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Showing posts with label j'adore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label j'adore. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
" You're terribly late you know...Naughty!" said The Mad Hatter.
I am terribly late catching up with Alice. And I was late for Tim Burton's MOMA show - next to last day!
I asked, "Where are the Alice drawings?""There aren't any", they said,"Too current."
"Oh..."but I did find this wonderful Tim Burton doodle on a scrap of newsprint.
And I found The dasterly Red Queen in the catalog...
Off to see Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland.I planned to stay an hour, take a quick snooze...
Instead I was enthralled and enchanted.J'adore Alice! Mia Wasikowska is perfect.
She has a lovely luminosity and an inner something or other that grabs you and does not let go. When the Mad Hatter tells Alice,
"You're not the same as you were before.
You were much more..."muchier"
You've lost your "muchness"
You find yourself rooting for Alice to find her muchness...
And she does. Like Jeanne d'Arc, she slays the dragon and comes out so much stronger.
Girls rule!
To channel your inner Alice, you'll need to hightail it over to the new Anthropologie at Chelsea Market. They've got the best Alice Blue headbands... 
And "Alice" pinneys in all colors and prints.
How thoughtful of Anthro to provide man-sized comfy armchairs.While your beau naps, you can scurry around...
Gathering up antique silver sugar shakers for your Mad Hatter's Tea party.
Heavens, just buy the whole table intact and you're set!
Mad Hatter: Would you like a little more tea?Alice: Well, I haven't had any yet, so I can't very well take more.
March Hare: Ah, you mean you can't very well take less.
Mad Hatter: Yes. You can always take more than nothing.
I'm certain Alice slept here. I wanted too...
What will you serve at your tea party?You could wait on the endless lines around the corner at the new Magnolia Bakeries springing up...
Better yet, get your paws on David Lebovitz' utterly delicious new cookbook, Ready For Dessert. You'll be drooling over every picture by superb photographer, Maren Caruso. Even an idiot non-baker like me can make these recipes the way David has set them up. David lives in Paris, so there are quite a few French desserts.
So what if you drip chocolate icing on your new pinney. That's what pinneys are for are they not?
Mark your calendars, Alice-obsessed PBers.
Mark your calendars, Alice-obsessed PBers. You're invited to attend the tea party at Rizzoli's bookstore this Sunday, May 2 on West 57th street. 
With scones for all, kids included, to commemorate the birthday of the real-life Alice and celebrate The Real Alice in Wonderland book.
With scones for all, kids included, to commemorate the birthday of the real-life Alice and celebrate The Real Alice in Wonderland book.Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Di Overton commented...How many times have I been to Paris? How many times have I not found Repetto? Di, this post if for you!
Repetto has been around since 1947...Frankly Di, you should have found it by now, non?!
Let's go inside...
Where in the world can you find so many plain vanilla black ballerinas I ask you? Di, I don't like to think where you've been buying your ballerinas. Perish the thought.
*Note there is another shooter on the premises making movies no less.
They're very smart at Repetto. They understand our obsession with their adorable shoes and are quite permissive with us.
In fact, they cleverly play with all of our old dreams of becoming a ballerina. They grab a hold of our 5-year old brain and clasp it to their bosom, playing into all our deepest fantasies. Here you can pretend you are a prima ballerina and sit yourself down on a red velvet banquette... *Note the velvet ropes on the left
Dance, ballerina dance!
And then pick out your toe shoes.Ahhh, but that it were possible - size 6 svp...
More ballerina fantasies to feed on.*Note how French Girls wear those bows in their hair -Alice Je T'aime. These are not 7-year olds either - they're grownups!?
The fabled tutus are displayed where they can not be missed.Oui, I'll have the white one on the left svp -
Yeah I'm in Swan Lake ya know...
More "ballerina" outfits you can twirl around in at home, chez vous...Repetto, you understand so well our deepest desires.
Merci, merci mille fois...
And the endless colors!Merci Repetto...
Just like in a macaron shop non?Ballerines = Macarons
Trop délicieuse...
J'Adore...
Miam-Miam ...
Of course the window displays are set up like a stage - look at the footlights.
Darling Di, here is a Google shot of the full facade to help you on your way to REPETTO!
You get out at the Opera Metro station Turn to your right.
Cross the street.
Cross the street.
Then turn to your left and cross the rue de la Paix.
Walk down about 100 meters or so...
Et Voila!
Et Voila!
Out walking on Sunday I saw these plain vanilla black ballerinas at a somewhat lower price than Repetto (starting at 150 euros=ouch)Bien sur I showed the photo to French Girl before purchasing.
She nearly had a complete fit on the spot.
"MON DIEU!!!
YOU CAN NOT BUY THESE!
YOU MUST BUY REPETTOS!
J'ADORE REPETTOS!"
J'ADORE REPETTOS!"
Monday, March 29, 2010
I was browsing in Galeries Lafayette Home, when I overheard someone behind me say, "Moi, j'adore les rayee!" (Me, I adore stripes) with the emphasis on the adore.
Back in the apartment when I told French Girl what I had for lunch, she exclaimed passionately, "J'ADORE LE STEAK-FRITES!!!"Wha'?
Ask any French Girl about ice cream and she will tell you she ADORES Berthillon
There is no ice cream but Berthillon, particularly caramel au beurre salé.
Kyle adores his Tarte Tatin and kept hinting I should order it at chez Georges (so he could eat mine) I did not - I would be tempted to eat it myself, and fall into a sugar coma...c'est la vie
Every French Girl on the planet adores her ELLE magazine, which comes out on Fridays, so she can spend the entire week-end devouring all the trends/tendances and tips and tear out important bits for the coming week.
By the way, ELLE adores the Trench. Maybe the trench is always in for Spring? I saw a loads of them floating around...
Bien sur the French adore their Alice (A-Leece)...
Et bien sur Laduree gets a ton of adoration...
An unbeatable combo held in great esteem is Repetto ballerines + Laduree macarons. French Girl could not believe that I would leave behind my Repetto be-ribboned bag and take home just the shoes! "But there are so many things you can do with the bag!" she cried.
Moi, j'adore stalking French pastry...Even more than eating it, which is insane. Maybe the camera acts as a protective barrier. I see tartes and petit fours as abstract colors and shapes. Who knows why, but thanks gawd!
Moi, j'adore les palmiers, but the voices in my head said, "RUN! VITE VITE VITE!" and I did.
Parisiens ADORE New York! It's true.
Even if you're from Kansas City, which undoubtedly some of you are, tell em you're from New York for some instant cachet.
"J'adore New York!!!" you will hear over and over.
Tous les mondes adores les macarons.
It's a fact. Something to dream about....
So what do YOU ADORE about Paris?
BONJOUR J'ADORE!
"J'adore New York!!!" you will hear over and over.
Tous les mondes adores les macarons.It's a fact. Something to dream about....
So what do YOU ADORE about Paris?
BONJOUR J'ADORE!
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