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Stories by Balise

Your moments. Your passions. Your stories.

Balise turns your photos into Stories about dinners, wine, cooking and trips. Add your words, choose the details and share your corner of the world.

An evening table at Trattoria da Francesco under terrace lights A bottle of PerSe La Craie 2019 in front of a vineyard at sunset

One long dinner · early summer

A table worth coming back to

The terrace we want to go back to, and a bottle saved for next time.

A spritz and handwritten specials menu at Trattoria da Francesco under terrace lights
The terrace as the sky turned blue.

We chose the table under the lights and ordered from the specials written across the menu. The first drink arrived while there was still colour in the sky.

Next time, I’d bring friends. I added the La Craie photo from another day so we have a bottle in mind when we make plans.

Bottle · for next time

PerSe La Craie 2019

“Bring this one when we come back.”

Restaurant

Trattoria da Francesco

Rome · the terrace table

PerSe La Craie 2019 against a vineyard at sunset
A bottle saved from another day, added to our next-dinner plans.

Made with you

The memory is yours. So is the telling.

  1. 01

    Gather the moment

    Choose the photos and details worth carrying into the Story, with a map when place matters.

  2. 02

    Make it sound like you

    Add your own writing, change the order and leave out anything that does not belong.

  3. 03

    Share when ready

    Review the whole page, then publish an unlisted link that opens in any browser.

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For the things you love.

A dinner worth remembering. A bottle shared, with your own note about it. A dish you made, its recipe photo and the tip you learned. A trip told through the places that changed it. Photographs set the scene; your words and selected details give it meaning.

Dinners

The table, the people and the details you want to remember.

Wine

Share a bottle and your own tasting note or review.

Cooking

A dish you made, the recipe photo and your tips.

Trips

Photos and places from a day away, gathered into a Story.

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You choose what to share.

Your Story starts private while you choose its words, photographs and details. When you first publish, readers need no app: they simply open the link. You can take it down again whenever you want.

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