Arriving late to the conference, I missed out on the Rotterdam Street Art tour. But lucky for me (and you) that I discovered the ReWriters app that you can download (for a small fee) and tour the city’s street art on your own. If you are familiar with street art, […]
Rotterdam is a city of striking modern design buildings that are quite impressive. The most unique might be the Cube Houses in their playful yellow color near the new Market Hall. While a photographer’s dream of angles, light and color, you can actually go inside one Cube House and experience […]
When I turned the corner walking toward the canal and the city center of Bruges (site of the Jan Van Eyck statue), I didn’t expect to see a massive four story high plastic whale “Skyscraper” aka “The Bruges Whale” trying to jump out of the water in the canal. The […]
Have you ever camped out at a hotel? I got close to it at the Westin Milan when I stayed inside all day for a spa day in Milan but it was truly at the Milan Sheraton Diana Majestic that I can say I was luxury camping. It’s an interesting […]
Over the past twenty years visiting London, I am hesitant to admit I hadn’t visited The British Museum. It’s free! Great Art! The Rosetta Stone (not the language classes)! Classic museum! There were so many reasons for a visit and with each block of free time, I chose to instead […]
Londoners are quite funny as they name the new buildings in the city based on their shapes – there’s the Gherkin, Cheese Grater, Shard and the Walkie Talkie. I’m not sure of the proper names of the buildings or even their addresses but everyone seems to know what you are […]
When I first visited Venice, Italy, I remember buying handmade paper by the sheet. It was elegant, unique and something I wanted to write on. But what to write? What was worthy of this special paper? As silly as it sounds now, that paper could only be used for a […]
Note: The Mondrian Hotel London has re-flagged (changed hotel ownership) to Sea Containers Hotel London, a boutique hotel. Post is updated to reflect new name. The design, staff and stellar service should remain. The London hotel scene is so exciting and with each visit I’m keen to try a new […]
Rainy day London was the reason I was walking through Kensington Park toward Kensington Palace to finally visit the Diana Her Fashion Story exhibit. I still remember watching the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles to Diana Spencer on television before leaving for school. It was when a young girl emerged […]
If you drove past my house this holiday season, you’d never know that I love the Christmas (holiday) lights as the house is dark. While I would love to go all “Christmas Vacation” with lights, the technical difficulties are my downfall, that, and no outside electrical outlets. Seeing the twinkling […]