the prettiest day ever and other notable notables...

this is my mini quiche lorraine. i just wanted to take a pic of it bc ya just don't carry around quiche in the states... it was DELISH and i ate it while i was waiting for the train! :)

this is just a cute little courtyard i always pass. i just love the gate, all the greenery, and the stone walkway. how charming!

i applied to the certificate program at parsons paris. cross your fingers for me!!!

this is the door to the building, just as it looked when they showed it on project runway! lol. 

i couldn't get up the courage to ask someone to take my pic in front of the door.

maybe if i get accepted...

i think this was from wednesday. i met moo for a late lunch, which kinda turned in to dinner too! we were sitting there a looong time! lol. then linda and madona joined us later. this is moo enjoying her sorbet. i had a delicious salad and chocolate cake!!! mmmm... so good.

it was kind of ugly that day. grey all day and rainy! bah!

i passed by this furniture store and it was pretty much all of the most amazing things i have seen. and when i say amazing, i mean ridiculous!

do you see the chandelier??? it is MARABOU!!! 

i actually like the turquoise couch a lot. the colors were pretty, but it was sooo much all together! but man! that chandelier... lol.

this is a cool pic bc you can see the reflection of the building across the street which looks classically french with the ultra-modern chandelier in the store. it was really huge and amazing too. that store was so fun, but i'm sure you'd have to promise your first born.

 it looked so expensive!

last night (thursday) i went with elia to bonheur des dames. it was a cute club and i got to DANCE!!! FINALLY!!! i missed dancing!!! we went with elia's sister and michel, her friend. 

it was such a good time!

this is me striking a pose on the dance floor!

ahh, today... today was a GORGEOUS fall day in paris. i woke up late (i did party hard last night...) and met mylene for brunch. i ordered a very traditional french breakfast of hot chocolate, breads and spreads, plain yogurt and oeuf a la coque with mouillettes (little strips of bread that you dip in the yolk of a soft-boiled egg!). 

me eating my mouillettes. delish! it was so warm and gorgeous. we sat there for forever!

then we walked up rue moufftard in search of a hat for moo.

HUGE CRABS!!! there are stores all along moufftard.

so, we didn't get a hat, but we did find moo's dream coat. it was perfect for her style. 

i could not have designed it better myself!

moo was getting a little emotional trying it on, so we knew she had to have it.

then we went a were lazy at her apt. moo had an appt to go to, so i got a ride on SCOOTERPOO! my fave! it was all part of my awesome day! then i walked back towards home. on the way i walked through the jardin des plantes (as seen in previous post in august). it was as beautiful the second time as it was the first. it was soooo sunny and gorgeous! i think i appreciated the day even more since it's been rainy and grey this week. i need SUUUUUNNN!!!

i was silly and forgot to check what these flowers were called, but i LOVE them.

LOVE.

i didn't check these either... oops. these ones are super-awesome though bc they are so sculptural and perfect! the color is great too.

me under the big tree. i am happy for such a gorgeous day. :)

this is the greenhouse. i caught the light through the window at just the right moment.

so cool.

after that, i walked home and bought myself a ridiculous pastry. i will miss the pastries... i don't have them too often (i still fit in my pants!) but every once in a while, they are heaven.

so that was my awesome day. paris was a lady in her wedding dress today, 

never looked prettier. it was like a dream. 

in the grey winter days to come, i'll think of today and hope for spring. 

samedi (2), mardi (5), mercredi (6) et jeudi (7)

saturday night, a bunch of us hung out at a cafe in moo's neighborhood.

this pic is of arnaud. it is really only funny bc he is pulling plastic water guns out of his gucci satchel... he says it's a dangerous hood and one must be prepared.

view of the plaza and the bar across the street. it is so damn charming here... totally ridiculous.

i was kinda lazy tuesday... i went for a walk by the canal near our apt. it's so cute. nono calls it her little seine. it's really quaint. i sat on a bench in the sun and read a book. still lazy, but i was soaking up the atmosphere.

the book i was reading (about creativity in paris) had a really great quote. 

"the privilege you are experiencing as "an artist" in paris is something very different: it is the privilege of the lone individual fortunate enough and brave enough to follow her dream."

isn't that fantastic? that quote feels very personal to me. my mum told me pretty much the same thing, but she hasn't published a book... hehe. ilu mum.

wednesday night we hung out at le buci. i had a delicious croque madame and a glass of rose'. lovely. these are my beautiful friends, nono and moo. :)

my new friend andre and me. he hates posed pictures, but i think this one turned out quite nice.

nono and i rode our bikes to meet mylene, so i got my own personal sight-seeing tour on the way back home. this is nono on her bike in front of the louvre. it is seriously spectacular, especially at night. it is so BIG!!!

see, what did i tell you? spectacular. i've been here before, but it is still amazing every time i see it. beautiful.

our failed attempt at taking my photo in front of the louvre... oh well. looks kinda cool blurry.

it was sooo cool riding through paris at night. it's more exciting than walking bc it goes by fast so you really have to appreciate quickly and it is much better than driving bc you feel like you are a part of the city. i'd recommend it to everyone. but be careful of taxis and buses and other stupid people... that part is kinda scary!!!

today, thursday, i went to see the richard avedon exhibit at the jeu de paume. an excellent exhibit. such an amazing photographer. i personally loved the fashion shoots (naturally) but the portraits were quite spectacular as well. i love how he presents a subject not how they'd necessarily like to be shown, but how he digs deeper to find the meaning behind each face. it's really very interesting and also very beautiful at the same time.

this is from the outside of the museum. how would you like to make out with the eiffel tower and all of paris in the background... ahh, l'amour... it's like it's out of a movie. it should be terribly cliche, but at the same time, i totally wish it were me! 

haha, that's the sap in me, for sure.

it was soooo rainy today. of course, it would stop while i was indoors and then pour once i was outside again... so lucky.

i walked through the tuileries garden and up the rue du rivoli. i popped in to all the tourist shops when it started to rain. this is a corner of the louvre. it was rainy a lot of the day, but that didn't stop the sun and blue skies from coming out every once in a while...

this is the ferris wheel in the tuileries garden, still there like it was so many years ago... i think there are more rides than there were before though... oh, and i also found our favorite haagen dazs store. haha. i don't remember what our little man looked like though, so i didn't say hi.

this is my poster from the avedon exhibit. "dovima and the elephants" wearing dior.

i swear, he is a one in a million photographer. the photos are just soooo BEAUTIFUL.

like, seriously stunning.

so yeah, besides being very wet all day long, it was a lovely day. i made a really yummy dinner with our fresh veggies from the market. i'm pretty sure they taste better than grocery store veggies... now i am off to bed so i can get up tomorrow and find more adventures!