tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88994066204845709432024-02-19T17:07:15.705-08:00Chandelier by the Seastudies & inspiration on interior design, travel, surfing & the many lovely things of this world...your everyday modern traditionalist.Nina M. Santamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335125384995857226noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899406620484570943.post-29850083821786171642014-11-24T05:11:00.000-08:002014-11-24T05:14:25.632-08:00Beach House No. 13: Holiday House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What is it with small homes hidden amidst lush foliage that just appeals to me so much? As far back as I could remember, even as a child I would stare at photos of cottages and cabanas in my mom's Better Homes & Gardens magazines for hours. Maybe it hints of cozy corners, of a beach nearby, or being surrounded by adventure. If you have a small lot, say 150-200 square meters, this is a really good way to use your space. Designed by <a href="http://bnla.nl/">Bloem & Lemstra Architects.</a> <br />
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It gets better as I study the floor plan longer. There is a guest room with 2 mattresses, and if you want to accommodate more, I imagine you could use double-deck beds. The bedrooms are small because it was designed
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of the days outside rather than inside. Thanks to the sliding glass and metal doors, the inside is the outside is the inside. <br />
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Excellent Dutch design. The perfect weekend home. </div>
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I believe that we all need precious time to reconnect with our planet and let Mother Nature heal our bodies and souls.<br />
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Last March, in Puerto Galera during the Malasimbo Festival, I did just that. The Philippines is just so beautiful...if you know where to go. <br />
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I am thankful and feeling very blessed to have moments like this come my way.<br />
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<br />Nina M. Santamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335125384995857226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899406620484570943.post-8137580995699000742014-05-14T00:20:00.002-07:002014-05-14T00:20:45.950-07:00Painted Headboard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If your room can't fit anything else but a mattress, and there's absolutely no space for a headboard, then try painting it on the wall. Defines the space, adds a point of interest for the room, and is just plain charming and cute. </div>
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Nina M. Santamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335125384995857226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899406620484570943.post-85685394488559355642013-12-31T01:10:00.002-08:002014-01-12T17:21:37.714-08:00Kissing 2013 Goodbye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm in Manila now and for sure it's going to be loud and noisy tonight. For it's NEW YEAR's EVE later and all sorts of fireworks will be filling the sky! Christmas lights will be blazing (like this one from my Instagram account...follow me at @nina_santamaria). <br />
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Allow me to look back and be thankful for the highlights of my year:<br />
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The launch of my work portfolio & design blog in January 2012, <a href="http://www.GrupoSantamaria.ph/">www.GrupoSantamaria.ph</a></div>
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Going back to Siargao in April (#faveplaceonearth) </div>
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Bali in May. To read about that epic trip, click <a href="http://chandelierbythesea.blogspot.com/2013/06/7-days-in-bali.html">here</a>.<br />
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Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte with my family. No surfing but plenty of SUP-ing.<br />
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And then...there was <a href="http://gruposantamaria.ph/20131023-gardens-of-paris/">Paris</a> in September. Paris where everything was perfect. </div>
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Beautiful places on earth. Seeing these cities and hanging out with old & new friends enriched me and filled me with so much inspiration!<br />
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And then, I just came back from another favorite destination, La Union. I couldn't have asked for a better way to end my year. It was not my best year, for I got majorly sick in many ways...but for four days I was just so grateful to be able to still go to the beach, enjoy nature, hangout with my friends, and still ride the waves in the ocean, even for just a few times each day. I usually seal my year with surf (click <a href="http://chandelierbythesea.blogspot.com/2012/01/2009-2011-sealed-with-surf.html">HERE</a>), now sharing with you images from the last days of 2013...memories I'll cherish for a loooong time. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buji & monkey-Nikki at our fave break</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">crossing the highway to get to El Union Coffee (best coffee in town!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">met my new goddaughter for the 1st time</td></tr>
