This is:

I've just moved back to the states from living in Paris for a year and a half. I finally go around to cleaning out my bag. this is what I found therein.

I should be blogging.

SO much is happening right now.

and i WILL blog about it.

just not yet.

later.

Probably tonight.

but here's a snippit, from the photo shoot we did yesterday.

Summer

If I thought that winter was hard away from California, I had no clue how much I'd be missing it come summer. Thankfully i'm planning a trip up to the north of France to go to the beach. I know it won't be the same but...better than nothing!

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Café: Chez Prune

Yesterday I went to the cutest café by canal St. Martin, a really cute and fun area of Paris that not too many people know about.

Waiting for the food!

Here it is! It was brunch still and I ordered the "Menu Jambon". It was delicious!

The menu was handwritten all over the walls

What would a French café be without plenty of baguette?

"Chez Prune" = Plum's house

A little bit of pretty

Some pretty things i've come across the last few days.

I love that i see the eiffel tower pretty much every day. my life = amazing

LOVE!

those EYES! I don't know who she is, but she certainly is pretty!

I'm helping a friend decorate her new apartment next week, She's British, and I love this union jack pillow from urban outfitters for her!

mmm Birdies and Bunting two of my favorite things!

How to See Paris in a Day.

It all started on Tuesday night when I met a couple of friends of a friend who were visiting paris. But, the friend who they were staying with had to work all day yesterday, and so, since I absolutely adore showing off my city to anyone interested I offered to take them around the next day. I didn't realize that they were leaving the next day!! We squeezed in SO much but it was super fun.

Here's what we did.

We started the day off by scaling the Eiffel Tower.

Then we headed over to my favorite little crêperie at St. Michel and had chicken cheese and egg crêpes. deeeelish.

Then, we took a little tour of Notre Dame, and ooh and awed at the beautiful architecture.

(my personal favorite was the lovely roses currently growing in the garden in back.)

Then, I can't very well show anyone Paris without taking them to Shakespeare and Co. my favorite place in the whole wide world! we spent some time there playing on the piano, typing notes to each other on the typewriter, and perusing the shelves.

Then It was off to visit miss Mona Lisa. Navigating the Louvre is not my strongest suit so we ended up wondering about for a while before we found her.

Already a bit exhausted at this point I took the boys over to the Marais for a mini picnic, of coke, juice, chips and danette (we try to keep it healthy) we sat and ate it on the steps of a random church and caught our breath.

One of the boys had some shopping to do so we moved it over to Hotel de Ville and hit up Zara.

then took in a coffee at Starbucks ( i know, you can't be french all the time, it's far too expensive!) while we waited for the other boy who was off work by this time to meet us.

we decided to go meet him en route, but went to the Monop' to grab some wine and toilet paper (par the request of boy #3 whose household had become depleted of this item). Then we hopped on the Metro to me #3 at Châtelet ( you can't really see Paris without experiencing this station. it's madness)

we found Boy #3 and also discovered that the Toilet paper we'd bought was actually Paper towels...oops..

zip zam zam

Rode over to Sacre Cœur, went inside and watch a mass that was taking place for a bit (I was surprised how I actually understood the sermon, my French is getting better methinks)

then went out to watch the sunset over paris (which doesn't happen until like 11pm) on the steps of Sacre Cœur while watching Fire dancers and sipping our cheap wine.

and THAT my friends and followers is how you see Paris in a day.

Eye Food

Brett Manning  is absolutely one of my favorite illustrators, her attention to detail, texture and geometry just blows my mind!