whenever my sundays don’t work out as planned and i’m left with a couple of hours on hand instead of having to run from a to b, i usually just make up for it by cooking. it’s a bit like an addiction, dreaming up dishes and preparing beautiful, fancy ingredients. i fall in love withContinue reading
everyday, i marvel at life. how i’m living my small life here, in this country, in my home, everything i love around me is so well known. sometimes, i wonder what it’s like to be someone else. to slip into other minds and lives. it’s so inspiring to see the beauty in other people’s lives…Continue reading
i spent all of saturday cooking, baking, styling, dreaming up and taking pictures of baked goods. actually, nothing new, right? technically yes. but it’s a new project i would like to announce. a cooperation, of sorts, between a very talented photographer friend (more about her soon) of mine and me. meaning: while i was bakingContinue reading
vichy plates from en soie friendsies! i’ve been down with the flu for the past four days, and it’s bloody annoying, to say the least. i first thought this is just a bit of a cold, but, nope… no such luck. my nose is awfully sore and red and my eyes look like they belongContinue reading
hello, weekend! well, have i ever really told you about the place where i grew up? near lucerne (which, btw, is only the most beautiful city in switzerland, sorry, zurich)? where the mountains flow into the lakes. in primary school, i had to walk 3km to school and back, twice a day. oh, and weContinue reading
coucou lovers! it’s the first night in a long time that i’m having a date with myself. and germany’s next top model is on on tv, starting tonight, so just in time (i admit i’m a big fan of heidi, team heidi, whoopwhoop!). maybe i’ll read into the wee hours too. something feels like weekendContinue reading
i’m always one for entertaining guests on a sunday, since it’s a day where that usually comes with not a lot of activities, so there’s even more time for leisurely prepping and chats. so when the lovely anina of the style blog anikou suggested we cook together as part of a shared blog project, iContinue reading
there is a crack in everything. this is how the light gets in. sings leonard cohen. there is so much beauty in the flaws. these here are a couple of my favorite pastel things: ladurée macaroons (a gift from one of my oldest friends who joined the supper yesterday), the ladurée sucré cookbook (also aContinue reading
