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Search Results for: label/Past Adventures

Past Adventures: Santorini

04/10/14 | Europe, Greece, Past Adventures, photography, Santorini, Travel

Yesterday I saw one of my friends post a picture from Santorini on Instagram and I almost died of jealousy. It also reminded me that I had not done a Past Adventures post since January and I have so many more adventures to share! A few summers ago I spent one day on the gorgeous Greek Isle of Santorini and would go back in a heart beat.  I visited with my family while on a ...

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Past Adventures: The Ruins at Chichen-itza

05/18/13 | bucket list, Central America, Mexico, Past Adventures, The Americas, Travel

Welcome to the last day of my Past Adventures Week.  Today I bring you photos from the Mayan ruins I visited in Latin America: Chichen-itza, Yucatan is an absolutely marvel.   I was lucky enough to visit the archaeological site a few years ago with my family in the Mexican state of Yucatán. This large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya civilization is now over grown ...

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Past Adventures: Cambridge

05/17/13 | bucket list, Cambridge, England, Europe, Past Adventures, Travel, United Kingdom

As always, my readers are amazing.  Over the past few days I have loved your comments and emails about my travels to Florence, Hearst Castle, and Dubrovnik.  I was hesitant to do another full week about my Past Adventures, one of the four series I have on my blog, and expand on the items I have crossed off my travel Bucket List.  Today I bring you my travels ...

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Next Up? Edinburgh, Scotland

07/02/13 | bucket list, Europe, The Met, Travel, Travel Plans

Travel is one thing I am extremely passionate about. I have had the opportunity to visit four continents and I would love to see the other three before I am 30.  I have a travel bucket list that you love, espeically when I do my past adventure series. I update it periodically but recently I have added a new destination to the list:  Edinburgh, Scotland.It is a new destination on my ...

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Blog Series at Sparkles and Shoes

05/25/13 | Uncategorized

When I started this blog there were dozens of things I wanted to write about. Looking back on the last 252 posts I have covered an array of topics from my favorite products to how I feel about reality television.  Around Christmas I decided to categorize a few of the topics I frequently write about into "series".  These series are in addition to the fashion and shoes I write ...

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C. Wonder Flash Sale

05/16/13 | C. Wonder, home decor, Sale Alert

I know I have declared that it is past adventures week and I had an amazing post about the Mayan Ruins planned  but I had to abort this plan last minute when I began browsing C. Wonder's flash sale. For those of you who do not know, C.Wonder is an amazing provider of women's clothing, accessories, and home decor items started in 2011 byJ. Christopher Burch, the ex-husband of Tory Burch. ...

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Hi, I am Kelly and welcome to Sparkles and Shoes, a fashion, travel, and lifestyle blog founded in 2012.  After six years of living in London I am back in New York with my husband and two littles! 

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