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 [...]
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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: Migrate Across Mongolia as a Warrior!
Posted in eco-friendly, Help out!, spa-licious, Travel, Uncategorized, Wanderlust Wednesday on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So you may have “bow hunting skills…nun chuck skills….” but what about Mongolian warrior skills…aka shooting a bow and arrow off of horseback while riding across the Steppes? I didn’t think so. Mongolian warriors were the fastest most tactful warriors in their time. Led by Genghis Khan (name given in 1189), who united rival clans [...]
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 [...]
Think outside the Rectangle: Who says a yoga mat must be boring? From round mats…to yoga DVD-playing yoga mats…
Posted in eco-friendly, go local!, Help out!, organic, style, technology, Uncategorized, yoga on June 25, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Although its more economical to use the mat from the local studio at class, or to buy a cheap mat from Marshall’s or T.J. Maxx, local studio mats can have up to 100,000 bacteria per square inch, and el-cheapo mats can sometimes be made from non eco-friendly materials, and be of el-cheapo quality. Original yogis, [...]
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 [...]
