{birthday weekend in Paris}

Did you have a fabulous Christmas? I'm spending a few days off to get caught up on loading pictures and blogging!
In November, I spent a wonderful weekend in Paris--I gave a paper and then I was joined by my lovely friends from bookclub and we had a smashing time!
We went to Versailles, stayed in a gorgeous flat, drank lots of vino, ate delicious meals, and also fit in the fabulous Dior Exhibition--one of the most magical exhibitions I have ever seen! Christian Dior, really is a couturier du rêve--it was like walking into a girl's dream, with beautiful dresses and the grand finale was exceptional!

{Notre Dame}

{Versailles!}

{the group at Versailles}

{Hall of Mirrors}

if Versailles wasn't enough...
...it was then on to Dior:

{Dior!}

{I couldn't get enough of these gorgeous paper flowers in this room!}

with the last room simply *magical*: 

lots more to blog on, including Christmas!
xo
L

{à Paris}

Hello readers,
I realise that I completely forgot to blog about my fabulous trip to Paris last month. It was fantastic. A great girly time spent with a dear friend....we walked a lot, talked a lot, ate a lot, drank a lot, and laughed a lot... Parfait!

{lunch on the Eurostar}

{first breakfast}

{Les Gobelins}

{typical Paris street scene}

{Pantheéon}

{Ruth at Jardins du Luxembourg}

{live jazz dans la rue}

{Seine}

{one of our many stops for wine}

{I love how the cafes just spread out all over the place}

{Moulin Rouge}

{views from Sacré-Coeur}

{some very large beer glasses--you can tell, both Ruth & I are super happy about that!}

{Louvre}

{Nike of Samothrace}

{Louvre selfie}

so you can see we had fun!

We ate at some fantastic restaurants. I'd recommend two especially.

d'Alivi: 10 years ago, my best friend Katie & I stumbled on this restaurant when we were visiting Paris from London when we were both MA students at the Courtauld. We had taken a weekend off from our MA thesis writing, and years later we still can't stop talking about this Corsican restaurant. It's delicious. Anyway, Ruth ended up taking me here and I recognised it immediately. 

Chez Gladines: A fantastic Basque restaurant--there are a few, but we ate at the one on Rue des Cinqs Diamants. It's super good and really cheap. Be prepared for a long queue though, & the chance that you might be sat next to two old men in their 60s or 70s who might hit on you...but sooooo worth the wait & the unwanted attention.

xo, 

L

{quotable thursdays-Paris!}

{nothing like TRAVEL!}

On that note, tomorrow I'm headed to ...

{Paris!}

yipee!!!

{lovely image from Cédille}

{some clothes inspiration of what to pack!}

off I go on the Eurostar...nothing like train travel! (speaking of, have you seen their retro adverts on the tube recently?)

{elegant train travel}

aurevoir!

L