miam & mignonne

---Why hey there stranger.

---Young at heart, or so I try to be. Dressing up is great fun. I hate having to write stuff beneath a candid photo of me and the kids I hang with. Self explanatory? I think OUI.

---The 'miam' bit, which is the french version of ameri-english 'yum' is the fact that almost every Sunday after church, we head over to the old jewish quarter for a falafel. Where does one purchase this dish? Chez L'As du Falafel. Tis cheap, fast, and oh yea...extremely good. I could of had two yesterday but I, somehow, gave into self restraint instead. The rain also helped keep the indulgence away....until next Sunday.


---Found this photo of Rachel McAdams...so mignonne!

***jeunet + audrey encore for Chanel...ahh so Frenchie.

musik

Love this band Phoenix. New album coming out in May, yaay! Sad that their concert is sold out @ La Cigalle. I need to go to more concerts while I am here...
Petit Insights: Friends are gone. Birthday was grande (cannot believe I am 24 years of age). The weather is something close to heaven at the moment. Cousin Leslie is coming in May. My camera screen + my wallet are finito. I love the Bernard's N'espresso machine.

pretty in pink.

girly, girly, girly.

Sofia Coppola directs this Dior commercial, channeling back to her 'Marie Antoinette' plush, pink, macaroon-filled with a perfect blue sky that clouds my judgment in a way that only champagne could do. That I just might purchase this perfume...oh but reality hits. I can attest to her visible glee in riding her bike...I rode a bike all through the city of lights last Sunday after church, and honestly, I could of been shooting this commercial :)

bon journee!

les photos...que j'ADORE.

I just can't help myself. Patrick DeMarchelier's photos that I have illegally copied here from his exhibit in Paris this past fall are exquisite. Plus I added a photo of moi-meme (myself), because my hair is insanely long and stringy and I probably should cut it. Non, I NEED to cut it, for cheap preferably.
a bientot!

p.s. i am super excited that my friends are coming to visit me! yay for cynch and ray :)

joy in Jouy

Poission d'avril!!!! Oui, that is the french version of 'april's fools day' though i'm not being sneeky here, this is a video of me + the kids in Jouy-en-Josas.
music: 'The Bucket' by Kings of Leon....enjoy! :)

art de vivre

Happenings:

at this moment (to be honest, about 30 minutes ago) me, sipping on Mariage Frères tea, the Russian afternoon blend. A lil history for you folks: Mariage Frères has been open to the public, notably France as THE tea store, offering over 500 types of tea. Their motto? Tea: a gift from heaven, a spiritual beverage for humanity...
Classic miam-miam.

Another tid-bit. I just found out, after consuming some grand french wine, that Bic...as in Bic pens and razors (etc.)...is a French brand. Société Bic is a company based in Clichy, France, founded in 1945, best known for making disposable products including lighters, magnets, ballpoint pens, shaving razors and watersports product(via Wikipedia). I found this out because I was drinking a wine by the man himself, who started the company...Mr. Baron Bich (the wine is Chateau de Ferrand-Saint Emillion Grand Cru...)
He just shortened Bich to Bic.
Learn somethin' new every day...

This afternoon: I will be toting 3 enfants to Versailles to watch Marley et Moi (Marley and Me for you anglophones...) Slightly excited, it'll be coated with simple humor + a puppy, what more could you ask for?! (in truth, I want to see Slumdog. I must be the LAST person to have not witnessed this film that has hijacked the worlds attention...)

As for French outings. I saw Diane Von Furstenberg, the iconic designer, walking down Rue de Rivoli, possibly attending the Ready to Wear fashion shows that are in play just until tomorrow here in Paris.
Tomorrow after class I might stop by a museum to look at the photography of Steve Hiett. Here is an example of his work:



Earlier this morning, after a quick run to the grocery before heading over to watch the kiddos, I was immersed in a podcast of This American Life (if you have never listened to it...dl!) Part of the subject matter of this episode was about chimps and their habitats, specifically their retirement plans. There is apparently a national chimpanzee sanctuary located just outside of Shreveport, Louisiana appropriately named, Chimp Haven. There these chimps, the eldest "grandma" at 53 years old, that swing and munch outdoors but return each evening for their dinner and television...wow, we are alike! In short, I have to visit this place when I return to the USA.-->Who knew??!!

To end on a jolie note, here is a photo from Garance Doré site... :)

weekend

--->A little glimpse of the oh so rare moment in which i was dancing amongst the least sketchiest of peeps to none other than james brown...err maybe it was beck. it would be a novel thing to find a club in paris that actually plays oldies or even current beats other than techno. don't get me wrong, i'm down with daft punk and other experimental dj's...but just not naive and odious kids who seem to move with the beat of their own drum...and i don't like their drum. your repetition is not poetic, it's annoying.(just giving a voice to the many who witnessed a lame dj at fleche d'or...;)

--->keeping on with the subject of music...better music, in my taste:

#1.2 - The Spinto Band - Oh Mandy
par lablogotheque

**Spinto Band. Playing at Ephemere this sat. in Paris. Should I go? I remember this song from way back when (which means 2005), when I was in Nashville with friends Holly and Mindy...we dubbed this song in memory of Mindy of course. "oh mindaayy"

toodle-loo-to-you

p.s.I think I am going to start running. It's been 4 months. EEK. Going to jog behind Versailles...when in R-, I mean Paris...do what you could never do!