samantha Archive

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Summer Heart

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Hi babydolls! My summer heart gets very nostalgic at this time of year when I feel this season slowly subsiding. In Paris we are in an indian summer, September 1st brought us warmer weather of all things and sun and skies so pure it makes me giddy. This summer was so special to me traveling the world, making memories with old friends and new ones, and rediscovering my independence in more ways than one. Sometimes when we’re serious when we’re young, we build invisible borders around our life that we let govern us for too long, forgetting how much freedom we really can have. With just a little vacation and throwing our responsibilities to the wind for a short while we rediscover our summer hearts…our free spirits, our spontaneity, our inner water baby, our eternal youth. We come back from our adventures wearing our freckles and tan lines knowing well they too will soon fade away like the summertime…

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Above are just some left over photos from some but not all of my summer travels around the globe. I wish I could spend almost all my time in the sun and water for sport and relaxation with friends followed with hot summer nights dancing, drinking, and laughing way too much. But I guess if we could do that every day it would be taken for granted. I hope your summer was filled with adventure. Maybe you’ll share some of it with us here in the comments or on  twitter, facebook, and tumblr. Byebye for now dears! P.S. I got a very nice shootout in the favorite style bloggers section of Matchbook Mag this month. Please visit the new issue if you haven’t already.

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Midnight City

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Next stop, New York City. If it’s not the capital of the world, it certainly feels so when the wind blows me back here and all too easily I find my favorite people ready for a night out in this midnight city. I imagine with their familiar faces turning up any place can feel like home. When the sun goes down we go out. Beer gardens, barbecue joints, and Brooklyn rooftops…tonight New York is ours.

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Pictures of Sofia, Samantha, Christophe, Lucy, Ryan, and my Britta. More to come from NYC. Until then wherever you are may the night find you amongst friends and having fun. We’ll talk more this week in facebook, twitter, and tumblr. Kisses!

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Hvar Town

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Hi babydolls! I’m enjoying the sun and old friends so much right now in California. Amazing how just two weeks ago in Croatia now seems so far away. Even so I have all but forgotten the magic of this place. I caught the last ferry to the island just around sunset, and after an hour in the archipelagos suddenly out of nowhere appears this beautiful old town, nestled in a hill on the south side of Croatia’s sunniest island. Island life is bliss walking the cobble stone croisette, dining on seafood day and night, eyeing the luxury yachts that come and go, thinking who would hide out on one of those when paradise is right in front of you…

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I still have some more photos from Croatia I will share. In the meantime I’m relaxing in California and then off to NYC for the week. I will be in New York City 15 – 22nd for those of you who might want to organize a blogger meet up there! That would be amazing…let me know in the comments or email me. Until then wishing you all the magic of summer adventures. See you on facebook, twitter, and tumblr!