Spontaneity Is the Spice of Life!

Sorry it's been a few days since my last post.  We have been changing cities almost daily since being in the South of France, so there's rarely time to blog!

Here we are, heading to the train station in Paris.

Sunnies: Chanel
Scarf:  Shop in Paris
Top: Zara
Bangle: Hermes

Since my last post,  we have visited Nice, Cannes & St Tropez.  We rented a sweet little 1956 Mercedes SL 190 and have been cruising to nearby hot spots!

Cruising our ride to the city of Grasse to visit the Fragonard Perfumier Museum!

Sunnies Chanel

Earrings: Chanel

Scarf: Tory Burch

Trench: Burberry

Top: J Crew

In Cannes!

Bikini: Vix

When Chris and I travel,  we are known for driving an hour or two away from our hotel to a cool spot and deciding to stay with nothing but the clothes we wore to town! Yesterday, we drove to St Tropez and laid out on the beach all afternoon.  We then decided to stay the night.  It's an hour and a half away from our hotel in Nice,  so staying the night sounded more fun than driving back at the end of the day!

In St Tropez

Fedora: J Crew

Top: Zara

Pants: Nordstrom

Beach Bag: Bought in a shop in St Tropez

In St Tropez

Bathing Suit:Vix

Fedora: J Crew

Sunnies: Chanel

Luckily St Tropez is known as a tiny city with big city amenities.  They have to be with the kind of people that frequent there. So since all we had were the clothes on our backs, we had to do some shopping to buy all of the comforts of home for the night.  Unfortunately for Chris,  I'm not low maintenance!

By the end of our shopping trip  to buy toiletries, perfume, makeup, clothes & undies, it was time to shower and hit the town.

We enjoyed a late dinner and walking through the tiny streets of this vintage town!

We woke up to the most beautiful ocean view and had breakfast over looking the Mediterranean!

St Tropez, view from our room.

After that, we headed back to Nice to catch some sun and spend the day on the beach here.

In Nice

Bathing Suit: Robin Piccone

Back in Nice.

We found all of this amazing Sea Glass!  I was obsessed,  the ocean just happens to producer glass in all of my favorite colors!:)

Off to bed now,  I'm sun burned, tired & we are heading to Monaco and Italy tomorrow!  After that,  we are heading home to see our furry babies!! 

Xoxo, 
B

Vintage Wine, Buildings & Clothes

So apparently I was too tired to post this yesterday.  I wrote it and saved it but didn't finish it.  So this and my previous post are out of order....sorry!

Today we went to the Louvre, stopped by some water fountains on the way. 

Sunnies: Chanel

Shirt: J Crew

Trench: Burberry

Belt: Hermès

Ring: David Yurman

Jeans: J Brand

Shoes: Tods

Purse: Tory Burch

Sport Coat: Bonobos

Shirt: J Crew

Pants: Bonobos

Belt: 1901

Shoes: Zara

You may not see it,  but that's a picture of me at the Louvre taking a picture (towards the right).  Chris is quite artistic when he wants to be!

After the Louvre,  we stopped in at Didier Ludot at Palias Royale (vintage shop that Roger buys Rachel's present in on the Rachel Zoe Project), ate lunch at a cute outdoor restaurant called  Muscade Palais Royal right by the vintage shop. 

Then we went to Fragonard Perfumier and got some fragrances that you can only by here and in Nice.  On the was we saw the Opera House.  A highlight for me was the Hermès Flagship store.  It was the biggest one in the world.  Floors and floors of gorgeous hats, scarves and Purses!  By this time,  we were super tired so we grabbed a pedi cab to take us back to our hotel.

We rested up for a short while,  then went to Le Bistro Marbeuf for dinner.  It was more of a local spot.  I'm not sure why,  but I seem to finish every bite on my plate here.  Must be the amazing food.  It will be hard to eat in America after eating here.  

FYI:  for those of you who have food allergies....they will possibly be better if not non existent here.  I can't have dairy, sugar or corn.  They don't put corn or corn syrup in anything here.  Food is extremely unprocessed and pure.  Even the chicken tastes differently. My mouth waters just talking about it! Mmmmmm!

Anyway,  then we retired to our room,  I took a very HOT bath and now I'm going to bed. Sooooo sleepy! Bonne unit!

XOXO,
B

Oh Paris....

***I posted this on Sunday but apparently it didnt post!***

Bonjour! We took the Eurostar to Paris today! First of all, the train station in London was gorgeous. I had never been on a train before,  and this one goes 150 feet below the English Channel.  Needless to say,  I was a bit nervous about this.  it ended up being a really neat experience. A big shout out to my Aunt Valerie for her French language learning materials,  I actually know enough French to get us around thanks to her!

Jacket: Burberry

Chambray Shirt: J Crew

Earrings: Kendra Scott

Jeans: J Brand

Shoes: Tory Burch

Purse: Louis Vuitton

Bangles: David Yurman

When we checked into the hotel,  everyone seemed to know we were here celebrating my 30th birthday.  The concierge was even acting funny,  when we got up to the room I finally understood why!  Chris surprised me with the most breathtaking view of the Eiffel Tower, strawberries and champagne!  How lucky am I?  This is our view for the next week...

I don't have much fashion to discuss today.  I threw on a pair of dark denim J Brand cropped jeans and my J Crew chambray shirt, trench and Tory Burch ballerines.  Nothing exciting,  just comfy travel wear.  In my Europe look book (I make one for every trip),I only packed this shirt for one outfit but have worn it three times already!  Proves my previous post about chambray to be spot on!  Off to take a nap,  been awake since 2:30! Au Revoir!!

Xoxo,

B

Leaving on a Jet Plane

The day has finally come....we are headed to the airport for our Europe trip! I'm so excited that I hardly slept last night.  

When I dress for the airport I never wear sloppy clothes.  I always do comfy but still don't look like I just rolled out of bed! Wearing Juicy & Uggs to the airport looks too Paris Hilton wannabe for my taste. I'm not trying to look like Daddy's Princess!  I think it's important to look stylish and classy because you never know who you will be sitting next to on your flight.  Our last flight had 4 A-B list celebrities within a chair from us.  

It probably stems back to my obsession with the 50's.  People used to dress up to fly,  it was a privilege!  I like to carry on with that tradition!

Our first stop is London, so to pay homage I am wearing my Burberry summer scarf!  Cheesy I know,  but I love everything British (I'm an Anglophile)!

I'm a bit of an over packer,  but managed to fit everything for a 3 week trip into one 27" suitcase, a hat box and a tote!  Impressive,  I know:)!

Stay tuned for daily posts of our Euro travels!! 

Sunnies: Chanel

Earrings: Pearls

Cardigan: J Crew

V neck: American Apparel

Scarf: Burberry

Watch: Michele

Leggings: J Crew

Flats: Tory Burch

Trench: Burberry

Luggage: TUMI, Vintage Samsonite hat box

Xoxo

B