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~aventures du louchette flâneurse: 38ème~

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Y’all might not yet have been enchanted by Alfonso’s secret wistful side, but now his inner dreamy Nouveau lady is unleashed upon Paree. Alfonso had a meeting, I had some business of my own, and this was how the working afternoon was spent, in the nook of Marais/Bastille. There was an afternoon glass of Rosé [...]

~aventures du louchette flâneurse: 36ème~

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Sunday morning snow storm and meeting my honey at the Gare de l’Est (built 1849, doubled in size 1931, a departure point for French troops in WWI). Or I should say judging by this photograph, I was unable to make it and sent my freezing, sleep-deprived crazy twin instead. Train forty-five minutes late, open-air interior [...]

~aventures du louchette flâneurse: 25ème~

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Paris is known as La Ville-Lumière (referring both to its having been a center of ideas during the Age of Enlightenment, and its early adoption of street lighting), but it also loves it’s ladies. Here are a few distinctly Parisian grand dames I’ve seen around town–chignons, pressed powder, fur, gloves, giant sunglasses, emphatic gestures–and some [...]

~aventures du louchette flâneurse: 24ème~

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Inspired by my honey who taught himself English by listening to London Calling, I’m attempting to re-learn French by deciphering the lyrics of pun-hound Serge Gainsbourg (with help found here.)
An example, from Chez les yé-yé: “Ni les gris-gris que tu portais” translates to “Nor the grey-grey you were wearing” (and picks up the rhythm of [...]

~aventures du louchette flâneurse: 13ème~

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Today is the ninth anniversary of our first date. I will never regret letting you eat from my plate. Joyeux anniversaire de premier rendez-vous, mon amour!

Above: 7am trek through West Village to clean the reception loft before flying back to Switzerland, 2008. Exhausted after nine days of wedding, but happy. Below: our first picture, in [...]

~aventures du louchette flâneurse: 11ème~

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Low-key and lovely Thanksgiving in Monmartre at the home of a journalist friend from high school and college. She managed to bring an impromptu yet impressive table together for a cluster of expats, visitors, and a lone French guest who made a pumpkin pie from a pumpkin. Also had a incredible plum tart, and one [...]

~aventures du louchette flâneurse: 7ème~

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Tomorrow marks the end of week one. Met the lovely Tim and Katherine for a glass at Chez Prune and dinner at La Marine, both along the canal Saint-Martin. Then an apres dinner stroll up to Belleville, and later, a chance to show-off my swanky digs. Excellent tagine d’agneau aux pruneaux, and even better company. [...]

~why are these kids smiling?~

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

We spent the week in New York primarily hosting two parties and trying without luck to find the right sublettor for our apartment. We happened to arrive over our one year wedding anniversary weekend, and I was able to lure Alfonso to the very spot we exchanged vows, Ladies Pavilion of Central Park. (the park [...]

~los angeles~

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

We celebrated my Grandpa Boone’s 85th birthday, this was what brought us to the states in the first place, a big ol’ shindig with all the family there. I made a book for him, of his life and memories of all the guests.

We drove my mom’s new convertible hardtop around the old freeways and [...]

~hwy 1 & big sur~

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

View from lunch at Nepenthe, named for the mythical drug inducing a forgetfulness of pain and trouble, from Homer’s Odyssey.

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