Zimmermann Swimwear Giveaway – Have You Entered Yet?
Filed under: Swimwear and Lingerie , Contests & Giveaways This stylish suit could be yours! Photo courtesy of Zimmermann Whether you feel comfortable parading your body around the pool or not, one thing is certain — a hot bathing suit helps . And we’re nothing if not helpful, you know, which is why we’re giving away a Zimmermann Papillon Frill One-Piece Swimsuit! It’s ultra-exclusive — not even for sale yet! — and it could be yours
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Zimmermann Swimwear Giveaway – Have You Entered Yet?
Filed under: Events: On the Scene Despite his career ups (Target, Liz Claiborne) and downs (” The Fashion Show “), there are two things about Isaac Mizrahi that haven’t changed a bit since 1995: his gravity-defying hair and oversized personality. Both were on display last night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a Q&A hosted by Harold Koda, the institution’s top curator
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Isaac Mizrahi Talks Models, Muses, and Fashion Mayhem at the Met
A few days ago I witnessed an excessively sad event. A huge group of merchants was thrown out (by the police) of a hall in the center of Warsaw (which they had been renting for several years), and the events turned violent and nasty, with throwing of stones and fights and tear gas and general havoc. Although it did look like some sort of incomprehensible flash mob or other performative party, one could hardly squeeze it into the “new art” category, were it not for one significant detail: the commercial hall is to be substituted by the Museum of Modern Art .
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Lapidating Modern Art
Jump to the full entry & travel map Warsaw, Central Poland, Poland Having not booked any accommodation for Warsaw, we followed Rob to the Oki Doki Hostel – some 15 minutes walk from Warszawa Centralna. Here we were fortunate to find lodgings and were housed in the gazetka dorm, so named because the entire dormitory was lined with old Polish newspaper cuttings. After a quick change we headed out in search of drink (common theme emerging).
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Held captive on a Polish train… – Warsaw, Central Poland, Poland
Jump to the full entry & travel map Tallinn, Estonia Next up was Tallinn and the 16 EUR hostel on Rosena 9 (actually €10 per night – Bargain!). The hostel was (in)conveniently co-located with a stripclub and discotech – which we later discovered operates until 6:00am in the morning! WhiIe it’s safe to say that we were based in one of the less salubrious parts of town, we found our location handy to the tourist centre in the old-town. The old town is home to the majority of places of interest including the old city wall, town hall square (host of a medieval market at the time of our visit), Cathedral of Mary the Virgin and, unfortunately, blighted only by the presence of a McDonalds restaurant (can you pick the golden arches?).
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Would you like fries with that Old Town? – Tallinn, Estonia
Jump to the full entry & travel map Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland This is our first attempt at writing a blog, but we will try to be as humorous and entertaining as possible and we hope you enjoy reading it as much as we’ve enjoyed exploring Eastern Europe and crafting this blog! It was a particularly stressful time in the lead up to our departure with packing boxes, moving out of the flat and more than one temper tantrum… mostly John 
, but first up on our whistle stop tour of Eastern Europe was Helsinki… Chloe’s friend, Heikki, met us at the airport and took us on a tiki-tour of Helsinki en route to our hostel, the Academica Summer Hostel on Hietaniemenkatu (some would say he was a little lost, but we prefer to say that we saw the sights). It was great to be met by a local and to catch up with an old travelling buddy (thanks Heikki!). Thanks also to Heikki and Anna for cooking us a great meal, the evening tour and for introducing us to “megapussi” and “fanny custard”!!! Haha!! Helsinki hosted the 1952 Summer Olympics and the various stadia are still in use throughout the city. We took a morning run around the Gulf of Finland, the main stadium and surrounds – all a little less impressive than we had expected. On the way home, we found a bar called the KY Club – which we found just as amusing as other Finnish words.
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2 days in Helsinki – Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
Jump to the full entry & travel map Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Up at 5.15 to get the bus to HCMC, managed it ok considering we had a few beers last night 
At the bus station you fill in immigration cards when you get on the bus you give your passport and card to the bus guide so he can check everything before we get to the border. The journey was ok, closed the curtain over, put the seat back and slept!Like the bus from Siem Reap to PP a little packed lunch was provided – not very good one but hey ho… Just before the border crossing the coach stopped, we got cash out of the ATM, bought fruit and water, had a little walk round and then got back on the bus to go ooo the 100 yards to the crossing
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day 14 tuesday 23rd december – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Jump to the full entry & travel map Salta, Argentina Dreaming as i had of galloping across the vast beautiful argentinian plains, imagine my disappointment as i mounted my lovely white horsey, welcome and headed down on a slow walk with the group along this wee path that could have been anywhere in the world, ever. We got on to a bigger stretch where welcome and i welcomed the opportunity for a wee canter. It lasted not long as i got bollocked by the argentinian cowboy (or gaucho) and was quite literally pulled into line, he looked a little like yer man Che, so was forgiven quite rapidly. I had been a bit premature anyway as we all got a wee gallop in around the next corner, which was really quite funny on some different levels least not, I suddenly felt rather Princess Anne in my competency. There were a few more of these stints before the gaucho´s put on a display for us which mostly involved the tucan guys volunteering to run the gauntlet and not get caught. Let´s just say we were examining Seamus´s rope burns on his hip last night, 3 weeks after the fact.
