Lounge Chair Travel: Cape Town

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CGOGxFzxe0P1qeomQqbgnOtXGxPP6sONmYg8P2xqTL4mA6Hoq3BkUdGKGIBcOlRNZcHbQB_727uA8tp24TKiPGzjgdUREPp-hCZHxiMevE9JBizdQJGV3wtrEi8IiLbRp4xTFvQ3JCQ9/s1600/babylonstoren-yatzer-12-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CGOGxFzxe0P1qeomQqbgnOtXGxPP6sONmYg8P2xqTL4mA6Hoq3BkUdGKGIBcOlRNZcHbQB_727uA8tp24TKiPGzjgdUREPp-hCZHxiMevE9JBizdQJGV3wtrEi8IiLbRp4xTFvQ3JCQ9/s1600/babylonstoren-yatzer-12-1.jpg" /></a></div>Three day weekends are the best.  I've been taking it easy and catching up with all my favorite magazines and blogs.  IPad at my side, I've finally gotten a chance to check out <a href="http://www.puregreenmagazine.com/" target="_blank">Pure Green Magazine</a>, after a friend of mine sent me the link weeks ago. She thought I would enjoy the beautiful photography, and she was totally right! I fell hard for this feature on <a href="http://www.babylonstoren.com/cape-winelands/cape-town.php" target="_blank">Babylonstoren</a>, a hotel/winery in the South Aftrican Dutch Cape.  Lazy weekend, lounge chair travel was exactly what I needed to recharge my batteries for the upcoming busy weeks ahead. Whether you're spending this day lounging, traveling or a bit of both, hope your having a lovely Memorial Day!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZhtofmVFJ6ZSlfsGWtqKOB_0KuOCm-93Z2BQlJy0MtsnwNTfBpjoQnbIANnr_XZKnPfpiBb43LnyzHGqZtkU25qHv3U-DBwpebEbGYnEj8gaE_j5NGSji-CWPqCu1Di-eO1Eg7R52uVz/s1600/babylonstoren-yatzer-31-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZhtofmVFJ6ZSlfsGWtqKOB_0KuOCm-93Z2BQlJy0MtsnwNTfBpjoQnbIANnr_XZKnPfpiBb43LnyzHGqZtkU25qHv3U-DBwpebEbGYnEj8gaE_j5NGSji-CWPqCu1Di-eO1Eg7R52uVz/s1600/babylonstoren-yatzer-31-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oDaLEFJ-6TCEDolTotJK6wJdpFWJZFrg1AdBntRh-Bx3BYRXzHgSE591quS7gSiQ3oUwh7nRN6abLUO8MJHOYEvlE6ab3sjpM9XFjoS075pt8KwYxmwcGkqhlTjND5RJRRgbmxaWI7Iz/s1600/babylonstoren-yatzer-10-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oDaLEFJ-6TCEDolTotJK6wJdpFWJZFrg1AdBntRh-Bx3BYRXzHgSE591quS7gSiQ3oUwh7nRN6abLUO8MJHOYEvlE6ab3sjpM9XFjoS075pt8KwYxmwcGkqhlTjND5RJRRgbmxaWI7Iz/s1600/babylonstoren-yatzer-10-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSk3tLbIp9qe2EnpasVGSB7xC-XW1N3aasdQAST8BlKbRBGKVy4JZQH8vNRq_tB-fxcmemmlosDtXpjwSG5939RNrjFNzlUiSGF5v8Ijr3CREcWG-6n5JLWzdT3g4923qJmNCDbNkcxRl/s1600/babylonstoren-updated-yatzer-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSk3tLbIp9qe2EnpasVGSB7xC-XW1N3aasdQAST8BlKbRBGKVy4JZQH8vNRq_tB-fxcmemmlosDtXpjwSG5939RNrjFNzlUiSGF5v8Ijr3CREcWG-6n5JLWzdT3g4923qJmNCDbNkcxRl/s1600/babylonstoren-updated-yatzer-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIlTJH9cgepJQt3GSvuzO6r7AHoaVS9z4rnKSJb3rbgdGXPkbUgXIjwdPpDjnw09lJ6yysqpiunLPvfEiDuh5S2q1XML2nd8WLNCPjQQx2-h6ujLjM-bLrYW-3nLJJLS8tYU1LGMega_z/s1600/babylonstoren-yatzer-8-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIlTJH9cgepJQt3GSvuzO6r7AHoaVS9z4rnKSJb3rbgdGXPkbUgXIjwdPpDjnw09lJ6yysqpiunLPvfEiDuh5S2q1XML2nd8WLNCPjQQx2-h6ujLjM-bLrYW-3nLJJLS8tYU1LGMega_z/s1600/babylonstoren-yatzer-8-1.jpg" /></a></div></div>

Lounge Chair Travel: Cape Town

Three day weekends are the best.  I've been taking it easy and catching up with all my favorite magazines and blogs.  IPad at my side, I...

