Be forewarned, this special place has since become one of my favorite travels for its sheer amount of inspiration, gorgeous indoor garden, art and architecture — but really its enchanting and mysterious unsolved case of stolen paintings that draws in all the intrigue! I always love learning about any new place I travel, and before…
Lime Tart with a Saltine Cracker Crust
Summer days are becoming hotter and hotter, no matter where you are these days. Even this self-proclaimed pie lover finds the desire to not turn on the oven amongst these sweltering days, greater than the desire to bake a pie. It’s why I’ve been baking more easier, and quicker, galettes with puff pastry, stonefruit pandowdy…
Traveling to … Revisiting Old Favorites :: Moliceiro Boat Rides + Scenic Lighthouse Views || Aveiro Part II
Last time I spent a day’s adventure in Aveiro, I was with my cousin … riding the moliceiro boats along the famed canals, once used for transporting salt, walking and gazing at the varying architecture including the city’s known nouveau style, to ending it all with a sunset dinner of local seafood and fish delights…
Romancing the Start of Spring :: 3 Styling Inspirations for an Ever-Blooming New Season
Today we welcome April, another month, another season evolving with new days of living … and after quite some time of not sharing on the blog, of which I like to call more a creative journal, I happy to share some of the things that have been inspiring me this Spring season. Hopefully it will…
Traveling to … Autumn in Lisboa & an intimate Fado evening in Amália Rodrigues’ Garden
You may know the beautiful quote “into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul” by John Muir, it’s one of my favorites. For me, it also applies to whenever exploring a new city — especially one rich in history, and particularly Lisboa. It’s certainly near and dear to my heart,…
Traveling to … the historical brick row houses & cobblestone streets of Beacon Hill
Something about Beacon Hill’s historical brownstones, black shutters and old iron streetlamp lined cobblestone streets, still dressed in varying shades of lingering summer greens and colors now metamorphosing into warmer tones — that simply evokes Autumn. Don’t you think? It may have been the last day of August, but it certainly felt September had emerged from…
Traveling to … Revisiting Old Favorites :: Belém + Baixa de Lisboa
For the last few years every time I am in Lisboa, I naturally spend some time with my loving aunt and uncle in Charneca the Caprica, a quaint neighborhood of the Costa da Caparica beach coast. And whenever possible I always like to take advantage of location to see and do something new within Lisboa….
Traveling to … Serra da Estrela Living :: Part I
What is there to say about a minha linda Serra da Estrela. Spending my summers here, growing up, as a young girl submersed in nature, food and family, it intertwined itself into very much who I am. My soul and heart and certainly complete, bliss, when I’m here. How can one not be? Surrounded my…
Traveling to … the Castelo de Penedono & Senhora das Necessidades de Sernancelhe
What can I say, my heart loves scenic countryside views and terracotta roof tiled homes… As travel begins to pick up, rather quickly and ferociously from the looks of it {I mean I can’t blame anyone for wanting to just hit the road and adventure — as long as it’s being done safely}, there…
Traveling to … a Sail along the Douro River & Porto’s Ribeira
There are many things I got from my father that very much make up who I am … the love of nature, gardening and farming, the love of travel, the love of all types of music, especially, jazz, fado, instrumental and anything globally influenced … and the love of the sea. Growing up, any hint…
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