Kew Botanical Gardens

On a perfect fall day in London, 70 degrees and sunny, I took a stroll to a place where the air is fresh and the exotic plants are plentiful. Kew Bontanical Gardens. One of my favorite orchids, neomarica lutea native of Brazil, was in the greenhouse which had flowers and plants from all over the world. I climbed up the 50 ft Treetop walkway...lets just say, I am glad it wasn't a windy day. By chance, I saw a peacock prance across the park, maybe in hopes of avoiding the paparazzi.

Monaco and Cannes

My friend Laetitia, who lives in London now, is from Monaco and just so happens to have a quaint flat 10 mins from the beach in Monaco...so guess where I was this weekend? The ritzy beach village was packed with wealthy Europeans and more insanely wealthy Europeans with their Aston Martins and multi-million euro villas. Not to be forgotten are the super friendly Monagasques...money or no money, the people are very down to earth and care about each other.
Saturday we spent the morning shopping in Cannes where the fashion is ultra chic mets park avenue conservative. After picking up a few items I headed down to the beach to take in the sun and beautiful view. The architecture has lots of classic Mediterranean facades with balconies but is also very modern. The interior design is contemporary modern, everything is chic and has clean lines. When you are there, you just want to stay forever.

Zorba Dancing - New World Record

I am officially a world record holder in the category of Greek Zorba dancing! No joke! We beat the current world record with 1,600 people dancing at the same time for 5 minutes while I was in Rhodes. The tension was high, but laughter was in the air the night of the event. We were all bused to an outdoor track where we got in lines, arms linked, and after 45 mins of practice we completed 5 mins of dancing as our official submission to the world record committee. We were video taped so judges could analyze the footage to ensure proper execution. The next morning, it was announced...we had won the world record! Hoopa!

Word Up to the UAE!

My very good friend Rania, has just moved to Dubai...wish she moved to London, but its one more place I get to visit! We were both in Rhodes last week and had so much fun among the mass of familiar and unfamiliar faces. I met the peeps from the Dubai office, Joanne is lovely!, who should have been fasting, but the Greek food was just too good to pass up. (Plus, I learned that you can make up the days you didn't fast, on other days, for Ramadan. Only if you are traveling, health reasons, etc).
Rhodes was amazing, we ate at the Alexis in Old Town and took a stroll through the streets where the signature items for sale are sponges, jewelery and sandals.
Hope to see you soon in Dubai!

On the road to Rhodes!

The great thing about working in Europe, is that sometimes I get to have meetings in places like Rhodes, Greece. And if you can travel with some fun people, the amount of hysterical moments multiply greatly. On the heels of work, I stayed the weekend in Rhodes only to find myself not wanting to leave the amazing Tsambika beach or the melt-in-your-chair-because-the-food-is-so-yummy food. We stayed in the north east part of the island in Kalithea. We were just 10 mins away from Old Town where the restaurants are plentiful and the club beats keep you up all night. I can't wait to go back!