We won!

a little preview of where Cynthia and I will be heading to ring in 2010!

Who: Phoenix
Where: c'mon...
What: video by Blogotheque

ATTENTION!

I need your help!

I have entered Yves Saint Laurent's "parisienne contest" and am now
a top-ten finalist!

Winner with the most votes by December 1st will win a FREE trip to PARIS for NEW YEAR'S 2010!
Winner will be able to take a friend.
Winner will recieve goodies.

Winner will be able to do/get all for FREE!

Please help me by voting here: www.experienceparisienne.com/contest
Click the VOTE button beneath me, KATELYN O!

Vote once a day until it's over....please? pretty please?!


Merci BEAUCOUP!
xoxoKatelyn

les Trucs.

---What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.
John Berger

* a sweet lil' Fuji instax instant camera! This Mini 7S produces near-instant, vivid, high-quality prints the size of credit card.


---Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.
Robert Caro

*I would LOVE to go to the nutcracker this Christmas season!

---Hear the other side.
Saint Augustine

*Photo of starlette, Marina Berti

---I was born very far from where I was supposed to be, so I'm on my way home.
-Bob Dylan

*love the autumn leaves. Wish I could see them here in BR...

Le Ballon Rouge

*So I just was reminded of this film today, there was a post on the NYTimes website about this short french film from 1956 by director Albert Lamorisse. It is about a young french boy who "meets" a red balloon. The two form an unique bond and the spend the day walking the sunkissed streets of Paris...Watch this clip if you have the time!

In other news...

---Virna Lisi, covering Esquire magazine in the '60s. Classic!

---I love BUSTS. What a strange phrase, bahhhwho cares! This is a Bernini portrait of his mistress Costanza Bonarelli, dating to the year 1636. Similiar to the photo above, it is a dileberate exposure of a woman. Here instead of gender-crossing, Bonarelli is crossing the psychological...she looks startled, lips parted as if with a 'gasp!'. I wonder if this was her face when Bernini found out of her infidelity...the story goes that he slashed her porcelain cheek in response. Tragique...

---Here are two black and white photos from the NY Times Sunday edition, focusing on the works of Bruce Davidson...

---Banana Pudding!
I'm on a serious kick. I have gone through 2 pints of Louisiana's own, Kleinpeter's Banana Pudding flavor...it is delish!
Now, I am going to turn to my Magnolia Bakery cookbook and whip up the 'real mccoy'!
*Here is the recipe!*


1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 cups ice cold water
1 (3.4-ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix (preferably Jell-O brand)
3 cups heavy cream
1 (12-ounce) box Nabisco Nilla Wafers (no substitutions!)
4 cups sliced ripe bananas

In a small bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat together the sweetened condensed milk and water until well combined, about 1 minute. Add the pudding mix and beat well, about 2 minutes more. Cover and refrigerate for 3-4 hours or overnight, before continuing. It is very important to allow the proper amount of time for the pudding mixture to set.

In a large bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Gently fold the pudding mixture into the whipped cream until well blended and no streaks of pudding remain.

To assemble the dessert, select a large, wide bowl (preferably glass) with a 4-5-quart capacity. Arrange one-third of the wafers to cover the bottom of the bowl, overlapping if necessary, then one-third of the bananas and one-third of the pudding.

Repeat the layering twice more, garnishing with additional wafers or wafer crumbs on the top layer of the pudding. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and allow to chill in the refrigerator for 4 hours - or up to 8 hours, but no longer! - before serving.

---I saw this photo randomly. It's Cote des Basques in Biarritz, France. Doesn't that look like heaps of fun!? Apparently, Peter Viertel, a hollywood screenwriter visited the city 50+ years ago and subsequently introduced the world of surfing to the frenchies there...and the beat goes on...:)

*snapshots*

Who knew throwing out the trash could look so modish?
Photo by *Cedric

Only in Paris...
*tu me manques!

photo-montage featuring Sofia Coppola found viaNYTimes Travel section

Fille en Rose...photo by Cedric

Now, off to dance! I hope. I hope I can dance tonight...I'll start now!
Photo of Italian starlette, Virna Lisi

still. moving.

Love the combination- juxtaposition-fusion-marriage!, of short and long:
short being the hair, long being well, the back! enchanted.

Via Garance Dore

---this photo is so fragile and pure...almost on an unearthly level.

found via Denise

---Tretorn booties. Adorable. 'Nuff said.


---I have been hearing about this film since it's precursor, Paris Je T'aime:

Here is the trailer for NY I love you
**...with a great preview song too. (Phoenix's 1901)