SuperFluidity by Electronic Shadow

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This interactive installation by artists Naziha Mestaoui and Yacine Aït Kaci at L'Eclaireur, 40 Rue Sévigné, Paris was an amazing sight to behold. Fear not, you don't have to jump on a plane to Paris, you can see it and produce your own 3-D visual effects, on the website here.

L'Agrume Paris

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We saved the best for last. Chef Frank Marchesi-Grandi, formerly of the Plaza Athenée, is a one man show in the open kitchen of L'Agrume, preparing every delicious moment of the five course prix fixe for the bargain price of €35. The poached John Dory was divine. Every dish was remarkable, including, yet again two fabulous desserts. The always smiling hostess, above with the chef, more than makes up for the drab decor.

L'Agrume, 15, rue des Fosses Saint-Marcel in the 5th.

Le Chateaubriand Paris

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Our first night out in Paris we were fortunate enough to finally get to Le Chateaubriand in the 11th. This unassuming casual restaurant belies the fact that the food is extraordinary and very reasonably priced. Every part of the 5 course prix fixe was incredibly delicious and interesting. I especially loved the sardine with cherries. You even get two desserts. And of course the staff is rakishly handsome. Highly recommended.

Hotel Amour Paris

Friday night in Paris, we had dinner at the fashionable Hotel Amour in SoPi (South of Pigalle) with a gorgeous girlfriend from NYC and two handsome local acquaintances. This place is all about the Bobo (Bourgeois Bohemian) scene: young, hip and convivial. Go. Just don't drink as much as I did. Well, actually do.

Paris Bound: L'Eclaireur Marais

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We are off to Paris this evening for a long decadent weekend. We will definitely be visiting L'Eclaireur, Marais at 40 Rue de Sévigné, the newest concept store in the L'E family to be submerged in the artistic vision of Belgian artist Arne Quinze and to check out the offerings of this 30 year old purveyor of avant-garde fashion.

L'Eclaireur website here.

French Facade

Just a quick post today - work has been super, super busy as looming deadlines for three different projects simultaneously converge!

I wish I could be magically transported to this beautiful homewares shop in Paris. I just love the bicycles on the pavement, the lamp in the window, the ironwork in the windows above the shop and the beautiful blue that is the door and window frame. I wonder what's inside...

Image from Loft Life Magazine.

Where do you wish you could be magically transported this weekend? Au revoir till next week.

Lee :)

Giveaway - Paris: Made By Hand

It's my birthday tomorrow and I figure that I shouldn't be the only one that gets the pressies (particularly at my age!!!). I'm a great fan of Pia Jane Bijkerk's blog - she's an amazing stylist and blogger, and so my dear blogging friends to celebrate my birthday I have a copy of Pia Jane Bijkerk's fabulous new little book, 'Paris: Made By Hand', to give away.

Here's what the publishers, The Little Bookroom, have to say about her book:

Stylist Pia Bijkerk has discovered more than 50 shops in Paris that embody the spirit of fait main and where you’ll find the most original and creative clothing, jewelry, handbags, ceramics, home furnishings, and decorative objects in Paris. Some are shops owned by professional chineurs, people who have an eye for the unique, who hunt out objects sought after by decorators, designers, and stylists.

To whet your appetite here are a few pages from the book courtesy of The Little Bookroom:

And here are a few gorgeous pics of some amazing vintage industrial furniture that is from Atelier 154, one of the 50 shops that is featured in the book...

So, if you'd like to be the proud owner of this gorgeous book all you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me the one thing that you love most about Paris. I'll randomly pick a winner at 9.00am Monday morning (Melbourne time).

Images 1 - 4 are from The Little Bookroom; Images 5 - 8 are from Atelier 154.

Paris rooftops

Artist James Gulliver Hancock's funky b&w illustration of 'All the rooftops in Paris' via Inside Out.

My photo of Parisienne rooftops taken from the Eiffel Tower in the late afternoon...

Alec Soth Paris

image; Alec Soth

"Grand Palais (couple on stairs)" by American artist Alec Soth showcases the perfectly manicured woman with all her trappings: fur, Chanel (suit, bag, shopping bag, etc.) and an insouciant boy with his tousled hair and heavy boots. Is he a model with his mother? Facial tattoos or make-up from the last show? Perhaps a kept boy? Are they the first to arrive or the last to leave?

From the series Fashion Magazine, which can be viewed here.