Bake Cookies Day, yummmmy!

Food is an art, and where the blank cookie is a blank canvas, the piping bag is the brush.

I decided to combine my love for good food with my interest in art.  I haven't baked and iced cookies in a verrry long time, but what better time to practice than Bake Cookies Day (US) and the Christmas season!  I'm hoping to get much better at it, but here's what I've started with!

Hint: click the first photo to enter the photo viewer.

This is Dan and Dan's lover boy.

This lil boy clubbed too hard and broke his arm!

Chloe Golightly
...on holiday.

chloelnlam@gmail.com

P.S. Today is also Suckling Pig Day, I'll have to give that a go next year!

Ho-Ho-Home for the holidays, Merry Christmas

"What do I care how much it may storm?

I've got my love to keep me warm."

Merrrrrrrrry Christmas Everyone!

Love, Chloe Golightly
...on holiday.

chloelnlam@gmail.com

Ave Maria : to all mothers, Merry Christmas Eve

Both my Portuguese "mommy" and biological mom are devote Roman Catholics, and though I'm more spiritual than deeply religious, anyone who can inspire such kindness, perseverance, hope, grace, patience, and inner beauty deserves a shout-out ;)
So this drawing is dedicated to mothers during this wonderful season, who give their best and their all, and specifically my Aunt Tracy, who has no kids of her own, but has been such a blessing to me, my brother, and sister.  She is truly a mother to me.

Merry Christmas Eve!

Chalk-soft pastel

(Detail is pretty hard with chalk-soft pastel!)

Chloe Golightly
...on holiday.

chloelnlam@gmail.com

Dance with me!

Baking and drawing to bossa nova.  Let's join Pato, the goose, and the swan ;)
Quack!

For all those who are passionate about samba and bossa nova like me, you already know that the link between the two is jazz.  Samba was influenced by jazz in the 50's and 60's to make Brazil's bossa nova (samba+jazz=bozza nova).  They pair beautifully don't they? ;)

My favourite instrument is the classical guitar (though I play the piano).  So I'll share a classical guitar rendition to keep the music flowing.

Chloe Golightly
...on holiday.

chloelnlam@gmail.com

P.S. National Samba Day in Brazil is December 2nd.

Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away

Frank Sinatra had the right idea.  Maybe it's the possibility of going some place exotic, the thrill of leaving your past behind, the adrenaline of being so high up in the sky, or perhaps the airplane food... either way I am passionate about travelling, and every trip starts and ends with the best feeling in the world - flying.

A few sights I've captured from the world way up high...

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Mom always knows to book me the window seat.

Next destination:  home.

Chloe Golightly
...on holiday.

chloelnlam@gmail.com