I haven’t done a Monday’s Pretty Things round-up in a while. In fact, if you’re a new reader you might not even know that Monday’s Pretty Things are, well, a thing! That’s just sad. I’ve been collecting plenty of inspiration, I just haven’t been sharing it. (I’m sorry. Let’s end that drought now.)
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan via Conde Nast Traveler: Ten of the Snowiest Places in the World
I’m shivering just thinking about the fact that I lived in one of the places on this list. Brrrr.
Modern Bamboo Steamer via Quitokeeto
Utilitarian things like pots and pans and appliances should be attractive as well as functional, don’t you think? These steamers from Hong Kong are so pretty.
via the ever-lovely French blog Le Dans La
A space doesn’t have to have a lot going on to be beautiful. The unified color palette here is so calming.
Peter via David Fleck on Society6
David Fleck’s portfolio is full of gems. I spent a good twenty minutes browsing the other day, and enjoying all the illustrated details.
Underpass in Novi Sad / Нови Сад
Images from the former Yugoslavia, or anywhere throughout the Balkans, Eastern/Central Europe and the former Soviet states fascinate me. There’s a sadness about so many of them, and yet such a poignant beauty. Like I wrote here, “it makes me very happy and it makes me very sad.” If you have any seemingly-everyday snapshots from those areas, favorite blogs or Instagram accounts, photojournals (like RFE/RL’s Picture This!) or anything else related. send them my way! They don’t all have to be epic — like these images of Communist-era buildings — I love a good peek into everyday life, too.
The Oaxacaborn Blog 
Yes! I put a few of my travel photos on the back of my business cards. I included one of the world clock in Alexanderplatz from Berlin. The building behind the clock has a very communistic, stoic, geometrical vibe. I don’t think anyone gets it when I hand them the card. My husband went to Sofia, Bulgaria recently and we discussed the updated buildings from the Iron Curtain. Berlin just tears them down and puts up something completely modern. — I love how your posts literally teach me how to find beauty in the small details. So good.
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