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Gaucho Marx – Salta, Argentina
Jump to the full entry & travel map Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States The lack of decent summer weather in the Pittsburgh PA area, and the lack of any vacation for years is driving us to the beach. We only have a few days off to work with due to using all of this years vacation time on family illness issues. It has been a rough year for hubby, Mike, so he really needs a few days away with some sun and some surf. The plan is to go to Virginia Beach, VA. It is close, so we can drive, and small, so we don’t have to do a lot of trip planning, or decisions were to stay. We are also going to stop in Williamsburg for a day or two to add a little history to our little excursion. I hope to share some tips about where to stay and where to eat at these small vacation spots. I will post some photos, and update what we do (which hopefully won’t be much)
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Preplanning Our Little Virginia Beach Trip… – Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Jump to the full entry & travel map Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom Travelled to Stratford upon Avon today, called in to see Anne Hathaway’s cottage at Shottery, it would have been a good sized house actually in those days and would have been a working farm. The guide told us all about how nothing was wasted in those days, everything was eaten, no scraps and children were expected to wait on their parents at the table, and eat only when they had finished. They even used urine to lighten their hair, and any excess was kept and sold to leathermakers. Now there’s a tip for all those of us who spend hundreds of dollars at the hairdresser every year! After the cottage we spent some time in Stratford upon Avon itself, a pleasant and of course historic town with many half-timbered buildings, next to the Avon river, a familiar name in Christchurch. We travelled back through Henley in Arden, apparently famous for its icecream, of which we couldn’t help but indulge – mint chocolate chip – yum!! While on the subject of icecream, Rob and Paul, you would be envious to know that Mr Whippy does his rounds daily in the area that UK Sue and Ray live. The little bells peal away to announce his arrival outside their house. The weather has been average, in other words sunshine and showers, which seems to have been the forecast ever since we arrived back in Rome, in fact the first two days that I was here were the best I had apart from Italy. It’s not overly cold, just unsettled. Still, a little warmer than Christchurch and I see from the news that Wellington has had some pretty wild weather. Luckily I can keep up on what is happening at home via stuff.co.nz as no mention is ever made of NZ on the UK news. Oh, and I see the big earthquake last week has sent the South Island 30cm closer to Australia!
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A bit more history – Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
Filed under: Style in the News WONDER WOMAN SINGS FOR TALBOTS Lynda Carter, who is probably best known for her role as the American lady-hero, Wonder Woman, will make an appearance at Talbots on Madison Avenue in New York to celebrate Fashion’s Night Out on September 10.
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Breaking News – Bar Refaeli’s Rampage, Wonder Woman at Talbots and Coco Chanel Promotes With A Pen?
Jump to the full entry & travel map Bali, Indonesia Arrived safely, tired, hungry but clean from a shower at Hong Kong airport. First night at hotel in Samur. Nice hotel but can’t remember its name, room comfy and clean, quite posh. Picked up from airport by local guy who agreed to transport us to second hotel in Kuta. What we didn’t know was that Kuta and Samur were equal distances from the airport! But hey ho, we are learning to map read!! Febris hotel clean, basic and tidy. Mostly Aussies, mostly large Shelia types but friendly enough – enjoyed using Spa for waxing and nail treatment. Already I have told at least ten people that No I am not her mother! Trudy’s hair colour (on head) causing quite a stir! Kuta a busy town, locals poor and quite pushy to buy their goods, big shopping mall by beach – worlds apart from the shops beside the roads. Would you believe they have a Marks and Spencer!! Haven’t got our head round the money well yet and are the best tippers in Bali!! Trudy’s quick at working out the prices but not so good at identifying the notes!! Max checking the noughts and notes! Booked hotel via Dial a flight in Nusa Dua - It’s back packing in style – in fact 5 star style!! Not keeping to budget! Whoops! Maybe home by the end of the month!! Patsy and Bill do not worry – we have got a 14 pound a night budget hotel lined up in Ubad!! That’s it for now – going away for something to eat as Trudy about to bite my arm off as she is so hungry!! (No need for disposable pants as her tummy is better, she is now making up for lost meals!!) Diet not going well but as the hotel has a gym will be visiting that and joining in Aqua-aerobics in the morning!! Exploring the resort tonight – Its massive so God knows whether we will find our way back to the room!!
