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There's A Cold Winter Coming...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If flowers can teach themselves how to bloom</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">after the long, cold winter passes,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">then so can you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_JHHOdafnOpCVJcG1LiJmC6CRJp_J9m2_RLgSy3a8DaUipUsHHnk_W2vAo3VoxEIdP5nJcNFTGHoMFDhyCVYYQy8IdKRziLVAuwpqO8Gb0UHOiJvgxvYJKsFeCNbYupM-q3WQpv3Ryw/s1600/GIRASOLE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Sunflowers-Cortona-Italy" border="0" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_JHHOdafnOpCVJcG1LiJmC6CRJp_J9m2_RLgSy3a8DaUipUsHHnk_W2vAo3VoxEIdP5nJcNFTGHoMFDhyCVYYQy8IdKRziLVAuwpqO8Gb0UHOiJvgxvYJKsFeCNbYupM-q3WQpv3Ryw/s1600/GIRASOLE.jpg" title="Sunflowers-Cortona-Italy" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunflowers in Cortona, Italy</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Your winter will pass,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">there is a springtime coming.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Happy Monday</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><i>xo</i></span></div></div>

There's A Cold Winter Coming...

If flowers can teach themselves how to bloom after the long, cold winter passes, then so can you. Sunflowers in Cortona, Italy Your winter w...

6:27 AM

Veruschka And 5 Fabulous Quotes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are so many iconic images of Veruschka.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I am so enamored of them all.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They fit perfectly with some of my favorite quotes.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I hope today's blogpost inspires you creatively, sartorially, and on every glorious path that you may walk today.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">xo</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8RvfRAtOAOjbLhxFLqHN3dlwNkeiezAoJmU9e4BgDOrRWXkns1uvZ3iyaWX2U_nrI_3yenYCr5lAPskyNKDp0evS63SqwUrZETHCH2aGEC4j-ZYQlbnR9s5_tJ0MnR2DldeYy33j0co/s640/blogger-image-1901406068.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Veruschka-iconic-images-01" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8RvfRAtOAOjbLhxFLqHN3dlwNkeiezAoJmU9e4BgDOrRWXkns1uvZ3iyaWX2U_nrI_3yenYCr5lAPskyNKDp0evS63SqwUrZETHCH2aGEC4j-ZYQlbnR9s5_tJ0MnR2DldeYy33j0co/s640/blogger-image-1901406068.jpg" title="Veruschka-iconic-images-01" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtDGmB5Fkw_aMhNg0qKVfoj_jEVCALMgbab_nSlMEkoUN9GXHEh983cX5G45c2j2Gz2ze154LPjMscgGopKsnmNeUJNKwHliK2He13PLi-T6dypvdEetJZ3YdPpILRu1STYdKToDib6U/s640/blogger-image--276648090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Veruschka-iconic-images-02" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtDGmB5Fkw_aMhNg0qKVfoj_jEVCALMgbab_nSlMEkoUN9GXHEh983cX5G45c2j2Gz2ze154LPjMscgGopKsnmNeUJNKwHliK2He13PLi-T6dypvdEetJZ3YdPpILRu1STYdKToDib6U/s640/blogger-image--276648090.jpg" title="Veruschka-iconic-images-02" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mAMKPzUMafMFbkS2ifU-SZxD_N5V5jOnnlpuq_qvjGPIwK_v7lalzjgBjh2d5m8FaTbRjyGto9cZeVHFp7FJgHNmMcyZqCuIgu4OHv1wV3EiouJEvCu2uunf9KMwCtYOl4eS4qkCPac/s640/blogger-image--311150782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Veruschka-iconic-images-03" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0mAMKPzUMafMFbkS2ifU-SZxD_N5V5jOnnlpuq_qvjGPIwK_v7lalzjgBjh2d5m8FaTbRjyGto9cZeVHFp7FJgHNmMcyZqCuIgu4OHv1wV3EiouJEvCu2uunf9KMwCtYOl4eS4qkCPac/s640/blogger-image--311150782.jpg" title="Veruschka-iconic-images-03" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZ7B78lUbhKywdJTbLOykoVeuxpFFLg54jENIYyLAiTd5_CY6KGxPAPazhBI6pjXIVMIAPTNkqv9pnPREFl1gNdrcX16HHuL3jTOoqGfE46tovf2_ybsnRGKppOpp3_omK8MRYBdjb0Y/s640/blogger-image--47514859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Veruschka-iconic-images-04" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZ7B78lUbhKywdJTbLOykoVeuxpFFLg54jENIYyLAiTd5_CY6KGxPAPazhBI6pjXIVMIAPTNkqv9pnPREFl1gNdrcX16HHuL3jTOoqGfE46tovf2_ybsnRGKppOpp3_omK8MRYBdjb0Y/s640/blogger-image--47514859.jpg" title="Veruschka-iconic-images-04" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2fOW3qmYTeoh_FpdkNrY727kKsren2ISmBHggTyIp6-P4R5RgfFae1MnQxDYkTnrQVT6z4RVXSe1OT5OIIscqalMUJGvkNlUBZ3ul-MTxyVvkrJVGCH2IDGHAi0vv9RFu3wpIjlk9D4/s640/blogger-image-891302218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Veruschka-iconic-images-05" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2fOW3qmYTeoh_FpdkNrY727kKsren2ISmBHggTyIp6-P4R5RgfFae1MnQxDYkTnrQVT6z4RVXSe1OT5OIIscqalMUJGvkNlUBZ3ul-MTxyVvkrJVGCH2IDGHAi0vv9RFu3wpIjlk9D4/s640/blogger-image-891302218.jpg" title="Veruschka-iconic-images-05" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div>

