Paris 2 - @ Collete

If you've never been to Collete be sure to visit this place on your next trip to Paris - immerse yourself in creativity and find out new trends emerging in various areas. Its an experience. Just go. We went. Again.

Paris 1

We arrived in Paris and we'll stay for a few days. Freezing day today. Even though its always nice to walk in this city. So many beautiful places and things to see.

I loved this street art intervention! The shocking pink skelleton was quite stricking against the black tar.

Window shopping is always a must. 

J took me to 'Deux Magots', one of the most traditional 'patisseries' of Paris to try the best hot chocolate ever...

At night we walked in the Champs Elysées. So beautiful.

Up the hill, in Sintra

 The day was lovely so we went to Sintra. Such a long while since we'd been there. Walking through the village, then up to the castle, no destination in mind.

An old treasure: an embroidery canvas

My great grandmother (whom I didn't get the chance to meet) used to do beautiful embroideries, mostly flowers - millions of tiny stitches with silk thread. She would choose a design and copy it by hand in vegetable paper, then she would stretch a piece of silk fabric onto the frame and copy the design and then the embroidery process would begin. But this one didn't.

Stars, poems and socks

What better place to take in a beautiful poem, sentence? I collect the ones that stricke me as beauiful or meaningfull on a notebook but today I thought of hanging some of them on the front door (inside) so that they could be read by people walking out the door or arriving to our home. 

And what better way to enjoy a comfortable evening at home than to wear your (first ever) handmade pair of socks?

Burel Factory Store, new store in Chiado

I have a soft spot for backpacks - not only are they perfect for travels but some have great design. As these ones. You can find them in the newly opened store in Chiado: Burel Factory Store. Worth a visit.

Beautiful drawings from the UrbanSketchers in Benfica

The project was to draw different 'iconic' places of this neighborhood so the UrbanSketchers were divided in groups of two and off they went with their sketchbooks. The drawings were gathered and turned into a beautiful book (available for sale in all major bookshops). I am bias so I took pictures of my favorite artist's sketchbook!

A Blog I like: "3191. Visual Blogging"

This blog is written by 2 friends that live 3191 miles apart. Love the overall ambiance of the photos and text. Check it out here.

Easy meals to stay or to go

A japanese supermarket opened recently near my house. Now I can buy these wonderful seaweed meals frozen and eat at home. Happy days.

Prepacking my lunches is something I would like to be able to do more often. Somedays I manage to organize myself to do it (today I did!): pasta with mixed vegetables and juicy pineapple. Yum.