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April 2012

SUMMER FRESH

April 17 2012

I don’t normally drink juices but the temperature nowadays had me dreaming of fresh juices/smoothies. This watermelon juice is so simple and easy to make and this fresh mint ice cubes is a refreshing addition to any summer drink. For a lazy Friday lunch, make an easy but always delicious tomato mozzarella tartine or a [...]

GRANNY’S GRAFFITI

April 16 2012

When you live in Doha for so many years and you’re surrounded by just sand and sand color buildlings, you grow a stronger appreciation for color and street art.  Whenever I travel, half of my photo album are images of street graffiti I see on the street and there’s a relatively new form of street graffiti that is causing [...]

MINTY FRESH

April 15 2012

  This weekend was spent listening to rock bands playing classic hits, drinking pints of beer in the rain and surrounded by Harley Davidson bikers. The next day though I decided to put on something more ladylike for a day out with my husband. This dress combines two strong trend this season: mint green and [...]

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

April 12 2012

PART 3: GETTING HITCHED The ride to the church was nerve wracking. My stomach started aching and what I thought was wedding jitters was actually my needing to poop! Every time my Maid of Honor asked how I was going my only response was “I need to poop” so she did her best to distract [...]

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

April 11 2012

PART 2: GETING READY Getting ready with your girls is always fun and especially on a special occasion like this. I kept my wedding dress hidden from my bridesmaids and only my Maid of Honor got a sneak peek of it. My wedding dress was love at first sight since it’s the first dress I [...]

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

April 10 2012

Last Saturday we finally got our wedding videos and watching them in bed got me all teary eyed again. I started to recount the time I got engaged a year ago, planning the wedding and how the wedding turned out to be plain perfect.  Keeping the momentum high, I decided to blog about my wedding [...]

PLAYA PLAY

April 9 2012

I’m always blewn away by artists who uses unique mediums for their art. With a rake as his only tool, Andres Amador uses the beach as his canvas. Tackling the beach as early as 6am on a full moon to ensure lowest possible tide, Andres Amador has 1-2 hour window to work on a 10,000 square feet sand painting. I [...]