Veruschka And 5 Fabulous Quotes

There are so many iconic images of Veruschka. And I am so enamored of them all. They fit perfectly with some of my favorite quotes. I hope t...

9:02 AM

Goodbye Oscar de la Renta

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;">Just last week I wrote a blogpost archiving some of designer Oscar de la Renta's <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://corinnabsworld.blogspot.com/2014/10/oscar-de-la-renta-vogue-archives.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">magnificent moments in Vogue Magazine</span></a><i>.(</i><span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://corinnabsworld.blogspot.com/2014/10/oscar-de-la-renta-vogue-archives.html" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">linked here</span>)</a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"My job as a designer is to make a woman feel her very best"</i></span><br />Oscar de la Renta<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc10_QvSpHONysu_ZEAQ9WPhcXUjCteWMOoH8H1Izvm3B0eMi0CAAday8MSPUVL14W2iqm4b_aX61P3HT8aMjhPwv4YTFhNQOps9E1-2mLbIb-SGuUN0uTR3ZlMoBDsrcSSOSs7m2mOfE/s1600/oscar+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Oscar-de-la-Renta-rest-in-peace" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc10_QvSpHONysu_ZEAQ9WPhcXUjCteWMOoH8H1Izvm3B0eMi0CAAday8MSPUVL14W2iqm4b_aX61P3HT8aMjhPwv4YTFhNQOps9E1-2mLbIb-SGuUN0uTR3ZlMoBDsrcSSOSs7m2mOfE/s1600/oscar+1.jpg" title="Oscar-de-la-Renta-rest-in-peace" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday I was terribly saddened to hear of his passing at age 82.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Dominican born Oscar de la Renta spent half a century dressing the most glamorous women in the world.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">De la Renta apprenticed for Cristobal Balenciage in Spain, and then Lanvin and Balmain in Paris before launching his own line in 1965.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">An arbiter of style and timeless elegance, de la Renta's gowns were both a fixture on the red carpet, and also at the White House. He  was the only designer to have dressed every first lady from Jacqueline Kennedy to Michelle Obama.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLP6bDLD-5Rwx9HfgJldefb7ENm8c8YgAwVR9DNQqezF4_83-FNap3wjieBE_v5Xiws92ysJ-YGSCoUH4jxq5lJeiDTqTvDdHjk3byUvr9FhV3izVwXEb6dfU_GPzegl7oCwwmylPnzx4/s1600/oscar+d+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Amal-Alamuddin-Oscar-de-la-Renta-wedding-dress" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLP6bDLD-5Rwx9HfgJldefb7ENm8c8YgAwVR9DNQqezF4_83-FNap3wjieBE_v5Xiws92ysJ-YGSCoUH4jxq5lJeiDTqTvDdHjk3byUvr9FhV3izVwXEb6dfU_GPzegl7oCwwmylPnzx4/s1600/oscar+d+4.jpg" title="Amal-Alamuddin-Oscar-de-la-Renta-wedding-dress" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">More recently he designed the wedding dress of <b>George Clooney'</b>s bride, <a href="http://www.vogue.com/2041281/amal-alamuddin-wedding-dress-oscar-de-la-renta/" target="_blank">Amal Alamuddin</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Never one to fall into the extremism of the fashion industry, </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">De la Renta famously said "<i>I'm not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes".</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEWLRXNMTx4BFYbSNBEbrhyphenhyphenNapLPjf8yGPaS3KAnbIERe8EUS9rKYdc2bHTOdSTKyYeAw-yi3qyhZ6RCOlCw32sWx150LBxRVLa62Pt1NcyjIYvHN-SRyvvEfNFtyMKjxH-yj_HVbqrI/s1600/oscar+d+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Oscar-de-la-Renta-Fall-2012" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEWLRXNMTx4BFYbSNBEbrhyphenhyphenNapLPjf8yGPaS3KAnbIERe8EUS9rKYdc2bHTOdSTKyYeAw-yi3qyhZ6RCOlCw32sWx150LBxRVLa62Pt1NcyjIYvHN-SRyvvEfNFtyMKjxH-yj_HVbqrI/s1600/oscar+d+2.jpg" title="Oscar-de-la-Renta-Fall-2012" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHjRbNk4VJDvmX1Un8q8AykiHp7_O7lqTGNzBRcbiSg0zeKLswnAZq-065A94lDkNqmyzOR1NzjZjZ70Hju_fuyvAoyzx5Hnm4DIvBry3jK5VKWBqagwEZW76yrmYEFEnGLhWDSu9XDM/s1600/oscar+d+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Oscar-de-la-Renta-Spring-2013" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHjRbNk4VJDvmX1Un8q8AykiHp7_O7lqTGNzBRcbiSg0zeKLswnAZq-065A94lDkNqmyzOR1NzjZjZ70Hju_fuyvAoyzx5Hnm4DIvBry3jK5VKWBqagwEZW76yrmYEFEnGLhWDSu9XDM/s1600/oscar+d+3.jpg" title="Oscar-de-la-Renta-Spring-2013" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And how incredibly beautiful his clothes always were.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Recently he helped Vogue editor <b>Anna Wintour</b> in her efforts to rehabilitate the career of fashion genius <a href="http://corinnabsworld.blogspot.com/2014/10/john-galliano-named-creative-director.html" target="_blank">John Galliano</a>. ( read about it <i><a href="http://corinnabsworld.blogspot.com/2014/10/john-galliano-named-creative-director.html" target="_blank">here</a></i>)</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The passing of Oscar de la Renta is a major loss to the fashion industry, and to women all over the world who love beautiful clothes.</span></div>

Goodbye Oscar de la Renta

Just last week I wrote a blogpost archiving some of designer Oscar de la Renta's magnificent moments in Vogue Magazine .( linked here ) ...

10:07 AM

Quote me

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found this quote on one of my favorite design blogs,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> La Dolce Vita.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Truer words never spoken...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9yKpMB5C_WEWGv-DhtfOVWoIOH_BbOmxNIPPSVUY5XFNa6wF4K9JK81E2k3OX08TA44DHcBbzpyM_udIIGyRTYvK35UM-p-EEmqAGg3ieA2tP-9lTu9_lNMe0EVGJ2vFtQEYrDX4Vmk/s1600/dolce+vita+paloma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="quote-of-the-day" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9yKpMB5C_WEWGv-DhtfOVWoIOH_BbOmxNIPPSVUY5XFNa6wF4K9JK81E2k3OX08TA44DHcBbzpyM_udIIGyRTYvK35UM-p-EEmqAGg3ieA2tP-9lTu9_lNMe0EVGJ2vFtQEYrDX4Vmk/s1600/dolce+vita+paloma.jpg" title="quote-of-the-day" /></a></div><br /></div>

Quote me

I found this quote on one of my favorite design blogs, La Dolce Vita. Truer words never spoken...

