I remember standing in my sunny kitchen in Pasadena last month, thinking to myself that once you pass the freezing point, you probably can’t really tell how cold it is anymore. This has turned out to be partly correct. Every day that I’ve been here, I’ve told myself it’s the coldest day I’ve ever felt. Gloveless in Brussels yesterday …
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Brussels: 5 Museums and a Boy
 Brussels is not such a foreign city to me anymore, but I’ve never really had one free day there to wander around all the museums and sights at leisure till last Friday.  From my friend’s flat in Namur center, I take a 3-minute walk to the train station and head back to Brussels. A one-way ticket costs 7.70 Euros. …
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ODJ: Namur
 My parents read me so I have to paint the backstory for the title of this blog. I’ve been sharing pictures of my ensembles built around my love of Chanel and other designer goods and we’ve been calling it the Outfit Du Jour (ODJ) thread at the purse forum site and then I’ve cataloged the photos here in the …
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Antwerp, I’ll Be Back!
 This gate to Chinatown could have been photographed anywhere in the world so why not in Antwerp? I don’t eat that much Chinese food when I’m in LA, but on the road, some good har kow (shrimp dumpling) always settles my stomach for some reason.  So after Breendonk I catch dim sum rather late in the day with …
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Of Ox and Men
Note: in lieu of continuing with my visit in France yesterday, I am moving on to my destination today and will talk about La Coupole at another time. Â Today marks the lunar new year of the ox and out of habit I celebrate by taking some time off to do at least one thing I’ve never done before. The …