The parol and the Filipino Christmas
On my way home last night, I noticed a row of stores selling “parols”, or Christmas lanterns. I noticed that as the years go by, people are no longer as excited as before, when holiday decor would be up as [...]
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FILIPNE
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MEXICO
Culture museums in Mexico City
A couple of weekends ago we went to two museums that we had never entered before and we enjoyed it so much that we just had to share it. Both are nice places to visit if you take a vacation [...]
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NEDERLAND
My favorites
Leather & Silver my favorite combination. Yum Yum Yum, cupcakes! You can wake me up in the middle of the night for them. The love of my life: Felix. My little furball. That amazing feeling of freedom you have on [...]
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UK
Hang out in East London
“Hackney in East London is home to London arts, youth and music scenes and centred around with numerous trendy clubs, bars, independent shops, restaurants, their infamous flower market on Columbia Road and two of their large stretches of open [...]
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FILIPINE
Flowers in Manila
I have long heard about Dangwa, the famous flower market in Sampaloc, Manila. I have already been to Balintawak, where farmers, fishermen and all kinds of suppliers drop their wares in one humongous open warehouse where supermarkets buyers, direct sellers, [...]
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PORTUGAL
Snoopy in fashion
This is definitely Snoopy’s year. The comic books most famous dog celebrates his 60 years and, among many other initiatives, he will blow out the candles at the XXII Amadora International Comics Festival, with the commemorative exhibition “Peanuts – 60 [...]
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ITALIA
Lovely brunch
There’s a new culinary trend that is taking over Italy and that in my Milan is already an absolute obsession: the brunch! A typically British and American tradition, brunch represents a middle ground between breakfast and lunch, as its name [...]
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CHINA
Pictures from Shanghai Jazz Festival
Many cities have their own and Shanghai has several music festivals. But I think the Shanghai Jazz Festival is the best.
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Being young
“The young are the people who create culture“. “Being young is travelling, being yourself, enjoying the moment”. And what’s being young for you?
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TURKEY
World Travelers Club
Bloggers from Istanbul keep blogging about this thing. It is something called the World Travelers Club. It’s really exciting for everyone who wants to travel cheaply and as a local. It’s perfect for people who want to understand new cultures [...]
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UK
The collection of Elizabeth Taylor
A few restful days after London Fashion Week, I had the pleasure to visit The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor exhibition at Christie’s in London which was opened to the public for three short days, before touring to the next city [...]
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PERU
Postcards from Lima
Lima is beautiful. I really don’t understand why other people have trouble finding her beauty. That’s why I asked my very talented, photographer friend Jacques Ferrand to select some Lima pictures from his private collection… I really wanted to do [...]