9:23 AM

What Anchors You?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">What anchors you?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">What keeps you looking forward?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">What keeps you moving in the direction of your dreams?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsAyLk4CsufyzTmZnGUbqidWXDYa9lqj7e79H5bD0ZF-EQrTL2YXy99v4G7XZ2pz728F4kqF-rRnzEBOOBNAKHllBvkz05_DHa29uwXzliwD50gtAqgfB8-4tH1mILMngUSAjotqfP5E/s1600/10427274_707752339270380_6999725855408287078_n.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Corinna-B's-World-Quote-Of-The-Day" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsAyLk4CsufyzTmZnGUbqidWXDYa9lqj7e79H5bD0ZF-EQrTL2YXy99v4G7XZ2pz728F4kqF-rRnzEBOOBNAKHllBvkz05_DHa29uwXzliwD50gtAqgfB8-4tH1mILMngUSAjotqfP5E/s1600/10427274_707752339270380_6999725855408287078_n.png" title="Corinna-B's-World-Quote-Of-The-Day" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">For me it can be something as big as the next international trip, or as small as the new boots or handbag that I am currently coveting. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It can be as big as the home that you own, or as weightless as the feeling of being completely unencumbered and free to go do anything that you choose.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It's your anchor - you define it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">These Prada Skate Loafers will keep me anchored this fall. I bought them in Italy a couple of weeks ago and they are my absolute favorite new thing.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSugeLDEAsi1vYAnHPaelUdnAl8WipWggMbTDJVCaiW9ZU4NBMuu0up_AhZvXo9RLTHk38yTxJk3IUhQEVyVkLvRVerPFy5zmMVr-709ktZW0ecLwTDG-F0koRGULh0CROms6pu0NRd8/s1600/prada+skate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Prada-Skate-Loafers-Patent-Leather" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSugeLDEAsi1vYAnHPaelUdnAl8WipWggMbTDJVCaiW9ZU4NBMuu0up_AhZvXo9RLTHk38yTxJk3IUhQEVyVkLvRVerPFy5zmMVr-709ktZW0ecLwTDG-F0koRGULh0CROms6pu0NRd8/s1600/prada+skate.jpg" title="Prada-Skate-Loafers-Patent-Leather" width="491" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

What Anchors You?

What anchors you? What keeps you looking forward? What keeps you moving in the direction of your dreams? For me it can be something as big a...

1:30 PM

Anais Nin Travel Quote

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="bqQuoteLink" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;"><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/anaisnin166998.html" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" title="view quote">We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.</a></span><br /><div class="bq-aut" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 6px;"><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/anais_nin.html" style="color: #0000aa; text-decoration: none;" title="view author">Anais Nin</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTCHiJDKKeEB50UukLoBMHomvya1t6Y_UmVrpZOMSfWY_veEKgJKmfpnv5-TTj-ooDWkSIqMWJ7lMAfx1c6hihXW4EfUDEaEI-1qzrvZ1soedPI7hIvNj5pBTThuvzshVJmPrbtP8czZE/s1600/girl+in+airport.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Woman-In-Airport" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTCHiJDKKeEB50UukLoBMHomvya1t6Y_UmVrpZOMSfWY_veEKgJKmfpnv5-TTj-ooDWkSIqMWJ7lMAfx1c6hihXW4EfUDEaEI-1qzrvZ1soedPI7hIvNj5pBTThuvzshVJmPrbtP8czZE/s1600/girl+in+airport.jpg" title="Woman-In-Airport" /></a></div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px;">Photo Credit: View Apart/Shutterstock</span></div>

