Contrary to pop culture belief...

One more thing about Venice while I'm thinking of it...you always hear that Venice smells bad and I just want to say, we were there for three days and we walked all over the island in the course of those three days and it definitely doesn't smell like it's rumored to smell.

Every city has it's few feet of bad smelling area due to trash or things like that, but overall, Venice totally doesn't smell bad! I think it's actually quite refreshing. :)

Love and Style,
L.M.

One of the best compliments ever.

This past weekend while in Venice, I had an extremely cool experience and received one of the best compliments ever. I was standing in the doorway of a shop while my friend was inside looking around. An Italian girl who looked to be just a few years older than me came up to me and asked if she could take my picture.

At first, I had what I assume would be a typical reaction, and asked why she wanted to take my picture. After all, it's a bit of a strange request from a stranger. She said she really liked my hair (my big, poufy hair) and that she would like to take a picture. At that point I figured it was pretty harmless so I said it was o.k. and she took the picture.

After she took it, though, she then told me she studied fashion and was out looking for cool things and inspirations. I thought about that for a second and realized how much of an awesome thing that was! I think it's so cool an Italian fashion student liked my hair and wanted to use it as an inspirational piece. Such an amazing compliment and I felt truly honored. :) 

Love and Style,
L.M.

Italian yogurt.

I just wanted to say that Italian yogurt is amazing. And European yogurt in general for that matter. I don't know why it tastes so much better, to me at least, than yogurt from the States, but it's so much thicker and it's just so perfectly sweet. It makes yogurt eating even more desirable than it already is.

Off to Venice tomorrow! I can't wait to see what fun this weekend will bring. :)

Love and Style,
L.M.