One of my absolute favourite places is the Gellert Baths. Show me a bit of faded grandeur, preferably Art Nouveau style , combine it with a swimming pool and hot springs and you’ll have no bother from me for a while. For a couple of blissful seasons I led tours to Romania which flew in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cafe’
Five on a Friday
Posted in Inspire, Live, Personal, Travel, tagged art, Cafe, city, edinburgh, hungary, music, Travel on July 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Five on a Friday
Posted in Etsy, Inspire, Live, Personal, shopping, tagged art, biscuit, book, Cafe, city, edinburgh, film, music on June 12, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I’m enjoying compiling these “Five on a Friday” blog posts – and glad to see your contributions too. It just seems a nice way to make unexpected discoveries.
Being in Istanbul has reminded me of one of my favourite books – Ali and Nino by Kurban Said. This is a beautifully written tale, set in Baku [...]
Amsterdam Polaroid and the best Appeltaart ?
Posted in Create, Photography, Travel, tagged amsterdam, Appeltaart, art, bakery, Cafe, cafewinkel, Cake, cities, Europe, holland, Photography, polaroid, sx70, Travel on May 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Just a quick post as I am busy working my way through the Amsterdam photos and trying to catch up on some of the other cities before I go off on the next trip. This little set of houses is very typical for Amsterdam, with their decorative gables. I spent an interesting hour or so [...]
One more day…and where to go for sustenance..
Posted in Personal, Photography, Travel, tagged art, Cafe, cities, city, edinburgh, Europe, film, photograph, Photography, polaroid, scotland, starrybluesky, sx70, Travel on April 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
One more day to go, for the exhibition at the Gladstone Gallery. Today went really well – quite a few prints sold, including a series of three that, although available singly, does look best when displayed together. So many interesting conversations with people from all over the world and locals too – it takes a [...]
Polaroids, Paris and Favourite Places .
Posted in Photography, Travel, tagged Cafe, Europe, france, paris, Photography, polaroid, sx70, tea, tearoom, Travel on February 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The wonders of technology. A little update on my progress with the “12 City Project” live from Paris ! Some people like to stay in the same quartier everytime they visit Paris and make it their own little corner of the city. I’ve taken the opposite approach for the last number of years and mostly choose [...]
The European Cake Project
Posted in Live, tagged Appeltaart, Baking, Cafe, Cake, Europe, Travel on July 22, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I am currently engaged in this ongoing piece of research….and if you live in any part of Europe you can help me with this. I’d like to know what you consider to be your most typical cake. There is a lot of room for debate on this of course..but for example the Dutch one could [...]