Anais Nin Travel Quote

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. Anais Nin Photo Credit: View Apart/Shutterstock

10:11 AM

Italy Is A Dream...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life..."</i></span><br />~ Anna Akhmatova<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUI9T3KX3Sxka4UlNiOJCgoclBeubllOcVXQiaCMWeI4efigXZhFHCg4aSoWUYQ-BlZ7loVvlcTSLmR4nmFSvMnLlbUW_gCDgA8ii2gmw8DUC4p4Qglt9a227jBtaLByDWPgn6ZLf6Lw/s1600/Capri.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Capri-Italy-Travel-Quotes" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheUI9T3KX3Sxka4UlNiOJCgoclBeubllOcVXQiaCMWeI4efigXZhFHCg4aSoWUYQ-BlZ7loVvlcTSLmR4nmFSvMnLlbUW_gCDgA8ii2gmw8DUC4p4Qglt9a227jBtaLByDWPgn6ZLf6Lw/s1600/Capri.jpg" title="Capri-Italy-Travel-Quotes" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capri, Italy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Italy is my dream.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I dream it everyday of my life.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And I am blessed to be able to come here every year.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dreams<i> do</i> come true</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Greetings from Capri</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>xo</i></span></div></div>

Italy Is A Dream...

"Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life..." ~ Anna Akhmatova Capri, Italy Italy is my dream. I dream it e...

