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Travel: Exploring Paris Past The Eiffel Tower

There are many sides to Paris I adore and what I love most is discovering something new every time I go there – which is at least once a year. For example: {featured image is copyright rawsilkandsaffron and one I took on March 12, 2017 celebrating a friend’s birthday}

Saturday Morning Interesting Reads Online

I get up at 5:30  every morning, no matter the day. I love the quiet, and the peacefulness, because it helps me think best and plan out my day and even reshuffle my life goals.  Then, I do some of my best writing here, there, and even a chapter for my next novel. But what I love most about this time, is what I find interesting online to share with all of you:

Decor: Some Things to Think About

There are million and one suggestions to consider about decor – mostly outside of hiring a professional. Like if you are a do-it-yourself kind of person, you could spend months contemplating everything from color to a throw blanket or not. To ease your research hopefully, here are some suggestions I found pretty useful: And finally here is my obsession right about now – about an old dresser I use as a TV console and how I want to paint it just like this:

Decor: Ideas From Luxury Hotel

Let’s face it – you walk into a hotel room and your jaw drops – seeing the perfect decor just as the one you saw online, naturally setting the tone for your travels (hopefully in a good way) 🙂 When I was in my twenties, I often times chose a basic hotel, reasonably priced near the train stations since I was not only on a tight budget, but chose to stay only a day or two  in each city to maximize my month long vacation. Meaning, being near the train station help facilitate my crazy itinerary.  The interesting thing is, the more I travel throughout Europe,  the more I notice the hotels nearing the train stations have done an amazing job renovating their properties – not only their location most ideal still for me to this day, but the ambiance worth every penny. Okay, so with that little bit of intro, I love this article about stealing decorating ideas from hotels – which I do all the time.  

Decor: Romantic Outdoor Seating

Since I live in San Francisco, porch sitting or patio and backyards are seldom a thing. I mean in some neighborhoods maybe – but overall not really. The locals tend to bolt out the door when the sun is shining – to the beach, or to the park, and even a walk across the Golden Gate. That’s how we city folk roll 🙂 But if I were to own a property say just 40 miles south, or east, I would, hands down, go for something like these  and those