Unboxing Kindle 3G

 Much as Bear and I love opening pastry boxes.

 We have a BIG problem with anything techie. Some things sit in their boxes unopened for months

 When the new Kindle 3G arrived on Wednesday we looked at the box a lot...

 Finally we decided a post would do the trick. We would have to open it. Ta Da

 Being a tad dyslexic, instructions throw us for a loop. There's a nice video here on opening and setting up your new Kindle. We played it safe and called Amazon 866-321-8851

 Doodly-doodly-do We're uploading

 How come we got the %$#Kindle unboxed and setup?

We wanted to see David Lebovitz' Paris Pastry Guide.

 Granted we already bought the app for our iPod Touch (which is gathering dust unused in a drawer).

 HMPH

 The Kindle seems a LOT EASIER :)

 Should we have gotten the Kindle Fire for color?

 YUM

 We'll manage. It's the useful info we want. Less visual temptations won't hurt a bit.

 And we're loving the 'Daily Deals'

Thanks La Table de Nana and all the Kindle tips Friday

Bon Week-End!

Versace cats at H&M

I wasn't online at 5 AM last Saturday to catch Versace's cats at H&M
I have enough cats to keep me busy at the moment...
But I did pass by later on to check out the scene...

I coveted that Versace box, but you can't buy just a box malheueusement...

I looked at the leftovers...

Thanksgiving leftovers seem more appealing...ahem

A swipe of the cats paw was apparent in the Paris Metro...

And Paris vitrines/windows...

Almost all faux cat like this set at Claudie Pierlot...

Dans la rue a touch of cat at the neck...

Witty Barbara Rihl uses cat patterns as the base of her bags...

And around the neck of her figures...

While down the street on rue Cambon, her husband, Pierre Herme also has clever cats on the brain...

In Paris cat and mouse live happily together (in ballerina shoe store windows..).

And on rue des Martyrs fat rats adorn fromageries like crazy...

BONJOUR CATS etc.!

I AM...LOVE

August will be "I Am Restraint" month regarding ice cream. Have you seen Tilda Swinton in I Am Love? Tilda is the absolute epidomy of restraint. Except when she dives into a plate of luscious shrimp and throws caution to the wind. (spoiler) Then all Hell breaks loose.
I could say the same thing happened in Maine when I dived into fried clams. And I'm someone who proudly proclaims I do not eat 'fried foods'. Oddly enough in the same movie, Tilda's gorgeous son, Flavio Parenti, shows restraint when his sister (in London) offers him a lemon macaron. He refuses. Restraint gets him nowhere in this case, but I don't want to give it all away. I have no problem showing restraint with macarons in Paris.After all they're everywhere, even if some flavors are seasonal. I have an impulsive nature. I like to dive in to a painting headfirst and anything. I look for the waterwings later. This is not a good idea (re:lessons learned in Maine), so I'm showing you thumbnails first.

Tea Time, watercolor, 9" x 11"
The painting tends to come out oh so much better when you do a few test runs, like anything else...

Showing restraint in Paris with macarons is fine, unless you fall in love with the box. Better grab it. It won't be there next trip, I can assure you. As one whose middle name is Instant Gratification, this is a disastre.

During my time in Maine, I broke down and read, or rather listened to the audio of The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo. I admit I liked it. I especially liked main character, Lizbeth Salander's insistance on thinking about future consequences before making any decision. Impulsive, she was not.

Which brings me back to my eternal battle with ice cream.

That's what this is all about after all.

I henceforth declare that I will show great restraint when faced with a dixie cup of Edy's Slow Churned Coffee ice cream in August.

They say if you make your resolutions outloud to others, you'll have better luck with them.ADIEU EDY'S!