Glamour

...a tour through the Upper East Side

The Empire Hotel

Inside the Empire Hotel

New York's one and only Cupcake ATM!! Sprinkles

Candy wonderland - Dylan's Candy Bar

Hot dogs, sweet!

Entering Dylan's is really like entering a house made of candy, here we have the floor made of candy

I want my floor to look like this! Even better if you can open the floor and have a piece of candy :)

Celeb candy boxes, filled with their favourite candies

Giant lollies, taller than me!

Every girls' dream - Harry Winston

Living the luxury life - Henri Bendel

Disney, Times Square (not quite upper east side glamour, but it's Disney! and a very very large Disney store!)

Went through the Upper East side with On Location Tours - Gossip Girl tour, this is a brilliant way to explore the city and the Upper East side, and if you're a fan of Gossip Girl, then this is a must attend tour tracing the footsteps of Blair and Serena!! 

And we'll have to finish with a Blair Waldorf quote, it's only appropriate for a 'glamour' post:

"whoever said money doesn't buy happiness didn't know where to shop"

- Blair Waldorf, Gossip Girl

New York rhythm

top of the world

Stunning views from Top of the Rock, Rockefeller Center, New York City 

the land of opportunities

Have you ever seen another plane while on board of your own flight? If I was just a few minutes quicker, then the plane would be at least 5 times larger in size! Quite extraordinary especially after just waking up and seeing a large plane by my side! 

Lady Liberty is possibly the best symbol of the USA, just like the people in the queue in this picture, all those years ago, this was the beacon of hope for many people coming to the land of opportunities eager to fulfil their own American dream...

 ...and now, the people have created this vibrant, energetic and beautiful city!  

New York City, USA

bold flavours of Taormina

Osteria Rosso Di Vino, Taormina

Red snapper cooked the Sicilian way - with potatoes, tomatoes and capers

Mixed berry tiramisu

Sicilian almond paste sweets - they look so cute! 

Laboratorio Pasticceria Roberto - No. 1 on Tripadvisor for Taormina and although a bit difficult to find, definitely worth the trip for the ultra creamy cannoli, the owners are so friendly and will invite you to enjoy the cannoli on the red seats outside (as above), also came back and brought a kilo of the other types of desserts they offer, miss their desserts already...

Historic Taormina

The Duomo - dated back to the 13th century where a local wedding ceremony took place at this particular moment 

Lemons and oranges - widely produced and the flavours are beautiful, must be all the sunshine it gets all year round 

Street views of Taormina town centre 

Giardini della Villa Comunale

Florence Trevelyan - designer of Giardini della Villa Comunale

Beautiful view of the bay from Giardini della Villa Comunale

Teatro Greco - Il Volo performing at the Ancient Greek theatre, the theatre originally started its life in the 3rd Century BC, it's amazing to think that this theatre were hosting performances of works by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes. Originally quite small, it was enlarged by the Romans to accommodate their own particular brand of theatrical extravaganza. During daytime, the views from the theatre are spectacular, taking in a (usually) smoking Mount Etna and the Bay of Naxos down below, source here). It was an amazing performance by Il Volo, a very talented classical pop group at the start of their careers!