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November 2012

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Four Seasons Maui

This past Thanksgiving week, my husband and I spent five days with my family at one of my favorite places on earth – Hawaii! We met up with my mom, stepdad and stepbrothers and all spent the week at one of my favorite resorts in Hawaii (and the world) the Four Seasons Maui. Our goal was to have a relaxing week where we could spend time together and apart and never have to leave if we wanted to. We definitely accomplished that and I wanted to share with you some of why I love this resort so much.

Starting with the view when you walk into the resort.

Yes! How can you not love this? A fountain overlooking another fountain in the middle of the main pool, surrounded by cabanas. The pool you’re looking at here was the biggest pool and was filled with happy children playing each day.

Once we checked in, my husband and I quickly went up to our rooms to lie around and grin about being in Maui. We were on the 7th floor (8th is the highest at this property, no mega high rises in Wailea) and were happy to discover that the rest of our group had already checked in and were all next to each other down in a row.

Our room was the standard size with ocean view, plenty of room for what we needed and everything was immaculate and comfortable. If I was traveling with kids though I might recommend the Maile Suite – which was on our floor and looked gorgeous.

The first night when we checked in, we also found some goodies in our room that had been left for us -both were actually really delicious (especially the passionfruit marshmallow!) Continue Reading

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Interview with Elsa Kurniawan and Katiana Sukamto

Today’s interview is with not one, but two fabulous, beautiful and very accomplished women – Elsa Kurniawan and Katiana Sukamto, founders of the brand Katiana. Elsa and Katiana were fascinating to speak with for several reasons. First, because they both are…

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Hello from Maui!

Happy Thanksgiving week/weekend (for all the US readers)! If you’re celebrating, I hope you’re all having a wonderful holiday. I’m posting from our beautiful hotel in Maui. Here is the view from our room – that blue is the…

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Interview with JL

 Today’s interview is with the lovely and very accomplished JL, someone who I think you will really enjoy meeting. JL is a successful attorney who has been able to find the flexibility in maintaining a work/life balance – something…

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Ex Libris en Kimonos

Lately I have been feeling very lazy in the mornings while getting dressed for work, and most days will just throw on a tee and some comfortable bottom. A favorite uniform lately has been a white t-shirt + easy…

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Closet Trim Down – Bags

Lately I’ve been really trying to trim down my closet – a project that I’ve been working on for some time. This month I decided to  tackle my designer bags, and managed to find a few of which I…

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Interview with Philipp

Today’s interview is with Philipp – a production manager from Italy. I wanted to feature Philipp because he is a very discerning customer in many aspects, with a wonderful eye for detail and quality. He’s someone who is very…

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