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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Nestlé Special T

0 comments Posted by pece at 6:16 AM

It seems that Nestlé has decided to let 'Alice' launch their new Special T rather than dear George Clooney of Nespresso.

Nestlé Special T was launched at the Salon du Chocolat with these quite dreamy, surreal posters...

A flowery fantasia of tea...

A Panda offers flowery tea to all...

BEAR is fascinated and wants to take Panda home.

He likes the tea as well.
The new gizmo takes pods of tea in 25 parfums/flavors.

Selection rouges - oui absolutement!

Very clever indeed - the berries and cherries are inside the birdcage, whilst hummingbirds flutter and hum around dreaming of getting inside...

These birds prefer their cherries un-caged thank you very much...

But frogs don't mind a bit serving up cups of tea.

Move over cat servers!

Giraffes wearing teacup hats made of tea leaves?

Pourquoi pas! Too perfect for Easter.

I know I have a hedge skirt in the closet somewhere - must look again.

M. gave her seal of approval on the Rooibus Orange.

I am no tea expert but it tasted fine to moi...

Japanese green tea is of course included in the collection...

A cupcake made of tea leaves?

Non! Pas possible!!!

This is taking things too, too far, surreal or not!

One does have limits you know...

BONJOUR SPECIAL T!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Looking For Alice...

0 comments Posted by pece at 4:56 AM

" 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.

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.

ALICE JE T'AIME!!!

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Dehillerin Paris

0 comments Posted by pece at 12:08 AM

Bear spent Sunday in recovery from Saturday's mad-marathon Jour Du Macarons. But now it is time to step out on the town again in search of a sharp knife to cut and dissect all those macarons he won. The absolute best place to go, where all top Parisien chefs go, is of course Dehillerin (pronounced
"Day-ler-ran")

Bear drools over the essential Kitchen Aide if he is ever going to make macarons on his own...Miam...miam

Inside Dehillerin it's an Aladdin's cave of copper treasures. Bear politely asks if they have a very sharp knife to cut through fragile macarons. They show him a serrated steak knife! Non, I want one of those German chef knives like Wursthof svp. We do not carry German knives they say. Oh...
We do have Sabatier. That will do nicely :)

Nearby Bear spies old charmant bistro, L'Epi D'or on 25 Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau 75001.

Christian Louboutin frequents this joint! Bear would love to drop in for cote d'ageau etc.

But Carolg, who is fearless in a pastry shop, is a total wimp when it comes to bistros and cafes :(

Louboutin's FAB shoe shop is practically nextdoor-no wonder!

Whilst Carolg browses the deluxe pricey LB shoes...

Bear chats up Louboutin's bear in the passage.
"Bonjour M. ours"

Together they happily browse patisserie Au Delice de Manon on rue St. Honore.

Browsing the terribly chic Frenchies,
Bear thinks he sees MARC JACOBS!
Gold earring - check
Burburry scarf - check
5 O'clock shadow - check
Looking a tad rough about the edges - check
Baggy jeans? A non, non
What do YOU think?
Is that you Marc?

Carolg wants to take a bite out of the Boucheron macaron rings which go for many thousands of $$$. A girl can dream can't she?

Meanwhile everyone and their mother is sunning themselves on any spare chair at any cafe available. SPRING has finally arrived in Paris!

At 4 pm Carolg & Bear go to Toraya tea salon at 10, Rue St-Florentin, 75001

To meetup with fellow bloggeurs, Rebecca of Fleur de Paris and D'arcy of Chicsetera. Both live in Paris FULL TIME! They talk blogger talk a mile a minute...