March 17th, 2012 §
Me in Jardin des Tuileries in Paris
Ever since November last year it feels I’ve spent more time in the AIR than on the ground. I went for a short visit in Stockholm and then back again to Paris…then I went to Asia….then I went back to Paris and then back to Sweden and so on. I’m a good client for the airline companies, that’s for sure ;-)
You must be wondering what I’m doing and so have I until I’ve decided to leave Paris for a while. I love Paris and when I moved there in 2010 I did it with the intention to stay there. But before I settle down for good I want to check off some things on my to-do-list-of-my-life and so I decided to move back to Sweden for a couple of months. To be continued……
Me walking in Jardin des Tuileries in Paris
March 5th, 2012 §
Fendi fashion party in Paris
This is the first time I’m not attending the Fashion Week in Paris for two years and God how many crazy memories do I not have from the Fashion Weeks in Paris? Usually I’m busy 24 hours during the Fashion Weeks, on daytime I try to cover up most of the shows, taking streetstyle photos outside and catwalk photos inside….later in the afternoon I try to upload my photos, on my blog and send it to magazines and websites I collaborate with. After the work it’s dinner time and the best part of it all…fashion parties all over the city!!! You don’t want to miss any of them…and this is the time for party hoppin’ :-) The great parties are held during the Fashion Weeks and this is also the time were you do extremly well networking with people from all around the world that has one thing incommon – a passion for fashion and party ;-)
Me on my way to yet another fashion week party in Paris
As they say “the more the merrier”…the fashion week parties are more fun if you bring a partner in crime with you… I’ll never forget how much fun I had with my friend Linda Romanazzi (aka the Queen of Champagne) and my friend Jo (aka the Dancing Queen) during the Men’s fashion week in Paris last year. We started pretty early with cocktail at Roland Mourets cocktail evening and fashion show…then we went for some cocktails at the Murano KUBE Hotel…before we set of to the hotel Shangri-La where the GQ Magazine were having a private party where they had the election of the Man of the Year. It was like going to a party with only eye-candies if you know what I mean….fun,fun and Champagne Piper Heidsieck Brut was served accompanied by delicious chocolate and just imagine the combination of that and the rest…..And then…it was not over…there is always an after-party so we went straight to le Baron were we partied until 5-6 in the morning. Had to go home and have some beauty sleep before I had to wake up around 9 to go to the fashion shows…You see, not much sleep was taken during the Fashion Weeks ;-) Another great party I went to was the Fendi party at VIP Room. The party was crowded with top supermodels, Duran Duran were playing live and Karl Lagerfeld and Lou Doillon were some of the guests who were there. One hour past midnight we set off to Montana were we were invited to Maison Michel‘s party where Laetitia Crahay had an opening ceremony for a special collection. Montana was crowded and it was nearly impossible to make through to the dance floor downstairs….people were dancing all over the place..on tables, the couches you name it. Olivier Zahm from Purple Magazine was there among the guests and so were Lou Doillon, Ania Rubik, James Goldstein…and then I met the Swedish designer and founder of J.Lindeberg, Johan Lindeberg straight from NY. Many people are coming from NY during the Fashion Week in Paris and that’s really fun and I get to meet some of my friends from NY during those occasions and they are really ready to party non-stop. I will never forget my friend and a designer from NY who brought is luggage to Baron where we were going to party until 5-6 in the morning…then he left straight to the airport back to the States. You see…no time for sleep ;-)
Fashion Week in Paris
Me and my friend Vanessa had a great time at Dsquareds flagship store opening party and their after part at Le Ritz..Dean and Dan Caten (the founders of the brand) throw an excellent party that you can read more about here. My friend Thierry Lasry (a French sunglass designer) was also a great fashion week party organizer…his birthday/end of fashion week party at Schmuck was great and so was the party he held at L’Arc last year. What can I say? The people in Paris really knows how to party and there is no ending…only new beginnings :-) The most fun and crazy parts I will keep for myself and between me and my partner in crimes…nothing I can share with you on my blog..unfortunately…but lets say that the best, funny and crazy memories I have from my life in Paris are from the Fashion Weeks…where anything…really anything can happen. And when you think it can’t get better and you won’t have an experience such as the one you’ve just had…well, get prepared for some new adventures because it just gets better and better ;-)
Me at the hotel Shangri La in Paris where GQ had their private party
February 18th, 2012 §
View from my old apartment in Odéon, Paris
This is where I used to live, back in the days…. It is the apartment in Odéon (St Germain) where I spent my first year in Paris and I have so many beautiful memories from here :-) I’m still in contact with my landlord and his wife who are living in the apartment now and when I’m in the area sometimes I check if they are home, always bringing some pain au chocolat with me from the bakery Pauls, 2 minutes from there. They have a sweet tooth just as me and their favourite is pain au chocolat. He and his wife were my first contact in the French society and they really took good care of me and always invited me for dinners, different occasions just so that I could meet French speaking people and improve my French. They also helped me with all the administrative things when I first had arrived and without all their help I really don’t know what I would have been doing so I’m so thankful I was lucky meeting them. And the view you can see on the photo above is from the window from the apartment, where I once used to live :-)
February 17th, 2012 §
Having brioche façon pain perdu with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream @ Schmuck
They’ve changed the menu at Schmuck in Paris ;-) My favourite main course has been excluded = no more skate wing for me….instead I found something else that tempted me on the menu…Saint Jacques! So I had Saint Jacques with mashed potatoes (delicious!) and for dessert I had the usual, brioche façon pain perdu with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream :-) Happy they didn’t take that one off from the menu ;-) As I’ve been telling you before, their brioche façon pain perdu is the best I’ve ever tasted in Paris and if you’re feeling for having one have it at Schmuck!
