Good taste

Franck Durand's blog.

Roasted chestnuts

The old man who sells roasted chestnuts on the place St Germain des Près seems to have been there forever. These guys are all over the city, but his craft is the pickiest: he sells them in a double white paper pouch (and not some dirty newspaper cone), one to place the chestnuts in and one for collecting the outer crusts instead of throwing them on the ground. AND he gives you a lemon-scented hand wash for after! AND he works from an old triporteur car where he keeps his chestnuts under a wool blanket while they wait...for me!

Lilly-Marthe Ebener's knits

The alpaca knits are amazing - Lilly-Marthe is a Paris-based fashion editor - her collection is a definite picky choice.

Shel Silverstein

The Giving Tree - my favorite.

Silly Little Cars

Canoe

The Portland-based store sells online a nice selection of objects such as:

-a Handmade Copper Grater, "know in Japan as "oroshigane", this traditional grater is used for ginger, garlic and small vegetables like radish"

-Pendleton National Park blankets in wool

-Locally sourced Eena Canvas Bags

-Heath Ceramics, "one of the few remaining mid-century American potteries still in existence"

Merci Mitre..

Name tapes

Cash's is a classic address for children's name tapes in the UK since 1870.

Tembea

Tembea is a line of original Totes designed by Torso design in Tokyo.

I got their "Book" Totes for my office supplies, already hooked by the looks of them, just perfect!

They don't retail outside of Japan but you can always contact them and cry for Tote-loving relief and they might ship abroad..

Picky Is Back

Voilà voilà me revoilà.

Merry Christmas

(photo: Helmut Berger by Helmut Newton)

"To begin is the most important part of any quest, and by far the most courageous" (Plato)

courageous (delightful)

(photo: Harry Callahan)

Alix L is Roland Barthes

J'aime : Masanobu Fukuoka, le lait cru, acheter des livres de cuisine, jardiner, manger du chocolat noir, Bill Withers, écouter des émissions de radio en faisant la cuisine, l'ail les oignons et les échalotes, faire des gâteaux, Alice Waters, cuisiner pour mes amis, les magasins de couteaux japonais, faire des long trajets en voiture en écoutant la radio, le métro de San Francisco, mettre des pantoufles, dormir en pyjama de grand père, l'automne, marcher dans la forêt et trouver des champignon, les pulls en cachemire, l'odeur des pulls qui sont restés longtemps auprès du feu, les draps blancs en lin, marcher pieds nus, la purée d'amande, Gourmet magazine, les figues, les espadrilles...

Je n'aime pas: les mains sèches, vivre dans un appartement sans lumière, les assiettes carrées, la nouvelle cuisine française, la cervelle de mouton, avoir froid au milieu de la nuit, le sens du service américain, les légumes du supermarché tout brillant, les tours operator, la publicité, les surgelés, les plats préparés, le réchauffement de la planète, le café parisien, les minettes...

Better Living Through Design

A good interior design blog.
http://www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com/

(My own) 1001 Rules for My Unborn Son

I still enjoy that blog, I submitted some rules, then thought I should just post them myself!
I was always taught that copying was complimenting...

So here is my first own Rule.

1/ Carry your own luggage (if JFK Junior did it, so can you...)

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened" (Dr. Seuss)

The Believer

"The Believer is a monthly magazine where length is no object. There are book reviews that are not necessarily timely, and that are very often very long. There are interviews that are also very long. We will focus on writers and books we like. We will give people and books the benefit of the doubt. The working title of this magazine was The Optimist."

(text from The Believer website)

My Parents Were Awesome

My friend Claire sent me this great blog, a very well curated collage of anonymous family photos.
http://myparentswereawesome.tumblr.com
Merci..

Cookie cutters

The real deal copper cookie cutters in all shapes and sizes (including "enormous") from Coppergifts.com

Gaelle L. is Roland Barthes

J'aime : les bourgognes blancs, les pivoines, l'odeur de la glycine, la campagne le matin, plonger dans l'océan, prendre un crème avec le journal, les pâtes à la truffe blanche, la spontanéité des enfants, faire la sieste en été, le chèvre, les choux à la crème, David Bowie, Donna Summer, les moineaux, dîner avec ma meilleur amie, les couverts en argent, les belles mains, les livres, les oreillers en plume, les draps propres et repassés, les feux de cheminé, rire, Colette, Si je t'oublie Jérusalem de Faulkner, Cassavetes, les ânes, faire le marché, dormir avec la fenêtre ouverte, les bonnets...

Je n'aime pas : l'indélicatesse, la bière, l'accordéon, les mondanités, les mauvais lits, la vitesse, Sarkozy, les chemisettes, Jacques Tati, les ficus, les chauffards, les portes bébé en écharpes, les clowns, les pistes noires, les bagarres, les poussins...

(photo: Irving Penn)

Fuji Cheki

Everyone always asks me where they can buy this camera I use for small polaroid-like photos. I found a website that sells them and ships in France.. (including film..): http://www.japantrendshop.com/