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The strange and serene beauty of aquascapes.

There is a fascinating place in San Francisco that I like to visit when I am in town. It is called  Aqua Forest ...

the sweet return of Sybilla

The awaited return of a Spanish fashion star. I cannot wait to get my hands on pieces from Sybilla's comeback Fall ...

Tasting wine and nature

"Back to nature, the only future". I am inspired by this quote from my friend and gardener Annick Peauger. Living ...

The fairness and civility of allotments

As I grow more aware about the quality and (limited) quantity of the fresh produce available to me I realice that very ...

The cancelled landscape

Argentinian textile artists Alexandra Kehayoglou makes wool carpets that look and feel like grassland.  They are ...

Garden People by Valerie Finnis

I always turn to gardens when I want to know a city better. Like food markets, botanical gardens and city gardens are a ...

NLST and R13

These are the silhouettes I want for 2015 . My friend Catherine Whiley from Live Fashion London introduced me years ...

Le Cabinet Privé as created by Florence Lopez and Christian Liaigre

My office for many years in Paris was a corner space with glass walls and high ceilings directly on the street , at ...

The advanced 7-minute workout

Christmas is over and you probably ate too much and sat on your ass all day having bad thoughts about your in-laws , so ...

the world of roast porkbelly : Susi’s recipe

I make roast porkbelly a lot , and I eat it a lot too….Anytime I see it on a restaurant menu. In America it is ...

Sea urchins on a cart : this is how we do Christmas in the Campo De Gibraltar

This is how we do it in Southern Andalusia during Christmas : we go to an "erizada" in Algeciras or Cadiz and have a ...

Maria Wettergren at The Salon: Art and Design N.Y and at Design Miami

I wrote a few months ago about  Maria Wettegren's gallery in Paris and how inspiring her selection of artists ...

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