Lifestyle Brand & Interior Designer
Oh, how nice it is to be back in the US!! My phone works, no more spotty internet service, my house, my pets…yeah! The best part of traveling is perhaps that you really appreciate coming home. I spent the last four days in a moody, crowded Paris. Seems everyone was there to celebrate Bastille Day Trip to a moody Paris
We’re spending the weekend in Newport, RI. The air is cool and the fog rolls in every night. Being here brings me back in time, envisioning the life of the colonialists in this beautiful port, and later the gilded era when one mansion outdid the next…
The reminder of hundreds of years of life lived by the sea is everywhere…. Going back in time…
Hi Live Like You readers, I’m Kersti Bowser. I’m so happy to kick off as the first LiveLikeYou contributor and share my experiences in the wonderful world of food! I know you all love design, but hopefully some of you might love food just as much as I do. Once upon a time, I had My Life as a Food Stylist
It’s not a joke when people say the kitchen is the heart of the home, it really is!! Unfortunately (as all my friends know) the art of cooking has completely eluded me. Therefore I’m especially excited to welcome one of my dearest friends, Kersti Bowser as the first regular contributor on the LiveLikeYou blog!! Kersti Welcome Gourmet Butterfly!
The holidays are here. Thanksgiving, and next up Christmas. Being Swedish Christmas is my favorite of the two, particularly since I get to travel home and visit my family. Due to the bad economy they’ve canceled all the flights from Stockholm to my home town. So the only option after we land is a 3 1/2 hour train ride or car ride.
That means we need to spend the night somewhere close to the airport in Stockholm to make the early return flight. Just the perfect excuse I needed to try and book a room at a place I’ve been dreaming about going for a LONG time…Gorvaln’s castle. It’s my hotel “design crush”. I posted about it on the blog before. I don’t know about you, but this hotel castle leaves me speechless.. I desperately need to visit here…
Winter is coming…and there’s nothing we can do about it. 6am is now dark and cold, and yesterday morning the car was covered in frost. Yikes! Didn’t take much for me to start longing for warm, sunny weather! I’m already dreaming of places I want to go to this winter, and here is one place high on the wish list. The new Soho house – Miami is not only in one of my favorite locations, the design looks fun. Kind of a woodsy, earthy 60’s vibe, with glamorous crystal chandeliers and happy, fun colors. Not sure what to call it. Wish trip…Soho House Miami
2009 was the worst year of my life. A series of extremely difficult circumstances taught me that life has to be lived to it’s fullest. Because the day upon you might be all you’ll get. I don’t mean to sound horrifically morbid, but I do know the happiest people in the world treat every day It’s a beautiful life
Cheryl, my co-founder in Knock Out Abuse invited us to visit her summer rental in Connecticut this weekend. She described the place as “a slice of heaven”, and I’m happy Dan and I were able to drive up for a night. After all these years living on the east coast, I can’t believe I never heard of Stoney Creek and Thimble Islands?? It’s a sleepy town, an hour and a half from NYC, with an archipelago consisting of 32 beautiful islands. It’s definitely one of the best kept secrets on the east coast, and everyone who lives there knows it. The best kept secret
We’re finally back in the US. I need to to apologize to all of you for all the typo’s and errors in the previous post. Trying to quickly write a blog post with a spotty internet connection in a house filled to the brim with family and little children was beyond challenging! I’ve been traveling without a computer for two days, and was not able to correct it. So sorry!
Our last night staying at Haringe Palace was my favorite part of the trip. It’s a Gothic castle dating back as far as 1289, and is famous for it’s ghosts. If you ever visit Stockholm I highly recommend spending a night there. The second you arrive you feel like time has stood still for hundreds of years. When we first arrived we were disappointed to find out we would not be sleeping in the main area of the castle, but let me tell you…at the end of the night we were very happy we didn’t. A night at Haringe Palace
Being one of the fortunate few who made it down to Miami leaving the snowstorm of the century in the dust, I felt a little guilty sipping black berry margaritas at Kelly Wearstler’s new masterpiece, the Viceroy. As my fun Superbowl weekend progressed a dim situation evolved at home. The power went out at 8am From Superbowl to Snowmageddon