Author: Susan Blakey

  • 6 Travel Beauty Essentials

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    This trip to Japan has been amazing! We head home tomorrow, and while I wish we’d had more time here, especially in Kyoto, it will…

  • casual vendredi: Dreaming of Autumn

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    Can’t wait for some cool fall weather…looking forward to sweaters and boots and wearing my favorite fragrance again. Above: earrings | scarf | sweater | bag |…

  • Postcards From Tokyo

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    This is the entrance to the Meiji Jingu shrine. We walked through that beautiful forest up to the temple/shrine itself. The site was formerly a…

  • Key Pieces: Little Black Pants

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    If there’s one item of clothing I’ve come to think of as indispensable, it has to be a pair of black pants. They dress up…

  • Wait…Where Are We Again?

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    According to our walking tour guide, the Japanese are as enamored of all things French as some of us in the States, but especially with the food….

  • Room With A View (Sometimes): Tokyo

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    We’ve definitely had more clouds, fog and rain than clear conditions, but when it does lift, the view is spectacular. The clearest it’s been was…

  • Lounge With A View…

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    I’m showing you the view from the hotel lounge where we enjoyed a refreshing cranberry juice while we checked in. Yes, our room has a view,…