Category: fashion
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Travel 101: The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale
Back in the States my friends are celebrating a holiday–a once-a-year shopping fête lasting through August 2nd–the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. In honor of this hallowed event, I’ve pulled together a list of items on sale I’d love to have on my travels this fall: Kate Spade Ursula Sunglasses Topshop Belted Trench Coat Laura Mercier Travel…
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Summer 101: Waterproof Watches
Between swimming and sweating, I’ve had to give up wearing my nice watch with a leather strap for the summer. I didn’t think it would bother me…but when I was splashing around the Croatian coast and keeping my eye on the ferry schedule, I just couldn’t relax. I needed to know the time. It’s an anxiety thing I should work on,…
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Summer Travel Staple: The Sarong
The funniest thing happened over my birthday. My sister and mother both sent me sarongs as gifts! Without consulting one another, they each thought a sarong would be the perfect piece for my summer travels. Rightly so. Caftans are dramatic, but sarongs are versatile. A few tying ideas: Where it around your neck as a scarf on…
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Le pharmacie: French beauty products
You know how you never seem to exhaust a tube of lipstick or finish an eye cream before buying a new one? Well, when you live in uber-expensive Switzerland and have been using smuggled-in American beauty products for months without stepping foot in a department store, you do. In the days leading up to my week-long stay…
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This week I am…
…booking a ticket to any one of these cooler-than-cool swimming pools (#25–wow!) …learning a lot from these uber-British travel etiquette rules. …laughing over this hilarious dog grooming trend. Only in Japan. …applauding San Francisco on being the #1 city for … (answer). …wearing this as much as possible and pretending I’m French. …mulling over this thoughtful letter from…
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This week I am…
…turning 30! Apparently I’m supposed to know all these things by now (or maybe not). …donating to this Kickstarter campaign for spill-proof wine glasses. …daydreaming of Paris through this uber-hip blog on women in their Parisian apartments. …walking more. Yikes. …reading this article on how a kiss at Cannes Film Festival put a U.S. journalist in an Irani…
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This week I am…
…taking notes from this article on how to have a $1,000 day in Paris on just $100. …earmarking these recipes for spiked summer treats (tequila-lime sorbet?!) …reading this article on smart pills. No really. …using this handy guide on how to make his and hers steaks since we like them done differently. …making sure I never become one of these airplane traveler…
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I want to go camping there…
I’m discussing camping this week…check out my post on packing and the best H20 gear. …Treebones Resort in Big Sur, California. Big Sur is my favorite place in the world and I’ve been lucky enough to visit many times, but I’ve never camped there. And what Treebones offers goes far beyond camping. Even their basic campsites are perched…
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Camping 101: Packing for an overnight
One of the first trips my husband and I took together was camping near St. Michael’s Island, Maryland. Although just an overnight, it was a risky proposition considering that we were still just getting to know each other. There would be no electricity, no running water and no internet. More than anything, this trip would test…
Paige Langton 