One thing that I loved about being abroad was the fashion! So many clothes…so little time…and SOOO much cheaper than the U.S. I received a few e-mails asking where I got the skirt I was wearing on my post about Newburyport’s Farmer’s Market the other day (here)…so here is a little piece about that skirt…my [...]
Archive for the ‘Africa’ Category
Sustainable Style: Satisfy the elegant hippy within with laLESSO designs from Kenya
Posted in Africa, Help out!, style, Uncategorized on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wanderlust Wednesday: Finding Brangelina’s Namibia…not on Brangelina’s Budget
Posted in Africa, Travel, Uncategorized, Wanderlust Wednesday on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We all remember the media frenzy that was the adoption saga of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Namibia a few years back, bringing a large, seemingly obscure, yet beautiful African country on the radar. However, most of us are not celebrity philanthropists and therefore cannot enjoy Namibia on their budget. The Jolie-Pitts actually rented [...]
Wanderlust Wednesday: AIR JAWS…why watch Planet Earth when you can experience it live?
Posted in Africa, Travel, Uncategorized, Wanderlust Wednesday on July 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So this Wednesday, I wanted to share an experience I have already had, but that I would do again in a heartbeat. Cage Diving with Great White Sharks off of Seal Island in South Africa. If anyone else watches Shark Week as religiously as I do, then I’m pretty sure you’ve seen this couple…Chris and [...]
Spa-staycation in Morocco continued…some enviable Moroccan bathrooms
Posted in Africa, eco-friendly, spa-licious, style, Uncategorized on June 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So in addition to my post on how to create a Moroccan-themed spa day at home…I found some enviable Moroccan inspired bathrooms….take a look… Here’s a little blurb about Moroccan interior design by the writers at moroccanarchitecture.wordpress.com… “The Moroccan home is a unique blend of African, Berber, and Islamic aesthetics…Interior decor is essential to Islamic [...]
Feudal Castle to Eco-Friendly Fantasy in Morocco…
Posted in Africa, eco-friendly, Help out!, Travel, Uncategorized on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I watched ‘Casablanca’ the other night and my desire to travel to Northern Africa was reignited immediately. I also was in the midst of a girls’-night-in, consisting of homemade summertime facial masks. I thought to myself…hmmm…spa PLUS Morocco would be the ideal….and what do you know? One of the top Eco-Spa’s in the world is [...]
Wanderlust Wednesdays: It takes a Village…an Eco-friendly DREAM in Malawi
Posted in Africa, eco-friendly, Help out!, Travel, Uncategorized, Volun'tour'ism, Wanderlust Wednesday on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Malawi….”the Warm Heart of Africa”… Well, the weather still has not let up and its making me long to go back to the wonderful, and much drier, Africa. One country I have always wanted to visit in Africa is Malawi…in South Eastern Africa nestled in between Zambia, Mozambique and Tanzania. One may think that because [...]
