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February 1, 2012 · 11:26 am

joyeux anniversaire to moi!

happy birthday lola

lola’s second trip of the new year will be a “whistle-stop tour” of Provence and Monaco! (thanks Iain Mallory for the great adjective) 🙂 this, again, seems quite apropos for lola as it will be over her birthday weekend and lola just LOVES to go away to celebrate. it’s the BEST GIFT a gal could get – if you ask me!!

while away tooling around the South of France countryside, lola will rest her head at what is sure to be gorgeous – the 5 star luxury Four Seasons Provence at Terre Blanche. how VERY ooooh la la!

Four Seasons Provence at Terre Blanche

AND on top of that – her birthday eve, lola will be pampered and treated like a princess at her ALL TIME FAVORITE – Villa Gallici in Aix en Provence. it’s been 12 years but i’ve thought about you nearly daily Villa Gallici. May you be as fabulous as when i last stayed with you…it is, after all – MY BIRTHDAY!

Villa Gallici Aix en Provence

je voyage beaucoup – France! au revoir until then

XO – lola

photo credits: Four Seasons Provence, Villa Gallici & molly b photography thank you for the LOLA cake!

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January 2, 2012 · 9:45 am

Cosmopolitan, LV: let’s be monogamous

i know what you’re thinking…monogamy in Vegas? this cannot be a popular word in “sin city” but after my stay with the Cosmopolitan i now can confidently say i can be monogamous…with them!

the gorgeous chandelier at Cosmopolitan

honestly, i get kind of freaked out by Vegas. it’s dark & smokey. everything directs you down winding paths that makes you feel like you are walking in circles through the casinos and shops. there’s no quick escape and while i’m betting there’s good money-making reasons for this it can make one can start to feel confused, trapped & claustrophobic (a little issue of mine). on top of all that, i don’t gamble or take in shows. so why do i go to Vegas, you are wondering?? for the food, cocktails & fun, of course! BUT MOST OF ALL because it is such a scene and some of the best people watching i’ve ever partaken in!

Vegas is an adult play ground – everybody’s heard that! it’s over the top. there’s Paris, there’s Italy, there’s Egypt & New York. whatever you want – it’s there for the taking. this is part of why i’m guessing monogamy isn’t a word commonly thrown around. ya know…with all that “what happens in vegas, stays in vegas” and “know the code” business. it’s a wild & weird place – that’s for sure.

yummy cosmopolitan

but despite all this i have found somewhere simply wonderful! i prefer the understated, the cool, the clean, the classic yet with a dash of unexpected sassiness…the Cosmopolitan. i mean, c’mon who couldn’t love a place that’s tagline is “the right amount of wrong”. if you ask me, though, there is nothing wrong but only the very right at the Cosmopolitan.

showing off their fab flair - one of the funky giant shoes scattered about the Cosmopolitan

so, as unpopular as it may be, i can safely have a monogamous relationship in Vegas despite all of the other shenanigans. i could have stayed all day and night in this one property and would have been perfectly happy! i felt safe. thank you, COSMOPOLITAN. you are the one for me and i am prepared to solely commit to you! every time i come to Vegas, i promise to only sleep with you!