman, La Grand Dame, leading hotels of the world, lhw, Lobmeyr, Luca Dotti, Malle W. Trousseau, Michelin, most beautiful gifts, One Aldwych, Petite Marmotte, plus beaux cadeaux du monde, punch bowl, Richemont, Rosenthal, Smythson, Somerset House, Swanson Stag, The Rug Company, Two Dudes One Pan, Versace, Veuve Clicquot, Vinny Dotolo No comments

I took the photo above from the cover of the French edition of AD (Architectural Digest) magazine dated December 2012 – January 2013 (France No 113). At the bottom of […]

December 5, 2020

Flowerbx – Fresh Flowers At Your Doorstep

General, People Annabel Club, astilbe, Beckham, Cotswolds, delphinium, Emilia Wickstead, events service, floral workshop, flower subscription, Flowerbx, fresh flowers, garland, Gucci, Gucci loafers, hydrengea, Italian Ranunculus, Karl Lagerfeld, Louis Vuitton, Mayfair, Miuccia Prada, Peter Hawkings, Princess Beatrice, Puces de Saint-Ouen, River Café, Ruth Rogers, single-flower bouquets, table set, Tom Ford, Valentino, Whitney Bromberg Hawkings, wreath, wreath workshop No comments

I discovered Flowerbx, an online flower delivery site, in an article I read in ‘Point De Vue’ magazine towards the end of last year. What drew my interest first were […]

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