Posts Tagged ‘children’
In France, the post office no longer uses stamps. When you bring in an envelope or package, they will print out a sticker simply showing the cost of postage, a glorified receipt. In Hong Kong, they give the same stamp for every valuation. For these reasons, I often make the extra effort to go to […]
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Tags: children, Hong Kong, La Petite Caravane, mail, philately, post, stamps, writing
La Chasse aux oeufs est ouverte!
We were a little ahead of the season this year and organized our first Easter egg hunt this weekend. Lots of running around, shaking bushes, scrutinizing tree roots and sharing our bountiful bags full of chocolate eggs with friends. Here are some photos! Have a great week preparing for Easter Monday!
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Tags: activity, children, easter, egg hunt, outdoors
We were inspired this season by Brazil’s vibrant colors, Copacabana’s mosaics, palm trees swaying in the wind, Rio’s deep blue sky, colorful candomble necklaces, the iconic canary yellow telephone booths. We also wanted to pay homage to Oscar Niemeyer. Looking back at our photos taken during our previous travels to Brazil, we already feel the […]
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Tags: brazil, children, clothes, Colors, copacabana, La Petite Caravane
For all its simple style, the kimono has lost status in Japan as daily apparel. Japanese women talk about kimonos with a sense of ritual and preciousness. How can something almost sacred return to daily life? I met a young Tokyo mother at the aquarium in Shinagawa taking her two daughters and a friend. In […]
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Tags: children, Japan, kimono, Liberty, Tokyo
