paris: May 2011

Going Home

I'm going home for the looooong week-end!

Really happy :)

I'm going to see my family, my friends and of course, my love..

Hope to the day will past pretty fast

See you soon!

L'Amour Fou

L'Amour Fou de Petits Fours, watercolor, 9" x 11"

Still crazy for petits fours, I thought I'd try the competition. Mais quelle disastre! I opened the box and they were slip slidin' away.

Staff grabbed the box, ran in the kitchen and tried to patch them together :(

Where are the little protective caissettes plissées that go under each petit four bien sur?
Mon dieu! I was mad. I was growling like these amazing not-to-be-missed animal sculptures of Ai Weiwei by The Plaza Hotel.

C'est la vie. I picked myself up off the ground and returned to Financier Pastries for a 2nd set of petits fours. A pastry artist has to have something to paint.

As a consolation prize I got a passion fruit macaron = instant happiness. When life gives you lemons eat macarons.

With all this mad, crazy love for petits fours eating me up, seeing L'Amour Fou/crazy love was a natural...

L'Amour Fou is a French documentary about the relationship of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge, their amazing art collection and Berge's decision to auction it off in 2009 in a 3-day extravaganza. Read more about it in Elaine Sciolino's story here.

The film offers an inside look at their lives together and the relentless luxury of their lifestyle.

Yesterday Yellow Bird dragged me down for more pastry luxuries. Who does he think he is - YSL?

BONJOUR L'AMOUR FOU de PETITS FOURS!

Architectural Inspiration: Crazy Colors

First things first, darlings! The winner of CC's Ayana Designs Necklace Giveaway is the lovely Jess ~ congrats!

Architectural inspiration via marieclairemaison.com.

Lela Rose pleated cotton-twill dress; this and next at net-a-porter.com.

Miu Miu suede platform pumps.

Madewell Tickertape Sky Print Scarf; this and next at shopbop.com.

Kenneth Jay Lane red twine bangle.

Darlings, what do you think of this colorful space and the look it inspired?
xoxox,
CC

Backstage BCBGMAXAZRIA

Another lost polaroid! I took this one during the BCBGMAXAZRIA New York Fashion Week S/S 2011.

More Bodacious Bikinis

Today it’s sassy solid bikinis, darlings! Chic and simple, these solid-colored suits keep the focus on your fabulous figure!

Whether you choose a bandeau or a stringkini, you will be the most beautiful babe on the beach!

All bikinis at victoriassecret.com.

Which bikini is your favorite today?

CC is partial to this hearted one!

Happy Memorial Day, darlings!

xoxox,
CC

Beautiful Bikinis for Beach Weekend!

Darlings, it’s Memorial Day Weekend, which means it’s time to strut your stuff in a fabulous two-piece bathing suit!

Didn’t stock up for the season yet?

No worries, CC has selected her favorite bikinis from victoriassecret.com for your shopping pleasure!

These pretty patterned bikinis are sure to delight, either seaside or poolside!

From pretty paisleys to sexy stripes, there’s something for every fashionista.

Which bikini is your favorite?

CC loves a good bandeau...

but string bikinis are CC's preferred suits.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend, darlings!

xoxox,
CC

Good Vibes

It was a long but yet fine week at work.
Wheater is still nice and i've discoverd a great vintage store in the Marais who's not asking completely crazy prices as the usual vintage stores in Paris.

I've waited to be friday since last sunday!

When the day finally arrived i was thrilled. J. was supposed to arrived around 8pm and then we where supposed to see Morning Parade concert with the girls.

So when he called me at 5pm and told me, he couldn't make it because he missed the co-voiturage (stupid work!) he was supposed to take for coming, i thought Oh Oh...
He sounded really upset.

We try to find someone else but it didn't work out. Someday, things just not going right.

Suddenly i was feeling really depressed. He promise to come on saturday morning, very early.

I wanted to cancel the concert and go straight home but he convinced me to go.

So, I went to the concert, alone with my friends and there, out of the blue, 2 hours later, J. send me a text message : "i'm outside". And . He . Was!

He took the train, check the adresse, took a map and came to join me :)

And it was just the begining of a GREAT week-end!

Feeling really happy.