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Bochic

At Bochic, they are not afraid to dare, reuse, recycle, reinvent, reconstruct, or recreate. Like in Bohemia, it is all about the atmosphere, a way of life, a mental state of mind. Just like poets, painters, absinthe drinkers, or dandies, their work is timeless in movement where ethnicity and classical elegance blend in with natural nonchalance.

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Posted by Joelle in Luxury, New York, Profiles

My Name is Yela

I heard about a girl, who lived 250 years ago, and before leaving her house to get married, wrote a letter of her good fortune in love. Her letter apparently was found during renovations to the house she lived in. I must find that place before I leave Marrakech.

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Posted by Joelle in Hospitality, Marrakech, Profiles, Travel

Salon Arabe

My friend, Adriana, decided to host a dinner in my honor. She invited her friends and inaugurated the beautiful dining room at her Riad Nour. Among Adriana’s guests, a top haute couture designer Zineb Joundy, from Casablanca, former Comissaire de la Mode in France for Les ‘Temps du Maroc’.

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Posted by Joelle in Lifestyle, Marrakech, Profiles, Travel

Queen Nour of Marrakech

She is Brazilian, the color of her eyes, aquamarine and her astrological sign, like mine, an intensive double Scorpio. The Hippie-chic, Boho, Euro-gypsy-glam-girl, Adriana Bittencourt is my friend.

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Posted by Joelle in Fashion, Lifestyle, Marrakech, Profiles, Travel

Angels of Beauty, Part 2

Lately one should be careful with the sun. Unfortunately, due to the thinning of the Earth’s ozone layer its rays can be stronger and more dangerous on some days causing irreplaceable damages to our skins. Having lived in Brazil for so many years I have become addicted to a great suntan but more the ever I am aware about skin aging and I know for a fact that I should be prepared before exposing it long hours under the Mediterranean sun—my favorite by the way.

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Posted by Joelle in Profiles, Wellness

One Thousand and One Dreams Tantra

Last year at this time, I was preparing to take a trip to Andalusia, Spain. When suddenly I came across a blog talking about the spiritual importance of water in the Islamic architecture of the Alhambra. In the same blog, I saw a picture that made a huge emotional impact on me.

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Posted by Joelle in New York, Photography, Profiles

Domenica with Donatella

Last Sunday I spent the day to the yearly Sunday with the Magazine , the first to be held in the new Times Center designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano.

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Posted by Joelle in Fashion, New York, Profiles

Still Supercool Blond Ambition

Madonna still has a ton of blond ambition. Cover of Vanity Fair Green Issue and Elle Magazine Madonnarama is reaching a bewildering aphoteosis and this season on Elle there is a question of her having made the transition from diva to deity.

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Posted by Joelle in Music, New York, Profiles

Take Note Mr. Lassman

It all started in 2000 on a flight to New York. Anthony was reading a magazine out loud disturbing his wife who was peacefully reading herself a book, “Oh my God, look at this rubbish, this journalist never got to stay stay in this hotel.” Irritated, his wife Elaine answered “Then why don’t you do something about it?” — “You’re always never happy with the advice you are given, there is never trust.”

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Posted by Joelle in Lifestyle, New York, Profiles, Travel