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Meeting up with old friends makes you realize how time speeds faster than imaginable. Your 20’s often become a defining age where life paths are decided. Are you the one who marries early, starts a family, travels the world, ignites your own business, or acquires more than just one masters degree? I have friends who are married with two children, practicing medicine in third world countries, running successful start-up businesses, avidly climbing the fashion industry, working in the infamous trade of banking, or just backpacking across the world. Every time we fit in catch-up sessions, I am in awe at how far each person has come, and am always reminded that the world is flowing with possibility. I guess it’s true…happiness is what you make it.

I could wear these two dresses on rotation all summer.

I am nomadic at heart, so residing in one location can teeter on the boring side at times. In my single days I constantly city jumped, spending several months in Paris, Barcelona, Boston, Hong Kong, Amsterdam or anywhere else that held a certain allure. The freedom of packing every necessity into two giant suitcases and embarking to a new home always resulted in the perfect balance of excitement and nerves. The opportunity to immerse in new cultures, sample foreign cuisines, learning languages, and mastering a new city can be the most refreshing lifestyle. I relish in discovering my favourite bistro tucked in a minuscule, forgotten alley, or coming across the ideal vintage treasure haven that sells endless amounts of Chanel. Each memory is stored, and when I return to that city a nostalgic feeling of arriving home always arises. To this day, when Spring rolls around, I still yearn for the creamy hot chocolate served at a silent Parisian cafe where I used to settle for hours absorbing romantic novels and French fashion magazines. I look forward to the day when the boy and I can relocate and experience the uncovering of an unfamiliar city together. But until then I am content with perpetual travel, and not having to worry about stuffing every belonging into two suitcases.

Happy Birthday Tim!!

PARIS: hotel dans Le Marais, abundant seafood platters, floods of champagne and celebration, party at Kong, impossible search for taxis at 4am, ridiculous hangovers, wine driven afternoons, long walks with frequent shopping stops, Chanel temporary tattoos, potent cocktails from Hotel Costes, Laduree macaroons and cappuccinos, and plenty of family bonding.

We’re now in Burgundy. Anticipating gourmet feasts, far too much wine, and early nights.

The past few days have been spent with family in Frankfurt, dressing casually, and being absolute carnivores. I am now seriously anticipating our arrival in Paris. By Saturday afternoon I should be utilizing my minimal French skills, consuming oysters in abundance, making shopping stops at Colette and Chanel, and celebrating my brother’s 24th birthday in style. Can’t wait!

So captivated by Sienna Miller in Alfie. Her character, Nikki, is stunning, unique, carefree, vulnerable, and damaged all at once. I always sway towards the imperfect heroines. And of course we can’t forget the lust worthy hair, eye make-up, and style.