hello monday





Images via Pinterest 
Loving the bags in these images. 

Happy Monday everyone. 
Hope you had a great weekend and are ready for all the greatness this week will bring. 
Look for all the is wonderful, exceptional and chic. 
Be kind, understanding and open to amazing ideas. 

I love this quote. 
And some times I have to remind myself that determination is such an important aspect of....well...everything. 

Thank you for visiting. 
xx
Pris



hello monday







Images via Pinterest and Dustjacket Attic 
In the mood for a wonderful cafe to enjoy coffee with my friends and catch up and beautiful flowers at home. 
Living far away from friends brings diversity to all of our lives. 
Though some times even with all the technology in the world there is nothing like meeting in person. 

Good morning and a wonderful Monday to all of you. 
I hope you had an amazing weekend. 

Enjoy this week. 
Smile loads 
Appreciate the details. 
xx
Pris








hello monday



Images via Pinterest
Beautiful Hermes watch, love the sight of peonies in the morning
and the ever so important morning espresso. 

"Overload them with kindness" 
-anon-

Have a beautiful week. 
May it be filled with smiles, laughter and kindess. 
This week I am (re)focusing on some pilates, walks after work and healthy eating. 
Looking for the balance. 

xx
Pris







one of those days





Images all via {this is glamorous}

It is one of those days that I would so enjoy just relaxing with a magazine on a lazy day-bed surrounded by flowers, sunshine and a light breeze. 


"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities"

-Dr. Seuss-



coffee lovely




Images via various sources

For those of you who enjoy a delicious cup of coffee in the morning, here is a wonderful little piece of history.

"Coffee was first discovered in Eastern Africa in an area we know today as Ethiopia. A popular legend refers to a goat herder by the name of Kaldi, who observed his goats acting unusually frisky after eating berries from a bush. Curious about this phenomena, Kaldi tried eating the berries himself. He found that these berries gave him a renewed energy. The news of this energy laden fruit quickly spread throughout the region.
Monks hearing about this amazing fruit, dried the berries so that they could be transported to distant monasteries. They reconstituted these berries in water, ate the fruit, and drank the liquid to provide stimulation for a more awakened time for prayer.

Coffee berries were transported from Ethiopia to the Arabian peninsula, and were first cultivated in what today is the country of Yemen.From there, coffee traveled to Turkey where coffee beans were roasted for the first time over open fires. The roasted beans were crushed, and then boiled in water, creating a crude version of the beverage we enjoy today. (Ahh so tulips and the way we enjoy coffee come from Turkey...don't you just love these people)

Coffee first arrived on the European continent by means of Venetian trade merchants. Once in Europe this new beverage fell under harsh criticism from the Catholic church. Many felt the pope should ban coffee, calling it the drink of the devil. To their surprise, the pope, already a coffee drinker, blessed coffee declaring it a truly Christian beverage. (my goodness....imagine if they had succeeded....no coffee....)

Coffee houses spread quickly across Europe becoming centers for intellectual exchange. Many great minds of Europe used this beverage, and forum, as a springboard to heightened thought and creativity.

In the 1700's, coffee found its way to the Americas by means of a French infantry captain who nurtured one small plant on its long journey across the Atlantic. This one plant, transplanted to the Caribbean Island of Martinique, became the predecessor of over 19 million trees on the island within 50 years. It was from this humble beginning that the coffee plant found its way to the rest of the tropical regions of South and Central America"

For more information visit this site





dean & deluca


It is a surprisingly warm, yet rainy afternoon in NYC. Like any “New Yorker” (yeah…. wishful thinking) I am sitting on a high chair in Dean and Deluca’s looking out on to the busy street, eating a bagel and having a coffee. I am happy to note the place is inside the lobby of the hotel and to make life just a little bit more special; they sell macaroons here (perhaps I haven’t been in a Dean & Deluca in such a long time that I am only now noticing this new macaroon addition, but I love it)(ok, they are not Laduree macaroons…but I am seriously not in a picky mood). As the hurried umbrella’s walk by and the sky darkens even though it is only 4.30pm, the innate buzz that somehow engulfs you the moment you cross any bridge into Manhattan surrounds you everywhere you go. Since I arrived at the hotel, I haven’t set a foot outside, and yet, I already feel completely part of the city (am waiting for the rain to pass and family to arrive….. and happily enjoying this moment). 


the value of doing nothing

Image via This is Glamorous


I am certainly not one to be lazy, and I completely realize it is only Tuesday, but gosh, what I wouldn't give to spend the whole day lounging around enjoying a nice cup of coffee and reading; all day long. What a luxury that would be.


“Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.”
-Winnie the Pooh -


coffee please



Images via Simply Seductive 

I am currently enjoying a short break in class and am in serious need of energy. 
How lovely it would be to enjoy a delicious cup of coffee and some scrumptious macaroons before the lectures begins again. (one can dream).