Art: La Cucina

January 28, 2013 | Leave a Reply

I just love Ana’s food-related artwork available in her Etsy shop Anek. Not only do the prints’ simplicity grab my attention but the sayings on them are in my favourite languages and they share such positive thoughts. Lovely for your own kitchen or the perfect gift for your most favourite foodie, don’t you think?

Translation (from Italian): A little kitchen makes a large home, $30, Anek

Translation (from Italian): A dinner without wine is like a day without sunshine, $45, Anek

Translation (from French): The chef is always right, $45, Anek

Translation (from Spanish): A full stomach makes a happy heart, $45, Anek

The Friday Five: Breezy Bedrooms

January 25, 2013 | 1 Commentary

The bedrooms featured here all have an airy, open, breezy feel to them which would surely encourage a calm and peaceful sleep.

via La Maison d’Anna G

Parrot’s Bay, Turks & Caicos, via Brides

via Out of the Bag

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attic bedroom, via Country Living

Happy Friday everyone! Have a wonderful weekend!

Fashion: Bow Ties

January 24, 2013 | Leave a Reply

As a fan of pretty much anything retro, I’m quite happy to see how the bow tie has made a comeback. Then again, perhaps it never left?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, via ModaSuite

via Ties.com

via Cotton Hearted

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via Little Blue Feathers

via A Little Dash of Darling

via Oh Baby London

Update: Have a look at how to tie a bow tie (via Swiss Miss).

How are your icons this year?

January 23, 2013 | Leave a Reply

Thinking of freshening up your icons this year? It’s probably a good idea.

It’s not to be at the forefront of emerging technology that you’d download some new icons; we’re talking about keeping up with workplace expectations to be visually savvy and hip. It’s about being in the know without looking like you’re trying at all. And this new set of free icons by Brankic1979 is slick and clean, and downloading it for use is just an easy click. I love it when designers make their creative available for use by the public for free. Now we are all engaging with design in mind.

Icons by Branlic1979 are free to use personally or commercially and are designed to resize flawlessly

Pop Up! – W Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale

January 22, 2013 | 4 Commentaries

A little late but…a few months ago my husband and I had a great time on a fabulous Caribbean cruise where I mostly slept, slept and slept. I couldn’t ask for a better week given the state of my current New York life. We stayed at the wonderful W Fort Lauderdale beforehand where I spotted some interesting art and architecture!

Below are two photos of the lobby. The ceiling of the lobby is actually the bottom of the pool. Pretty great, right?

Has anyone else stayed at the W Fort Lauderdale? What did you think?

Post and photos by Corie.