Schmuck – 1, rue de Condé, 75006 Paris
Closest metro: Odéon
Phone: +33 (0)1 43 54 18 21
@ Schmuck
@ Schmuck
@ Schmuck
February 15th, 2012 §
Me in Paris 2010. Quote: Emerson
With that quote I want to say that moving to Paris was the best thing I ever could do two years ago. I left the path everyone else were walking and created my own….while almost everyone were against my “wild and crazy” decision to quit my job, leave my apartment and leave all security we have in Sweden and go to Paris, without knowing the language, without having job and without having an apartment..that maybe sounded crazy for some peoples …but in my mind that was a fantastic idea. After my first week in Paris I managed to fix all those above mentioned things. Follow your dreams and always listen to your heart ;-)
February 5th, 2012 §
Ladurée opening a boutique in Stockholm
Yes, it is true and now it’s official! Ladurée will open a boutique in Stockholm :-) If you can’t make it to Paris, then Paris comes to you…that goes for the people living in Stockholm that soon will be able to endulge themselves with the most delicious macarones in the whole world. I’m not saying that just because I’ve been working at Ladurée in Paris, but I have tasted macarones from different “brands”…and even in Sweden…they’re not even comparable to the ones that are served at Ladurée. So I’m truly happy that the Swedish people finally can buy delicious and heavenily tasty macarones at Ladurée in Stockholm very, very soon! To be continued……..
Macarones from Ladurée, photos and collage: Solli Kanani
January 30th, 2012 §
Bukit Timah nature reserve
Bukit Timah is a 163-hectare nature reserve and an Asean heritage park and it is one of the largest primary rainforest left in Singapore. In the nature reserve there are also steps leading to Singapore’s highest hill at 163.63 m. Me, my sister and dad went there in the morning one sunny day. On our walk we passed by very cute monkeys that were living there, they were playing with each other and jumping from one liana to another. It was fun to see :-) If I was living permanently in Singapore I would definately have been going to this nature reserve every week and walked to the top of the hill, best exercise ever and at the same time, fresh clean air and beautiful nature ;-)
Bukit Timah nature reserve
Bukit Timah nature reserve
Bukit Timah nature reserve
December 17th, 2011 §
Zadig & Voltaire
A sneak peak on Zadig & Voltaire’s vitrina in Paris. My favourites are the boots to the left and the tops to the right (grey and nude).
Zadig & Voltaire
December 9th, 2011 §
The wall with the marble and the console with the candles gives such a warm and magical feeling at the restaurant Schmuck. It’s nice to have dinner at Schmuck once in a while, it’s like stepping in to another world when the restaurant is decorated with things where almost half of it comes from flea markets.
When these photos were taken I had fried zucchini flowers as a starter and my friend had burrata, sundried tomatoes and black olive tapenade. As a maincourse I chose skate wing with grapefruit (my FAVOURITE) while my friend had a beef tartare with French fries and salad. I’ve always picked the same dessert ever since I started to have dinner at Schmuck and it has always been their delicious brioche façon pain perdu with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream :-)
Schmuck – 1, rue de Condé, 75006 Paris
Closest metro: Odéon
Phone: +33 (0)1 43 54 18 21
Beignet de fleur de courgette//fried zucchini flowers
Burrata du Mercato, tomates séchées, tapenade d’olives noires//burrata, sundried tomatoes and black olive tapenade
Aile de Raie au pamplemousse//skate wing (fish) with grapefruit
Tartare de boeuf, frites maison, salade//beef tartare, french fries and salad
Brioche façon pain perdu caramel beurre salé, glace vanille//brioche with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream
Mojitos
December 7th, 2011 §
A second Schmuck has opened up in St Germain in Paris (summer 2011) after a great success with the first one at 43 rue de Ponthieu (next to Champs-Elysée), on the other side of the river Seine.
