Coclico

Inspired by the French word for poppy flower (coquelicot), the Coclico footwear collection "is a fresh and unique composition of style and colours". Sandra Canselier, the creator of the line, was born and raised in Brittany, France and makes some LOVELY shoes. I want them ALL. I love the mixture of all types of fabrics, colours and heights. Dreamy!

♥, Azzara

Vive La France (aka Poor Little Cochon)

Horray, I'm finally getting around to showing you guys photos from France! The town is Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and it's just so picturesque. The photos seriously don't do it enough justice. Sadly, my old old (not in a cool way) and crappy Pentax seems to have officially bitten the dust. I took two rolls of film and they both came out like crap. There's no contrast at all, and some of the pictures seem to have been randomly exposed to light even though they were in the middle of the roll... not great. So here I am using my brother's pictures (thanks Max!) from his digital camera instead. The weather wasn't brilliant while we were there (read: rain + cold), but we managed to get a few photos that were reasonably pretty!

The street our house is on leads to that little bridge!

We couldn't resist taking a picture of this poor little cochon!

I'm finally getting a DSLR as a (somewhat late) birthday present after many years of wishing for one, and I can't wait! Hopefully I'll be posting tons more photos on here once I get it... horray!

♥, Azzara

Happy New Year (Only 9 Days Late...)!

I just returned from my holidays travels and I am SO happy to be back in New York. Not that my holiday wasn't great (it was!), but it's really nice to be home. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port was a super cute town in France and I took a couple of rolls of film which I will be developing in the very near future. We popped into Spain for lunch one day, which included a picnic on the beach and dipping my feet into the Mediterranean on January 3rd. Quite a feat in itself, eh? For now I've got a few phone photos to share. I also did an overwhelming amount of shopping in two weeks (7 pairs of shoes, anyone?) and I hope some of my new purchases may make their way onto Style Relish by way of some fun photos.

St Sebastian, Spain

Now that I'm back in internetland, I wanted to wish everyone a super-delayed Happy New Year! What did everyone wear on New Years Eve??

♥, Azzara

Amanda's trip- food highlights!

I just got back this week from vacation with my parents which I will definitely blog about more soon but I couldn't resist sharing some food photos with you. We got to go to some great places in Europe visiting family friends and here are some of my food favorites:



After Amsterdam, we drove to a small seaside town in the Netherlands and had "broodje haring" which is a raw herring sandwich that can also have onion or pickles inside a soft bread. The area's also known for fries so we had to get some fries with mayo (I'm more of a mustard gal but apparently mayo is the thing here). I know a lot of people would have a hangup with eating raw herring but I'm telling you, if you like sashimi, it's not such a far stretch. The herring is a little more fishy tasting but basically on par with lox. I enjoyed it a lot because it tasted like great beach food. It's great snack food and I could eat about 3 of those sandwiches, no joke.


After Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Germany, we took a plane to Nice and stayed at our family friend's villa . What's wonderful about the weather in Nice is that it allows for wonderful exotic vegetation. Coming from NY, I'm always jealous when others have lemon, lime, grapefruit, and guess what, our family friends had all of the above PLUS a fig tree. So jealous. We had fresh figs (above) several days and they were so good! Just thinking about it makes me want some right now!



This was apparently the trip of raw things, not that I'm complaining. This was my first time ordering tartare, made of raw ground beef, but I'm so happy I made the decision to go raw. It was seasoned wonderfully and served with fried sliced potatoes and a small salad with balsamic reduction. The restaurant was nice too- a total hole in the wall and one of 2 restaurants in the small town of Sant Jeannet. There were only 3 tables and we were lucky enough to get one of them. AH. Possible favorite meal of the trip! My plate was empty at the end. mmm, meat.



I'm almost done ranting I promise. Here is some really pretty and tasty gelato from the old town in Nice. It was a stall in the middle of a square (hope I can find it again if I go back) and they probably had about 30 flavors, all of which I wanted. I decided on rhubarb (top) and apricot. So delicious and flavorful. I've always been more of a fruity type gelato girl so this hit the spot. Perfect for walking around. Could use a tub of it right now.

Okay, more posts soon!

...Amanda