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Design Wednesdays - Playing with scales

Tulika Bhatnagar Decor

Design Wednesdays - Playing with scales

When it comes to home décor, every subtle detail counts – colours, textures, lines, patterns, light and scale. If played around with masterfully, scale can make any room look spacious or a big room look cozy. Of course, we cannot change the size of walls, area of the room, or the ceiling height, but there are a lot of accessories that come to the rescue. They could be area covered by wall art, floor covered by carpet, drop of the chandelier, and of course – Furniture. Undoubtedly, the scope of discussion on scale is really vast, but I've taken a...

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Cooking with passion

Tulika Bhatnagar Culinary Our Friends

Cooking with passion

I think if there's one thing that connects us all, it's food. Good food is a language that evokes passion, love, it can transform you to a special nostalgic place if done right.  What I like about Pauline & Pasqualino is that they cook together, share a passion for the noble art & somehow find time from their daily jobs that revolve around travelling, and are able to bring it to their easy yet stunning recipes.  I connect with Pauline with the way we think about healthy food. Same like her, I also feel that healthy food should not mean...

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Travel Thursdays - Tropical Dreaming with baby on board

Tulika Bhatnagar Children Our Friends Travel

Travel Thursdays - Tropical Dreaming with baby on board

The quintessential fun mom - Devina of 'My Little Pudding'. Radiating with positive energy, her smile is infectious, in fact her little adorable pudding of a son - Armaan gets it from her. She's a britannica for moms. A super blogger, she indeed puts the sweetness in motherhood. If you're not following her blog, you indeed are missing out. I absolutely love & adore her. In fact, her positive energy was my biggest push when I started Parrot & Lily. So glad, I get to call her a friend.  One of her many talents is luxury travelling every second week...

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5 cafes that should be on your bucket list, for the sheer love of Coffee

Tulika Bhatnagar Lifestyle Travel

5 cafes that should be on your bucket list, for the sheer love of Coffee

Coffee, the liquid gold. Perfect in those little cute espresso cups as it is in big tall glasses filled with ice.  If you equally detest when baristas blatantly remind you that espresso comes without milk; & if you can count 10 names of brilliant origin coffee beans and their relative taste in thirty seconds, then you are as passionate about this noble bean as we are.  We would love to share our favourite 5 cafes that have fabled coffees that you will never forget. Gimme! Coffee, NYC - You just have to repeat the name as soon as you come in their SOHO...

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Travel Thursday - Travelling for new moms

Tulika Bhatnagar Children Travel

Travel Thursday - Travelling for new moms

A very good friend of mine just became a mommy. She loves to travel, and wanted me to suggest a few places to go with her newborn. Suddenly I went into a time machine.  I've always been very spontaneous about travelling. Getting to Jakarta and then wondering which island we would fly to - that's classic us. Or leaving for Manali without any plans and then deciding to carry on to Spiti Valley, and buying winter clothes on the way, that's us again.  But when you have a baby, things change. Suddenly, you find yourself calculating the transit time, and calling...

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