tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275209932024-03-07T20:14:17.703+00:00anything goeskathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.comBlogger504125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-81762434258685828452011-04-01T09:55:00.003+00:002011-04-01T10:03:47.182+00:00Going Solo.<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21475881" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/21475881">Going Solo.</a> from <a href="http://www.studiobotes.com/">Studio Botes</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Breaking the silence on this blog to share the above video with you. </span></p>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-41744299089739842942010-12-20T19:52:00.006+00:002010-12-20T20:14:48.992+00:00Temporarily closed.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBn86j3rGequkMuGdRAEjxLWoiLm_4hEKpq-fTGRNZBwfnO9HfLzRmw1qteRWHdw4vL6ZYhUi5KBy3LpTCLbQ8_JoGTjKt7VOsdrvTyO5rJgEjGtmUPG3Qg0D9OKK8MaQjPHsYg/s1600/Lapse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBn86j3rGequkMuGdRAEjxLWoiLm_4hEKpq-fTGRNZBwfnO9HfLzRmw1qteRWHdw4vL6ZYhUi5KBy3LpTCLbQ8_JoGTjKt7VOsdrvTyO5rJgEjGtmUPG3Qg0D9OKK8MaQjPHsYg/s400/Lapse.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552858522687118242" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Obviously it's been a while since I've posted. I've even considered completely removing this blog. However, according to google stats quite a few people still stumble upon the content that's been posted here. So I'm leaving it up for now. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">My only explanation is that at this present time 'life' demands more attention and headspace than </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">online</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> life. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Please forgive the lapse here. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Happy Holidays to you and yours!</span></span></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-12263405189387352452010-11-05T12:29:00.005+00:002010-11-05T12:37:54.529+00:00Semi-detatched series.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFbuxGK_sqC9Ak00HWo36_sUfM3uB4cIABAcQ1XFYxzWprTF9FT-lMnqV8KluZupY8R9bpgy9k6A2ynzoB4hrvqOmkvMTJ9KbKBrXQLt1Mt1mBNqEOQC37SETzAjtiRMfs_PSww/s1600/_dmp0702-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFbuxGK_sqC9Ak00HWo36_sUfM3uB4cIABAcQ1XFYxzWprTF9FT-lMnqV8KluZupY8R9bpgy9k6A2ynzoB4hrvqOmkvMTJ9KbKBrXQLt1Mt1mBNqEOQC37SETzAjtiRMfs_PSww/s400/_dmp0702-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536042749512531378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFZfcuN6eFJGtLUr_YxgGQLV4cY3wHh1XoQPVYYX1F_Xjx1D8nqsr6_4g1OAF_3OpW0f-HEvaID0ib4v_xHq2Dy9-7RokVlsHuYzWayXnNmPLyzumSCO-uUpsCHcbkbO8n6YWzg/s1600/_dmp9154.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFZfcuN6eFJGtLUr_YxgGQLV4cY3wHh1XoQPVYYX1F_Xjx1D8nqsr6_4g1OAF_3OpW0f-HEvaID0ib4v_xHq2Dy9-7RokVlsHuYzWayXnNmPLyzumSCO-uUpsCHcbkbO8n6YWzg/s400/_dmp9154.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536042129619641090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZyW1nuVXG_hQ2Rc7f1Q_4g8FxSRq9pnd1aqTSYErMAf0uvuHe3lNuUFhzBtinGv7p0RoPwWBu7zDcrfa3anMbzQEWHO3C1YQUsoobVLX3twK7xW9VjfZUJEJW_ttW6jnbWXDzQ/s1600/_dmp0973.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZyW1nuVXG_hQ2Rc7f1Q_4g8FxSRq9pnd1aqTSYErMAf0uvuHe3lNuUFhzBtinGv7p0RoPwWBu7zDcrfa3anMbzQEWHO3C1YQUsoobVLX3twK7xW9VjfZUJEJW_ttW6jnbWXDzQ/s400/_dmp0973.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536042124004613090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bDqkHo_trtiOd19NxZnX0Kt3QxPMofoPutsy3wND6wsQlCc2YdQntmFTed9C9hhPZno01iyKVr2o3VI1eqcQO7j9ElbFlGZ4snAoNgVReYvCeC0OSyNyycbd4RpnD34WSh9oIA/s1600/_dmp0708.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bDqkHo_trtiOd19NxZnX0Kt3QxPMofoPutsy3wND6wsQlCc2YdQntmFTed9C9hhPZno01iyKVr2o3VI1eqcQO7j9ElbFlGZ4snAoNgVReYvCeC0OSyNyycbd4RpnD34WSh9oIA/s400/_dmp0708.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536042121323291314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizijhnHY8P_lfcdsTbndeojtICITw_f9wpoYAn9ai7pZ5weZkTFswF9DfbZToxtkOWE0WZQVw7aHF3r69q-xVru4_tO6aGBH_aUw3KZOeIiE6Gu6_n4uUs3oXjcU-8KGKYa9LBg/s1600/_dmp0655.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizijhnHY8P_lfcdsTbndeojtICITw_f9wpoYAn9ai7pZ5weZkTFswF9DfbZToxtkOWE0WZQVw7aHF3r69q-xVru4_tO6aGBH_aUw3KZOeIiE6Gu6_n4uUs3oXjcU-8KGKYa9LBg/s400/_dmp0655.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536042120632341666" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I love this series of 'suburban boundaries' by photographer </span></span><a href="http://www.photomalan.com/personal-work/semi-detached/_dmp9151.jpg/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">David Malan</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. Beautifully observed and captured. <a href="http://www.photomalan.com/personal-work/">Visit his site</a> to see more of this series and some other great personal work.</span></span></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-40792057642276304142010-10-30T12:00:00.002+00:002010-10-30T15:18:09.695+00:00Halloween cookies.<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzI9x600XDUedt_y3hJF8DB4rkJiz_DjxUPFI6cGFgHka_0qplDXJZ8l3IJ-nglUkF4WCHJYlActWFwNMa7bIF7RigenZ6ZaSsOWR1GPNtAJiq39cASZxx_Tg1u3-lOh5ZBLinA/s1600/photo.JPG"></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_qrXy_kXsExAFMv2HsEbCdpU3lRZ9gVKWMTV-0zJ6KCLePMCupndtiUijBCBeJHSx3c_uc6JKwk9DjnqUJ0winLZgcRZ-mVOjMGN3UB1EtaI8yIoBs8ettgUHAueQUpdwKWoXQ/s400/5118890306_1750aa6137_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533462412470860146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzI9x600XDUedt_y3hJF8DB4rkJiz_DjxUPFI6cGFgHka_0qplDXJZ8l3IJ-nglUkF4WCHJYlActWFwNMa7bIF7RigenZ6ZaSsOWR1GPNtAJiq39cASZxx_Tg1u3-lOh5ZBLinA/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzI9x600XDUedt_y3hJF8DB4rkJiz_DjxUPFI6cGFgHka_0qplDXJZ8l3IJ-nglUkF4WCHJYlActWFwNMa7bIF7RigenZ6ZaSsOWR1GPNtAJiq39cASZxx_Tg1u3-lOh5ZBLinA/s400/photo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533470798357499314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzh4YO4EBoVssuF7TghSPLgM6jz_Bs4yRrAUpLWBV12YvjUZ2p6ahKRYoUnRwXuZXZmkNdjRqVBmtNbKIy22ha0FDzOXg7Ykw3b9KGjVAgp7OniZl75m1qJ0T05k4iO1YG2f9AQ/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzh4YO4EBoVssuF7TghSPLgM6jz_Bs4yRrAUpLWBV12YvjUZ2p6ahKRYoUnRwXuZXZmkNdjRqVBmtNbKIy22ha0FDzOXg7Ykw3b9KGjVAgp7OniZl75m1qJ0T05k4iO1YG2f9AQ/s400/photo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533462426456159426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdYH-psxEqK2m1nUujuxcAaZQTyI2HBQCM4LWcRbv-JiX5VX9UKAQEgKhFeTxIxrpE-OnpKCRK8Y16degbh5h4X9MImLPbR5BmdhVnL5re5uilznOWOdrLCP16Nicp3K80TARCQ/s1600/photo-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdYH-psxEqK2m1nUujuxcAaZQTyI2HBQCM4LWcRbv-JiX5VX9UKAQEgKhFeTxIxrpE-OnpKCRK8Y16degbh5h4X9MImLPbR5BmdhVnL5re5uilznOWOdrLCP16Nicp3K80TARCQ/s400/photo-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533462409874232034" /></a><br /><b>Happy Halloween!</b> It's not really a holiday we celebrate in South Africa - but I did make some effort by baking the above skull cookies. <a href="http://kathblack.blogspot.com/2010/09/bad-to-bone.html">Remember this post?