Flickr favourites, May
It might be by-product of my exessive studying, but at the moment I’m very much a fan of portraits (and the weather being nice enough for jeans shorts).
Photos are, from the top, by : Kevin Hsia, le Farfor, Ilya Licentov, Carlos Eduardo Diaz Reyes and Maxwell Turner.
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The last picture absolutely kills me because (1) why, oh why, can’t my hair be like that and (2) in Saint Petersburg I used to live in an apartment with walls and doors in those exact colours, and while it naturally was way-over-the-top psychedelic to wake up in on hung-over Sunday mornings, it was also by far the awesomest of all apartments ever.
I hope you are all enjoying the weekend !
A portrait
Nora, at the notorious Perle in the Marais a few weeks back.
We started the evening with crêpes at Breizh, and even though we all had to wake up early the next day it felt too abrupt to end the evening immediately after the dessert. So we ended up there, again.
Thoughts on a Tuesday
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1. French exam N° 1 done, and I’m still alive. Now would be an excellent time to start studying for the second one, instead of flipping though my photo archives.
2. But there are so many nice photos in the archives… Like the ones above. I can’t believe I haven’t posted them before. It’s wrong to discriminate photos because of their technical imprefections.
3. Actually, it’s almost time for lunch already. I would really like some noodle soup, but there is leftover asparagus in the fridge that should be eaten…
4. Life is complicated.
5. Oh well, I’ll study this afternoon. After all, procrastination stimulates creativity and makes you very productive (as proven by the impressive amount of non-French related tasks like structuring my next academic paper and speaking to my mother that I have accomplished this morning). Time for noodle soup with asparagus !
Hanging around
Jardins des Tuileries.
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One of the things that struck me the most when I first moved to Paris was how much time people spend outside of their home. I guess it’s only a logical consequence of living in small apartments, but the concept of spending your free time at the library, the café or even the park instead of at home in front of the TV really appeals to me.
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I really liked this movie.
I don’t understand how I’ve managed to ignore it until now, but I recently discovered David Lebowitz‘ blog, and I absolutely adore it. Does anybody want to have a turkey melon party?
The markets are filling up with peonies, and while each flower costs a small fortune, I’ve never been more annoyed to not own any old-school flower vases. However, until I find the time for an excursion to the flea market, I console myself with looking at these beautiful pictures.
Saturday is the 8th Nuit européenne des musées, which I intend to celebrate by finally seeing the Helmut Newton exhibition at le Grand Palais. If I still lived in Saint Petersburg, this would be my event of choice. If someone has their way past, please do drop in and have a pivo on my behalf. By the way, does anybody know why la Nuit des musées is not celebrated in Helsinki?
Lapland x 3
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All photos taken in 2007 with ye olde Ixus. May it rest in peace.
Finlande
A few snapshots from Helsinki last week.
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Every time I live South of the Baltic, I quickly forget how wonderful the light is in Scandinavia. I love being woken up by the sun in the morning – it’s possibly the most joyful way to start a day that I can think of.
However, this weekend I’m planning to profiter de Paris to the full : buing asparagus in the market, dinner with friends and a movie at la Pagode + coffee at Coûtume. What are you up to?
Helsinki // Things to do on a Sunday morning
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I’m back in Paris now and I know that I will miss waking up to the light at 4 a.m. and all the wonderful people I get to see way too seldom.
Spring woods
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I really like the contrast of these two pictures that I took during a walk in the bois de Vincennes earlier this spring. In their own way, both remind me of the paintings of Ivan Shishkin, one of my favourite landscape painters.
Trees + light
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Wearing a very hipster black down jacket borrowed from the back of my mother’s closet
Watching Engrenages
Missing buying vegetables in the marché de Ternes
Craving lemon tartalettes with a mountain of Italian merengue
Reading endless lists of French verbs
Glad valborg and Happy 1st of May!
Flickr favourites April
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Because it’s finally getting sunnier, I thought it would be time for a black and white edition.
At the moment I’m in Helsinki and my access to the Internet is limited to my brother’s mobile being (a) charged (b) here and (c) not in use, so blogging is likely to be rather sporadic over the next few weeks.
Hope you are enjoying your Sunday!
Top picture is by Gordon Chalmers, second by Alex Grazioli, third by Alice, and the last one by Marcos Rivas.