9:00 AM

Sunday Morning In Ortygia, The Glam Italia Tour

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything"</i></span><br />~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Italian Journey (1786-1788)<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not quite sure what Goethe was up to here.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Sicily and Italy were not unified until 1861.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">And each stands alone, completely magnificent.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">But I love the quote.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Sicily is my obsession. Since the very first time I ever set foot on this magical island I have not gone one day without thinking about it. It is always on my mind.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Despite the incredibly long travel day to get here from Phoenix, it was the logical place to start the Glam Italia Tour. (as in start our beach time before our waistlines have a chance to register that we are eating pasta...) </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sunday morning in Ortygia</span></i></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ortygia is a little island connected to the city of Siracusa.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The history here is astounding.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjP01iNHZxbiGb85AjS6lPGSerlGy2BCvLxx9cUyjVr-CmuRp12WZRdxVjTW6QOgMMuFM31tQMygMiPJajwj62rUoXhrkHQj-sxcC89kig9SFDRF6T6Hier9cjMNt1S2cpeUSwNuruCY/s1600/DSC02406+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjP01iNHZxbiGb85AjS6lPGSerlGy2BCvLxx9cUyjVr-CmuRp12WZRdxVjTW6QOgMMuFM31tQMygMiPJajwj62rUoXhrkHQj-sxcC89kig9SFDRF6T6Hier9cjMNt1S2cpeUSwNuruCY/s1600/DSC02406+-+Copy.JPG" title="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" /></a></div><br />The remains of Apollo's temple, built in 732 BC are surrounded by apartments built over the centuries. Some incredibly old, some rebuilt after WWII. Can you imagine looking out your bedroom window at this??<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikaPaocsb8odKVKcaiGzFCxk0JLT45WwoLa-OjXYHjm7lj07a1m9bHEWgTHTiZBQQp4YAoJZS4arALqx22E98xhJDC9QzXL9dkqtlwsBn6kDoz6w5B_SGVDktA6urEMC-xAzFTIIQr9is/s1600/DSC02397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikaPaocsb8odKVKcaiGzFCxk0JLT45WwoLa-OjXYHjm7lj07a1m9bHEWgTHTiZBQQp4YAoJZS4arALqx22E98xhJDC9QzXL9dkqtlwsBn6kDoz6w5B_SGVDktA6urEMC-xAzFTIIQr9is/s1600/DSC02397.JPG" title="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3m89rlQzkZLIk_oNugpyhpXVGRs9_Hki4lXKwmu66CuSVY9exlMhUoajRgunEGs5UP1ZRNadaCGtFbW2hxuilX1rKeYwnZ3p4UftAvjmFtKLErc-zqruJF7ypreOlD11FGtVQ7cF0Eio/s1600/DSC02400+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3m89rlQzkZLIk_oNugpyhpXVGRs9_Hki4lXKwmu66CuSVY9exlMhUoajRgunEGs5UP1ZRNadaCGtFbW2hxuilX1rKeYwnZ3p4UftAvjmFtKLErc-zqruJF7ypreOlD11FGtVQ7cF0Eio/s1600/DSC02400+-+Copy.JPG" title="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Waiting outside church on Ortygia, Sicily. I just loved her pants. I want a pair!