This is just gorgeous! We were just recently in Bangalore and felt that the city was very sterile and modern unlike the rest of India. However, your home is clearly not what we saw!

not ugly but they are for sure not Tibetan. They do look Indian for sure. The tibetan wall hangings we saw in Lhasa were all huge pieces of textiles that cover entire door ways and ac...

Awesome apartment! where did you get those mirrored coffee tables?

how ironic! We just thinking about getting a steamer instead of sending our clothes to the dry cleaners to save money...

I agree with mannequingirl. Definitely the Rimowa all the way. Superb engineering. We have had ours for years (before we even considered stocking it) and it is just fares better than standard tr...

Never ever check your bags (except on the return trip)... not only because of misconnects but if somehow your schedule changes and you show up earlier and would like to get on an earlier flight, it...

We usually pack an extra duffel bag at the bottom of our webRimowa Salsa carryon. I think the zip lock bags etc...

Thank you! I agree with K T G. A seasoned traveler has a beat up suit case. We use Rimowa's Salsa carryon size luggage. Super ...

Cute dog!! Is he/she a Havanese?

Kayak is great for research purposes, then I usually go to the airline's website and purchase the actual tickets. Kayak is great a searching roundtrip but using two different airlines...

Rolling is the way to go! And stuff your socks, underwear and small items into shoes. Wear your bulkiest items (i.e. dress shoes, jackets) if possible. Couple of dryer sheets in your ...

You should always follow the new time zone the minute you board the plane (even better before you board the plane) and adjust eating/sleeping schedule accordingly. Also, pick flights that can allow...

Usually when we travel, we pay our cleaning lady to come and do a deep clean so we walk into a super clean home (with clean bathroom, clean kitchen/fridge, oven, fan, ceiling etc.) upon our return....

Yay - First question for the first Aussie blogger here....we're going to Melbourne this weekend to visit my sister!! (I know we missed the big design fest last weekend!) Where are mo...

I know exactly which building you are in. Its the one on LaSalle and Division with the facade painted on the side of the building and the "fake" windows painted on. Great job with the...

I thought this one was going to be the winner...

wow!! When we were purchasing a condo, we considered marina towers but somehow couldn't get the layout to work for us (at least visualizing it in our heads) but you really maximized th...

Umm....get rid of the cat might solve the problem? :) (Sorry...I couldn't resist!)

Great interior!!! but someone obviously went crazy at the ligne roset store!!! You can buy Togo "reproductions" at 1/2 the price. There is a store in Chicago called Home Element that ...

Symmetry on Division Street carries the table. I saw these they look great. Only concern is that the workmanship doesn't seem that great and the tables are a little bit flimsy. But you can't bea...