everyday opulence

hey gang, hope you’re chillin’ on this summer sunday. i just came from bunch with linda of parisien salon. we were supposed to travel together to paris last week but since we postponed, decided to enjoy a bit of it in south beach instead and hit the new restaurant au pied du cochon. we feasted on pancakes and french toast (we are american girls, after all) and made plans and set goals for the next couple months. linda’s moving to paris in the spring but in the meantime is exploring anything remotely french and just wrote a great article for bonjour paris on some of the spots around here that keep her inspired. it’s great to have a new neighbor/friend/blogger right around the corner, especially someone who knows the lay of the land and we’re going cruising this week for fun stuff.

getting off my usual track, i was talking to my sis-in-law who wants to head to venice. she and my bro have 3 darling angels (i’m auntie mame so i of course think that, but it’s also true), and her dream is to take them to venice. she sent me a link which led to falling down that ol’ hole and i spent more time than i’d like to admit looking at all the great old maidens in such a creaky incomprehensible city.

one of my favorite memories is traveling there with my family and staying in a pensione that was both charming and palatial. i was maybe 12 but can still remember the ceiling, fireplace, woodwork, the scents…it would have all been perfect if the housekeeper hadn’t tossed out the coke bottle collection i’d acquired throughout our trip.

after finding these pensiones, i have to say there’s no other place quite like it and would love to visit again.

i’m reading eat, pray, love, and the author spends the first third of the book in italy.

i don’t have immediate plans but it’s nice to go off the beaten path once in awhile and focus on other cities.

this one is bit much. good thing they went for all white linens :)

but they all have a playful touch. just a bit of eye candy i had to share.

some of these places have such history and character

i’m sorry i’m not linking to their sites

but just got too wrapped up in my frenzy. BAD blogger! (some have the name in the title. fortunately there aren’t so many you can’t find them in google images.

of course so many are over the top, but with others, the simplicity combined with a dash of lushness is such a sweet combo.

they’re almost like dollhouses. (my dollhouse, anyway)!

well i hope you enjoyed a little jaunt to venezia, where every day is opulent and luxe.

have a great weekend i miei amici!