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GoogleBun Fridays: Week 38 Favorites

Happy Friday folks! Below are my top picks from the web for this week; what have you been reading? Have a good weekend! Keep your skin clean in a big city.  Cinnamon apple muffins recipe. What makes a great cookbook? How to create more calm in your life. Pub crawling in Paris. Make your own pear rosemary honey pizza. Things to do this fall season! What models eat before a show. How to manage people creatively. Why Yoga and Nature belong together. Quote of the Week: “Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (Image Credits: Tumblr)

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ART, TRAVEL

Sparkle #115: Illustrated Travel Maps

We are celebrating illustrated art on the blog this week, and for today’s post I wanted to share my favorite type of travel illustrations – illustrated travel maps! An illustrated map comes in handy when you want to know the character of a place in one quick glance. It highlights top attractions, routes, things to do, places to eat and other quirks for a particular destination in a light and easy to absorb manner. It is fun and colorful to look at it, can be easily stored on your phone as an image or a wallpaper and serves as a quick reminder for key attractions when traveling to…

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GoogleBun Fridays: Week 31 Favorites

Happy Friday folks! Below are my top picks from the web for this week; what have you been reading? Have a good weekend! How to enjoy Paris solo. Cinnamon sugar funnel cake recipe – Hot this week! Be the best version of yourself. Healthy potato skins recipe. Summer reading round-up. Over the years. Stop comparing yourself with others. Playing Arts: illustrated playing cards. Real perspectives on standing desks. Fall fashion fantasy. Quote of the Week: “What is done in love is done well.“ ~ Vincent Van Gogh (Image Credits: The Jealous Curator)

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ART, Featured, TRAVEL

Sparkle #107: Paris vs New York

I love Paris and New York – both cities are my absolute favorites and close to my heart for so many different reasons! I discovered Paris via books and movies and fell in love with it in an instant. Thankfully, my maiden visit this summer only deepened my love for the city! New York on the other hand was my first solo international trip, and the incidents and experiences on this trip helped shape my overall outlook on travel.  New York will always be special for me as it awakened my wanderlust and forever changed my perspective on solo travel! Both the cities have distinct personalities and histories, and a discussion on the…

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Week 21, 22 & 23: Around the World in 14 Days!

And I am back! Aloha folks, how has summer started for all of you? I cannot believe I have been away for only two weeks, it seems like forever to me! It is wonderful to be back. I love traveling and might wander off for days or weeks, but I always find my way back home. The beauty of travel is that it not only helps you discover people and places, but also helps unearth new things about your own personality, all the while broadening horizons while enriching the soul! The following two quotes beautifully sum up all my travel experiences till date: “It’s a…

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