Archive for the ‘TRAVEL’ Category

My friend, the über talented (and cute!) photographer Patrick Cline- one half of the duo that founded Lonny- saw this Sketch graffiti scribbled on a door while traveling, took a photo and sent it to me. I totally LOVE IT! I should print it and hang it somewhere in my apartment.

Patrick literally can’t take a bad picture… Not even of a door with scribble on it. And speaking of, this month’s Lonny is out and its packed with Moroccan gloriousness and now Morocco is officially at the top of my travel to do list. It’s  now tied with the Amangiri for first place. Maybe I’ll go this summer? That would be amazing.

Check out the rest of the new Lonny HERE. Have a great weekend!

 

Holy crap, I think my brain just popped. Someone that I follow on Instagram just went here, to the Amangiri in Canyon Point, Utah It’s situated in the  Navajo Desert against the natural rock formations of the Four Corners (the region where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet).

I’ve been looking at these photos for days and emailing them to my husband randomly throughout the day. I guess it’s fitting that I’m posting desert photos considering it’s the evening of Passover tonight… you know, when our forefathers spent  40 years in the desert, wandering! Only, Im guessing it was not *quite* this comfortable.

This is a fantasy land… It’s so good, I can’t believe its real.  I’ve officially just added this place to my bucket list. Some version of Arizona has always been on my bucket list, along with a cross country road trip. We drove the up the California coast last spring and it was unforgettably awesome. The majesty of America is something I think I’ve somehow overlooked. I’ve traveled way more outside the US than I have inside of it, and man, looking at these photos, that seems like a shame.

The Amangiri is part of the Aman group, and the name means Peaceful Mountain. It’s nestled in a valley and it has sweeping views of the canyons and plateaus. The architecture was done by Rick Joy, Wendell Burnett & Marwan Al-Sayed, the interiors were done by Caterina Spies-Reece of CSR Design  / Amanresorts. The hotel, made of bold concrete blocks, and slightly informed by traditional Native American design. I think the architecture is so triumphantly minimal, so respectful and reverent to  the landscape, it’s breathtaking in every way.

I went a little photo happy on this post, I just couldn’t limit myself in choosing these photos! See more after the jump…

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South Beach

I’m back from Miami… a trip so short you barely knew I was gone – and yet, I feel like a new woman! Totally refreshed, revitalized and re-zested. Taking a break can work wonders.

The W Hotel

I also read The Happiness Project on the beach… Amazing how the things you need find you, right when you need them most, right?

I mean- Last week’s post was almost THE EXACT SAME description that Gretchen Rubin gives of herself at the start of her book! I feel like  The Happiness Project deserves its own post… so stay tuned!

In the meantime, glad to be back!

Photos by Moi: Christine Chaize, Massimo Vitali style photography is all the rage these days… a poor man’s version is pretty easy to do if you frame the shot nicely (which I didn’t) and overexpose a little bit… and I was inspired by the blog Patternity to take this photo of the facade of The W Hotel. 

Why stay in a hotel, when you can stay in an apartment owned by fashion royalty.” The 3 rooms at 5 Moussy are three apartments that  Azzedine Alaia rents out next door to his atelier in the Marais.”

Wha? Wha? 

“You enter the 18th century building on a quiet small, 1 block street in the Marais through black iron doors with rows of horizontal pin dot holes and up the winding, highly polished wooden staircase. Once inside, the apartments are pristine with concrete floors and all your favorite mid-century modern furniture designs including Jean Nouvel, Marc Newsom, and Arne Jacobsen, all from Azzedine’s private collection. They have full kitchens and state of the art electronic toys including a printer/scanner, high-speed internet access, flat screen television and a Bang & Olufsen entertainment center.”

“The prices start at 450 euros a night and increase 50 euros for each additional guest.”

” There is a1 one bedroom apartment, and 2 two-bedroom apartments.”

Honey- can you get on this? I still haven’t seen Versailles

Photos and text from HERE.

 

I bet you are expecting me to show you some farmhouse tables, or some gorgeous barn, but no, I literally went to a farm today.

Not just any farm, the oldest continually opperating farm in NY state, AND what is I’m pretty sure, the only (or one of the only) farms in NYC. Its in Queens and its called Queens County Farm. There is actually a farm museum on premises too.

Now, Im a born and bred New Yorker, so I dont really have that many farm experiences in my memory box, but really, this one had everything I could ever IMAGINE  I would want…

(Warning: All photos from my instagram,so this might be redundant to you. Until I get a new camera this is all I got. Meanwhile, you can follow me on insta HERE so you can witness this stuff in real time.)

Corn Maze… and would you look at that sky? Perfect fall sky… and this photo didnt even have a filter. 

Pumpkin patch

Petting Zoo…all the animals seemed healthy and well taken care of, not like some of those party rental petting zoos. 

Horses in silhouette… 

Cows. 

A sheep being shorn! That was so awesome to watch! I also met a spinning wheel maker and saw some wool being spun. 

Right out of Sleeping Beauty.

Porky… 

Wine grapes on the vine…

Picturesque farm house…

 

There was really so much more to see and do… hayride, live band, fresh corn on the cob etc etc… and obviously, I enjoyed myself more than the kids (just kidding they LOVED it.) All in all, a perfectly Fall Fall day.

If you live in or around NYC, I highly recommend! Check out their website HERE.