</a> Well, I gave in to some of that <a href="http://kathblack.blogspot.com/2010/09/bad-to-bone.html">skull mania</a> when I spotted a skull cookie-cutter at <i><a href="http://kinderfeestwinkel.nl/">Kinderfeestwinkel</a></i> in Amsterdam.</div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-73672414616038280892010-10-27T15:00:00.000+00:002010-10-27T20:22:55.296+00:002,500 match sticks.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_uAGvWTKYw6zHt1Lx4HZYyiZYQOEF3wJvc9sBwcKHLoibWZTnzNBjkA9_cst-Xms7oJZQ0xLP1Qh5PQf69Fyhdeb3G8SB7Vz4ELwM9nk2RWETsFw4NoOBPQKzzaKjdV8Bb9P4w/s1600/06-burned.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qP7Ke4tE_Lp6AvCn-vpECu_goowF-tSxQaA7ojpSWaFgdk66zdpUChQdEP31moNbJ-1JhBbWN-xR8Ma5B29iBq2SajSIn32EWpxuspA0GA2Oo0oGnPs09Y6oHNYYu-pmA23TBQ/s1600/02-200-side.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44MbOa91Tn9UbfG3SEA9k6UUi_FogCmeaPeQclLlwu210JeKkfvPr5vyZLEJTX0-xLnETLtLAxe8UMHM6C7QtM6lPcklO6ycHmqijOGMIk4aXcw8lsZOFDV7Vy6MCDQ4t-roitg/s1600/lovematch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44MbOa91Tn9UbfG3SEA9k6UUi_FogCmeaPeQclLlwu210JeKkfvPr5vyZLEJTX0-xLnETLtLAxe8UMHM6C7QtM6lPcklO6ycHmqijOGMIk4aXcw8lsZOFDV7Vy6MCDQ4t-roitg/s400/lovematch.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532370148239862498" /></a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qP7Ke4tE_Lp6AvCn-vpECu_goowF-tSxQaA7ojpSWaFgdk66zdpUChQdEP31moNbJ-1JhBbWN-xR8Ma5B29iBq2SajSIn32EWpxuspA0GA2Oo0oGnPs09Y6oHNYYu-pmA23TBQ/s400/02-200-side.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532821779790162050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_uAGvWTKYw6zHt1Lx4HZYyiZYQOEF3wJvc9sBwcKHLoibWZTnzNBjkA9_cst-Xms7oJZQ0xLP1Qh5PQf69Fyhdeb3G8SB7Vz4ELwM9nk2RWETsFw4NoOBPQKzzaKjdV8Bb9P4w/s400/06-burned.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532822178382824354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 534px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div>Artwork <a href="http://peisanng.com/">By Pei-San Ng</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>The top piece - '<a href="http://peisanng.com/portfolio/matches-passion/">Love on fire</a>' is made of approximately 2 500 match sticks. <i>Representing romance and passion or destruction and jealousy?</i> The second was titled 'Temptation' before burning and now quite simply, "Burned". </div><div><br /></div><div>Another pursuit requiring patience in the extreme.</div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-26644560806088234282010-10-27T10:34:00.000+00:002010-10-27T20:09:27.033+00:00Cookie Boy.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzA-0Z-mMjwyJH7YBo9uZfHQFXelvXUxfNVz1amazmuqmOTpEngQlH3eMboU8gdP3sXP9ZpErrGkD_PEN8dzPrkiKXE-rQbbAnClGpjeHa1ykq8XDfnQNNxUo5gPxvhlVLgeo_Qw/s1600/main_img.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzA-0Z-mMjwyJH7YBo9uZfHQFXelvXUxfNVz1amazmuqmOTpEngQlH3eMboU8gdP3sXP9ZpErrGkD_PEN8dzPrkiKXE-rQbbAnClGpjeHa1ykq8XDfnQNNxUo5gPxvhlVLgeo_Qw/s400/main_img.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532369966593979618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgug_vOOboYbkUopA_BWOBLX26QKceqVF3yxIVfMzZT80fkO1rAe4iqLvRniXflY6two2s8qOvqy1e9ikpVZRkOQxfv4F7YN_pS4LjLgqBWANmmrhZOekyyO8oJqhJZn1LzrgYnQA/s1600/29_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgug_vOOboYbkUopA_BWOBLX26QKceqVF3yxIVfMzZT80fkO1rAe4iqLvRniXflY6two2s8qOvqy1e9ikpVZRkOQxfv4F7YN_pS4LjLgqBWANmmrhZOekyyO8oJqhJZn1LzrgYnQA/s400/29_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532366380200779762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzGA-NFHcZck8QcLH8NAZppEgdjv9CBD3N6nsLbRFvNTciYOAWe7VDJQIyg__xmSxir-ydq5eTycOYJZnmm1R_X0ujkmqu4Mov2jWmg6HsNySxT7r0NdM4a4X4kClsEDQSRcLqg/s1600/27_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzGA-NFHcZck8QcLH8NAZppEgdjv9CBD3N6nsLbRFvNTciYOAWe7VDJQIyg__xmSxir-ydq5eTycOYJZnmm1R_X0ujkmqu4Mov2jWmg6HsNySxT7r0NdM4a4X4kClsEDQSRcLqg/s400/27_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532366383038259538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK0AkbdKylCQRTUtGKkpJmDK183rSppkULIz30Q7Sc2Oqkn3QQBE0OLokCJTjzEos9vfuSdoUpvGhn_xgsdGqjMuCiWfiuM9zrcUctM950k8U0lQkWR9OFjsx7YpZ7j2hNFK-9g/s1600/21_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK0AkbdKylCQRTUtGKkpJmDK183rSppkULIz30Q7Sc2Oqkn3QQBE0OLokCJTjzEos9vfuSdoUpvGhn_xgsdGqjMuCiWfiuM9zrcUctM950k8U0lQkWR9OFjsx7YpZ7j2hNFK-9g/s400/21_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532366375821592002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oiGVQj-WNG2a7TbVM4E46IrRFv67KtGUYc4WZyLm5paFm-F2tNIamaRdQolGrHWNso9sWjYK4QalcLL7hGpqKADbnMbesySLs4Ao1JfdZSee_bjixmAzMGDDCU0M8P_nPGWmIw/s1600/16_04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oiGVQj-WNG2a7TbVM4E46IrRFv67KtGUYc4WZyLm5paFm-F2tNIamaRdQolGrHWNso9sWjYK4QalcLL7hGpqKADbnMbesySLs4Ao1JfdZSee_bjixmAzMGDDCU0M8P_nPGWmIw/s400/16_04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532366374634953202" /></a><br /><a href="http://cookieboy.boy.jp/">Cookie Boy</a> makes the most fantastically intricate iced biscuits. Attention to detail and the most steady hands called for <a href="http://cookieboy.boy.jp/blog/">here</a>.kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-45838715832914455442010-10-22T11:52:00.006+00:002010-10-22T12:17:15.865+00:00How NOT to cook.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvPIHZn3vRSDRJrxeWYhyphenhyphen3hjFdtOUeq4S8N64mjWJdmHwCj2MlHuM-g22q4kOExftEKG8VR28g1XGLpsTMzfqpXaKWpVkmM6W1lZJ0G6kTNUQqovF948rVfv1ElPr6q8n2_kYgg/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530838488575389106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn95q2MRrLFDdHeqjHsbPpQnbB6wfw54C8Cun0VPDsswP7kDSRV_6lYcDYnMuHE-bmamApmLJ9ZHAtCKcKXpbGDzCAbBnWBlqwrrCluUD5Ak_wRCyMMsHmq2VS9ncXmN4Z0hO4kA/s1600/Picture+6.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn95q2MRrLFDdHeqjHsbPpQnbB6wfw54C8Cun0VPDsswP7kDSRV_6lYcDYnMuHE-bmamApmLJ9ZHAtCKcKXpbGDzCAbBnWBlqwrrCluUD5Ak_wRCyMMsHmq2VS9ncXmN4Z0hO4kA/s400/Picture+6.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530839860080607202" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOpuNtMVA_s6T89nwG9tSzJpQhT6U7NNesEiNLDpuQ8eN7Uw-efjTyZbmtMa_PuBd48ZTlOFX9Hv7z1K6XB4sEePOmJf39qCv4k5VFY84FGkjx3jMaJKenpP1jlDy6n26911vIA/s1600/Picture+4.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOpuNtMVA_s6T89nwG9tSzJpQhT6U7NNesEiNLDpuQ8eN7Uw-efjTyZbmtMa_PuBd48ZTlOFX9Hv7z1K6XB4sEePOmJf39qCv4k5VFY84FGkjx3jMaJKenpP1jlDy6n26911vIA/s400/Picture+4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530838509473499010" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij81OO-uO-7CVyQBoZIi22eCoUNJC0CHKgeVsx1cyzuw3ZfhmZ_3tpWhq8EMNIVkFhy4va-q4RO2Fixxjr70uiiJ0S5s1uYv84sH9iHrvbbZlGJPB2l1Bzl1eDDa8v9Qq1MKVd2g/s400/Picture+8.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530840682202678738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 96px; " /></span><div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9X_5qREMY5tpNxL-raO-Rwd-TGmWMG1N0mjeVqWWApoeYGF8sZTGeb8dnlyBTCGyksh9soGYMU9lL6FLQ0TcOA0EyyhQ-Thy1SNb1h_xu7E-IZ5nMYhVJExdOBP9YTQkHumcWQ/s1600/Picture+3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9X_5qREMY5tpNxL-raO-Rwd-TGmWMG1N0mjeVqWWApoeYGF8sZTGeb8dnlyBTCGyksh9soGYMU9lL6FLQ0TcOA0EyyhQ-Thy1SNb1h_xu7E-IZ5nMYhVJExdOBP9YTQkHumcWQ/s400/Picture+3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530838502897652882" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://hownotto.info/HowNotToCookbook_Sample.pdf">"How NOT to cook"</a> aka "lessons learned the hard way". This is a self help book with a difference - a project that invites you to share advice on what NOT to do in the kitchen. Your burnt offerings and unmitigated disasters now have a place! