Lovers, adventure seekers, wine addicts and shopaholics! I found you the perfect place to visit in California. As well as the perfect hotel, which is always playing a big part of turning your weekend-getaway into a success! So if you love tasting wine, beautiful beaches, art, restaurants and shopping, you have to visit Carmel. Carmel is a wonderfully romantic town on the west coast of California. It is only 2 hours...
One of the first places that caught my eye when I did my Instagram research for places to visit in Seattle, was Saint Helens Cafe (click here to visit their website). With its lovely interior and delicious food that is so well presented, it was very hard to miss. Saint Helens is an American style brasserie located along the Burke Gilman trail in the upcoming Laurelhurst neighbourhood of Seattle. When...
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm so super excited! It is our first Thanksgiving is the United States and we are invited by the greatest couple to come over and celebrate. And that means a lot of bubbles and the best homemade Turkey of the town. But now that Thanksgiving is here, we also know that the famous Black Friday is coming close. Tomorrow stores will go crazy with their discounts and a lot...
So when my husband asked me whether I wanted to go to Seattle, the answer was simple. This city had been on top of my bucket list for a long time, so I was very excited to finally go there. And when I asked my best friend 'Google' to find me a 'romantic boutique hotel', Hotel Ändra in Seattle popped up. This hotel has the best location, had the best reviews...
I secretly have a great weakness for cocktails. And the west-coast is facilitating this love very well! Now with the holidays coming up, I wanted to make sure that I can make an impression on my guests. I was therefore super excited to go to popular Hot Stove Society (click here) last Friday, which is located in the beautiful Hotel Andra in Downtown Seattle. It is a year-round cooking...
For authentic cocktails, mouthwatering food and a great portion of romance, you should visit The Carlile Room in Seattle. As my husband and I are real foodies, we got the recommendation from several people to visit a Tom Douglas Restaurant, who is an icon in Seattle. He has 30 restaurants in total and a cooking school. As we love vibrant places with good food and a warm atmosphere, we picked this restaurant,...
I really hate to admit it, but things change when you grow older. Where I could party until 6 am in the morning when I was in my early twenties, I now don't think it is that bad that the clubs in San Francisco close at 2 am. And where I could drink a lot without noticing anything the next day, I know feel fizzy after two cocktails!...
It's finally out: The vlog showing you a week in San Francisco. It will feature several clips out out of my daily life as a Dutch blogger who lives the Californian dream in San Francisco. Because it truly has been a wonderful ride so far! This video will show you my meet up with the Dutch blogger Lily, my Halloween party, my favourite coffee place, how I bike in San Francisco,...
Last weekend we visited the trendy Phoenix hotel in San Francisco to have brunch at their restaurant Chambers. I was wearing this amazing pink overcoat, a green suede dress, my new SUTRO boots and this fabulous python bag. A perfect look for Fall in California. Because to be honest, Fall isn't that bad actually on the West-coast of the USA. The weather is mostly nice and easy, with...
It is not often that you find a little gem that is just too cute to put down in words! Last weekend we visited the Inn at Schoolhouse Creek in Mendocino, an amazing hotel located on the coastline of Northern California. On Sunday we went for a walk over the cliffs of the little town itself. However, all of the sudden it started pouring rain. At first I thought that I...