So had to rush to the mall today for some last minute Christmas shopping to tick ✔️ all the boxes left on my list… all while still having to deal with my baby’s separation anxiety! My 8 month old won’t leave me alone these days not even for a 5 sec streetstyle pic! (more on that challenge with baby soon…well that’s if she gives me some time to type it up!)
Just landed in Beirut a few hours ago and the ingredients for the typical Lebanese holiday have already been served: family, kids, cruising, hairdressers and makeup artists! Voluminous hair and a whole lot of makeup is the way to go if you’re aiming for a quintessential Lebanese look!
My fav tree this season…designed by Celia Kritharioti using lace from the House of Sophie Halette (who designed the lace for Kate Middleton’s wedding dress)… Over the top and absolutely dreamy & fabulous!
Hopped to Athens for a couple of days on our way home for Christmas and faithful to our ‘take the kids everywhere with you’ survival policy we climbed all the way up to the Acropolis area with them 🏆 which was tiring but still rewarding and under control… except things started getting more complicated when we were forced to steer away from our plans as we tried to get back to our hotel by the parliament and it turned out that the whole area was closed off for a protest… We took the advice of a random cab driver who drove us through the Castella area and into Mikrolimano to a restaurant of his choice by the Aegean Sea…here our girls truly shined today as (despite all our policing) they went 20 fingers plunging into the lovely Greek oily fish… the highlight of course was to follow when I turned to look at my youngest, who was starring at me with her big guilty-looking eyes and in an instant she sneezed all her purée on my OOTD (luckily I had taken those pics before!) Things got back to the cheery side however as we had a very entertaining cab ride back to our hotel and through the Plaka area with a really funny local who seemed very at ease with the screaming kids saying he had 3 kids of his own that fill his life and stress him out and then he went on a cab-ride-long monologue on the worsening economic situation wrapped up with the zinger: “my wife used to call me to tell me I love you and now she just calls me to say: “I
want foulous!” (this means money in Arabic as he wanted to impress us with his language skills…lol) Now we’re back at the hotel and the protest in front of parliament has been replaced with a music concert surrounded by glittering Christmas trees… 5 more days to Christmas!!!
“Make the world better with a sweater!” Save the Children / Christmas Jumper Day campaign
UK: Text WOOLLY to 70050 to donate £2
Wanna donate more or you’re outside the UK? No excuses! Go to: http://jumpers.savethechildren.org.uk/
If you’re outside the UK you can of course choose to donate to your favorite local children charity as well… Let’s spread the “jumper joy” and try to put a smile on + kids’ faces this Christmas!
In London this Christmas & looking for a grand Christmas treatment? Don’t miss The Ritz’s opulent interiors, magical decoration, succulent cuisine and enchanting choir!
or the red nose version
So it’s finally December and while it’s a hectic time for all as we try to tick through those last must-dos-in-2014, I take advantage of the smallest details around me and turn them Christmassy to rally the season’s atmosphere and remind myself that quality family time and celebrations are just around the corner! It sure gives me a much-needed kick to get through my to-do list.
My outfits, my pine-scented house, the kids story time book selections, my husband’s socks (weekend socks!) + the carols and comptines playing in a loop in the background in the house, they’re all rejoicing “the most wonderful time of the year”….of course my kitchen is no exception! When strolling the aisles of Whole Foods, I follow the theme. Today, I got inspired by the red velvet (no, not the cupcake) legging I had on and decided to pick some beetroots and make a soup colored with my season’s favorite shade: Oxblood. The result turned out really fabulous: taste, color and texture. Therefore, I decided to share it with you all. This dish could serve as a lovely first course for your Christmas dinner party. It’s very easy to prepare, pleasantly delicious, contains only goodness and could tastefully decorate your Christmas table.
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