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Dubai For 48 Hours: Dubai Heritage Village & Dubai Diving Village

Posted on February 7, 2013 | Leave a comment

After a long walk, including a thrilling taxi boat to the dark, I finally arrived at the Heritage Village and the Diving Village (photo 2). I quickly left the tourist attractions. I did a few snapshots of traditional houses run by women who cook or weave. And I joined friends at a terrace’s table of one of the restaurants located at the water’s edge. The view is unobstructed. Gentle breeze, you can easily forget the city and spend hours snacking Lebanese mezzes. But tonight we have a party at the Buddha Bar. So we move back to Jumeirah Beach for a quick stop at the hotel.

East Sussex, UK: Home Store, a store in the old and the restaurant Kitchen Home Store, in Hastings

Posted on August 10, 2012 | Leave a comment

If you are found of the “it was better before” trend, you will enjoy Home Store. Opened since January 2012 in Hastings, on several floors, this store will delight the regressive urbans, with old design furniture, lamps, dishes and many other usual and unusual objects (not vintage thanks! Pictures 1 & 2). A world dedicated to fans of Merci (in Paris), or A Vida Portuguesa (in Lisbon). The opening day of Store Home Kitchen, the restaurant of the store, I quickly met the chef Alastair Hendy which is also the owner of the store. He has been photographer for 20 years and a food photographer and stylist for twelve years (pictures 3 & 4).

Home Store & Home Store Kitchen : 36 High Street, Hastings TN34 3ER. Daily open.

Informations : to go to Hastings by Ferry FDS Seaways from Dunkerque to Dover, www.norfolkline.com, www.visit1066country.com.

East Sussex, UK: Hastings House, A Room In A Cosy Refine Bed & Breakfast In Hastings

East Sussex, UK: Swan House, The Boho Chic Bed & Breakfast In Hastings

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Brussels, Belgium: A walk in Rue Dansaert, Sainte-Catherine, the Grand Place and Mont des Arts

Posted on January 17, 2010 | Leave a comment

Here I am in the hotspot of Rue Antoine Dansaert, for an opening at the optician, Hoet. Presentation of the furs accessories of Walter Lecompte. Hoet: Rue A. Dansaert, 97. Ci dessous, vitrine de Noël de Christophe Coppens: Rue Léon Lepage 2. Soon a post about the area of Antoine Dansaert.

Near the Dansaert street: the ice rink, in the area of Sainte Catherine, the historical heart of Brussels. Only open during the season greetings, the ice rink is next to the Xmas market. Smells of hot wine.

What about belgian toasts at Fin de Siècle: Rue des Chartreux 9? It’s funny to notice some small cosy places last for a decade, without a wrinkle!

Usually the Falstaff, (metro: Bourse) is the kind of places too much touristic for me, near the Fuse (a club). I’ve never stopped in this famous brasserie from 1903, till a friend recently brought me there for a drink. And I was really surprised by the original Art Nouveau and Art déco decoration.

If you can’t figure out what is the Italian-Flamand Baroque style (a discovery for me too!), go to the Grand Place to look at the 34 buildings from the 17th century! Even I’m not a big fan of lights shows, the one for the season greetings was really great (pictures above).

Moving to Place Royale, the Mont des Arts under snow: on the left (in red and yellow), the tea house (picture below) of the event CHINA@BOZAR with the famous Ai Weiwei (as the curator of the Chinese art contemporary exhibition), till January 24, 2010.