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">See more of the </span></span><a href="http://hownotto.info/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">How NOT to</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> series, or submit your advice.</span></span></div></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-34394507474849304252010-10-20T14:36:00.002+00:002010-10-20T14:47:35.400+00:00The quiet revolution.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXp4w-tAsmAZGjP1AJFqycXV21zseuffFVJxSm6S_x4uicFu5jysfTkbQxZ11BwWqr972vkHhFcKEHRQn8pvXMg5Tl6nuQk1ucZCTJui9JkO0WgA_kVM7AHicX-iciLkkoopAFA/s1600/titlayout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXp4w-tAsmAZGjP1AJFqycXV21zseuffFVJxSm6S_x4uicFu5jysfTkbQxZ11BwWqr972vkHhFcKEHRQn8pvXMg5Tl6nuQk1ucZCTJui9JkO0WgA_kVM7AHicX-iciLkkoopAFA/s400/titlayout.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530137307890046354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhch1mpau_D-VbpiDDcn9k5mtgz2sJc47ZOhdiYhzbwe-zNwNiZxDMF3wicieIcFj3gMdStn14RJ_B18SXzSK13ylacnIWf54XiZq1hBUchMquARlqhIKFTOdp0r3GLgqGYEzHeg/s1600/tigerlayout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhch1mpau_D-VbpiDDcn9k5mtgz2sJc47ZOhdiYhzbwe-zNwNiZxDMF3wicieIcFj3gMdStn14RJ_B18SXzSK13ylacnIWf54XiZq1hBUchMquARlqhIKFTOdp0r3GLgqGYEzHeg/s400/tigerlayout.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530137301549498610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhny1Dig84dcrtYFizGaoRLTosQERvLqju4_AbLGBsL-gYms_KDeNsZ5jIc1qG0bgFwzvFPWypuS1t_hgxrxMc-ONwZow_25Zl7pZZFX4_YlOPu78N2tY98OFw3RV3zUr7AsfN9vQ/s1600/nolltvaowllayout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhny1Dig84dcrtYFizGaoRLTosQERvLqju4_AbLGBsL-gYms_KDeNsZ5jIc1qG0bgFwzvFPWypuS1t_hgxrxMc-ONwZow_25Zl7pZZFX4_YlOPu78N2tY98OFw3RV3zUr7AsfN9vQ/s400/nolltvaowllayout.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530137295569088626" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">'Bejewelled' by illustrator <a href="http://thequietrevolution.co.uk/">Claire Scully</a>. Beautifully intricate. Also see her <a href="http://www.thequietrevolutionblog.blogspot.com/">blog</a>. </span></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-21729800931916642382010-10-18T18:00:00.000+00:002010-10-18T19:55:52.851+00:00Bright delight.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjQzdnWaSM3SBUp-EtH32j1CRg0GJulzF_1Qr8aASiYDS1mzsmI9MzY41VL-kVNHKlOWLt8cSVnFjI1j6k-TOywh_nDADWEazvpmn7urvybBLihF6CPvtWRUXvAYfjnU3H27gaQ/s1600/img0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjQzdnWaSM3SBUp-EtH32j1CRg0GJulzF_1Qr8aASiYDS1mzsmI9MzY41VL-kVNHKlOWLt8cSVnFjI1j6k-TOywh_nDADWEazvpmn7urvybBLihF6CPvtWRUXvAYfjnU3H27gaQ/s400/img0.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529476521193670050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8hwdShm2O78hAIIO8pVc_IB2boZZ_dfGVcI4GX9-jCzQG61uhTsM7I8RGU4C6oJpTOFYd3av_M4QxryfYCJ7dDM3ewmFNWaQLO70dl4Y1upbABC8lF1ExaKaHUUpVOQrRVoV5Q/s1600/february.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8hwdShm2O78hAIIO8pVc_IB2boZZ_dfGVcI4GX9-jCzQG61uhTsM7I8RGU4C6oJpTOFYd3av_M4QxryfYCJ7dDM3ewmFNWaQLO70dl4Y1upbABC8lF1ExaKaHUUpVOQrRVoV5Q/s400/february.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529476511332117906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5F6lNucAhNO_m6L5eAWfhUUcD1k-640F75kEWflGRLXMuF60zHvLadhV0IJXxNMt4RXA_SRwvE3VmH7FuAG-EMXpc2uiTwhsICG9UDMImaL9YHjp0bXivsFQOuv8HM0zTrE9Q4g/s1600/december.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5F6lNucAhNO_m6L5eAWfhUUcD1k-640F75kEWflGRLXMuF60zHvLadhV0IJXxNMt4RXA_SRwvE3VmH7FuAG-EMXpc2uiTwhsICG9UDMImaL9YHjp0bXivsFQOuv8HM0zTrE9Q4g/s400/december.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529476512738980770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RTem9CIubRyAeAmNGutDhxkXsV2EF7gxsqOJlTXfFbo9-KPcZt42FIXZaw3vfRhuX53Cqx2dRNXcWgpu1AmQY9JZE_caxdEvFfBp6_BbvbdMl-_3hm5EwEjd9mpbLjlMPyDKAg/s1600/april.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RTem9CIubRyAeAmNGutDhxkXsV2EF7gxsqOJlTXfFbo9-KPcZt42FIXZaw3vfRhuX53Cqx2dRNXcWgpu1AmQY9JZE_caxdEvFfBp6_BbvbdMl-_3hm5EwEjd9mpbLjlMPyDKAg/s400/april.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529476507417615570" /></a><br /><div>From <a href="http://www.katespade.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4447745&cp=1855190.4235618">Kate Spade</a>. Illustrations by Jenny Bowers. </div><div>Like? I do.</div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-69382224503526584772010-10-12T06:57:00.007+00:002010-10-12T07:15:13.418+00:00Things I like right now.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkywQmq_hw59NBKdsdw5pXOrYa6wcOdQxB3vuQ827lLPFjEEkrbhn1bHTnfRV9EP3hRg4ejrKZixz4v1agUlSkj6qg3SQqkyBXL0OIEBO7ctOSolCKEH0qoaU2XeFGCsE73Sko8A/s1600/5072191109_3f62a274c0_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkywQmq_hw59NBKdsdw5pXOrYa6wcOdQxB3vuQ827lLPFjEEkrbhn1bHTnfRV9EP3hRg4ejrKZixz4v1agUlSkj6qg3SQqkyBXL0OIEBO7ctOSolCKEH0qoaU2XeFGCsE73Sko8A/s400/5072191109_3f62a274c0_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527054595932940690" /></a><br /><div>One of my favourite blogs, <a href="http://www.missmoss.co.za/">Miss Moss</a>, shares 'things that are nice to look at'. I'm never disappointed by a visit to her blog - from her track compilations to street style. Today she has posted my '<a href="http://www.missmoss.co.za/2010/10/12/katherine-things-i-like-right-now/">things I like right now</a>'. (Unsurprisingly my list is heavily influenced by our 2 months spent in Paris).</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for featuring me Diana, I love this series!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-88476350394348619702010-10-11T10:34:00.007+00:002010-10-11T18:46:50.565+00:00Save the type!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4n1i-YDfmMZakC7AHp53C-WIEijm4Rywpcv_5trSny81gQ-4FeFu78peU1v8ZYNsztf5GV0pA9C87Z95cGD5cRktyH8eLDdJ8Fb9DSrjrukc21_Gdb-TLAcTJqhH7dMTzeXV-kw/s1600/image31.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4n1i-YDfmMZakC7AHp53C-WIEijm4Rywpcv_5trSny81gQ-4FeFu78peU1v8ZYNsztf5GV0pA9C87Z95cGD5cRktyH8eLDdJ8Fb9DSrjrukc21_Gdb-TLAcTJqhH7dMTzeXV-kw/s400/image31.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526797595576018578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-mn5Fo2_q6tLmcynif0wlKspVTKsxx5o_d1hbMSQUBeH_pcaQrNf3zj31NDS8NykzzSrvLcs7Cly4zwwzssHsN-mg1ANGYN4p54FruhsAq-iVmG46ACcBhLs5xSq4swyC72Raw/s1600/image29.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-mn5Fo2_q6tLmcynif0wlKspVTKsxx5o_d1hbMSQUBeH_pcaQrNf3zj31NDS8NykzzSrvLcs7Cly4zwwzssHsN-mg1ANGYN4p54FruhsAq-iVmG46ACcBhLs5xSq4swyC72Raw/s400/image29.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526797483015327538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yzHqqbGxugi8BafTVTWX93qx3oQJQ6WmpPhbZZfMpJln3aYZGeEuzecRvjM2M7PesVVh9lUYmRE1sey6jHttC-gGZ0D_nxNWBFAJmMzIV0wnFDctPwAXHt7QH5N03m0LOw7fww/s1600/image24.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yzHqqbGxugi8BafTVTWX93qx3oQJQ6WmpPhbZZfMpJln3aYZGeEuzecRvjM2M7PesVVh9lUYmRE1sey6jHttC-gGZ0D_nxNWBFAJmMzIV0wnFDctPwAXHt7QH5N03m0LOw7fww/s400/image24.