Yes, you can get bad coffee in Vienna. Vienna is known for its beautiful cafés, where philosophers, poets, and scientists have found inspiration over endless cups of fantastic coffee for hundreds of years. Coffee is still at the heart of Viennese culture; the café is an extension of your living room, a place to meet friends or just read.
The first time I heard about Taylor Swift, I was in a Los Angeles County jail, waiting to be sent to prison for murder. Sheriffs would hand out precious copies of the Los Angeles Times, and they would be passed from one reader to the next.
WHERE HAS everyone gone? The internet seems a bit quiet lately. Spring break, perhaps? On holiday? Out and about in the world and spending less time online? That's what we've been doing lately. Long walks along the river to the flutterings of fallen apple blossoms and rearranging pink roses in vintage glass vases.
A SCHOOL FRIEND once remarked that I was good at seasons, and when I thought about it, I realised that she was right. I actually really do love to capture the feeling and moods of the changing seasons, the excitement that comes with arrival of the first snowdrops in winter, just as the days start to get longer, the way the sun's rays deepen in colour at sunset. And at the other end of the spectrum, when summer fades into autumn, we realise with the changing leaves and cosy evenings with their flickering firelight, that endings can be beautiful too. We learn, every autumn what it is to let go...
In school, one of my very best friends was a girl named Kathryn. We did everything together and I would spend weeks during the summer at her family's lake house, swimming, water skiing, sunbathing and reading. These are some of my favourite memories growing up. I mention K because even though we were inseparable, she would still always write me letters for when she saw me next, even if it were the next morning at school, and every letter would include a quotation by someone inspiring. She was obsessed with quotes and with sharing them, and over time, collecting favourite quotes became one of my favourite things as well. And so, from existential thoughts to Pinterest aphorisms to phrases from books by favourite authors, here are ten quotes and sayings that I love at the moment...
TIME AGAIN for another instalment of 10 Things We Love this Week, and this week, we're looking at beautiful paintings, garden picnics and abandoned theme parks in Japan; tassel earrings and wool sweaters, Macramé bag DIYs and much more...
FOR THE THIRD instalment of Five Things We Love this Week, there is beautiful wedding inspiration, a Rose Pistachio Layer...
Style Mastermix | 25 Images of Perfect Inspiration to End the Week This long weekend edition of Style Mastermix includes gilded mirrors and...
CHANDELIERS AND CROWN MOULDING, mohair and faux fur, studded shoes and perfect manicures, brass and marble and fallen rose petals — here are 20 images of inspiration for a little mid-week romance . . .
This week’s 30 Images of Inspiration is the perfect intermingling of fringy sandals and ruffly peonies, dusky lilac houses and breakfast in...
[slideshow — if gallery does not advance, click here] It’s the weekend! and this week’s FIVE THINGS to Look Forward include flowers...
[Slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] This week’s 30 Images of Inspiration is a perfect intermingling of blossoming branches (cherry and...
[Slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] THIS WEEK’S 30 Images of Inspiration comes a little late, but it is...
1. “I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I...
