Yesterday evening after work I went for a delicious dinner at an Italian restaurant in St Germain (I’ve noted that I’ve almost only been eating at Italian restaurants here in Paris…maybe I should have moved to Rome and not Paris?) and after that I watched Eat, Pray, Love for the second time. Still, my favourite parts in the movie are the Italian-and Bali-trip :-) Ended the evening with a superdelicous St Germain- & Champagne cocktail at Montana. St Germain- liqueur + Champagne + cucumber +ice cubes = the most fresh cocktail I’ve ever had :-)
I’ve quitted my job. What will happen after I don’t know. But one thing is for sure, my latest job has been a challenge, when I started working I still wasn’t so secure in the French language. But now, after 1 1/2 month I feel more secure and I even speak French with my colleagues. I have never had so much fun at work as I have had at Ted Baker and my colleagues never needed to make much effort to make me cry of laughter. They have been so wonderful to me that words are not enough to describe their kindness. Just as my time at Ladurée I’ve been really lucky to meet people that have taken care of me in the best way. Even though it was for a very short time I will always carry on my time at Ted Baker in my memory. In three weeks I will no longer work at Ted Baker anymore.
Everybody who knows me knows I love to wear black, black and…black. And every fall we always go back to black, don’t we? Me, I would love to wear this outfit. Ultra chic blouse from Yves Saint Laurent, with a pair of figure-hold-onBlack Rats leggings from Sass and Bid and Yves Saint Laurent’s iconic tribute sandals that this year got a new-season upgrade in black calf hair. Earrings from Daisy Knights and the braided snake-chain bracelet from Kara by Kara Ross complete this black-black outfit. Universe, you just got my order, I’m waiting ;-)
Fashion Night Out – in Paris, yes, I’ve totally forgot to give you an update about that evening, September 7th, when the “triangle” d’or” that connects Avenue Montaigne, rue Francois 1er and Avenue George V were crowded with celebrities, fashionistas and très chic people enjoying the fact that 56 high fashion brands such as CHANEL, Louis Vuitton, Gucci and DIOR had their stores open till almost midnight. VOGUE FASHION CELEBRATION NIGHT in Paris was organized by Carine Roitfeld (chef editor Vogue, FR) to celebrate la mode ;-) Unfortunatey I got off pretty late from work that evening and didn’t arrive until the 2 last hours. It was way too crowded and it took a long time just to get in one store because of the lines, and when I got in I was dissapointed by the fact that it was forbidden to take photos inside the stores….. But I did have some champagne, macarones and I got to mingle with loud pumping music that DJ’s were playing in the entrances. A pretty good night that I ended up partying in Montana with my friends :-) Now I can’t wait till the Fashion Week that is coming up in a few days :-)
Last year when I just had decided to move from Sweden to France one of my best friends, Em, recommended me to read “Eat,Love, Pray”. I told her I would buy it as soon as I got to Paris, but unfortunately I never had the time to read the book..or other books I planned to read. Paris turned out to be more than just a city, it became my friend – a friend I’m still learning to know. Last night I went to the cinema watching the movie and I loved it :-)
Some memorable quotes from the movie:
“…I’ve come to believe that there exists in the universe something I call “The Physics of The Quest” – a force of nature governed by laws as real as the laws gravity or momentum. And the rule of Quest Physics maybe goes like this: “If you are brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting (which can be anything from your house to your bitter old resentments) and set out on a truth-seeking journey (either externally or internally), and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue, and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher, and if you are prepared – most of all – to face (and forgive) some very difficult realities about yourself….then truth will not be withheld from you.” Or so I’ve come to believe.”
“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love)
“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something. ”
— Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love)
“When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person’s body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love)
Believe it or not but one of the reasons I moved to France is their delicious pain aux raisins. I can’t have enough of them, never ever. This one I got in a boulangerie at Rue d’Assas in St Germain in Paris.
It’s always a pleasure walking on the streets in Paris. Nowadays when I finish work it’s darker outside and it’s still so beautiful. J’adore Paris, and I always will….
Last week when I met my friend Clari for a goodbye before she left to Italy (lucky her!) she invited me for ice-cream at Amorino here in St Germain. I choosed chocolate, pistachio and amaretto…..heavenly as always and I bet she’s enjoying herself in Italy with even better gelatos :-)
Yesterday evening my friend Amélie called me and asked if I wanted to join her and her boyfriend Olivier at parc des Buttes Chaumont. Couldn’t be a better ending of the day, it was my first time at parc des Buttes Chaumont and I was totaly stunned by the beautiful view over the rooftops in Paris…and the light…the beautiful light that makes Paris to be the one and only…Paris.
Some more photos from beautiful Versailles that I took on my visit there for a couple of days ago. I really hope I will get to go there in October too when the leaves will change their colors – when the trees are preparing themselves for the winter.
Is it possible to split myself into two pieces? One piece would be here in Paris, enjoying life. The other one would be in Stockholm, closer to family and friends, having a job, an apartment, having a way much better quality of life when it comes to health, work, salary and benefits. Happy in heart and miserable living….quality living and..I really don’t know. Thousand…million….billion of questions are stuck in my head and I really don’t know where to begin or what to do. I’ve been living in a shield the last months and now I’m facing the bitter truth. I’ve got 6 weeks to get on my feets but I got too many heavy things on my shoulders and I just can’t handle everything by myself. It’s impossible. Status: confused.
Nowadays when I’m walking home from my job in the evenings it’s really dark here in Paris but yet so beautiful. I love this city and I really hope I will not need to move from here…..
Last week when I met my friend Clari for a goodbye before she left to Italy (lucky her!) she invited me for ice-cream at Amorino here in St Germain. I choosed chocolate, pistachio and amaretto…..heavenly as always and I bet she’s enjoying herself in Italy with even better gelatos :-)
