Bànitsa banishes winter blues
A rainy weekend with flu has kept us underwraps for the most part, but I snuck out to pick up some Bulgarian pastries from Bànitsa. We had coffee with sweet and savoury pastries and felt better. Yum!...
View ArticleAna Elisa Egreja and Winter Patterns
I have been guest posting for the last week or so over at Signature Illustration, an art & illustration inspiration blog. One of the most recent posts I focused on the fantastic art of Ana Elisa...
View ArticleBirthday Weekend
My birthday this year, crept up, somewhat unexpectedly. My weeks have been filled with double shifts at work, illustration jobs sandwiched in between, and suddenly I turned 32. How did that happen,...
View ArticleFrom Moonstone Beach to Big Basin
Quite awhile back I wrote a little about our drive from Los Angeles up the coast to San Francisco, where we stopped along the way in Carmel Valley, Big Sur, and explored our way up and down Highway 1....
View ArticleBundling up before Christmas in Barcelona
The last few weeks have been quite busy. Doesn’t this always happen towards the end of the year? Barcelona has also dramatically chilled, now coats, scarves, gloves and leggings are day to day wear,...
View ArticleBurning Man 2012
This year I managed to check off one of the top, if not number the one item, on my bucket list. Burning Man. Ever since I first came across photographs of the festival, I have been thinking about...
View ArticleAutumn in Olot
A few weekends ago, Milos and I visited the volcanic area of La Garrotxa in northern Cataluña. The region is well known for its hikes, which are especially popular during autumn, when you can...
View ArticleMaking Marmalade from Spanish Street Oranges in Barcelona
During winter you can see the orange trees lining various streets in Barcelona bursting with decorative fruit. I know they are decorative, because during our first few weeks in Barcelona, while...
View ArticleDoodling & Sketching in Barcelona: My favourite places to draw.
A mosaic of green, blue, and red emerges in my mind when I visualize Barcelona. A city of flat terracotta roofs, encircled with the olive green forests of the Colserolla rolling down to the aqua...
View ArticlePip & Pop Inspiration
I just came across the magical landscape installation art of Australian artist duo Pip & Pop. Nicole Andrijevic and Tanya Schultz create worlds from confectionery sugar, cake decorations, rainbow...
View ArticleWhere to buy Spices in Barcelona
Today in the supermarket down the street from my apartment, I passed two people next to the spice rack and caught the tail end of a comment about particular spices being hard to find. Countless times...
View ArticleGlass Sun Rooms Barcelona
The beautiful architecture of Barcelona captures your attention immediately. Before you know it, you are filled with information on all the famous architects, UNESCO heritage buildings, and with your...
View ArticleUsagui Tea House Barcelona
Milos and I visited the Usagui (Rabbit in Japanese) Cake and Tea shop in Barcelona during the Christmas holiday. It was a very quiet day, and we were almost the only customers. Our tea and cake...
View ArticleA wintery evening out in Barcelona
A family friend came to visit us a few weekends ago, somewhat unexpectedly, and we had a good excuse to go exploring Barcelona on a wintery evening. First up, Mexican tapas at Machito in Gracia. I...
View ArticleBee Mine for Valentines Day
February is just around the corner and that means Valentines Day is almost upon us! I illustrated this cute pair flying on the back of a fluffy bumble bee for some cards that will be available in...
View ArticleLa Sagrada Familia
I have not visited the Sagrada Familia in some years, although it always is a point of reference, if one ever catches a glimpse of the Barcelona Skyline, rearing as it does, above the city. When a...
View ArticleFashion + Illustration
Recently I have been having a bit of a Pinterest Attack! It’s completely distracted me from my work, and chores, so I thought instead of wasting all my mad pinning, I would create another Illustration...
View ArticleCeramics Inspiration
Last year I began ceramics classes, and it has been one of the most rewarding experiences. I have spent quite a bit of time learning and creating, and excitedly waiting to see what magic happens in the...
View ArticleSignature Illustration
For the last while I have been posting semi regularly to Signature Illustration. It’s a blog dedicated to the work of artists, illustrators, and various other titbits, all collected, gathered and...
View ArticleLlívia : A little bit of Catalunya hidden in France
A few weekends back, I was surprised by Milos with a little trip up into France to celebrate our 11 year anniversary. We went to see the snow, which sparkled on the mountain tops. Being from Africa,...
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