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Home is a mast

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Home is a mast

The word Home means so many things to so many people: A place to escape the world. A place to welcome the world, such as our friends, our family, our lovers, our pets. A place to store the things we need.  A place to make space for oneself, away from the noisiness of the outside world. Home is the mast of our ship. From the safety of our homes, we can dream about the next trip, the next job, the next challenge. Home is where we try on versions of ourselves that we are not ready to show the outside...

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La beauté de l'imperfection

Art de vivre French

La beauté de l'imperfection

Debout sur le toit d’une « pensione » à Florence, en Italie,  je contemplais les immeubles d’en face. J’avais 19 ans. J’observais l’enfilade de vieux volets de bois délabrés et déglingués, aux couleurs vives, qui empêchaient la lumière du jour de pénétrer à l’intérieur. Nous étions à la fin juin et l’humidité me collait à la peau. Je fixais les persiennes closes d’un regard émerveillé, car même si elles étaient vétustes, abîmées et imparfaites, c’est leur beauté qui me sautait aux yeux. Via designsponge.com Ce moment restera à jamais gravé dans ma mémoire. C’était la première fois que je m’émerveillais devant un...

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Beauty in imperfection

English Lifestyle

Beauty in imperfection

At nineteen years old I stood on the rooftop of a “pensione” in Florence, Italy looking at the buildings across from me. I stared at a plethora of crooked, colourful, weathered, wood shutters that prevented the late afternoon sun from entering the dwellings of those who lived across from where I stood. It was late June and I could feel the humidity stick to my skin. I stared in amazement because even though the sight before me was aged, damaged and flawed, all I saw was beauty.  Via designsponge.com That moment will be etched in my memory for as long...

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Villa Elia

À propos French

Villa Elia

Enracinement 2012 Shimon Finkelstein voyage avec un groupe d’amis dans un hôtel tout inclus à Montego Bay, Jamaïque.  2014 Des vacances familiales  ont mené à la découverte de Jake’s at Treasure Beach. Shimon est attiré par cet endroit “un des joyaux de la nature” du sud de la Jamaïque. À la beauté de la nature, il joint une riche histoire. Sally Henzell, l’épouse de Perry Henzell, le coscénariste et réalisateur de “The Harder they Come”, le premier film jamaïcain mettant en vedette Jimmy Cliff, a développé la zone en ce qui est maintenant devenu 30 chalets, villas et suites. Parcours...

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Villa Elia

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Villa Elia

Establishing Roots 2012 Shimon Finkelstein travels with a group of friends to an all-inclusive resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica.    2014 A family vacation leads to finding Jake’s at Treasure Beach. Shimon is drawn to this spot “one of nature’s jewels” in Southern Jamaica. It possesses natural beauty and a rich history. Sally Henzell the wife of Perry Henzell, the co-writer and director of “The Harder they Come”, Jamaica’s first motion picture staring Jimmy Cliff, developed the area into what is now 30 cottages, villas and suites. Journey May 2015  Shimon and his wife, Ellie, visit the original house, located...

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