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I went to Sunday mass but got there early. </div>
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I decided to have merienda outside the church and met Lola Irene--</div>
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she is 82 years old and told me her secret to a long life was eating a lot of vegetables! </div>
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God's way of reminding me to watch what I eat. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">quality time with Mia & Carla...and Barry the wagon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">watched "HUGO" outdoors and under the stars<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">vigan longganisa pizza<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carla, Joncy, & Marco taking a kitchen break and showing some holiday spirit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With best bud<a href="http://nikkidelapaz.blogspot.com/"> Nikki</a>. We're smiling and you know why. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">perfect weather. photo by <a href="http://www.kimcamjones.com/">Kim Jones</a><br />
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Last Saturday, I had to go fix up a client's Christmas party in the morning, help out briefly at a shoebox relief drive in my office, and go to 2 exhibit and gallery openings (one of which was in Tagaytay and the other was in Sta. Rosa, Laguna). </div>
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After which I hurried home, threw bikinis, sunblock, and apples in a bag and hopped on a bus to San Juan, La Union. </div>
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I'm so happy to have done that.</div>
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Morning surf, cool weather, smiles and greetings from surfers who were glad to see me after a long absence in the lineup. Awesome afternoon chill-a-thon at Flotsam and Jetsam Hostel til the sun went down. </div>
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I and my friends from <a href="http://www.coastthrulife.com/">Coast Thru Life </a>are very excited to share with you this website we have been working on for a long time. Featuring our Back to Basics Collection and our Lookbook as shot by Charlie Gomez, Ian Zamora, and Jefferson Ganuelas. </div>
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This Vita side table from <a href="http://goodd.co/vofh/collections/02/?utm_source=goop+issue&utm_campaign=db003f47e6-251_five_years_09_26_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5ad74d5855-db003f47e6-2786701">Uncontrollable Urge</a></div>
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T'was a busy but pleasant week for me and <a href="http://www.gruposantamaria.ph/">Grupo Santamaria.</a></div>
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<br />Nina M. Santamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335125384995857226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899406620484570943.post-76986404366441418232013-07-25T05:54:00.002-07:002013-07-25T05:54:58.387-07:00Poolside Guest HouseIf you had an extra 30 or 40 square meters and could build a guest house on it, how would it look like?<br />
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I love everything about this place! <i>Note: I wouldn't necessarily say this is how I want my own home to look like, it's a bit too frilly for me. </i> <b>BUT</b> I think it is perfect for a guest house by the pool (if you have one), or a farm house or weekend getaway on a tiny lot far away. What I like best about this home is the very smart space layout where the kitchen and the charming little dining area is across each other. You can see the space is small but you won't really mind it. <br />
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Kudos to <a href="http://tillmanlonginteriors.com/home">Tillman Long Interiors</a>, an interior design company based in Atlanta, for this gem of a guest house. <br />
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A month ago, I visited Tali Beach for the first time. It was a pretty chill weekend with my mom, her friends and their kids: we went swimming, sound tripping, and gorged on delicious home cooked Pinoy meals. </div>
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It was the height of summer so the bougainvilleas and fire trees were still in full bloom.<br />
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Here with the "Northwest" kids (and I mean kids as in high school and college ages, haha!) </div>
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They are kids of my mom's friends from her Northwest Airline days.</div>
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A lovely Sag Harbor, Hamptons home by <a href="http://willeydesign.com/">Willey Design</a> who says, </div>
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I am in love with these fins from <a href="http://id.deuscustoms.com/fin-soup-2/">Deus Ex Machina.</a></div>
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Inlaid and foiled by hand in Canggu, Bali, Indonesia.</div>
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Handmade batik fins. Oh my. *siiiiigh* </div>
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Last April 28, I visited the annual Balik Bukid Country Fair in Sta Elena. </div>
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The fair, held twice a year, is organized by Gippy & Hindy Tantoco at their lovely, sprawling property in nearby Laguna. With a wide array of homemade and handmade products (food, clothes, household products and even furniture), the 2-hour trip was definitely worth it. </div>