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526797472670665826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEido-N0f76XWK81WYJugqbZwzZmZ5FilqNAG0blSCYtSDywjFEWLzp48EKeyB9hO-3Q_8K1KSJ-kxiRd3fF6flFAcvJuVzIGpc91iwqhWMIGO2W1pu00fJit_w0le8L1wRKXKkirw/s1600/image23.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEido-N0f76XWK81WYJugqbZwzZmZ5FilqNAG0blSCYtSDywjFEWLzp48EKeyB9hO-3Q_8K1KSJ-kxiRd3fF6flFAcvJuVzIGpc91iwqhWMIGO2W1pu00fJit_w0le8L1wRKXKkirw/s400/image23.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526797468675804258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2KJJ_QD2nYxRKgt6y_ZuBEDgiyIJ8zELl7XODhUf9fn9PL72pa83kv1LGWOiOnMShoyUf8L2QVpn0qA2qyqVEq2H_XMsIEyMb12Fte81ZRbxyZ9aydCncE_9DctjbpW9lwtSSg/s1600/image20.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2KJJ_QD2nYxRKgt6y_ZuBEDgiyIJ8zELl7XODhUf9fn9PL72pa83kv1LGWOiOnMShoyUf8L2QVpn0qA2qyqVEq2H_XMsIEyMb12Fte81ZRbxyZ9aydCncE_9DctjbpW9lwtSSg/s400/image20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526797459024765714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBhAH4CbDx-JuPrvG2YsowUAOsXScpuz4whF5yIuO0CTcTn91z8sLTPvpI0vLZOkuwFQBXJwUoqfKWPRlDvA5lVukryFGGqpEMwaoOtanGn3oclD9ScVXwzy7Co5rDjc8FAJsmw/s1600/image18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBhAH4CbDx-JuPrvG2YsowUAOsXScpuz4whF5yIuO0CTcTn91z8sLTPvpI0vLZOkuwFQBXJwUoqfKWPRlDvA5lVukryFGGqpEMwaoOtanGn3oclD9ScVXwzy7Co5rDjc8FAJsmw/s400/image18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526797455271447650" /></a><br />Germany has a <a href="http://www.buchstabenmuseum.de/">museum of rescued letters</a>. How awesome? <div><br /></div><div>We have a couple of letters rescued from Vangard House in Woodstock before it's demolition. A friend salvaged them by negotiating with the developers in the nick of time. He chose to spell out the GRANDE below, we have the rescued O, A and H!<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvZx5t0bR3jrhW1M5hBfGixBqeHMXAyYX4PvyOLALkNFqniZjBxBHnLiFwoRQpPaXBAQajZNdGUVWq8_8VXVUDLuIWack7MTkVDAYj1rgHPiKbjhcXggMVnHbstbN8HRTac369w/s400/letters.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526803712731015314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFnbAt4mkvx9DFNcIq6P_KPl7E4S63-jhvvDkKlFqPKUEUFyt1SEPcrFEZfFvNJc9Civubl0vj8fc_JCNQkKFgMdAUFPSkatMuPgynLjIGIZAM_tDO_RWrOEd9zRKf3hUNZqRcA/s400/image1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526803724377631570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></span></div></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqLZIIeJhDHdwa7Jkce_Dxz21H3x85yTO7wlffPdgPOrY1JqnA_sJT1uZMLTTMrMBe_NkOMknDpqxYYPEhc_tj17dzDFm2OVCJePYbjWBK9en-vITiBD73vHNS202IMPYo14VWQ/s400/image.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526803743705790274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 181px; " /></span>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-83265441030865419542010-10-08T12:52:00.006+00:002010-10-08T14:42:55.722+00:00Time stands still.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHglwacH_3xHyYC7Q6IhF6bCVJwjK7ZyiJHV6uBC6TZiqRHspUYTV0efGWv4pNPdgfOqbc3eFIzOp97aVUwpjHw3w84ics9Ql97EFecHArSIWyerVqqySd-6nDgnvsehD8bYBmhA/s1600/antiques_1731890c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHglwacH_3xHyYC7Q6IhF6bCVJwjK7ZyiJHV6uBC6TZiqRHspUYTV0efGWv4pNPdgfOqbc3eFIzOp97aVUwpjHw3w84ics9Ql97EFecHArSIWyerVqqySd-6nDgnvsehD8bYBmhA/s400/antiques_1731890c.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525658015700671362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1_4RYb_Y7eOLrHo1c_CrzhvreB2Z7p-rdSCE2HukL3OQE3T9K0QJzi1qK8AUaLbVtVB6fgNwLr3qDJklxLm6-SYtn0AVrMAyZc1g9bOQQgWbC3W83mZTSDTgR41ldHqN5lvK0g/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-10-08+at+2.09.48+PM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1_4RYb_Y7eOLrHo1c_CrzhvreB2Z7p-rdSCE2HukL3OQE3T9K0QJzi1qK8AUaLbVtVB6fgNwLr3qDJklxLm6-SYtn0AVrMAyZc1g9bOQQgWbC3W83mZTSDTgR41ldHqN5lvK0g/s400/Screen+shot+2010-10-08+at+2.09.48+PM.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525658014233448818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLXDGKwYnsgsrXOM6VSQYzmKRAoxwTh_oUNyP2jtszCqF05L9XeMczIXk3ZWZ0LTjF5hyphenhyphenWcr8pPdfRzF6O7LjQ5-l2auCYYkYJO8va9vX9SA1VhtE82dQkwyqT2jJabb_d0yklQ/s1600/capt.photo_1286374379043-1-0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 473px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLXDGKwYnsgsrXOM6VSQYzmKRAoxwTh_oUNyP2jtszCqF05L9XeMczIXk3ZWZ0LTjF5hyphenhyphenWcr8pPdfRzF6O7LjQ5-l2auCYYkYJO8va9vX9SA1VhtE82dQkwyqT2jJabb_d0yklQ/s400/capt.photo_1286374379043-1-0.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525659294374142498" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">While wandering the streets of Paris and marvelling at the magnificent architecture I often imagined what lay behind some of the imposing doors of various buildings. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Well, </span></span><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8042281/Parisian-flat-containing-2.1-million-painting-lay-untouched-for-70-years.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">here's a great story</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> about a Parisian flat that lay uninhabited and untouched for 70 years. Belonging to a woman (named as a '</span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demimonde"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">demimonde</span></span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">' in the article) who never returned to Paris after the Second World War the apartment was only recently explored upon her death - at age 91. In it, amongst the cobwebs and dust, a Bodini painting worth a hefty sum was discovered. Ah - dust, treasure, a war and an illicit past - could only be in Paris. </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 2.8em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.16em; letter-spacing: -0.03em; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); "><br /></h1></span>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-10523956972683009122010-10-05T12:58:00.011+00:002010-10-05T18:52:04.006+00:00Home is where the heart is.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj31u9s0m0PZUA_HHO-hHjIMIwrwNhY_6Y9nGwY_GbknKme0XBwJaKMkXmKXJMunEp6YZmOXXKFkZMZdOONVVK3GVQd40DyEkhakGBfeP6zlleJTqDTv7wxEIc2uxn0Glz9I1x3g/s1600/il_430xN.150239731.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKg1pPLHYmQj0rfRWrUPvn7D5KBIJxVX6KH31vsazS_UdndI0ksgrXKZKU725ac-xOWmyDCBoNHJD_65b2HR_Gky8BoEuoB84WSv1nRdewuJ1kD-Ge5-U7QsL-PayFr6zHF2SZww/s1600/il_430xN.111558918.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKg1pPLHYmQj0rfRWrUPvn7D5KBIJxVX6KH31vsazS_UdndI0ksgrXKZKU725ac-xOWmyDCBoNHJD_65b2HR_Gky8BoEuoB84WSv1nRdewuJ1kD-Ge5-U7QsL-PayFr6zHF2SZww/s400/il_430xN.111558918.