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Stories that stay
with you.

Moments that romanticize life.

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READING
The Safekeep
DRINKING
Cortado
LISTENING
Brimstone
DREAMING OF
Perugia
Portrait of the writer behind The Gorgeous Chaos making a playful face

A little chaos.
A lot of beauty.

I have always believed that beautiful things deserve to be noticed.

 

A sentence that stays with you.
A coffee that gets cold because the chapter was too good.
A street in Italy you wish you could wander again.
A photograph that somehow remembers a day exactly as it felt.

 

This is where I collect those moments.

Explore the Rooms

Photo collage of reading on a balcony, a glass of white wine at sunset, and latte art coffees

Reading Room

Books that leave a mark, reading lists and stories worth talking about.

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Photo collage of an evening dress at a market, wine with a castle view, a coastal sunset, and a plate of carbonara

La Dolce Vita

Italy through food, places, light and the moments I want to remember.

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Photo collage of a candlelit dinner, a raspberry dessert, painted nails, and bundles of tulips at a flower market

Visual Diary

Photographs, fragments and small moments that speak without explanation.

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Currently on My Mind

Selfie holding the book Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

I Don’t Need to Like Her

Today I want to talk about possibly the most hyped book of the year: Yesteryear.
Apparently, we’ve collectively decided that Natalie is unlikeable.

Okay. First of all: she doesn’t have to be likeable.

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Pistachio-crusted doughnuts topped with raspberry cream and freeze-dried raspberries

A Very Serious List of Things Worth Ordering Twice

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Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time

Good Books I Would Never Recommend to Everyone

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