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My friend Nikki gifted me with a book-cover pendant before, and it's been a fave ever since. </div>
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Happy to see my friend Mons, too. Didn't expect to run into so many friends in this fair! </div>
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This morning, I finally finished reading this biography on Isabella Blow, the legendary Bitish fashion editor/ stylist whose body of work inspired many (including me), but sadly, committed suicide in 2007. It was written by Lauren Goldstein Crowe. </div>
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I share many things with this woman-- most especially her love for design and designers, art and artists. She was eccentric to some, inspiring to me, fabulous and captivating to all. I wish she lived longer, or died some other way. She was muse to many designers and was "a creature like no other". </div>
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Back in the 90's, she made London cool again. </div>
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Blow with hat-maker Phillip Treacy</div>
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Blow with Alexander McQueen for Vanity Fair's "Cool Britannia" shoot. </div>
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<i> Blow at the launch of a lipstick shade named after her by Mac</i></div>
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Upon her death, Isabella's entire wardrobe was to be auctioned off at Christie's but the heiress and fashion icon Daphne Guinness bought the entire archive, and is said to be currently working on building some sort of "memorial for Isabella around the clothes". </div>
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One of her most famous quotes were: </div>
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She led a colorful and extraordinary life. Honestly, reading about her story made me a tad bit more creative during the past few weeks. A glass of wine (or better yet, a bottle of champagne), to celebrate Isabella Blow's life, please! CHEERS! </div>
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I just spent 7 days with my friends in the beautiful island of Bali, Indonesia. </div>
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For fear of getting too busy to post anything about this vacation, I compiled my Instagram (@nina_santamaria) photos from the past week to share with you, and for me to remember the trip by. Hope you enjoy my visual diary of Bali:</div>
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As you can see, we were right smack in the middle of a busy week in Echo Beach, Canggu, where we stayed. There were the exciting <a href="http://id.deuscustoms.com/">Deus</a> events such as the <a href="http://id.deuscustoms.com/whats-half-of-a-9ft-log-why-thats-4-5ft-well-that-sounds-like-a-fish-to-me/">Fish Fry</a> and the<a href="http://id.deuscustoms.com/the-deus-9ft-single-log-fest/"> 9-Foot & Single Logging Competition.</a> There was also the Comp Womp (a bodysurfing competition) and the premier of the bodysurf documentary, <i>"Come Hell or High Water".</i> Also lucky to chance upon the exhibit of Drew Wellman, "The Little Heroes" featuring young local surfers posing in their surfboards "with patinas to die for". <br />
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<b>We couldn't have come at a better time.</b> Our good friends Buji Libarnes (from <a href="http://coastthrulife.blogspot.com/">Coast Thru Life</a>) & La Union's Luke Landrigan joined the Logging Competition and even if I couldn't surf on this trip, I was so thrilled to see Pinoys share the waves with the best of the best from around the globe. And I'm not kidding when I say the best. There was Harrison Roach, Dane Peterson, Jared Mell, Matt Chojanocki, and Husni Ridwan, a.k.a. "The Prince", among others. <br />
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And let's not forget the stylish, beautiful, and for me definitely the coolest cat on the planet, <a href="http://kasssiameador.com/">Kassia Meador</a>.<br />
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I've been a huge fan for years and <b>never in my wildest dreams</b> did I expect that I would get to meet and hang out with her. In Bali, of all places! In the same hotel, same floor, a few rooms away. I was fan-girling the whole time, HARD. Now I get goosebumps realizing that the people you admire & look up to can actually be more AWESOME in person. She was so friendly and just beamed happiness, enthusiasm and positivity. She'd come up to us and talk about the day, the surf, and random things like when she almost hit a chair in the middle of the road while riding her scooter last night. She was always smiling and it was infectious. Every time she'd come from a surf session, she would say it was the "BEST TIME!". (Ok, I'll stop now for fear of her thinking I'm a psycho fan). Sorry Kassie, I'm just really happy to have met you! You inspire me!</div>
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It rained often, but it did not hamper the beauty of our surroundings. I remember this gloomy day when the white roof at the Deus workshop almost disappeared into the gray sky, making the Balinese doors with its rich carvings stand out in the rain. I tried to capture it with the iPhone, but couldn't. Anyway I'll remember the scene always in my head. :-)<br />
