one fine stay

Whether you stay at a hotel, rent an apartment or crash at a friends' house feeling comfortable is key to enjoying any trip - at least for me. So for our recent trips to London I decided to try an apartment rental service a friend once recommended. I am now officially, for London at least, hooked on Onefinestay. If only for the booking process, the friendly welcome and the iPhone you are entrusted with during your stay. What I really love though are the magazines they publish (which feel more like books) and their blog (surprise surprise). 

So if you are heading to London, Paris, NYC, Los Angeles and now also Rome do consider them. But in any case check out their blog. I've posted a few pictures with the links below. Enjoy :) 

dreaming of winter

Dreaming...well honestly it is more like planning, preparing, bracing....and a little dreaming. Next month I will fly off to London for a short visit and with the winter temperatures in Europe dropping below zero I am (constantly) thinking about a winter coat. A thick coat. And so the search through Pinterest and other blogs began. And I fell in love. With the idea of winter. Below are some of my favouite finds. 

Image via Dustjacket Attic. 

Image via Dustjacket Attic. 

Image via here. 

Image via here. 


growing baby corals

Check out this amazing talk by Kristen Marhaver!

"Kristen Marhaver studies corals, tiny creatures the size of a poppyseed that, over hundreds of slow years, create beautiful, life-sustaining ocean structures hundreds of miles long. As she admits, it's easy to get sad about the state of coral reefs; they're in the news lately because of how quickly they're bleaching, dying and turning to slime. But the good news is that we're learning more and more about these amazing marine invertebrates — including how to help them (and help them help us). This biologist and TED Senior Fellow offers a glimpse into the wonderful and mysterious lives of these hard-working and fragile creatures. " - TED.com