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Have I ever told you how much I love you Wordpress? This iPhone / SmartPhone app is just another reason – just downloaded it and wella, this blog is iPhone friendly!
To access the Bloomacious Digs on your smart phone, simply navigate to the page and scroll to the bottom. You’ll see an option that says “mobile theme” – just slide the button to on and you’re all set.
Take us to the park, to work, and even access our recipes in the kitchen! Yay – isn’t technology great?
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Jean from NotCot visited Versaille this week for a black tie party. While she was wandering the halls of the gorgeous palace she took a series of photos of the chandeliers from directly below. I must say, juxtaposed against the stunning hand painted ceilings, the photos show the palace in a lovely new “light”. Here’s one – see more.
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So last Christmas I got a nifty HD video camera ~ I had planned on going immediately to work producing and creating a catalog of scintillating and fascinating videos for both work and self expression.
So, it’s now late October and here we are! *One video*.
I guess it took quite some to come up with an idea for a clip to break the creative ice – then once I hatched my plan of a series of stories about New England the actual writing of copy, going around and shooting, and doing endless stand-ups took some time.
*Then* I ran into a bit of a wall trying to work out editing on my iMovie and *then* it took a while to figure out how to upload reasonably clear video to YouTube, Vimeo ect.
There’s been a lot of trial and error that’s gone into this particular video – but I’m so happy to actually have something to upload that doesn’t look like it is being broadcast from the moon that I am overlooking the obvious bad hair day, issues with camera work, and not matching up video to narration. These can be worked out in subsequent projects.
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You may or may not be familiar with the band Iron Maiden, and unless you hang in British nightclub circles you most likely have never encountered Mark Fuller (pictured below), the band’s assisting manager. But you should take a gander at his new hotel in London – the Sanctum Soho. Opened recently it’s already become a destination for wayward rock stars and the models who follow them around.
Marketed as a place where you can “get drunk, smoke on the roof, talk amorously to your girlfriend in the hot tub — and no bouncer is going to tell you off,” it purports to cater to a guest’s every need.
The rooms were designed by Lesley Purcell (pictured below) and feature individually conceived bedrooms ranging from crash pads to vast suites – each based on four different mood themes. There are masculine chocolate browns, streamlined silver, soft pinks, and deep exotic mauve.
Unique to the Sanctum Soho are its Crash Pad rooms, which are just a bit larger than a king-size bed with New York-style wet rooms – they go for £175 a night. Shown below top.
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I half expected to see a wave of sight gags and optical illusions when I first heard about the Hotel Amigo in Brussels. The gorgeous property is near the first museum dedicated to Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte which just opened last week.
As such the Amigo is decorated with a keen eye towards the dynamic color and clever line that makes Magritte’s work so appealing.
Designer Olga Polizzi created the interiors after exploring the myriad of outstanding interior design, furniture, antique shops and markets in Brussels – a city that boasts some of the best art galleries and museums in Europe.
As the daughter of late hotel magnate Lord Forte and sister of the international hotelier Sir Rocco Forte who owns and operates the hotel – one can imagine she had free creative reign in the creation of each nook and cranny.
In celebration of the Magritte Museum opening, the Hotel Amigo is honoring the artist with a package that includes tickets to the museum, a copy of the exhibition book, a special “Magritte” edition of Wittamer chocolates, shuttle service between the hotel and the museum, as well as a welcome cocktail at the Amigo Bar and a buffet breakfast, including homemade pastries and Belgian waffles. Package rates start at $389 (293 euros) per room, per night (based on two person occupancy).
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