Category: travel
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Inside // Ladurée Macarons and Decor {Photo Challenge}
A visit to Ladurée in Paris, France was highly recommended on our trip earlier this year. When our champagne tour was canceled due to snow, a visit to Ladurée, right off the Champs-Elysees, was a perfect activity to fill part of our day. Being inside the walls of this bakery was decadent in every sense. The macarons,…
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In the Shower, Stunned and Confused
I’m pretty sure that every American and most citizens of the world will always remember exactly where they were when they heard of the 9/11 tragedies. I was in the shower, getting ready for work, when my husband, my newlywed husband (we were days from our one-year anniversary) ran in to tell me the shocking…
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Carefree // South of France {Photo Challenge}
You know those carefree moments when you’re just enjoying life? Yup, that’s what this group of girlfriends had earlier this year on our adventure to the South of France. Traveling with fun, outgoing, silly, life-embracing friends makes any trip fantastic. But throw in the fact I’ve been making memories with two of these girls since…
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One Shot, Two Ways // Winery {Photo Challenge}
While in the South of France earlier this year, my girlfriends and I really wanted to go wine tasting, especially since we didn’t get the chance to go on a champagne tour while in Paris due to snow. Little did we know, most of the wineries have closed operation and sold their properties for hefty…
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Masterpiece // Eiffel Tower {Photo Challenge}
When I read “Masterpiece” as the photo challenge over at the Daily Post, my mind was flooded with visions of monuments, architecture, art, my daughters, food, landscapes, sunsets, and on and on. I finally decided on this evening shot of the Eiffel Tower, one of my favorites from my trip earlier this year. Not only…
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Summer, summer, summertime!
Summer is almost here! And although summer doesn’t officially kick off until June 21st (quite conveniently the summer solstice and my birthday!), the perfect Southern California weather we’ve been having is making me giddy with excitement for the season! School is almost out for my daughters and I can’t wait for some relaxing, lounge-lizard days,…
Connie Hanks Photography 