Our new cover: The Summer Issue

<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our latest cover (which will reach subscribers tomorrow, and be on newsstands from Monday December 2) features a photograph by Emily Andrews of the home and studio of artist Jennifer Bartlett (whose work hangs at right), designed by David Berridge. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Given all the Christmas madness that's about to engulf us, we wanted to create a cover that embodied our simple aims in the upcoming holidays: to rest, relax and reconnect. We hope you get this feeling of calm when you look at this lovely shot. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Inside, there's a range of inspiring summer escapes, from a beautiful pool pavilion on the Kaipara Harbour by Herbst Architects to a humble Wanaka holiday home by Anna-Marie Chin that was inspired by the region's vernacular sheds. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You should also look out for the Noble family's fabulous off-grid Northland encampment - made up of a converted shipping container and a clutch of Indian tents - and a magnificent Waiheke Island holiday home by Andre Hodgskin.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We hope you enjoy the issue, and that the promise of post-Christmas calm carries you through the craziness of the festive season. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaocmRXLm3Ev7YlVnXWoy3nxsLGYveDTuyHJwnVS_fNMAJFOsKlgmKnucYyrV0XixXLxrIw1ndgwSgejTAemMD2OWWnFg82ktVP4nHJkS-FPdQ6tzNSHOl1SIiGCxcRN0V8gQ5Ck4fC4/s1600/HE1213_COVER_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaocmRXLm3Ev7YlVnXWoy3nxsLGYveDTuyHJwnVS_fNMAJFOsKlgmKnucYyrV0XixXLxrIw1ndgwSgejTAemMD2OWWnFg82ktVP4nHJkS-FPdQ6tzNSHOl1SIiGCxcRN0V8gQ5Ck4fC4/s640/HE1213_COVER_2.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>

Our new cover: The Summer Issue

Our latest cover (which will reach subscribers tomorrow, and be on newsstands from Monday December 2) features a photograph by Emily Andrews...

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Happy Thanksgiving

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zZ7gkePWHxGbbE3ktMI-SwHkQbUNoL9y8sew-PJHa8uZDfUsrxMAX12h6DJzrTMxyGCULtm8t548B8gOv0PDFB3sksHi1WrEhiBgVoG9HS4FU2H_BuBFTR8V9Mw3Efku_tcUrN5J_DHq/s1600/thanksgiving+table+setting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zZ7gkePWHxGbbE3ktMI-SwHkQbUNoL9y8sew-PJHa8uZDfUsrxMAX12h6DJzrTMxyGCULtm8t548B8gOv0PDFB3sksHi1WrEhiBgVoG9HS4FU2H_BuBFTR8V9Mw3Efku_tcUrN5J_DHq/s640/thanksgiving+table+setting.jpg" width="506" /></a></div>This year while also spending Thanksgiving away from family and home we're planing to do something different and fun and head out for dinner at a restaurant instead of traditionally staying at home.  Just the three of us and the spirit of Thanksgiving, of course.  We'll be missing out the turkey, graving, pumpkin pie and so on but we'll make sure that a few thanks are given over whatever meal we'll be sharing.  Weather you are with family or overseas, Happy Thanksgiving everyone!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Happy Thanksgiving

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Sunday Quotes

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Friday eye candy: The Hermes Kelly

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tgFXcTfuOkk/Uo8zkdsksnI/AAAAAAAAZ7w/qECLRhbTagQ/s1600/8e1fa53a6ac8b273f35c0fbc101eaf39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="720" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tgFXcTfuOkk/Uo8zkdsksnI/AAAAAAAAZ7w/qECLRhbTagQ/s640/8e1fa53a6ac8b273f35c0fbc101eaf39.jpg" width="506" /></a></div>I don't like Kelly bags, I adore them!  For me it has always been The bag to hold and behold.  Enjoy!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8NfF3QcuzbM/Uo8znkTjfnI/AAAAAAAAZ74/NH9wwsZdMzI/s1600/kelly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8NfF3QcuzbM/Uo8znkTjfnI/AAAAAAAAZ74/NH9wwsZdMzI/s400/kelly.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Friday eye candy: The Hermes Kelly

I don't like Kelly bags, I adore them!  For me it has always been The bag to hold and behold.  Enjoy!