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524566389978389746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIbhpMoKUV8Yn5W-8GZEGV91AeaBOS7nobdvs76ZAccZhj-M0E8bp9FST-jCce_CNAyxztq4BymOPKBmBuF-Xn4PExbmg_halaqpwT0KsEiH7tWfuLdqMoNBeCsKaTzpJSbNw-w/s1600/6a00d8341c5df753ef0128778e1a69970c-500wi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIbhpMoKUV8Yn5W-8GZEGV91AeaBOS7nobdvs76ZAccZhj-M0E8bp9FST-jCce_CNAyxztq4BymOPKBmBuF-Xn4PExbmg_halaqpwT0KsEiH7tWfuLdqMoNBeCsKaTzpJSbNw-w/s400/6a00d8341c5df753ef0128778e1a69970c-500wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524546494301986498" /><br /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); 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cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUzfC1GAUCgx9UB39lTFYuGHTmMBCGzVrDCUp88F89OEYxfW-e_ihM-paXzbx936hyphenhyphenFP9LKTfN6QG5BaChcUEUf6z3yHSjXnpHcUv4WILjzF1mfQxg3Z3rmXEx3O3sPHTql2jzA/s400/6a00d8341c409253ef010534aa3315970b-800wi+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524546496938031234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">It's nice to be back.</span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqbsS1i84cvxPM53fv1zPlGKH0X39DnohhYX62NXVvHG_4Cr-QdiEoOht7rM9tZF1p6U75Su__jkvkqUa4tJigLevMQIjjhD3lPyKJAtRxf_w-gvVCZ20zQxFNCy38e53tXQ-vQ/s1600/nite1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqbsS1i84cvxPM53fv1zPlGKH0X39DnohhYX62NXVvHG_4Cr-QdiEoOht7rM9tZF1p6U75Su__jkvkqUa4tJigLevMQIjjhD3lPyKJAtRxf_w-gvVCZ20zQxFNCy38e53tXQ-vQ/s400/nite1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521157472150943538" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">"There are two kinds of travelers. There is the kind who goes to see what there is to see and sees it, and the kind who has an image in his head and goes out to accomplish it. The first visitor has an easier time, but I think the second visitor sees more. He is constantly comparing what he sees to what he wants, so he sees with his mind, maybe even his heart, or tries to. " </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; font-size:10px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Adam Gopnik, Paris to the Moon.</span></span></span><br /></div></blockquote><div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"></span></div></div></div></div></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-44865031206787074362010-09-27T15:22:00.010+00:002010-09-27T15:57:14.643+00:00What does two months in Paris look like?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8jdjL0R-7JVSoB2AeLiIvr-wEw1OFqYVI01njVBU3fAMoz2wF88uUb5VUA1UZ0mFuwkwxkdnlOmokG0y1wf0GP868DQeqaIj_9WtgfvXHTSV2OLMxRDYhmyph_UrEBn430L9pg/s1600/pin2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8jdjL0R-7JVSoB2AeLiIvr-wEw1OFqYVI01njVBU3fAMoz2wF88uUb5VUA1UZ0mFuwkwxkdnlOmokG0y1wf0GP868DQeqaIj_9WtgfvXHTSV2OLMxRDYhmyph_UrEBn430L9pg/s400/pin2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521616501248302962" style="display: block; 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border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Well, from my point of view it looks like the above. It's my pin board on one wall of the studio illustrating our Parisian adventures (including visits to Venice and Amsterdam.) I'll be dismantling it this evening in preparation for our trip home. It's all boxes, suitcases and mess in our tiny apartment at the moment. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">But I think the last evening in Paris calls for a glass of champagne somewhere beautiful. </span></span></div></div></span></div></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-69437557293241959552010-09-26T14:00:00.000+00:002010-09-26T16:18:17.417+00:00Tea at Mariage Frères.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlO88gIRfG_85XUhn-0KYeIf_NWX0gYl0DFmj8SC3foTq-F7qMlsqmSqIF0tQFfs7FE7Bq7kGhuHw142nNymeTOVJGXIjmrgaR0LDOwi86aXLDGbBlzN4akEIynwyF9IqhINZCDg/s1600/tea4.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">You may be excused for thinking that all I do in Paris is have afternoon tea. Not true, although there are many, many amazing places to sip the infusion. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.mariagefreres.com/">Mariage Fr</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 44); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.mariagefreres.com/">è</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.mariagefreres.com/">res</a> was recommended by my SIL (although she cautioned against ordering the green tea tart which she described as tasting like silkworms). I just hope she meant it tasted how she <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">imagined</span> silkworms would taste otherwise there's a story I need to know more about. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Silkworms aside, I really didn't need much encouragement to add this tea house to my list of places to go. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The brand is centuries old and at it's salon in the Marais the brew is celebrated beautifully from it's packaging to the tiny museum on the second floor. It's a challenge to decide on a flavour from the menu of countless different options.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tea from Mariage Fr</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(50, 49, 44); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">è</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">res is sold in Cape Town for a small fortune and DH once brought me some home from a trip to the South of France - but this is one tea that tastes even better when sipped in Paris. </span></span></span></span></p></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-68025219117334058522010-09-26T09:00:00.001+00:002010-09-27T12:16:14.561+00:00Mooi.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwhPNbEi6MsFaHKo8PS3Y0ah1KQ-GO_EHorWXr5453Ty_2MtrCtYrlFnTs7C5eGHiY4F9NFDl_nmjCvJ6H8igwVggnZxiwe4L3Jjh3Dq8WVHGIY1m4AX_H95PD6sBX9cFMFWpBw/s1600/windmill.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Amsterdam was great. Perhaps because <a href="http://kellyfletcher.blogspot.com/2010/09/going-dutch.html">we met up with friends</a> in the city, perhaps because I just happened to sleep in <a href="http://www.coco-mat.com/web/nl">the best bed in a hotel room</a> yet and definitely because the Dutch are the most wonderful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gezellig">gezellig</a> mense. </span></span></span>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-60587601699334411902010-09-25T09:00:00.001+00:002010-09-26T14:32:40.873+00:00Palais de Tokyo.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCJuSr4vp-J2q9guHQvXNJrBPuMYvRCmPbJV-SjoC8U806ugnfc1jIl7Qhhsd54YHPnXyAM55kryMqqzZF0jYkGwfhO6hKiITTvNk5OIUwDlUj3Y5Cc_5uQU3U3LQ8eW8ztfB5A/s1600/4893800514_f7ec637e94_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCJuSr4vp-J2q9guHQvXNJrBPuMYvRCmPbJV-SjoC8U806ugnfc1jIl7Qhhsd54YHPnXyAM55kryMqqzZF0jYkGwfhO6hKiITTvNk5OIUwDlUj3Y5Cc_5uQU3U3LQ8eW8ztfB5A/s400/4893800514_f7ec637e94_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521228779656055922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-sgXaAOw3pXth0tJEeEpQrHtMmPyyqEjP9FPdyRWurPp5KDVuFIWhPeNSY-MW8hga9z4U5AUmFoTbkXKHCipP4lc6P1oQycOCScHj9P990fPDlXuNcy8t07aTVLFfmg0jMgx5A/s1600/4893281428_e57054701e_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-sgXaAOw3pXth0tJEeEpQrHtMmPyyqEjP9FPdyRWurPp5KDVuFIWhPeNSY-MW8hga9z4U5AUmFoTbkXKHCipP4lc6P1oQycOCScHj9P990fPDlXuNcy8t07aTVLFfmg0jMgx5A/s400/4893281428_e57054701e_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521228770450203634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UrnypXD8C4Rz5Cq9AjOZR8EpjyBPIlQAmD3CmAuQIL6W_VJF-iGVA4RjYOK9c0aro13CQtGpmhHtv4kKMD-KZLpfBMqZ72ATnu5-UEddHonNtjSE_fSt4bMrc1iZAc74aSKcTg/s1600/4893281420_210079e232_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UrnypXD8C4Rz5Cq9AjOZR8EpjyBPIlQAmD3CmAuQIL6W_VJF-iGVA4RjYOK9c0aro13CQtGpmhHtv4kKMD-KZLpfBMqZ72ATnu5-UEddHonNtjSE_fSt4bMrc1iZAc74aSKcTg/s400/4893281420_210079e232_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521228766221031202" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHUa7Hq8zUEy4wy7c8gLjU4sQv2QPQg7Ogxk2lqQjut0cC8_t_RWzAcyKyCw2WcCZPKEbZOniQshy5ozXr5minttM8w7Z9ZxHs54ZONxHjrBBxKvx_NOEtdQ7mAA00hDmDT2bGA/s1600/4893902924_1f37b5bae2_b.