OHLALA Mag

South Beach Miami - Mission Accomplished!

Our main and only goal for the week was to relax! I am happy to report that we have fully accomnplished our mission ;-) 

I mean how hard it is to relax when all you have to do is:

Go from your beach front hotel to your beach lounge chair
Go from your beach lounge chair to your hotel
Enjoy the sunset from your private rooftop suite jacuzzi

Our hotel was just amazing, Z Ocean Hotel is loacted on South Beach right on Ocean drive and just blocks away from Lincold Road. Our only mistake on this trip was not to stay longer ... but one thing is for sure we will be back! 

Miami Du Jour

Air temperature 90, water temperature 80 ... End of report!

+ In South Beach Miami To Enjoy Z Ocean

In South Beach Miami To Enjoy Z Ocean

It's without any regrets that this morning we took an early American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Miami. After just enough time for a breakfast in the air and to watch Never Say Never (I have to say that I really liked the movie ...) we arrived in South Beach Miami just on time to dive into the Ocean ...

The last time we went to Miami was on our way back from the Keys and we only stayed 24 hours so this time we have decided to extend our stay in order to do a lot of nothing!

Our hotel, Z Ocean Hotel in South Beach is just amazing. Our room has one incredible private rooftop patio with a jacuzzi a dinning table (for romantic evenings ;-) and lounge chairs to keep up with our "to-do-nothing list", with a view on Z Ocean on one side and Z city on the other side, what more can we wish for !?

You can follow us on instagram [alekandsteph] to keep up with the Miami hotness. If you do not have intagram you can still see the photos on the top right side column.

Once again Steele Luxury travel is treating us like kings wherever we go around the globe.

POSTCARD / PARIS FRANCE

Even if I have spent much less time in Paris than in Toulouse I ended up with tons and tons of photos, Paris is my favorite place in the world when it comes to photography. So I invite you for a tour de mom Paris a moi!





The Grizzli Cafe is an amazing restaurant, the food is delicious and I have been dreaming of their steak tartare for months !!!!!!!! :-P


















































Before catching my flight I had enough time for a brunch with friends.



CDG airport new terminal is so Chic I love it.



Et voila it was already time for me to say au revoir to Paris and get onboard Air France for my 11 hours flight to LAX.



After a good meal, nothing like a Jennifer Lopez movie to put you right to sleep :-) The Back Up Plan was perfect, I did kind of woke up when Alex O'Loughlin took of his shirt ... go figure ;-)





And now I am back in Los Angeles ...

POSTCARD / TOULOUSE FRANCE

As most of you, loyal readers, must know, I (Steph) am from Toulouse in the south of France. This time I flew on my own to pay a visit to my family and my beloved hometown, Alek stayed in Los Angeles because he could not leave for such an extended period. As far as I was concerned I did not even pack my laptop :-) Which assured me a total relaxation.



I was not sure what to bring you back as a souvenir so I though a series of photos would be the perfect gift.





Toulouse is an amazing place and even if I would not live there anymore it is always a pleasure to walk and shop around town, even if my favorite thing to do is to sit à la terrasse d'un café and check out the crowd.













But all the good things comes to an end and after two weeks it was time to say au revoir to my family that I missed soooooo much and was really happy to see for a longer period of time to fly to Paris for un court séjour to enjoy some of my favorite places ...



A bientot Toulouse ...

OHLALA POSTCARD / PALM SPRINGS CALIFORNIA

Last night we came back from our week in the desert. We had an amazing and sooo relaxing time, exactly what I wanted for my birthday :-) We stayed at the glamorous Vice Roy in Palm Springs.

Staying at the Vice Roy is almost like being home away from home. The villas are amazing and you can always find some shade around one of the 3 swiming pools. We also liked the fact that this week was not crowded at all comparing to the busy labor day weekend to come. 

With temperatures rising up to 46°c [114°f] we have spent our time staying cool between the 3 pools. It was nice to finally feel some summer heat, for some reason this summer in Los Angeles was "relatively" cold.




So as you know we went to spend the week in Palm Springs which was one of my birthday gifts from Alek :-) The cherry on the cake if I may speak so ... was one of the guest at the Vice Roy this week, in order to remain "descreet" I will not reveal the identity of this guest on the blog but I will only say two things: True Blood & Hunky Werewolf .... yep, I could not have asked of a better birthday crowd :-P










I am glad Oriane was with us and that our friend Ryan Barry took some time to join us and cool down in the pool with us ... here is a little picture for you my friends of this fine looking man ;-)






The villas at the Vice Roy are simply amazing and this is our favorite one! (and that is where we have stayed)



The Vice Roy was packed with cute colorful Hummingbirds, and butterflies seriously!!! It was like being in a Mariah Carey's music video ;-)

















Et voila, à bientôt Palm Springs ...