Marrakech: and a tasty little tale
on Nov 20, 2009 in Food and Drink Travel My in-laws are visiting from America and so every night we've been having dinner in our pavilion dining room with china, tablecloths and candles. After dinner, we've been sitting by the fireplace, with a fire roaring, sipping herbal tea poured...

Marrakech: and a tale of Skylar's party
on Nov 17, 2009Now I'm not certain how it's possible --- because I am quite sure she was a baby only last month -- but it seems that Skylar turned 8 this past weekend. Celebrations were in order! It started out early with...

Marrakech and Kashmir: and a tale of dreams and patience
on Nov 13, 2009 in Building Guesthouse Life Stuff Here’s the thing: making your dreams come true isn't a speedy process. In fact, I’ve devised a mathematical equation to represent this accurately. Estimated time necessary to make dream come true + time to deal with obstacles you never thought...

A Marrakech tale: or a philosophical recipe for making dreams come true
on Nov 10, 2009 in Life Dear friends, No one told me that this Marrakech dream of mine would take so long and would cost so much. No, no one told me that I would spend my days hoping but my nights worrying. That along the...

Marrakech: Kishani Perrera and a tale of decorating with Moroccan glamour
on Nov 9, 2009 in Design/Decor Guesthouse Peacock Pavilions Shop I've been decorating.............like crazy. It's starting to look pretty and cozy and ethnic around here at Peacock Pavilions. Art, carpets and textiles abound. And there are even a few hints of fabulous (oh my!). Can't wait to show you. But...

Marrakech: and tale of a Groovy Room bookcase styling
on Nov 6, 2009 in Design/Decor Guesthouse Home It started out as a sad little bookcase. Rickety, made out of plywood. Alone, it had no friends. It wrote in to the lady who ran the local home makeover show (umm...upstairs). Please, it said, Do something:-( And this is...

Marrkech; and a Zid Zid Kids tale of ghosts and goblins.....
on Nov 4, 2009 in Life Stuff Oh, I know it's late. But it's taken me a few days to recover enough to tell the frightening tale... The day had turned into night by the time we climbed in the car. We were traveling across Marrakech to...

Marrakech: and a tale of my curious Halloween garb
on Nov 2, 2009 in Fashion Lifestyle There was something about the vintage Moroccan caftan. sheer and covered with gold embroidery...... that made me want to dress up for Halloween like a cross between Talitha Getty and Mata Hari. oh my. Antique Yemeni headcarf, vintage collar necklace.

Marrakech: and a tale of the crabby antidote
on Oct 30, 2009 in Life Lifestyle Here's hoping your weekend is filled with.... young color Simple pleasures and scary pancakes Find beauty everywhere you go. Happy Halloween!

Kashmir, India: a beautiful girl and a little tale
on Oct 27, 2009 in Culture Travel I had met her at a wedding in Kashmir. She was a guest. I was a stranger taking photographs. I noticed her because she was a live wire --I could feel her electricity from across the room. We sat together...