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-agRCYdL1AbLFqaz3thqoEOuwELbcfRiUkSnyZD2p0xacJiwZhFprNuufwTh-MsWAqYlSOz0drWCDX0JklOSETOUFX2xb8x7FomJYVdBl81SWnrIXFuiZNBXURAivqZOvX5w8Ya3ypsA/s1600/DSC02404+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Church-Attire-Ortygia-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-agRCYdL1AbLFqaz3thqoEOuwELbcfRiUkSnyZD2p0xacJiwZhFprNuufwTh-MsWAqYlSOz0drWCDX0JklOSETOUFX2xb8x7FomJYVdBl81SWnrIXFuiZNBXURAivqZOvX5w8Ya3ypsA/s1600/DSC02404+-+Copy.JPG" title="Church-Attire-Ortygia-Sicily" /></a></div><br />Walking through the streets of Ortygia<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2l9nlWze1ueg52D83hO4-4oQneKH1_l3xFv-R6ejYg0r-egkYyWt_XyDLCKHhgYHLh_9iFVED6dLQWQn1L_smHIs_tDLeBAD0GB17V9hzNRuwezVtbzpf_A4yVXcFgJ8yNLfOF-FrWY/s1600/DSC02442+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOynHvOmCHpUpC5fn8E16jHUyCQvUt4TQUvwatkyLvUKF5evMEVptlISeG9WiBhekMqK6Vq7HPxbYUUdMhxy6ltwMXtkj-avhJ9bAgXGyShXDORUzxH3sst214Q6TANePvzm7qxbU3vs/s1600/DSC02430+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sunbathing-In-Ortygia" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOynHvOmCHpUpC5fn8E16jHUyCQvUt4TQUvwatkyLvUKF5evMEVptlISeG9WiBhekMqK6Vq7HPxbYUUdMhxy6ltwMXtkj-avhJ9bAgXGyShXDORUzxH3sst214Q6TANePvzm7qxbU3vs/s1600/DSC02430+-+Copy.JPG" title="Sunbathing-In-Ortygia" /></a></div><br /><br />This little boy sat on the steps of the Duomo in the spectacular Piazza Del Duomo, in the searingly bright sunshine, playing the sounds of the soul of Sicily.<br />The Duomo is a must see. The original Siculi built a temple to the deities here, the in the 5th century BC The Greeks built a temple around it, and since then in has been added to over the centuries. The current facade is Baroque, but as you walk through you see thousands of years of history<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sRfE0_YMVMYJiaK97WJq05k86_HSG8IZVp4NLJQmrJvHXa3YLve3dD1Fo6gsJgidj19cmtzMNCrxIqOUNisfnLIvLaChpcVyk0OSuaslWS72xCM7Tvd1PxR2u_S4BXmkW8kyh9ZjI1Q/s1600/DSC02458+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Boy-On-Duomo-Steps-Duomo-Ortygia" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sRfE0_YMVMYJiaK97WJq05k86_HSG8IZVp4NLJQmrJvHXa3YLve3dD1Fo6gsJgidj19cmtzMNCrxIqOUNisfnLIvLaChpcVyk0OSuaslWS72xCM7Tvd1PxR2u_S4BXmkW8kyh9ZjI1Q/s1600/DSC02458+-+Copy.JPG" title="Boy-On-Duomo-Steps-Duomo-Ortygia" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>These columns were built in the 5th century BC. Running your fingers over their crenellations you feel 2500 years of history beneath your skin.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKMuM58aNZAXND2zdpsFgRYRG8_GNk_esWSwc7n1xhL8eSvKINhwHJUP5Hy0DuZqdfBnrqlZQZbov3ci2Sd7xeGxY6kAu4wNS_hrBIB2P89A6twxzxMDxSKoWuIKH2QFLmfg7_6ipTm4/s1600/DSC02462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="5th-Century-BC-Columns-Inside-Duomo-Ortygia" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKMuM58aNZAXND2zdpsFgRYRG8_GNk_esWSwc7n1xhL8eSvKINhwHJUP5Hy0DuZqdfBnrqlZQZbov3ci2Sd7xeGxY6kAu4wNS_hrBIB2P89A6twxzxMDxSKoWuIKH2QFLmfg7_6ipTm4/s1600/DSC02462.JPG" title="5th-Century-BC-Columns-Inside-Duomo-Ortygia" /></a></div><br /></div>

