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12 Fun Things I Did in Los Angeles

March 26, 2015

California was high on my travel wishlist, probably because of all the films and series I’ve watched that take place there. Well I grew up watching Beverly Hills 90210 (the original one not the remake) after all! And then there is San Francisco and Golden Gate bridge and not to mention Pacific Coast Highway 1, which I discovered through blogs and Pinterest (the latter one is definitely a “thing” nowadays for travel planning along with Instagram). Today I’m really proud and excited to say that I’ve been there and done that and I really really liked the experience! I have…

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Travel Guides, USA

Stata Center, MIT by Frank Gehry

March 13, 2015

Have I ever mentioned that half my close and extended family are engineers? No? Well, now you know. We have every specialty you can think of: civil engineers, architects, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, rural and surveying engineers…we missed out on chemical engineers, but you get the point. And me? Oh I’m the black sheep…I studied Business Administration with and MSc on IT&Management and a part-time course in Fashion Design, just because… When I was a kid and we travelled in Europe I got to see many engineering/construction projects like the Øresund Link between Denmark and Sweden or the glass dome of the…

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Greece

5 Greece city breaks suggestions

March 5, 2015

Spring is an ideal season for weekend breaks in Greece. The days are longer, the weather is mild, and the trees are blooming. Bonus: the cities are not crowded with tourists. That means you will find better accommodation deals! Today I’ve rounded up 5 Greek cities ideal for a weekend escape. I have rounded up tips on what to do once you get there (visit, walk, shop and eat)! Athens Well, a proper city break guide for Greece should start with the capital right? (*cough, cough*), which happens to be my hometown as well! Visit: The Acropolis as well as…

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Food & Drink

3 restaurants in NYC worth visiting

February 19, 2015

New York City is one of the few cities, where I had a problem finding a decent restaurant. Of course that was why I was looking in all the wrong places like Times Square and Pier 17. The good thing was, that the extremely bubbly tour guide on the doubledecker bus to Brooklyn gave us the best tip: head to Hell’s Kitchen. Long story short I never made it to Hell’s Kitchen, but I found out Restaurant Row (aka W46th street) with lots of options that never disappoint (tried 2 different restaurants, both very good). During my last visit in…

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Europe, Travel Guides

A quick guide to Brighton

January 29, 2015

Today’s post is a “break” from the previous food related ones! It’s also a break from featuring places and cities in North America (can’t help it since I’m stationed in Boston). It is about a city that although I’ve visited only once, is a favorite of mine! Read on to see my favorite spots and must-dos in Brighton! Visiting Brighton was on my list for a long time! Every time I visited my friends in London and proposed a trip to Brighton they said that they’ve been there and weren’t impressed! I mean how that was even possible?!? Why so much fuss about…

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Food & Drink

Grandma’s Baklava Recipe

January 26, 2015

Back in November I baked baklava for the first time. I was anxious about the outcome because not only it was my first attempt, but also I’m not really good with making syrup (an essential part of the baklava). Nevertheless I was eager to give it a try and take it along to my friends in Montreal. You see they had tasted my grandmother’s baklava last summer and loved it! This weekend I baked another baklava and was definitely more confident than the first time. I came to realize that there’s no big deal after all, because there is no…

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Lifestyle

Andy Warhol: The Illustrator

January 15, 2015

We all know Andy Warhol as the leader of the American Pop Art Movement, but did you know that he started off as an illustrator working mainly with fashion magazines? No? Me neither! That’s why I was more than happy to stumble upon an exhibition of his illustrations in Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts back in November. On display there are fifty posters and almost a thousand illustrations found in 400 magazines that belong to the collection of Paul Maréchal. Although Warhol sifted from illustration to painting, he still got commissions for advertisements and magazines. Take the Absolut Vodka bottle for…

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12 Fun Things I Did in Los Angeles

Stata Center, MIT by Frank Gehry

5 Greece city breaks suggestions

3 restaurants in NYC worth visiting

A quick guide to Brighton

Grandma’s Baklava Recipe

Andy Warhol: The Illustrator

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