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHUa7Hq8zUEy4wy7c8gLjU4sQv2QPQg7Ogxk2lqQjut0cC8_t_RWzAcyKyCw2WcCZPKEbZOniQshy5ozXr5minttM8w7Z9ZxHs54ZONxHjrBBxKvx_NOEtdQ7mAA00hDmDT2bGA/s400/4893902924_1f37b5bae2_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521228776630606594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 500px; " /></a><div><br /></div><div>The above piece by <a href="http://www.dynasty-expo.com/d/en/artists/artists.php?art=61">Theo Mercier</a> was a favourite at the 'Dynasty' exhibition. The Michael <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">homage </span>was spotted in the court yard. <br /></div></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-60903583600073620002010-09-22T09:00:00.001+00:002010-09-22T09:00:02.769+00:00I'm watching you.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFHxTafMfCmp1esmMYClPsARHSfR06m20dPMlOYvluwGUCOGhZNkTTO16-dQ_F0wVvftWNPcgHzXHpBmBr63t7frSiegOv4XWy1veldID55E_blUrnWMur3w4iCMFyi_w12RWWA/s1600/green2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFHxTafMfCmp1esmMYClPsARHSfR06m20dPMlOYvluwGUCOGhZNkTTO16-dQ_F0wVvftWNPcgHzXHpBmBr63t7frSiegOv4XWy1veldID55E_blUrnWMur3w4iCMFyi_w12RWWA/s400/green2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509799507983174290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYtE7hHDN0npzeT6zBFkSxv1OtJm219GoW1wyJUITxzGUCq4lLt7XXYWhYB48Ky1-pnKa6J2RWXWbAivqwj-21d_LneB4mjitlX92AJqydcechGqlPqPM2i0Dkqt6qs_51uebFw/s1600/green1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYtE7hHDN0npzeT6zBFkSxv1OtJm219GoW1wyJUITxzGUCq4lLt7XXYWhYB48Ky1-pnKa6J2RWXWbAivqwj-21d_LneB4mjitlX92AJqydcechGqlPqPM2i0Dkqt6qs_51uebFw/s400/green1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509799500324940386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfYGLerR0cqoDk2tyxzmzz74Co051pGXKvwdikze5O3Jy3G5uC-6MbUEGhcnu7OQw6UaQ0FTUsPr2EWmlRm5rGwiKTJjofV1cSM08hE0yEaI1_Q7snmXIhpfKGPMFHNlwLnvArQ/s1600/green3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfYGLerR0cqoDk2tyxzmzz74Co051pGXKvwdikze5O3Jy3G5uC-6MbUEGhcnu7OQw6UaQ0FTUsPr2EWmlRm5rGwiKTJjofV1cSM08hE0yEaI1_Q7snmXIhpfKGPMFHNlwLnvArQ/s400/green3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509799493837975730" /></a><br />Spotted these bizarre mounds of earth in a park in the Marais. The grass hasn't completely covered them yet but it's well established. I think they're nicely weird. I wonder how they came to be - a commissioned piece? And I'm sure the kids love them (after what I imagine could have been initial fear!) kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-87702203076642548392010-09-21T09:00:00.000+00:002010-09-21T09:00:06.348+00:00Jaime Hayon at Masion & Objet.<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2q4XTfoKx3kaOyONertze3ePKORQGOe8GkVNq_FA6dp20K_VW_MNodpRbW17JSifTjluKxkNwruOV6X1O23rkNhZuNJdujHP4BF_Lq9gOSlizD5bpCq0ZVMrVuyb_jhmS0ROEQ/s1600/hayon_maison07.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2q4XTfoKx3kaOyONertze3ePKORQGOe8GkVNq_FA6dp20K_VW_MNodpRbW17JSifTjluKxkNwruOV6X1O23rkNhZuNJdujHP4BF_Lq9gOSlizD5bpCq0ZVMrVuyb_jhmS0ROEQ/s400/hayon_maison07.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518727304042594354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px; " /><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwFcXNC7J0k5DY3y3QxGzeB140TUXPeIU6niQjBwwCaQYTgndvxiC8Gx5RFlBcIkLUayKLkyaphKpU7fYF0iGi_UetwcjnJOzqZaD5o-LQMHdPWN0Zf-tQYGDpvvJsIXYhtjNMg/s1600/hayon_maison01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 491px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwFcXNC7J0k5DY3y3QxGzeB140TUXPeIU6niQjBwwCaQYTgndvxiC8Gx5RFlBcIkLUayKLkyaphKpU7fYF0iGi_UetwcjnJOzqZaD5o-LQMHdPWN0Zf-tQYGDpvvJsIXYhtjNMg/s400/hayon_maison01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518727308783739842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaC6JHvSJBc7hBDSHt_-NI_VuYrvY5Pb1oE_xN9wOydcm1-IzD8JiCPOfW5CkR0ncdPzZVr-XnqZLPLfxbLR7dkN1szYqCIQWCmM8DyrdiFc65_4ZOQt576BWo66xYyPFgjK6EQ/s1600/hayon_maison05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaC6JHvSJBc7hBDSHt_-NI_VuYrvY5Pb1oE_xN9wOydcm1-IzD8JiCPOfW5CkR0ncdPzZVr-XnqZLPLfxbLR7dkN1szYqCIQWCmM8DyrdiFc65_4ZOQt576BWo66xYyPFgjK6EQ/s400/hayon_maison05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518727300428505250" /></a><br />One of the many interesting things I saw at Masion&Objet in early September was the <a href="http://www.hayonstudio.com/home.php">Jaime Hayon</a> exhibit "Moving Ideas". It was a glimpse into his creative process - from work-in-progress sketches to prototypes from first projects and recently unveiled pieces. Experimental, eccentric and quite extraordinary. <div><br /></div><div>More <a href="http://www.wepulse.com/design/jaime-hayon-createur-de-l-annee-maison-et-objet-2010.html">here</a>. Images from <a href="http://www.designws.com/news/jaime_hayon_designer_scaunes_d_intacrieur_2010_maison_a_objet_paris/">here</a>. (Cameras strictly <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">verboten</span> so no images of my own.)</div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-75289192526312711662010-09-20T09:00:00.001+00:002010-09-26T17:32:16.676+00:00Macarons might be overrated.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI30paJYTrEq5BiUyD6Kc96kd-EPxBJs309PQEcnK_lRP5LcS5vmF0O-AADmjBcBlYnNMt_pbyIEnHjMTba0fRk1f3ffCZlDGmFCouR9MSD_MKB0ZoQ40Jhl-rhDI3B0Nd15NHtg/s1600/L+storefront.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI30paJYTrEq5BiUyD6Kc96kd-EPxBJs309PQEcnK_lRP5LcS5vmF0O-AADmjBcBlYnNMt_pbyIEnHjMTba0fRk1f3ffCZlDGmFCouR9MSD_MKB0ZoQ40Jhl-rhDI3B0Nd15NHtg/s400/L+storefront.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521276360604705554" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCm-aRh_MCp62A3B6v9jnNtVcBNuN8L__aoO8x16NRnl6sVvlFpGYpc02r8ylK0kSmdhJfLLxxAENXQrU7kuKIcsG26IQmMIj8Qi1QhVdd-7ltV4u9Kbxnwfh5xZYkCeDw5GWcCQ/s1600/L3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCm-aRh_MCp62A3B6v9jnNtVcBNuN8L__aoO8x16NRnl6sVvlFpGYpc02r8ylK0kSmdhJfLLxxAENXQrU7kuKIcsG26IQmMIj8Qi1QhVdd-7ltV4u9Kbxnwfh5xZYkCeDw5GWcCQ/s400/L3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516829313067105250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPFpoHpaXVdn_s31mvhnYHg7RwPLwligkMQUBflZNCiG-LTH3ui7sruy-3cru0swiQcS4omjzHBPkVlmFoaOtESrbRq45B47M_LaLCIMXe4_kfU_W6mCPjnDCltyV-DHIEUhzrA/s1600/L5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPFpoHpaXVdn_s31mvhnYHg7RwPLwligkMQUBflZNCiG-LTH3ui7sruy-3cru0swiQcS4omjzHBPkVlmFoaOtESrbRq45B47M_LaLCIMXe4_kfU_W6mCPjnDCltyV-DHIEUhzrA/s400/L5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516829294449574322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyDNXh3lbF-vcx2f2azgF8GMwJMCeQnjexWBuZxcHoP8OC6O02Tlj0Fi7xP76dCLKttzDJX0iTDmAjskSLq80fHBhWfgCQ4ic_eahPHzAbqE3RX1L6hMsdpNQWUxU_rPnlVpz9A/s1600/L4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyDNXh3lbF-vcx2f2azgF8GMwJMCeQnjexWBuZxcHoP8OC6O02Tlj0Fi7xP76dCLKttzDJX0iTDmAjskSLq80fHBhWfgCQ4ic_eahPHzAbqE3RX1L6hMsdpNQWUxU_rPnlVpz9A/s400/L4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516828991872355426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS32TsQw-v1kVPhoJeVzkXdVggwzpxrpQwvHYs0qfvsLkEA5QYl8y52z4z-mFHI2cBvZZ2Acu_Q15nevFjlcDYd4nZtqav0pIAjAjJndCdt8lkGQatw0wXcnzhE5AM6R2FyGd0cA/s1600/L1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS32TsQw-v1kVPhoJeVzkXdVggwzpxrpQwvHYs0qfvsLkEA5QYl8y52z4z-mFHI2cBvZZ2Acu_Q15nevFjlcDYd4nZtqav0pIAjAjJndCdt8lkGQatw0wXcnzhE5AM6R2FyGd0cA/s400/L1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516828981185136738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJG0_qO6-YbtH09L6TDbm7FWk9vlA8oeOSAtPv8tCwi3fKZzh_zROOChc7OftV0uqmnsvQrJw9HbQvswvyyXjwqmOZBzNM-PQk0v1vwc-GeLbOhwPUBic2VedxGHV5Wq67nZJKOQ/s1600/L6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJG0_qO6-YbtH09L6TDbm7FWk9vlA8oeOSAtPv8tCwi3fKZzh_zROOChc7OftV0uqmnsvQrJw9HbQvswvyyXjwqmOZBzNM-PQk0v1vwc-GeLbOhwPUBic2VedxGHV5Wq67nZJKOQ/s400/L6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516828966653486146" /></a><br /><div>Shock! Horror! I can hear the reaction in the blog world to the title of this post. But really, I haven't been as impressed by macarons as I was expecting. Admittedly, we've only tried the above macarons from <a href="http://www.laduree.fr/">Laduree</a>, but they're supposed to be one of the best. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Or perhaps my underwhelming taste experience was because I (like a true Art Director) selected my macarons by colour rather than flavour. I hear that some other houses - <a href="http://www.pierreherme.com/">Pierre Herme</a>, for example, are really experimental with their flavours. They offer <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Huile d'Olive et Vanille</span> (olive oil and vanilla) or Chocolate and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Foie Gras</span>. Or a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Wasabi and strawberry</span> combination. Hmm, not so sure. </div><div><div><br /></div><div>The redeeming factor of my Laduree experience was certainly the packaging. It didn't actually matter what the morsels tasted like - they looked so fantastic. The French are really great at packaging things beautifully. Some of the best advice I've been given was that each time you buy something in Paris and the sales assistant asks if it's a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">gift</span> - say yes! The item then gets specially wrapped. But then, I am easily seduced by a bit of ribbon and paper.</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe I just need to keep trying macarons until I find my nirvana? There are enough patisseries here for that to be a full-time occupation. But then I'd need a few more months and and insulin on stand-by. </div><div> </div></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-7620231384014380802010-09-19T19:00:00.000+00:002010-09-19T19:38:00.221+00:00Beautiful decay.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qgIqX0P8-uIc9qP9cycoui4k6sY15YlViTPR24kDZ0hr3v3PIXswCSky3efKDxtvfMSYpvHeCiVaPQpp06fihPUk-Tyees6NK-h5CMdfi8BNCu-9MeD5K9bXtZ_hFmWYdGY1sw/s1600/Venice+more1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qgIqX0P8-uIc9qP9cycoui4k6sY15YlViTPR24kDZ0hr3v3PIXswCSky3efKDxtvfMSYpvHeCiVaPQpp06fihPUk-Tyees6NK-h5CMdfi8BNCu-9MeD5K9bXtZ_hFmWYdGY1sw/s400/Venice+more1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518706783803688114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGX7hW-BtQo50doYJNLZSH_C-fzSQtj62NLefckr9ZxzmrkZQVN9p0ldXuaOHsQoLyBJdfnrgHgcYQlxQtGspH7y2a-LG_z8ilrh0s19jAzPts9Dit2e78MQJIERhEOQjP6Fzkw/s1600/venice+moree5.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGX7hW-BtQo50doYJNLZSH_C-fzSQtj62NLefckr9ZxzmrkZQVN9p0ldXuaOHsQoLyBJdfnrgHgcYQlxQtGspH7y2a-LG_z8ilrh0s19jAzPts9Dit2e78MQJIERhEOQjP6Fzkw/s400/venice+moree5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518709550968199650" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFPue6GXQJee2lj3lpUUJn3Zr6diQM9-9OV2w-JBz2u9sITJsf7RQa3eafWcD73AjdFGvzBpb4d7OTUkcHWNJnN8eswbid-21a5rkero61nzmYKEEFiNXJGGXMaEup4Sb9DuSTA/s1600/Venice4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFPue6GXQJee2lj3lpUUJn3Zr6diQM9-9OV2w-JBz2u9sITJsf7RQa3eafWcD73AjdFGvzBpb4d7OTUkcHWNJnN8eswbid-21a5rkero61nzmYKEEFiNXJGGXMaEup4Sb9DuSTA/s400/Venice4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517603192670141314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AzfZrGDcSx3szgVMBNiGeRr4LrEURLSqIknmcvMZnfh2YPr2s1awcT4lJqTsbkDAoqAXROEdI31B7-CUx1XpVzUlHw85rEgcBPVK4_E_lG_UvOJCn7c6vRbqZ8KsWToTveKPzA/s1600/Venice3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AzfZrGDcSx3szgVMBNiGeRr4LrEURLSqIknmcvMZnfh2YPr2s1awcT4lJqTsbkDAoqAXROEdI31B7-CUx1XpVzUlHw85rEgcBPVK4_E_lG_UvOJCn7c6vRbqZ8KsWToTveKPzA/s400/Venice3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517603183684401602" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaors6qlIJKzGVK1grbEFfeRBtZ9U2vd_zXXNAGmp8V17Rb7casZSn0KqHCW0OKoEjZAzuRFQhe6n7Rp8dtx_-wT_9gdzNmg-T5Awy-uCTsZSZyyNvFnZXpJwCQbZSdvffps0ydg/s1600/Venice2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaors6qlIJKzGVK1grbEFfeRBtZ9U2vd_zXXNAGmp8V17Rb7casZSn0KqHCW0OKoEjZAzuRFQhe6n7Rp8dtx_-wT_9gdzNmg-T5Awy-uCTsZSZyyNvFnZXpJwCQbZSdvffps0ydg/s400/Venice2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517603150888554738" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseaed2FZKVh6CFQbyX-yaKeb4wy_3n5E6M0HGkbVgg8tloOcics8M6UGIuv6l3R0Z3AbRifmIA476wpANh_0C2K6dR11FIi43yDq6skQmLj5J00ljh4dWL9pacTUpraFA9CVuUw/s1600/Venice6.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseaed2FZKVh6CFQbyX-yaKeb4wy_3n5E6M0HGkbVgg8tloOcics8M6UGIuv6l3R0Z3AbRifmIA476wpANh_0C2K6dR11FIi43yDq6skQmLj5J00ljh4dWL9pacTUpraFA9CVuUw/s400/Venice6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517603326187468818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwl02QWeAxDE1pnzardMJmLpoTEpxP-Js__Rs5xjwVSpG3C18uzBkbxWU-BU113yUzAvcbR-4aGj24IBveqCzHqqZJ46d9uCRZwvLd2t0cXKFsxjOkRxI3a7txADoyuN0cUSP4w/s1600/venice+more3.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwl02QWeAxDE1pnzardMJmLpoTEpxP-Js__Rs5xjwVSpG3C18uzBkbxWU-BU113yUzAvcbR-4aGj24IBveqCzHqqZJ46d9uCRZwvLd2t0cXKFsxjOkRxI3a7txADoyuN0cUSP4w/s400/venice+more3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518706798804653186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QjRc8oOnn-K6bQvlx1zvgWR6J-SaCOYbGYlbo7IF8jhh7g1rbqU4vyhv-hcoJEx3D7MQm_hQXXYxSmwIJxomrhB5GvzLXAkZTTqyZ9ysnjacdMxSfcyZEmEZz5yIodtMkRhJOA/s1600/Venice1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QjRc8oOnn-K6bQvlx1zvgWR6J-SaCOYbGYlbo7IF8jhh7g1rbqU4vyhv-hcoJEx3D7MQm_hQXXYxSmwIJxomrhB5GvzLXAkZTTqyZ9ysnjacdMxSfcyZEmEZz5yIodtMkRhJOA/s400/Venice1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517603132351998354" /></a><br />Some snapshots from our 'Venetian interlude'. Oh, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">la bella Venizia</span>! What a magical place, albeit touristy. The kind of place you have to see before you die - or it sinks!