Sunday Morning In Ortygia, The Glam Italia Tour

"To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything" ~ Johann Wo...

8:33 AM

Fabulous Quotes ~ Manolo Blahnik

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;">I adore great quotes.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">And I adore Manolo Blahnik.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">In the September 2014 issue of Allure Magazine he listed 10 beautiful things a woman should own. Or maybe it was just a list of 10 beautiful things.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway he had some glorious quotes in there.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Rpyp-nX1w1C5pDDVXt6jZrdOX3R6AIsSXw85J9xgfCQ3kPYiypt9IBAhX35YKylmE-VwoOCwIYg4hG4h-dE5wH9lCRc4nXcrhojjw29OhQsfNdMuqpLGy7dYjgpZl27D6YD9fsdYb5c/s1600/manolo-blahnik-springsummer-2014-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Manolo-Blahnik-Summer-2014" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Rpyp-nX1w1C5pDDVXt6jZrdOX3R6AIsSXw85J9xgfCQ3kPYiypt9IBAhX35YKylmE-VwoOCwIYg4hG4h-dE5wH9lCRc4nXcrhojjw29OhQsfNdMuqpLGy7dYjgpZl27D6YD9fsdYb5c/s1600/manolo-blahnik-springsummer-2014-1.jpg" title="Manolo-Blahnik-Summer-2014" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The first was expected <i>"A high heel transforms you. It changes the way you walk, the way you dress..."</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-size: large;">But my favorite was when discussing Hermes bags.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">He loves an Hermes Tote that I couldn't find online, but I liked the bag below, The Garden Party Bag $3450.00</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TJrJOqquCSiIYUYZBnAYd2zOBprrVDIQRMy0P1vgfwxqr_rbtWHNTNcfKCVsC7Z91y3Y5J_UuDTTidAUH5CswY9xSbX7LrksKT3nZ_whWU8Z1-g5d2l-paYkSZMorYwOBS-cKt9GXtA/s1600/hermes+garden+party+$3450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hermes-Garden-Party-Bag" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TJrJOqquCSiIYUYZBnAYd2zOBprrVDIQRMy0P1vgfwxqr_rbtWHNTNcfKCVsC7Z91y3Y5J_UuDTTidAUH5CswY9xSbX7LrksKT3nZ_whWU8Z1-g5d2l-paYkSZMorYwOBS-cKt9GXtA/s1600/hermes+garden+party+$3450.jpg" title="Hermes-Garden-Party-Bag" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And the quote?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"I like all things from Hermes, but the problem is that you have <span style="color: red;">vile celebrities in America</span> wearing a Birkin like it is a trophy. So I like this one that is very simple."</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-size: large;">Haha! </span></div>

Fabulous Quotes ~ Manolo Blahnik

I adore great quotes. And I adore Manolo Blahnik. In the September 2014 issue of Allure Magazine he listed 10 beautiful things a woman shoul...

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Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society.

Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society.

R.I.P Robin Williams

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Quote Of The Day ~ Francois Nars

Quote Of The Day ~ Francois Nars

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A Quote For Today

A Quote For Today

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Dash of Fashion