When I first entered the restaurant I was amazed by the decoration made by Laura Gonzalez (who re-decorated Bus Palladium and the nightclub Le Régine). She is an interior designer, she manage her own architect company, Pravda Arkitect and at the age of 27 I must say her career is very impressing :-)
The walls in the restaurant are covered with different wallpapers, mirrors in different shapes and sizes are hanging on the walls next to old framed photos, antique chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, candles almost everywhere, baroque armchairs and my favourite part, the wall made by marble with a console covered with candles in different sizes. The decoration breathes very much Marie-Antoinette which is charming and puts spirit to the ambiance.
The mojito is a classic one in the bar and if you are lucky you might spot the hot actor Guillaume Canet at Schmuck or Gilles Lellouche who is one of the owners.
In my next blogpost I will introduce you to their food, stay tuned ;-)
Schmuck – 1, rue de Condé, 75006 Paris
Closest metro: Odéon
Phone: +33 (0)1 43 54 18 21
December 3rd, 2011 §
Dinner @ Mama Shelter
I often go to the hotel Mama Shelter here in Paris for dinner in their restaurant. Especially on Sunday’s it has become a habit. It’s often very packed and crowded so it’s always good to reserve a table earlier. For dinner I usually order the salmon with pickled radish as a starter. It’s simply outstanding! I love the combination of the smooth avacado with the marinated salmon :-) This time I also had salmon as a main course with potatoes and as dessert I had pineapple with caramel fudge sauce. The coctail I had before the dinner is called the Notorious B.I.G and contains green apple purée, freshly squeezed lemon, cane sugar, sparkling water, very fresh!
Mama Shelter, 109 Rue de Bagnolet 75020 Paris
Dinner @ Mama Shelter
Me and my Blackberry @ Mama Shelter
Dinner @ Mama Shelter
Dinner @ Mama Shelter
November 30th, 2011 §
Paris the City of Lights, at Rue Paul Bert (photo: Solli Kanani, taken in January 2011)
Status: In Paris! Tomorrow’s first stop will be Dubai and then the final destination: Singapore :-)
November 23rd, 2011 §
Thierry Lasry, me and Ludovic Messager
Here are some photos from the photocall on the Thierry Lasry and Quintessence Playground party on October 4th at L’ARC:
Léonard Lasry & Thierry Lasry
Sofia and Johann
Ludovic Messager and me
Thierry Lasry & Quintessence Playground party at L'ARC
Thierry Lasry & Quintessence Playground party at L'ARC
Thierry Lasry & Quintessence Playground party at L'ARC
Photo credits: Virgile Guinard, Paul Blind and Loic Novel.
November 21st, 2011 §
Thierry Lasry & Quintessence Playground party @ L'ARC
On October 4th, my friend Thierry Lasry (sunglass designer) and Ludovic Messager (owner of Quintessence Playground) arranged a party during the fashion week in Paris at the nightclub L’ARC. Ludovic Messager decorated the nightclub for the party and it became a success. Here are some photos from the evening:
Me and my friends
Me and Vanessa
Me and my friend Harvey (one of the DJ's on the party)
Solli
November 7th, 2011 §
the reflection of my high heels in the mirror @ L'Arc
My dinner at L’ARC in Paris resulted in a sugar coma…and I was not impressed by the food at all. The vegetables in the starter were not tasty…either they were over-boiled or came out straight from the jar? Ok, we can all have bad luck with the entry I thought for myself looking forward the maincourse… I recieved two fish fillets soaked in oil…the oil was literally dripping from them…thank God they were rescued by the four thick sliced zucchinis otherwise they would have been floating in the oil sea in the plate….what a catastrophe! As dessert we both ordered île flottante (floating island), it’s one of my favourite French desserts and it’s an island (whipped egg whites) floating in crème anglaise (vanilla sauce). First of all…too much sugar! And the vanilla sauce looked very artificial with it’s strange orange color? Did they perhaps accidently drop a jar of liquid food colors in it?
In short it was too bad the food didn’t appeal to me. The service was good and the restaurant (that also has a nightclub) is situated next to the L’Arc de Triomphe in Paris…with a amazing view.
L’ARC – 12 rue de Presbourg, 75016 Paris
Dinner @ L'Arc
Dinner @ L'Arc
Dinner @ L'Arc