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The Pink Coat

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The Pink Coat

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Sunday Quotes

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More Mrkusich: this time, the master's marvellous house

<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yesterday we blogged about Milan Mrkusich's great paintings (10 works from his collection are currently being <a href="http://oculablack.com/art-auctions/sales/316537/">auctioned </a>by Ocula Black) but we didn't want to leave out the fact that the artist was also a great designer, as these photos of his own Auckland home show. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mrkusich started his career as a graphic designer, and later worked on architectural projects in his role at Auckland's Brenner Associates. He designed his own home (where he still lives today) in the early 1950s. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our thanks to Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira for allowing us to reproduce these images of the home from their archives. The shots were taken by a photographer from Sparrow Industrial Pictures soon after the home was completed. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This shot (below) shows the home's north-facing elevation and the way its striking wedge shape follows the contour of the site. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMb-EfaN7g_RS4syA4Wlpa7oUkqCshrwLSWVME00PRkWyAucXJeNTEOD95gQPi4jUjPBxRnkG4aeXXV7cVdPyUAIWbRsgzvziAxBL1Fkc8aXy8q7tWwHgPYAwzS5tWiTiuYCAnEGrhEs/s1600/3-642f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMb-EfaN7g_RS4syA4Wlpa7oUkqCshrwLSWVME00PRkWyAucXJeNTEOD95gQPi4jUjPBxRnkG4aeXXV7cVdPyUAIWbRsgzvziAxBL1Fkc8aXy8q7tWwHgPYAwzS5tWiTiuYCAnEGrhEs/s640/3-642f.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here's the southern elevation, with a timber wall sheltering the home from cooler southerly winds, while a clerestory window lets in light.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdzKeMnrbmfWGLl-4LH8JNhDvWXUkek_yqHLqDlWZg16MjdHjtK3tX-b93JKG_ryNqTDiIJNkT7bJovMftPrrJbkjbOlhR-vD9ZXBLSUy2tmPZaedyxe08_Mw93zb06urjbFzmhBuDSA/s1600/3-642g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdzKeMnrbmfWGLl-4LH8JNhDvWXUkek_yqHLqDlWZg16MjdHjtK3tX-b93JKG_ryNqTDiIJNkT7bJovMftPrrJbkjbOlhR-vD9ZXBLSUy2tmPZaedyxe08_Mw93zb06urjbFzmhBuDSA/s640/3-642g.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The home's interior (below) is lovely, with an open-plan, split level living space holding the kitchen, dining, living and studio areas. Some time after this photo was taken, Mrkusich added a larger studio to the southern wing of the home, enabling his wife Florence to use this space on the lowest level of the living area. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_OCxyiMm-hFtxXAz5w4cCP35vmMInDMylaQdnItcf7vUtIrZ4n39QJSjTAGb9A1vU8Fl3Ulb198QgFrlcct2kCnyAzof_NNFrP_sgj4hbyBKtZvx3wtem9Mh8K4PGzvtq3u1cu4DO-A/s1600/3-642b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_OCxyiMm-hFtxXAz5w4cCP35vmMInDMylaQdnItcf7vUtIrZ4n39QJSjTAGb9A1vU8Fl3Ulb198QgFrlcct2kCnyAzof_NNFrP_sgj4hbyBKtZvx3wtem9Mh8K4PGzvtq3u1cu4DO-A/s640/3-642b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Another view of the living room (below) shows the southern clerestory window and the chairs from Brenner Associates. A work by Mrkusich is on the pillar in the foreground. Please excuse the blemishes on the photo, which are a result of damage to the transparencies before they entered the care of Auckland Museum. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUhhEXbx8menYTL_PNFIhhkZRdIzfkK5dxCYnUFovTKloeL4jVP-9CgXCirojDA8LSbwqkPjfzp5QiRh7yaGUgFXHExW7ZMkWifjgpkuldThgthl4VZmZLpPz_N7v_3uQLIjLszVWd3I/s1600/3-642a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUhhEXbx8menYTL_PNFIhhkZRdIzfkK5dxCYnUFovTKloeL4jVP-9CgXCirojDA8LSbwqkPjfzp5QiRh7yaGUgFXHExW7ZMkWifjgpkuldThgthl4VZmZLpPz_N7v_3uQLIjLszVWd3I/s640/3-642a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> This view (below) looks from the living room back to the dining area, taking in the beautiful fireplace with its stone surround and the marvellously cantilevered steps. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecSnAZcTO8JgobrUzF4dS4T-DCxp234OouzsbEyTg0wHf8Z9OljWiEZ8ZVh7Y0yN3OCCaa5W7egJjtkahahC5yu4RqQPVLIBldgCS_3qnFqc0GICjrSf9_CTagfNgl4lx5mLxuKFeZ6Q/s1600/3-642d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecSnAZcTO8JgobrUzF4dS4T-DCxp234OouzsbEyTg0wHf8Z9OljWiEZ8ZVh7Y0yN3OCCaa5W7egJjtkahahC5yu4RqQPVLIBldgCS_3qnFqc0GICjrSf9_CTagfNgl4lx5mLxuKFeZ6Q/s640/3-642d.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And finally, this view (below) of the compact dining area also shows the kitchen at right and the home's main entrance. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1Jx9r8QeWz01EdW2qJYg0Dvnv9RgXw7jsZVq50MP_Gji8hvVL76ENlDFqlbQjSZbrO6vCf4oFOhMkCUwqKSLTFjF2EVAH2s96rSlJdlbHVPuRQbLCKxmy2UVXJudGzMfmmaUh9YKBWY/s1600/3-642e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1Jx9r8QeWz01EdW2qJYg0Dvnv9RgXw7jsZVq50MP_Gji8hvVL76ENlDFqlbQjSZbrO6vCf4oFOhMkCUwqKSLTFjF2EVAH2s96rSlJdlbHVPuRQbLCKxmy2UVXJudGzMfmmaUh9YKBWY/s640/3-642e.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span>