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We went to Medewi, Seminyak, Kuta, and Ubud where we did some shopping and visited the excellent (& exemplary) <a href="http://greenschool.org/">Green School</a>, a campus nestled in the jungle and made entirely from bamboo. Aside from the batik-shopping, I thoroughly enjoyed all my meals, especially this curry with brown rice and the roasted pumpkin & beet salad with a light coconut vinaigrette (which I had almost everyday)!<br />
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So cool to see this from <a href="http://www.thesartorialist.com/">The Sartorialist</a> last May 20...</div>
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...a month after I wore a "green sleeveless print dress" to a store opening in Bulacan!</div>
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I am so amazed at the designs coming from this era. The playful geometric forms, organic-inspired themes, sharp and bold graphics, bling-bling everywhere! It was just such a modern, positive, unique & assertive age in design! For me it expressed the progress, urbanization, and vigor of the world coming out of the post-Victorian era and World War I. And I haven't even started talking about one of the most elegant structures it has produced, The Chrysler Building.<br />
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Now how AWESOME is that Fitzgerald Fan? Too cool.<br />
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Meanwhile check out<a href="http://www.theplazany.com/"> The Fitzgerald Suite </a>at The Plaza Hotel in New York (a personal favorite of Fitzgerald), in collaboration with <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=restoration%20hardware&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.restorationhardware.com%2F&ei=MfWWUdT6DeeWiAfmx4Fw&usg=AFQjCNGbIu7zLCtd0PzPBYWUZyk6RN3R-g&sig2=LY-D0btn6w7KG5Xwh5URAA&bvm=bv.46751780,d.aGc">Restoration Hardware</a>. At $2,795 a night, you can live like Jay & Daisy (the pillows on the bed even have their monograms), watch the film on HDTV, and for the design-obsessed like me, just drown in the Deco details of the room.<br />
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This makes me want to re-visit the works of one of my favorite artists, <a href="http://www.delempicka.org/tamara-today/web-shop.html">Tamara de Lempicka. </a>, an important 20th century figurative painter whose life and works represented the strength and beauty of the modern woman of her times. I was drawn to her art years ago (and I remember giving Rajo Laurel a book about her for his birthday)...because it reminded me of my favorite book characters, Howard Roark & Dominique Francon from 'The Fountainhead'. If they needed to be illustrated by anybody, it would be de Lempicka. </div>
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In the real world, her works remind me of Madonna, Coco Chanel, Eva Peron, Wallis Simpson, and Anais Nin-- all collectors of her work. </div>
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I'm no credible fashionista, and like most of my girl-friends I dress depending on how I feel (and nowadays, on how hot it is outside), but it sure is awesome to know every now and then that I'm not too far from the right track. </div>
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Last March 23, the <a href="http://upidaa.org/">UPIDAA</a> (UP Interior Design Alumni Association) held Awarding Ceremonies for its annual design competition, called IDisenyo 2013. Being the project head for this, I was very proud of my fellow officers and the participating students who made the event a huge success. I attended the event in a black "Skater Skirt" from Zara, and a pajama-like top from Dorothy Perkins. </div>
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Here awarding the winning team, "Eco-Lab", who designed an awesome </div>
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Classroom of the Future for Interior Design students</div>
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<i>(insert:</i> this was my inspirations for the pajama top)</div>
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So anyway...I found out yesterday these "skater" skirts are hot right now </div>
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as I stumbled upon them in Polyvore:</div>
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and in www.oliviapalermo.com...</div>
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Spring/Summer 2012</div>
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I also saw versions of this skirt in various lengths in street-fashion blogs everywhere:</div>
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Hooray for spring skirts! Ladies are just lovelier in them.</div>
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<i>from my Instagram (follow me at @nina_santamaria)</i></div>
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The extraordinary thing about this day was...I dropped by another girlfriend's place on the way home. Charisse and Celine are 2 very dear friends who I haven't seen in a LOOONG time! We've been planning to meet & catch up and since I was in the neighborhood, it was the perfect time. Turns out, we had a lot of catching up to do. The hours whizzed by really fast. </div>
