The Black Blog
Jolie Jolly
I had the unusual pleasure of a trip to Paris with a friend to visit another friend who has a bookshop there. Normally, trips to Paris are work-related and are crammed with meetings and shows. And normally, this blog is work-related and crammed with products and news and press. However, I imagine that you may be in the holiday spirit given that it is heady mid-August and I thought it might make a nice change to feature a few favourite Parisian spots. Some are even Black-related though whether this is a successful case of business mixing with pleasure remains to be seen... Feel free to comment.
The jazzy window display at Lanvin on Rue de Faubourg St Honore.
The entrance to the Pavillon de la Reine, our hotel in Le Marais, a small ivy-addled palace which is hidden behind a magnificent centuries-old wooden door along the Place des Vosges - scene of splendid cloak-and-dagger action of Dumas's La Reine Margot.
My friend had a mandate to pick up tea from Fauchon for her ma. So we popped in. Before doing so, I snapped the window as I loved the pink and yellow neon against the black and white branding.
Love the ornings...can't think why.
My friend's bookshop which days earlier had been the location for the filming of Woody Allen's new movie with Owen Wilson and Carla Bruni...
Popped into the newly-designed Philippe Starck by at Le Meurice
And supper at Costes. Given that it was mid-summer we had the blue-moon experience of getting a table without booking. This does not make the prices easier to swallow, however. NB €22 Quinoa.
So there we have it. A blogular holiday. Restorative.
There are no comments for this entry.
[Add Comment]