More Mrkusich: this time, the master's marvellous house

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Milan Mrkusich, modernist master

<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This week we had the pleasure of attending the opening of an exhibition accompanying an <a href="http://oculablack.com/art-auctions/sales/316537/">auction</a> of works (by online art dealers Ocula Black) from the collection of the great New Zealand modernist artist, Milan Mrkusich. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This isn't an auction of works from the secondary market, but paintings from Milan Mrkusich's own collection that have been selected for auction by his son, Lewis Mrkusich. Lewis has chosen five pairs of works, each pair combining a painting from early in his father's career with a more recent work. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The image below shows, at left on the end wall, 'Chromatic Primary Suite', completed in 1992, paired with (at right on end wall) 'Triptych: Homage to Rodchenko), painted in 1966. The pairings of all the works show the remarkable consistency of Mrkusich's exploration of geometry and colour throughout his career. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCz7V17PTPlfM2aujKGE52vOme90kaBzAUsfPm9MUOsxtsoymuBfdLS8WOJ1wj5os7Uq8gEvwapPKiy6obKGdh9adR_tkJ1q4yniu9KiucGP2zmCw7-inR_qLyqkjivxOQp9FRz__vac/s1600/not+as+wide+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCz7V17PTPlfM2aujKGE52vOme90kaBzAUsfPm9MUOsxtsoymuBfdLS8WOJ1wj5os7Uq8gEvwapPKiy6obKGdh9adR_tkJ1q4yniu9KiucGP2zmCw7-inR_qLyqkjivxOQp9FRz__vac/s640/not+as+wide+view.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This image (below) shows 'Meta Grey Light Series No. 1' (1970) at left, and 'Meta Grey, Yellow' (1998) at right. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTavbtWqEAA81PCNC3zyHiBnOv9AZx1xYSOhucLLobWiissnVlSyUF5pf1nE77lMKakyRVvOFh0e9W8qTPT67oxAUE_SOj6hsTf3R_cB65-dFbwdDC8DyRUZ9GxuB8kY_FQZLN1i35o8/s1600/pic+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTavbtWqEAA81PCNC3zyHiBnOv9AZx1xYSOhucLLobWiissnVlSyUF5pf1nE77lMKakyRVvOFh0e9W8qTPT67oxAUE_SOj6hsTf3R_cB65-dFbwdDC8DyRUZ9GxuB8kY_FQZLN1i35o8/s640/pic+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here (below), Milan Mrkusich's 'Progression II' (1985-92) is shown at left alongside 'Untitled I' (2002). </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFZjJG_ReXimkmCekDGSt-eY6Zb3fb_W-DCgX-Js1r6dvszt7CYQjTwzZp-yP58Qe49rCOwijqoN8YoJNaRDAFrbKxu8tIN3xruvrjRShQBJd76Y8LmkKACEumdUEVJK-6sVLaJm9ONE/s1600/grey+pics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFZjJG_ReXimkmCekDGSt-eY6Zb3fb_W-DCgX-Js1r6dvszt7CYQjTwzZp-yP58Qe49rCOwijqoN8YoJNaRDAFrbKxu8tIN3xruvrjRShQBJd76Y8LmkKACEumdUEVJK-6sVLaJm9ONE/s640/grey+pics.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">At the opening, a couple of people wondered if Milan Mrkusich was still alive, as they hadn't seen any new works from him in some time. We can happily report that he is in his 80s and, although he now needs to use a walker to help him move around, he is very much alive, although he stopped painting some years ago. He didn't attend the opening but visited the gallery earlier in the day to see the works. Lewis said his father was delighted to see the paintings, and intrigued by the way they were grouped. