Category: Fashion
On top of the Duomo di Milano
And how to dress modestly and stay fashionable in Italy
The first time I visited Milan last year in January 2025, I didn’t get the chance to climb the Duomo. The beginning of the year is cold rainy season in Northern Italy, so being on top of a cathedral made of entirely cold slab marble wouldn’t have been very fun anyways (and probably quite slippery […]
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The Girl with a Pearl Earring, centuries apart
Does life really imitate art? A natural pose for portrait pictures.
Oscar Wilde famously wrote, “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life,” but when life serendipitously coincides with art, rather than a flat-out imitation, I wonder what the writer has to say about that. When I was taking these self-portraits by myself, I had no particular artwork in mind. I was just doing my […]
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A Thankful Autumn Morning on Bow Bridge
There's nothing quite like Autumn in New York
When is the best time to visit Bow Bridge in Central Park? Come at the right time, and you may find the bridge empty and have it completely to yourself!
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Autumn in New York again, 2 years later
Mimi, Momo, & I re-visit the Big Apple this Autumn
Autumn in New York…why does it [still] seem so inviting? Two years ago in November, I took my 8 months-old Pomeranians Mimi and Momo on their very first overnight trip ever: to the great New York City, of all places. It was during the pandemic, and I had a lot of trepidation around the trip, […]
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