Swimwear – Modcloth, get it here!Sunglasses – Asos These photos were taken a week ago now, on a gorgeous warm day. I woke up early and saw the most beautiful sunrise and watched the sea mist roll in from the ocean. The day before we had seen dolphins in the surf, however, I could not…
My Own Private Ocean
Skirt – ModclothBlouse – Valley GirlShoes – I Love Billy On our first morning we awoke early to walk along the beach across the road from our beach house. I wanted to explore the rock pools at low tide and got very excited when I saw dolphins swimming nearby! Further into the ocean we could…
Bush Road Trip!
Dress – courtesy of Bernie Dexter, get it here!Shoes – I Love Billy Yesterday we got in the car and drove to New South Wales where we are staying in a lovely little beach house over looking the ocean. And I wore my hair in a pony tale – the horror, I know! But we…
Pho’ Dinner
Lychee mocktails! Fresh spring rolls Crispy fried quail Vermicelli Chicken Rare steak and beef flank soup Lately I’ve been going out to nice places for dinner nearly every week! These photos are from last week when we went out for dinner at Pho Bar, a Vietnamese restaurant near our house. I had never tried Vietnamese…
Siam Sunset
Chicken Satay Skewers Tom Yum Goong Green Curry Chicken Pad Thai Mee Grob I have only ever done two food posts on this blog so far, and both times have been about Thai food! I guess that’s because no other food excites me nearly as much; not to mention how photogenic Thai food is. These…
On the Farm
Dress – Bernie Dexter, get it here!Cardigan – ModclothShoes – I Love Billy A few weeks ago we made the decision to start buying our fresh fruit and vegetables at the Farmers’ Market. It’s something we had been talking about doing for some time, so when the prices at our local green grocer went up…
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Dress – Bernie Dexter, it’s on sale at the moment, get it here!Shoes – I Love Billy This morning I was doing the grocery shopping when I stumbled upon this amazing installation art that had been set up in the middle of the shopping center! I found this display so inspirational that I could not…
Russian Fashion: 1917 – 1960
“Russian Violets” perfume Face Powder Housekeeping Journal As promised last post, here is the second part of the fashion exhibit I went to with Maria! A large part of this exhibit included the fashions of the 1970s – 90s (not my cup of tea as you know!) so the section of mid century fashion was not…
Russian Fashion: 1850 – 1915
A fan that was also a calendar! This week I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful exhibit of Russian fashion from the 1800s to the 1990s. I love watching costume dramas so I adored every bit of the exhibit and found myself wondering what it would have been like to wear those clothes. Just…
House of Butterflies
This week is our last week in Russia and we are trying to see as many places as we can before we leave. The Butterfly House was a place I had been waiting to visit for a while and I was not disappointed. Inside the greenhouse-like room a tropical habitat had been recreated to house…