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the image below, Milan Mrkusich's 'Dark Painting II' (1971) hangs at left beside 'Achromatic with Cobalt Blue' (1991).</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWn6cXI9y1arGotnBDoYXTn0C3uoEx4b05aqGFSSCgbxwRZwPcqW6JrmPVe79-IEPo5iSVIQpqSrliQ1InPEr82pydt6vnzjlvLhIzIhxx2_Twm6dURJ-oMavFNybGvPXDLh7zYOmSGE/s1600/corner+tab+pic+pair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWn6cXI9y1arGotnBDoYXTn0C3uoEx4b05aqGFSSCgbxwRZwPcqW6JrmPVe79-IEPo5iSVIQpqSrliQ1InPEr82pydt6vnzjlvLhIzIhxx2_Twm6dURJ-oMavFNybGvPXDLh7zYOmSGE/s640/corner+tab+pic+pair.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Not everyone knows that Mrkusich, who was born in Dargaville in 1925, began his career as a designer at the Auckland firm of Brenner Associates. He worked on a number of architectural projects and also designed the Auckland home that he still lives in, a modernist marvel that is still in terrific condition (but he is reticent about having it photographed). </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wellingtonians will also know his work from the mural of colour blocks on the Cable Street facade of Te Papa, commissioned as the museum was undergoing construction. And, of course, his paintings are in major public and private collections all over the country. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ocula Black's online auction of these wonderful works continues until next Tuesday, November 26. Even if you aren't going to bid on them, we recommend you take the opportunity to visit Ocula Black's Auckland gallery space (at 25 Sale Street) to see the paintings - or see more of them at the Ocula Black link at the top of this page. </span>

Milan Mrkusich, modernist master

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Beach mood

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m8BO5LXfIk0/UoM4jgRC_II/AAAAAAAAZ2o/pakbyRQEeHI/s1600/489302fd6cbedae6dee02cdaf0f7a224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="650" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m8BO5LXfIk0/UoM4jgRC_II/AAAAAAAAZ2o/pakbyRQEeHI/s640/489302fd6cbedae6dee02cdaf0f7a224.jpg" width="494" /></a></div>This weekend is a long holiday here in Brazil and we are planning on spending it by enjoying one of the best things Brazil has to offer: The Beach!  We are hitting the road this morning and seclude ourselves in a place where there is no phone, tv or internet inside the rooms, where we are expected to walk up a 250 meter hill to reach our destination (no cars allowed) and where I have no idea how all this simple pleasures experience will work out!  Wish us luck!  There used to be the time when success and full fulfillment was the hardest thing to accomplish now a days is let go of our modern days commodities, being connected... and to be 100% present which is what we are all truly suppose to do.  Have an excellent time wherever you are!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Beach mood

This weekend is a long holiday here in Brazil and we are planning on spending it by enjoying one of the best things Brazil has to offer: The...

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