Marrakech: and a tale of a fabulous adventure that awaits *YOU*

Get out your pencils...........here's today's quiz.  

I love beauty: Yes/No

I love shopping: Yes/No

I love travel: Yes/No

I love (delicious) food: Yes/No

I love pampering: Yes/No

I love adventure: Yes/No

One last one............

I deserve to treat myself (I work hard!): Yes/No

Time to tally up your answers!

If you found yourself answering Yes more than No, maybe it's time to head to..............Marrakech. 

Peacock Pavilions (ahem, yours truly) is organizing a retreat filled with everything fun this May: 

*Amazing shopping in the souks, guided by me!  

*Moroccan wine tastings!  

*Candlelit dinners in the Peacock Pavilions embroidered tent!

*Visits to Kashbahs & palaces!  

*Henna parties and cocktails!  

*Expert talks about Moroccan interior design & shopping!

*Movies in the private outdoor cinema!  

*Belly dancers, camel rides, snake charmers........

*And of course, lodging at Peacock Pavilions, a boutique hotel made from scratch with love by, umm...me (and the sweet architect husband, of course.)

This  is a trip you will never forget (I promise!).  Very affordable and lots of surprises.  Talented Angela Ritchie of AceCamps is helping organize and this shiny girl is coming along to help.  

Don't just dream about it, make it happen!!!  See all the details right here.  Spots are already filling up!:-)

Image by Alkaline Sisters

Marrakech: and a tale of fluttering wings

So the conversation went something like this:

Him: You know about IQs, right? You know, like, people with high IQs?

Me: Umm, yes.

Him: Well, you know that there was a lot of buzz over EQs -- Emotional Quotients -- being more valuable than IQs.

Me: Oh right. EQs. I remember that.

Him: Well, one of the central ideas is that people with high EQs are able to bounce back from adversity very quickly.  

Me: Uh-huh.

Him:  Yep, people with high EQs are able to deal with challenges super fast and get right back in the game.  They're the successful ones.  The world is theirs.  

Me:  Umm....Are you trying to tell me something?

Him: Who me?  Would I try to tell you something? Nah, I'd never try to do that. 

You can't keep a bird down for long. (Hope is the thing with feathers.)

Thank you for all your sweet, wise comments.

Photos taken with an iphone in Essaouira, Morocco.

Morocco: and a tale of disappointment

I've had disappointments lately. Yes, several.

There has been inconsideration that - literally - took my breath away.
There have been friends who were, in fact, not friends.
There have been promises made that were then broken.
There have been lies told to me.  (But oh why?)
There has been shabby behavior.

It's enough to make me -- the supposed brave one-- want to crawl under a chair and just hide.

Please let me know when it's safe to come out.

Photos taken in Essaouira Morocco.

Zoe Pawlak: and a tale of a Sky for Dreaming Into

If you've been reading this little blog for some time, you might know that I'm not very good at having babies.  And that was especially true when it came to making my little girl, Skylar.  

She was a tricky recipe. 

But ever since Skylar was born, she has amazed me by her steely determination to be good in everything. Everything.  I'm so proud of her.  But in Skylar's zest for the here and now and all things practical, she sometimes forgets to dream, to imagine, to think about what might and could be.

Here's the creative process behind the new addition to Skylar's room.  It's called, A Sky is for Dreaming into. It's Skylar's sky now and it's by talented Canadian artist Zoe Pawlak.  

Because there is always a new sky, new dreams, more chances.  Never forget.

Directed by Jesse Savath - jessesavath.com

Learn more about Zoe on her Website.  She's wonderful to work with.