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Breathing Travel: My Photo Picks; Meaningful Scenes
Choosing a favourite photo is not an easy task so I am bending the rules a little in my coursework at Breathing Travel | MatadorU and featuring three meaningful shots taken on a recent trip to Southern...
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Inspired: Black and White Photography
“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you...
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A Mother’s Day Dedication
My mum, in 10 words: elegant, beautiful, warm hearted, creative, caring, humanitarian, shopaholic, pet collector. My mum – mama, in Russian – loves animals and got attached to each pet any of us kids...
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Cannes, Revisited ~ France
In the 1950s, the Festival became more popular thanks to the attendance of celebrities such as Kirk Douglas, Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly, Brigitte Bardot, Cary Grant, Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Simone...
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SILK SCARVES DESIGN FROM TORN POSTERS: “THE NEXT BIG FASHION TREND”
Reblogged from robertoalborghetti: BUY THEM ON-LINE AT "LA BOTTEGA DI OSCAR / OSCAR'S BOUTIQUE" AN EXCLUSIVE LIMITED-EDITION! *** Pure Silk Scarves / Limited-edition - Crêpe de Chine – A Three...
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Starting June with a Do(ugh)nut… Brooklyn, NYC
I don’t indulge in donuts often… Yet, when National Do(ugh)nut Day rolled around, I was interested enough to research its origins. Ok, ok, it was an excuse to be treated with a sweet… but, I was also...
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A Mark Made – New Orleans, Louisiana
First impressions have left their mark as we travel across the US on a short trip. As much as I try to avoid it, I do make comparisons when I visit a new city based on other places I have seen and...
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Taste of Texas ~ San Antonio
The ground cover lining the highway that crosses southern Texas has given way to flat land, prickly cactus, low shrubs, and hardy trees. Driving towards El Paso, I’m reflecting on our time in San...
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Lemon Twist in my Sazerac ~ New Orleans, LA (Road Trip Series, Pt 4)
Before I visited it, I’d associated New Orleans with events – from the celebrations of Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest, to the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Now, having seen and felt it for myself, I have a...
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Saturday Morning in Venice ~ LA, CA
Away from its famed Boardwalk jammed with tables selling eclectic art, and not far from the über cool Abbot Kinney where street art decorates many a store facade rests Venice’s grid of canals. As you...
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If You Can Picture It: The Getty Center ~ LA, CA
“… the Museum at the Getty Center, opened in 1997, continues to solidify the Getty’s position as one of the nation’s leading art museums, welcoming well over one million visitors each year with a wide...
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Moscow! Moscow!
Dear bloggers, dear readers, In less than a week I am Moscow-bound. I’m off to meet my mama in the motherland. It’s been over a decade between visits; a time when mum and I travelled to experience hot...
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Festive Moscow and Dubai ~ Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you, dear readers. Sharing a bit of holiday cheer with scenes from my recent trip to Moscow and Dubai. With Russia in New Year-celebration mode (the country celebrates Orthodox...
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Na Zdorovie! Feasting like a Tsar in Moscow, Russia
At the heart of Russian hospitality is a table laden with generous portions of homemade dishes like piroshki, borscht, picked herring, pelmeni, and syrniki along with full-to-the-brim shot glasses of...
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The Moment I Relished Winter… ~ Moscow, Russia
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” -Albert Camus St. Basil’s CathedralFiled under: Art, Europe, Inspiration, Quotes, Russia, Travel Tagged: Albert...
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April 14: Remembering Mayakovsky
Our brains were numb; our fingertips, blue. It was past 4pm and getting dark — not unusual for winter in Moscow. Under the bleak sky and nearing the end of our tethers, mum and I were fast losing our...
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Social Media: The Winogrand Effect
I read an interesting article in New York magazine by Jerry Saltz titled, “Photographing Through The Cracks: Garry Winogrand captured America as it split wide open.” It discusses an exhibition of the...
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White Nights in St Petersburg, Russia
I met my mum and sister in St Petersburg, Russia, just as June rolled into July; when the glorious White Nights were are their peak. The sun hardly slept — sometimes it napped under a blanket of clouds...
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Moscow’s Stunning White Nights, Russia
As with all things last minute, paperwork processing delays had me push my trip to Russia back by a week. This meant I missed touring Moscow with my mum and sister; instead tacking it on after our...
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From Russia With Love Locks
If you’ve scheduled a cruise along the Moscow River, you’re likely to come across Luzhkov Bridge — a pedestrian walkway lined with iron trees decorated in hundreds of love locks. Apparently this area...
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