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No, I am not her mother! – Bali, Indonesia
Jump to the full entry & travel map Chiang Khong, Thailand Chiang Khong is a border town between Thailand and Laos and we arrived late after a bumpy bus journey from Chiang Mai. Our guest house for this brief pits-top, before crossing the border into Laos the next morning, was a nice little place beside the mighty Mekong river, a huge body of water that had travelled all the way from China. We had met two English travellers on the bus, Robert and Juliet, and spent that night drinking and eating together
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Chiang Khong – Our first sight of the Mekong – Chiang Khong, Thailand
Jump to the full entry & travel map Ban Musoe, Thailand So, back to the comfort of Chiang Mai after our three day trekking shenanigans. We had made many new friends while ruffing it in the jungle and now we were all back together at the same guest house, smelling like angels, no longer the sweaty beasts we had all been. It was in these last few days in Chiang Mai that the city seemed to come alive, a little more than on our first visit
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Chiang Mai – Back to the big smoke – Ban Musoe, Thailand
Jump to the full entry & travel map Angeles, Luzon, Philippines Arrived at manila to find my mate Karl waiting for me , jumpt into a taxi and headed to a city called Angeles. We got there in about a hour to find my bloody cards did not work, the fraud squad had shut them all down “fuckers” so i had to phone england to my sister in law to sort out for me and bless her she did, i love that women. We then booked into a hotel called Angeles Beach Club “ABC” and wow what a hotel it even has its own Helicopter service then it was shit shower shave and off to party whooooooot
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Crazy city of Angeles – Angeles, Luzon, Philippines
Jump to the full entry & travel map Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Saavuimme sunnuntaina taksilla noin 1,5 tunnin matkan jalkeen Mount Kinabalulle ja homma meni heti saatamiseksi. Saimme kuulla, etta vahvistettu varauksemme Mount Kinabalun trekille ei enaa ollut voimassa ja Mount Kinabalun puiston virkailijoiden mukaan emme voisi lahtea suunnitelmien mukaisesti maanantaina liikkeelle. Mount Kinabalun trekki on erittain suosittu johtuen toisaalta puistoon paastettavien paivittaisten kavijoiden vahaisesta maarasta (ainoastaan 190 lupaa per paiva) ja toisaalta vuoren kohtuullisen helposta reitista, mika mahdollistaa ylosnousun ilman vuorikiipeilykokemusta.
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Saatoa ja kesakunnon viimeistelya – Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Jump to the full entry & travel map Halong Bay, Vietnam 8 days / 7 Nights ( The Itinerery could be changed to suit Bac Ha market on Sunday only ) Day 1 Hanoi Arrival Pick up at the airport. Transfer to Hotel in Hanoi center. Check in
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Hanoi – Halong – Sapa – Bac Ha tours – Halong Bay, Vietnam
Jump to the full entry & travel map Hue, Vietnam The tour crossing Hue city, Dmz & home stay, A Luoi (Ho Chi Minh trail)-Bach Ma, Hoi An- Hai Van pass, Cham museum, Marble Mountain, My Son holy land…7 days along the Road, you will visit the most famous cultural and natural sites of Vietnam. This road is rich in natural history and culture and as such has tremendous long –term potential for the development of road tourism throughout the Indochina region. More tours in Hue , DMZ and central land >>> Day 1 : Welcome to Hue ( D ) Welcome to Hue, pick pax up at Phu Bai air port or Hue train station then transfer to Hotel
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Hue Handicaft – Dmz& Home stay – Hue, Vietnam
Jump to the full entry & travel map Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States Today we went on an 8 hour Glacier Boat tour on the Fairweather Express II. It was a great tour, we saw tons of sea otters, harbour seals, sea lions, a few whales, a Grizzly bear, and some people saw a black bear, but I didn’t. Lots of eagles as well, The glaciers are really stunning, with some bright blue areas, and we got to see one calve, which was really cool, and very loud.
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An 8 hour tour – Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States
Jump to the full entry & travel map Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Woke to bright sunshine at 5:30 as Chris got to work early. He’s taken all the covers during the night, but it didn’t seem to stop me from getting a good night’s sleep. , Finished putting away a few items, laundry and such, then decided on what “must haves” we needed to make it comfortably through the summer. After a quick consult with Chris, we settled on a barbecue spatula, 4 forks (the ones here are really funky), some cotton cloth napkins, a couple of plastic place mats, and a decent chopping knife. At about 11:30 we set off for Sophie’s Cosmic Cafe for lunch of salmon burgers and sodas, then Chris dropped me off at my favorite thrift store near Broadway and Alma. I was able to find everything there except the napkins, and was persuaded to throw in a nice messenger bag and expensive wine bottle opener. All for the outrageous sum of $12 + tax (outrageously low that is). I found 5 napkins at Ed’s Linens for another $5, then splurged on a $5 shirr at the SPCA thrift store. Laden down with my treasures, and being a little on the warm side in Kitsilano, I decided to fore go the 4 mile walk back and took the bus instead.
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"Vuurwerk" Translation: Fireworks – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada