Wednesday.

Stamps make me happy.
I just purchased a 20 pack of Gary Cooper yesterday.

Kings of Convenience.
The Norwegian duo just came out with a new album, sure to sweep you off your feet!
Here is their latest vid...

Photos!

This one is by french photographer, Elene Usdin.
Title: "Il etait une pois..."(!)
*Roughly translated as: "Once upon a pea"...sounds better en francais.

How darling is this typewriter?!
Hermes 3000. Which instantly makes me think of a rapper. Tres Bizarre, I know but Andre...Hermes...eh?! :)

Here is a dreamlike photo from 16 year old wonder, Eleanor.

Lovely ladies...by Denise Grunstein

unexpected adventures

however cliche, i need to expect the unexpected in my life. let God's love continually knock me off my feet, and see the glory in the petit trucs (small stuff!)...above all, LOVE.

Luxuriate in the small stuff---here are my petit trucs of the day:



Presh: Daddy is bloggin' about his children's fascination with the subway system. a kid's thought process is organized chaos at its best! Click here to read!

breakfast food. you consume it, or at least i hope you do!, every single day of the 7-day week. let's play the 'ole switcheroo. a brunch! a brinner! those are winners! :) and don't forget the Bonne Maman.



bake. cook. i can only speak for myself, but it's therapeutic! these ribbon-cupcakes are just cheri.




bon journee a tous!!! xoxo--k

tranquille

So, whilst writing a paper...I listen to Pandora, that lovely music box. Every time I open it...Pandora reveals a new musicien! This time it is Dustin O'Halloran.

Read more/Listen more of Mr. O'Halloran here!

Now...story time.

Can I tell you a charming tale, avec les photos? Si! Oh merci...Bon. Let's Go!

I wish I were here, instead of writing...


I wish I could be lost in laughter with friends, instead of writing...


I wish I could be on the beach, instead of writing...


I wish I could hold a treasure(yes a bebe duck!), instead of writing...


I wish I could be on top of the world, or at least feel like it, instead of writing!


Hmm. Maybe tis true that 'writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.' ~E.L. Doctorow
Returning to the books and word (microsoft word that is :)

Adieu! xoxo

Psst. Photos found via Cachemire et Soie

welcome back!

---So I've been meaning to write on here...for Cynthia's sake really, here I am :)

sketch via Garance Dore.

---ce n'est pas moi. this is not me. it is a lovely sketch by the delightful Garance Dore...although the fact that she is sipping on a cappuccino while holding her caramel apple in the right hand....it is pretty spot-on me!

---Here are some Jolie Trucs:
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--a bebe in yellow! ---found via some blog. (sorry, can't recall where?)


--found via:


--maybe this isn't exactly "jolie"...but I'm listening to this mix on Overdrive...
--JAYDIOHEAD

irresistible...

Paris.

---The city of lights, love, and ...me, well for another month. Yes, after I depart state-side come next Wednesday for a dear friend's wedding...I will return for a final month July 4th. EH Oui! On which I will take out a speed boat and celebrate my independance"a la 'givenchy' mode" like Liv Tyler here-->

---Back to nannying...I leave you with some Rilke:

"Children rest in love...but then they are still pure in their illusion that it is possible to belong to someone; and when they say 'mine', they make no claim to ownership; they hug and let go, and when they do hold on, it is God with whom they are still enmeshed, who draws the others to himself through there innocently open arms."

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.