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At the end of that fun Friday, as I plopped down showered & tired in my bed at home, I couldn't help but think how blessed I am to have girlfriends like these. They may be busy with their work, kids, careers, and what-have-you...but for them to allot time every now and then to just hang out, catch up with each other's lives, and chill out is such a precious gift. Talk about <b><u>quality time.</u></b></div>
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This can be in Batanes, or in Zambales...but this is in Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada. Designed by <a href="http://www.saunders.no/">Saunders Architects</a>. Read on for its awesome earth-friendly design details: </div>
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My favorite part of this trapezoidal design is that the tapered exteriors deflect strong winds. Because of its off-grid location, the entire structure's electricity and small kitchen are powered by solar panels. There is also a compost toilet and a wood-burning stove to meet daily basic needs. <br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 16px;">"Recently designated as a national cultural landscape district, transient artists may immerse within the creative process amidst</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 16px;">an isloated setting. The tall entry leads to an internal spatial compression and horizontal work room which directs attention outward, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 16px;">to nearby round head as well as the changing atmospheric conditions and crashing waves of the north atlantic. built-in storage </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 16px;">is alternated with slits of windows, offering glimpses of the sunrise to the northeastern horizon."- designboom.com</span></span></i><br />
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For me, the landscape is both terrifying and breathtaking. </div>
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(Hello, have you seen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/127_Hours">"127 Hours"</a>?!?)</div>
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Solar-powered electricity. Good job!</div>
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I wouldn't mind having a little studio like this on a coastal property. </div>
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Simple, sustainable, sophisticated. </div>
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Pretty summer-y corners I saw this week, online at <a href="http://HGTV.com/">HGTV.com</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv-smart-home-2013-tour/package/index.html">Click here</a> to see the 3D virtual tour of each room.</div>
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This is our <a href="http://chandelierbythesea.blogspot.com/2011/11/beach-apartment-happy-place.html">beach apartment</a> in La Union. I share this space with 6 other surfers...but come long weekends and holidays there are usually more than 6 who stay with us, turning the place into a massive (and sometimes, frenzied) storage place for surfboards, board bags, leashes, and fins. </div>
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Jericho unloading our "toys"</div>
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But in spite of all those boards that are piled on top of one another, we don't mind that they take up so much space or that they are always in our way because at the end of the day (literally), they have given us so much joy. They are our links to the ocean, varying lumps of epoxy, fiberglass, and wood that allow us to play with the sea. </div>
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Some time ago, I wondered what would become of old, broken, damaged or outgrown surfboards. Well, you could either donate them to the local surf community or to your favorite groms (short for grommets or beginner-surfers), or maybe use them around the house as.....interior decor! See images I googled up below:<br />
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and this one too...Pollock-style surfboard art at home in a mod-retro setting</div>
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<br />Nina M. Santamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335125384995857226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899406620484570943.post-43891241673692308302013-04-08T22:09:00.000-07:002013-04-12T07:47:16.390-07:00Go SurPH in La Union<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">I just came from the 1st National Go SurPH weekend in La Union. I'd say it was a pretty fun event full of surfing lessons for beginners, a cool concert and jamming session on Saturday night, good weather, good company, plenty of sunshine and quality time with my friends. Congratulations, Surfing Philippines! (</span>Check their website out <a href="http://www.surfingphilippines.com/">here</a>.<span class="Apple-style-span"> Above pics from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stokedinc?fref=ts">Stoked, Inc's Facebook page</a>. )</span></div>
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As for me, after a 2-month absence from the local surf scene I was excited to be back to get some sun and sea. To hang out with my best friends and see another La Union sunset. To play with dogs and babies, and to swim in the ocean. </div>
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Now that I'm back in Manila, I could only think and say,<br />
THANK YOU, it was good to be back.</div>
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<br />Nina M. Santamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335125384995857226noreply@blogger.com0