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| The Italian countryside. |
Buon giorno! I've just returned
from the final leg of our European vacation. Todd, Bella and I spent the last week in Italy.
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| Gelato in Pisa! Yum! |
While Paris is unsurpassed when it comes to
lingerie I love, my heart lies in Italy! As soon as we landed in Pisa I felt a lightening of my
spirit!
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| Thank goodness Todd was there, it nearly fell over. |
Did you know the original
inspiration for the store came from my time spent in Italy the year before Todd
and I married?
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| Sole! |
Five years after our trip, as I was dreaming about the interior
design for the store, I was brought back to the gardens with elaborate
fountains, the warm ocher colors of the buildings, and the zest for life
Italians have.
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| Love those colors. Love that face. |
The store was modeled after an Italian garden.
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| The fountain outside a train station. Beauty everywhere! |
The floor at SOL was designed to look like a
stone path leading you into a secret world. The fountain, pillars and foliage
were to bring the garden inside.
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| View of Firenze. Can't you just imagine all the lovely hidden secret places here? |
I have been told over
the years that coming into the store is pleasingly tranquil...and for some, it can be
as special as spending time at a spa.
That was my hope from the beginning!
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| Sunset from the Duomo of Florence Cathedral. |
I wanted to bring a little bit of the magic of Italy into our everyday
Denver lives. I am so happy to
be coming back to my Denver life after feeling renewed and inspired by my
adventures in Pisa and Florence.
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| Michelangelo's David in bronze. |
I believe
that Galileo, Botticelli and
Michelangelo were men of sheer genius. I feel fortunate that in a time of technology I had a chance to look back at amazing
discoveries of the heavens and the arts.
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| A Virgo on Galileo's Star Calendar. |
Beauty is all around us. We just need to look for it.
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Ciao,
The Johnson
Familia
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