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Wednesday Wants

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8pEawyvpgTGZEDUU7vd_UsObJZ0omQlxwCq6FuEHxBJZ71WTswltqOmNeh9qzDzCT_cbrfgmt8z_ODTuARQthXn2RJAh7Qi-I9mwKFN84boX1RUeuf-qwa01gNHxCieOidJjW0GLtZp_/s1600/Picture+539.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8pEawyvpgTGZEDUU7vd_UsObJZ0omQlxwCq6FuEHxBJZ71WTswltqOmNeh9qzDzCT_cbrfgmt8z_ODTuARQthXn2RJAh7Qi-I9mwKFN84boX1RUeuf-qwa01gNHxCieOidJjW0GLtZp_/s1600/Picture+539.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>From back in the days of <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2010/05/31/100531ta_talk_talese" target="_blank">Gino's restaurant in New York City</a> to it's cameo appearance in the Royal Tannenbaums and beyond, I've loved this <a href="http://www.decoratorsbest.com/prod-Large_Red_Zebras_Umbrella_58_1-160787.aspx?" target="_blank">iconic zebra Scalamandre print</a> for quite sometime... so it's no surprise that these items inspired by same, are simply calling my name! We just got these<a href="http://www.zhush.com/Nico-and-Lala-Zebra-iPad-Cover-p/nicolala-1.htm" target="_blank"> adorable zebra print, custom i-Pad covers in the store,</a> and I literally can not choose a color, I love them all so much! P.S.~they're <i>monogram-able</i> too!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>find your zebra zhush here:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.decoratorsbest.com/prod-Large_Red_Zebras_Umbrella_58_1-160787.aspx?" target="_blank">wallpaper</a>/<a href="http://www.decoratorsbest.com/prod-Large_Red_Zebras_Umbrella_58_1-160787.aspx?" target="_blank">umbrella</a>/<a href="http://rstyle.me/hjyhh2erhe" target="_blank">scarf</a>/<a href="http://www.zhush.com/Nico-and-Lala-Zebra-iPad-Cover-p/nicolala-1.htm" target="_blank">i-Pad covers</a></div></div>

Wednesday Wants

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State Of The Art

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmL4xlA2NXOW08EOydN1Y_0S4xPLaOxWH7bk3027Iz1Pf0ypI-MscH_zpI4Anea9326wVEdgU1x404VsdvsJTRzweLJ71jbbw1GMgl_RaMy5TEEWnQtUsDVb9EkuaWdz-aA52THq9Po5T/s1600/beliveau_22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmL4xlA2NXOW08EOydN1Y_0S4xPLaOxWH7bk3027Iz1Pf0ypI-MscH_zpI4Anea9326wVEdgU1x404VsdvsJTRzweLJ71jbbw1GMgl_RaMy5TEEWnQtUsDVb9EkuaWdz-aA52THq9Po5T/s1600/beliveau_22.jpg" /></a></div>The artwork of <a href="http://www.stricoff.com/dynamic/category_artist_bio.asp?ArtistID=42">Paul Beliveau</a> inspires and amazes me for so many reasons.  For starters, these are paintings, not photographs!  That fact alone is enough to transfix me to these images.  Another, is the subject matter.  I often feel ambivalent about the future of books as we know them today.  As an avid reader, I adore my new iPad for the convenience and even the environmental factor, but the luddite in me has a house chock full of book cases filled to the brim.  And, there will always be a place in my heart for coffee table books.  However, a recent road trip with my husband sparked an interesting conversation about the future of libraries. Will these be categorized one day, along with the likes of the horseshoe smithy or tinkerer? Will books be antiques, remembered only in beautiful paintings like these?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mUSn3CHbSXk81MeQvOU3uPUZwYi3BBhlsybD5Q9IxbhaLhvtUkhNTkLWQIiAPuEBlL8THxjRO2J11HB9__hDpMhhUaFl0HDKL0gHYKq6MpK-2DN4_SvNxd9LupFzFNffn1CLjt2RxQLR/s1600/Paul_Beliveau_Bono_1751_420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mUSn3CHbSXk81MeQvOU3uPUZwYi3BBhlsybD5Q9IxbhaLhvtUkhNTkLWQIiAPuEBlL8THxjRO2J11HB9__hDpMhhUaFl0HDKL0gHYKq6MpK-2DN4_SvNxd9LupFzFNffn1CLjt2RxQLR/s400/Paul_Beliveau_Bono_1751_420.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4J6lDXTbJU_R-zllYEwaj2V7GPgobXpgxwUJEPCm4tj7abT3P7u6bVOLWPNwPOj-FKn5iyA6dbAArONjKklHRsB1g5SQ5P6aFy9VX-h7nTLLoDCowl65zsTHzUEObnrJ7zP1qDB44hif/s400/Paul_Beliveau_recontres_129_1604_103.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBFC-IVNcBFEhRMBufpOcDO2spm6hy3wSOqx-QK45u5aHYqSiCG4x0xLChULfQ1faA2g_KhZwCwODPXkVIXgfhpbM697-gji1PhC-bC1GbtmePw_d7lgeat96G44qWt31mINZ29PIh5iS/s1600/Paul_Beliveau_Rencontres_63_1466_103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBFC-IVNcBFEhRMBufpOcDO2spm6hy3wSOqx-QK45u5aHYqSiCG4x0xLChULfQ1faA2g_KhZwCwODPXkVIXgfhpbM697-gji1PhC-bC1GbtmePw_d7lgeat96G44qWt31mINZ29PIh5iS/s400/Paul_Beliveau_Rencontres_63_1466_103.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lmE6GfyT5SBukaqGj7CRVNiAyIrAJvqPBPlJ65AXeHyTfLqQOjdGjJLCvUXyJTDZr_xAkLtvZ72ofqiHW0U2Bd5Gy4LyEbNuPWcuE9nJeC64OmVN_3KXXfpbPa17G2ADQOHQ8lxV_ruq/s400/Paul_Beliveau_Flying_1653_103.jpg" width="398" /></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Images via: <a href="http://www.stricoff.com/dynamic/category_artist_bio.asp?ArtistID=42">StricoffFineArt</a></i></span></div>

State Of The Art

The artwork of Paul Beliveau inspires and amazes me for so many reasons.  For starters, these are paintings, not photographs!  That fact al...

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