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Ruby Slipper Journeys
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barceloneta beach

First, off, thank you all so much for the good back/shoulder wishes, Im trying to stick to my guns about unnecessary computer use (she types, making a blog post at midnight). These photos were taken ...

3 days ago

resolutions, resolutions

Today I went to the doctor about an increasingly sore and cracking shoulder, which I was attributing to several years of carrying bags, or maybe to sleeping in strange positions. And those things may...

5 days ago

sundays

I was looking for quotes about the weekend the other day, as a conversation starter for one of my classes. My favourite was "Only Robinson Crusoe has everything done by Friday." On the subjec...

13 may 12

what killed the dinosaurs?

In this guys case, it seems that random vandalism was the cause of extinction... although Im not sure its vandalism if the target is graffiti to start with! All I know is that Im not sure why random ...

10 may 12

a weekend in lyon part 2: the smell of lilacs

If the Saturday I spent in Lyon was a day for tourism, Sunday was a day for food, friends and flowers. Alexa took me up to a charming Sunday market in a part of the city I immediately forgot the name...

08 may 12 1 person likes this

blazing

Picture from Day 2 in Lyon are still coming, but I thought we were overdue for an outfit post in the meantime. I wore this today to the Saló del Comic, a fair that takes place in Barcelona every year...

06 may 12

a weekend in lyon, part 1

My friend Alexa visited me back in the fall, and also last year, and actually we spent time together in Barcelona four and a half years ago too (were friends from back home). Every time Ive seen her ...

02 may 12

dress around the world

A favourite dress a few ways (a la Rebecca), in a few different corners of the world (and on two different people).Ive had this dress for two years (it was a present from Albert, who caught a glimpse...

01 may 12

barcelona by day

Parc de la CiutadellaBarcelona is one of protagonists in my life, but less so on my blog, which is unacceptable. To tell the truth, during all the years Ive lived here Ive gone around with a camera t...

29 apr 12

loveliest of trees the cherry now

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough,And stands about the woodland rideWearing white for Eastertide.by A.E. Housman Photos by Albertdress: J.Crew (gift), shoes: Campe...

25 apr 12 1 person likes this

day of books and roses

Feliç dia de Sant Jordi for those of you in Catalonia, and for those who arent, its a festive day we should all consider importing! Sant Jordi (Saint George) is the patron saint of Catalonia, and its...

23 apr 12 1 person likes this

sunset on the roof of la pedrera

This was Easter Sunday... and we went to architectural masterpiece/tourist trap La Pedrera after lunch. Albert and I bought "Art Cards" back in the fall for €25, which get you into seven muse...

17 apr 12 1 person likes this

foodie, and odds and ends

I always take so many pictures when travelling (or even when not travelling), and often there are leftovers that dont fit into a coherent post... so heres an incoherent post, showing a few more momen...

15 apr 12 1 person likes this

à collioure

Isnt Collioure (or Cotlliure) one of the prettiest seaside towns youve ever seen? With its Medieval buildings, the intense, paradise blue of the sea and sky embracing the town from above and below, t...

12 apr 12 2 people like this

cest tout?

On Good Friday morning, Albert and I peeled ourselves out of bed after an ill-advised late night, rented a car, and set off for Perpignan/Perpinyà in the South of France/Catlonia North, depending on ...

11 apr 12

be right back

Photo sourceHappy belated Easter, everyone! Sorry for going AWOL the last week, but Im having major issues amalgamating and backing-up five years of photos from my computer... I had actually used 100...

10 apr 12

blossom

Sunday in Bonn was sunny, and we rode to a neighbourhood that is famous for its cherry blossoms in spring. Unfortunately, they hadnt quite flowered yet, although they were all clustered in tight pink...

04 apr 12

on remixing, and so on

I was reading Francas thoughtful responses to some Friend Friday questions on remixing and one-time wears a few days ago, and thought Id weigh in on a couple of the questions myself, since I wear all...

02 apr 12 1 person likes this

summer cant come soon enough

The last few days in Barcelona have been almost summery during the daytime hours (so naturally this weekend Im headed to Germany where its 10 C and raining, bah. Summer is by. far. my favourite seaso...

30 mar 12

only a factory girl

My favourite decades for style are probably the 20s through the 40s, and here I was definitely trying to channel a bit of a 40s factory worker look. Ive definitely said it before, but I prefer these ...

26 mar 12

wood nymph

Landscape plays an interesting role in blog photography. So often I end up in places that look to be deserted; like Im the only girl on the street, or here, as though Im in the country somewhere. Fre...

22 mar 12

a soft-focus dreamland: audrey grace magazine

I was thrilled to receive a copy of the Audrey Grace Magazine in my inbox a couple of days ago. Put together by Jaclyn Bethany in support of her pop-up boutique by the same name opening in New York t...

20 mar 12

misty rhineland and white legs

I just spent a lovely weekend in Bonn, riding my old vintage bicycle (unfortunately a few sizes too big though, Im a bit unintentionally kamikaze on it) up the Rhine in search of a hot chocolate.I wa...

18 mar 12

café culture

The coffee houses of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were hotbeds of debate and discussion on all manner of subjects by the learned, artistic, and famous folk of the day. As such, coffee and...

16 mar 12

a red herring without mustard

So this makes my second post title named after a Flavia de Luce book (the other one was "I am half-sick of shadows," and yes, I know thats also a line from Tennyson). Im completely in love wi...

13 mar 12 1 person likes this

in sitges

Last Saturday when Kallie was here we took a little daytrip to Sitges just down the coast from Barcelona. We were all kind of the walking wounded from being up until 4am the night before, and I was p...

10 mar 12

poster of a girl

So, this isnt 100% what I wore to the Absinthe bar--it didnt occur to me to wear the star crown until later, but I did wear the rest of the outfit, and Id definitely wear it again with the crown next...

07 mar 12

absinthe

Kalliereligion!By some happy chance, whilst we were enjoying a glass of wine on Friday evening, somebody saw fit to mention the Absinthe bar... and half an hour later we were there. Bar Marsella is a...

05 mar 12

guess whos coming for dinner?

For the last day and a half, Ive had the pleasure of hosting Kallie, who I got to know last year when I went to New York for a week. I love when internet friendships inexplicably turn into real frien...

03 mar 12

i am half sick of shadows

"Ciphers and Constellations, in Love with a Woman," by Joan MiróLiving in a place where February, though perhaps still chilly, tends to be sunny and bright, Ive been seized with a desire to w...

27 feb 12

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