</div></div></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-24138613280500937282010-09-15T19:00:00.000+00:002010-09-15T19:36:45.821+00:00Parisians ARE nice.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWSy64eyJoJ8ttIPcSmOVz6NWcEFH5FoZ5xVhflCtvKIbQ2ronLbbJSU_M9LhG4iC2CdSSRJlzsDuTr2ekYkUwOz2_wVosJoB1G7SMKgWpbSbh8REanIO7PGPBaBFzY4bcHktwQ/s1600/wine.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWSy64eyJoJ8ttIPcSmOVz6NWcEFH5FoZ5xVhflCtvKIbQ2ronLbbJSU_M9LhG4iC2CdSSRJlzsDuTr2ekYkUwOz2_wVosJoB1G7SMKgWpbSbh8REanIO7PGPBaBFzY4bcHktwQ/s400/wine.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517224930362702754" /></a><br />Today a stranger saw me standing in line to purchase a metro ticket and walked over to pass on the valid all-day 5 district metro card that she'd obviously finished with. As I was at least a 40 minute train trip outside of central Paris she saved me about €6 - which may not sound a lot - but equates to a decent bottle of wine. No prizes for guessing what I'd rather spend the money on.<div><br /></div><div>I've also been (politely) asked for directions more than a few times (I obviously look like I know where I'm going) and had enough happy waiter experiences to dispute the fact that <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">all</span> French waiters are bastards. </div><div><br /></div><div>The severely reduced amount of French that I know seems to suffice most situations - a smile and the use of one or two of my well executed phrases seem to bypass any confusion. And if not, no one is shaking their head or rolling their eyes. They've all been rather nice. </div><div><br /></div><div>We just spent a few days in Italy, and the Italians on a whole (mass generalisations here) seem to be a wonderfully emotional, effusive bunch. Which I loved. There's a certain passion that seems to radiate from them - whether they're discussing the weather, giving directions or recommending a dish at a restaurant. </div><div><br /></div><div>But I like the French. Despite reports to the contrary, they don't <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">all</span> behave as if they have a stick up their bum. </div><div><br /></div><div>And cheers to you, stranger lady, it was a good bottle of wine.</div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-26086707002341164962010-09-15T17:15:00.000+00:002010-09-15T18:22:13.028+00:00Haute couture of food.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22vpq08h75vq6jw6nhu5KcE-zvgQMGAQLBJlF3fJFNEAKJp31crjAykcYiFFqm6ffyldj5lll8nKFYGNVngxxIa_kR6OSYtofu5OfPsEeq9GfgXRQ7-VqbvxwXuAn-zd9gX1-AQ/s1600/F3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22vpq08h75vq6jw6nhu5KcE-zvgQMGAQLBJlF3fJFNEAKJp31crjAykcYiFFqm6ffyldj5lll8nKFYGNVngxxIa_kR6OSYtofu5OfPsEeq9GfgXRQ7-VqbvxwXuAn-zd9gX1-AQ/s400/F3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516808421058550738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIH4js7Ll68VXCZM9rPQzXvFTirjU_NRFUm9QmFJhsdAwpiYuRXL48bq6gPefyTkcClDjJATFvmIsH2sRkCA424HlwtckADA3HK1-97Vy99QWT745bLNoK3tfZbnlE33plf6dHQ/s1600/F4.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pDcbriTh02bSdnl12H7zSY1lLhyt7voCIL4pM29S_PUdzgBVkvRMZRqv-hztJyS0FVNTshGa8n-Wlshdf3WrVXGrhIcyH1lz4ehFaV6nn5U6-LLx97XI1ZqLZhFpPZp_N9idUQ/s1600/F7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pDcbriTh02bSdnl12H7zSY1lLhyt7voCIL4pM29S_PUdzgBVkvRMZRqv-hztJyS0FVNTshGa8n-Wlshdf3WrVXGrhIcyH1lz4ehFaV6nn5U6-LLx97XI1ZqLZhFpPZp_N9idUQ/s400/F7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516808210111767954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1qmkbQf0Gh9AKvNM0JFUlD9S8rBCY79WwOSVQXh2TL_4XGUazlosZkmFYPMK5cFlh6xYgkCrVQJP3mLlgzP4UR7UhvgdYn0KH_V0KjWygHwlBOur7KS4NLMwgcmCjm_sfVNhm-g/s1600/F8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1qmkbQf0Gh9AKvNM0JFUlD9S8rBCY79WwOSVQXh2TL_4XGUazlosZkmFYPMK5cFlh6xYgkCrVQJP3mLlgzP4UR7UhvgdYn0KH_V0KjWygHwlBOur7KS4NLMwgcmCjm_sfVNhm-g/s400/F8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516808205675576946" /></a><br /></div><div>I've always liked the bold pink and black branding of <a href="http://www.fauchon.com/">Fauchon</a>. It's a colour combination that usually reminds me of lingerie or boudoir styling, but some how it works really well for this food emporium. </div><div><br /></div><div>The luxury gourmet store has been open since 1886 and serves up a variety of perfectly arranged delicacies. We had a coffee at their rose-tinted café. It's on Place Madeleine in the 8th. The interior of the café is designed by <a href="http://www.biecher.com/anglais/fauchon.html">Christian Biecher</a>. It's worth checking out his site - the interior images are far more beautiful than anything I could snap. My photography style in these places is subtle (in a 'lets try not get chucked out' kind of style). </div><div><br /></div><div>Any colleagues reading this? You may count yourself lucky, you have chocolates from Fauchon to look forward to.</div></div></div></div></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27520993.post-77081189064931635352010-09-13T09:00:00.000+00:002010-09-13T09:11:51.535+00:00French letters.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdiPKEars6GgZoKi3wr6W0y5e53uG1-7TslI7ojJyBdMHb7MZ0tp7bDy2vXjYffHmwarYG7nv7rSlEa-5sNyGess2WgOinVv7hUTr-pKKvtpLckg75uBD9nybyZLnNN3Zm93r2A/s1600/type3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdiPKEars6GgZoKi3wr6W0y5e53uG1-7TslI7ojJyBdMHb7MZ0tp7bDy2vXjYffHmwarYG7nv7rSlEa-5sNyGess2WgOinVv7hUTr-pKKvtpLckg75uBD9nybyZLnNN3Zm93r2A/s400/type3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515997591680960610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcapltF7PsYJxh6fuw2RsIqEmrM1KEDA9pVrOyUagzvcKKMVpz_ZI0lMPw98yrvDPfwJHSv4Q44j-Biy42L3-prPyKMZof_vb35gpvRuarm2IjW-xbSLgjhM1DWVJl8JjZIRRmKg/s1600/type2.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EJG9u8KfjpFJB2G-qIXqziOwt9LU3q3HhOB2qq5_mN_bXjWBVC86fES0Ru1pqmfkaNODJ_v2U26xhq0U3-zFYeSZyzYSCJoN2hEqBDojCva5gI67ftOoneiaOEQUK-Sj7oXDpw/s400/type5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516000453970547826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqgO3q2zj6h1-Xdm2b35VOywP_7d_e7YO6ASCgUBM2m-x40x3ANGfvHVWPoVy9G0QwSZm60MOsejAJMRPQ4-2fH1oWLQqyT1VogbswOXXrlTof3wkDSxvrnLEuO0W0EwH5UrD-g/s1600/bon2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqgO3q2zj6h1-Xdm2b35VOywP_7d_e7YO6ASCgUBM2m-x40x3ANGfvHVWPoVy9G0QwSZm60MOsejAJMRPQ4-2fH1oWLQqyT1VogbswOXXrlTof3wkDSxvrnLEuO0W0EwH5UrD-g/s400/bon2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516000450109486482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98dCRK5PGya0r8wXxTTY1P3Ihu0q0YQYESEZyaosxOfIW9wevlM4M1HGEnzdXSoD7518W9yEjUb-JnQCFlVU2XaOgwxv69tbgPSSuDMD6pg-ZcMaRe_IesnHIcFeAriebUlfkqQ/s1600/type6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98dCRK5PGya0r8wXxTTY1P3Ihu0q0YQYESEZyaosxOfIW9wevlM4M1HGEnzdXSoD7518W9yEjUb-JnQCFlVU2XaOgwxv69tbgPSSuDMD6pg-ZcMaRe_IesnHIcFeAriebUlfkqQ/s400/type6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516008393051121938" /></a><br /><div>No, not condoms. Type. <div><br /></div><div>I keep seeing reclaimed typography emblazoned on walls in restaurants, for sale in decor shops and at the market - and even in BHV. Seems to be another trend that's staying firmly put. No surprise that this is one I really like.</div></div>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942085793879842222noreply@blogger.com3