Design in Vancouver

Hello everyone! I'm excited for a design-filled weekend in Vancouver and I had to share it with you. I'll be taking photos so more to come next week. Tomorrow I'll be heading to one of Vancouver's newer stores, Anthropologie (I was so excited when I first heard it was opening here!), for the book signing event of Design*Sponge's Grace Bonney! It's going to be good.

Design Sponge at Home (Official Book Trailer) from The Panic Room Videos on Vimeo.

Then I'll be squeezing in some mother-daughter time at the Interior Design Show West! This will also be good: amazing speakers, renowned designers, magazine editors, store owners, and design gurus galore all in one huge convention hall that will be filled to the brim with creative displays! Can't wait to share pictures with you all! Last year's show was tons of fun and I'm sure this year's will be as well.
Cheers to all you fabulous people! I'm off to finish (oops, I mean start) a paper...

DO & CO Hotel, Vienna

How fabulous it would be to go on vacation...right now. I don't think I've ever been this busy in my life! How about you? I'd love to visit Vienna again (I don't remember much of my first visit). It's an amazing city, full of history, old and new. I wouldn't mind staying at the DO & CO Hotel. Judging from the pictures, it features a very interesting blend of styles and a fabulous view of the city (it's located right in the heart of Vienna)!Wow! Can you imagine dining here?!

Recipe: Fig Tart

Yum! I love figs! It's a good thing we have three fig trees in our back yard. The only problem is that if my dog gets out there, all the low hanging, easy to reach figs are gone pretty quickly. We race to pick them before the dog does (he jumps, bites, picks, and chomps them up with some serious expertise).On that note, I've found a fabulous recipe for a fig tart on Eat.Live.Travel.Write. If you don't have figs in your backyard or have eaten them all (like me), you can get some from the store and try out this recipe. Ciao beautiful people! Happy baking!

Designing Hamlet...

It's been a busy day of school, work and now homework. I'm reading Hamlet and coming up with costume design ideas. Suggestions anyone? I'll be back tomorrow with a much better post than this!Photo taken by Ines de S. at the Cross Decor & Design.

Posts from the Past

Hello again lovelies! What will you be doing this weekend? Mine is looking pretty full: dance and homework, which includes plenty of reading, researching, sketching and painting! I want to say thank you for visiting my blog and taking the time to read and write comments. A special thank you to all my followers for showing some blog love!
If you find yourself with a some moments to spare, take a look at some of my favourite posts from the past. Enjoy!

A Hat Like Audrey's

I'm looking forward to the ski season and more adventures like this one: The Galway Girl in Whistler Village

Black and White Ballet... gorgeous photography.

A seriously awesome travel accessory: Globetrotter Luxury

A Short Love Story

I really really want to visit Nice la Belle.

Travel Accessory: ONA Camera Bags

I would love to have a camera bag from ONA. It would be a stylish solution and the perfect travel accessory, especially if you want to be a discreet tourist (sometimes it's nice to blend in a little more). My favourite one so far is the Union Street model, designed to carry your camera, lenses and your laptop... The Brooklyn Satchel is also lovely...What do you think? Wouldn't you love to traipse around Europe taking photos and carrying your equipment in this bag?

Glee's New York Colours

Hello everyone! While organizing my new purchases (school supplies for theatre design!), I realized that the season 2 finale of Glee was playing in the background. I loved the costumes and the colours. And the tunes were pretty fun too. What do you think?It would be fun to see Manhattan like Glee! Touring Broadway, dining out, exploring the city with a group of close friends! By the way, if you are planning a trip to Manhattan and wish to see a Broadway show, you have a very good chance of getting a cheaper ticket by going straight to the theatre box office shortly before show time.

How I got my ticket to Catch Me If You Can:
20 mins to showtime, I went straight to the box office and asked if there were any tickets left. There were! Instead of paying $120, I got a centre orchestra seat for only $79! So close to showtime, I think they are happy to fill the seats.
Okay. I love Rachel's outfits but I don't know if I could ever pull off a striped coat like this one!
Breakfast at Tiffany's anyone?

Duque Hotel Boutique & Spa, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gotan Project - Santa Maria

The Spirit of Tango III, Buenos Aires - Christopher Pillitz

Today's travel wish: Buenos Aires. Actually, I just really want to visit South America! I've never been further south than Mexico in the Western Hemisphere. In fact, I think I've never been further south than the Philippines.
The Duque Hotel Boutique & Spa looks like it would be a lovely place to stay at in Buenos Aires. Located in the heart of the popular and trendy, Palermo Soho, Duque is a perfect mix of classic and contemporary, old and new. It looks like it has so much charm. I want to go!Fabulous chair!
And that is a great logo! Very charming...
I want a hat like that!
Have a great weekend everyone! I'll be dreaming of Argentina and South America...

Vintage Photos

Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual

It's funny how short he looked in this photo, when really he was quite tall!
Love these old shots of my maternal grandparents. So much style and so little effort. My grandpa used to love Tom Jones!

Whites

Next week is back to school: the last year of my bachelor's degree! I have one weekend to fix up my room. I love the fresh, crisp feeling of having a lot of white in the room, especially since my walls are an avocado green (a nice one). Here are some rooms I really like... What do you think?I love the layers of white textures on the left and the arrangement of the nightstands and picture frames on the right. Together they'd make my perfect room!
The frames in the bathroom! I love the loose placement. It's hard to see but the words of Frida Kahlo on the frame to the right are lovely: I have wings in order to fly.
Images from Small Rooms Tumblr