Mit den Waffen einer Frau

Femme “Fatal” Parisienne
« Brigitte Bardot, les années insouciances»
(“Carefree Years”)

BRIGITTE BARDOT EXHIBITION

Espace Landowski
28, avenue André Morizet
92100 BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT (Paris)
Metro: « Marcel Sembat » (line 9) or « Boulogne-Jean Jaurès » (line 10)
Students: 8,- , Normal Tarif: 11-13,- Euro
Duration: 29. Sep. 2009 to 31. Jan. 2010

Mon Amour

Another day on the hunt for good vintage stores. After Kiliwatch its time to discover some new and CHEAP second hand stores. So off to Montmartre; Guerrisol it is.

And what do girls do after they have been out shopping?! – Of course, they drink coffee and catch up on the happenings from the weekend:
read the Boys Noize concert.

So Hotel Amour here we come. Coffee at the terrace in between ivy and bamboo trees. It’s quite and relaxing. The leaves are starting to turn red, yellow and brown.

Fall in Paris. We love…

Hotel Amour
8, Rue de Navarin
75009 Paris, France
www.hotelamourparis.fr

UNIQLO

Finally made it last week to come into the Japanese shop UNIQLO without standing for hours in a queue.
Good for basics.
Mixture of American Apparel and United Colours of Benetton?!

Uniqlo Paris Opéra: 17, rue Scribe 75009 Paris

Sacré-Cœur

Basilique du Sacré-Cœur
Parvis du Sacré Coeur, 75018 Paris
Metro: M2, Anvers

Jardin des Plantes‎

Since I moved to Rue Mouffetard, 5eme, I spend a lot of time in the Botanical Garden, which is really close to home. Even though I think people a starring at me, when I am sitting on the bench working on my laptop like I am some kind of Alien, I am going there and using the last sunny days in its fullest.

Jardin de Plantes
36, Rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
75005 Paris, France

Thomas Dybdahl (21/09/09)

This is a very old update , but hey: better late then never right?

We went to “Café de La Danse” to see the Thomas Dybdahl concert. Great atmosphere, extremely good acoustics and front row seats. Very good warm-up band as well (Rosabella Gregory). We met one of the band members from “Nouvelle Vague” which will hopefully stand on our concert list soon as well.

Café de la Danse‎
5, Passage Louis-Philippe
75011 paris, France
www.cafedeladanse.com‎

Born in the Streets @ Cartier

Nice exhibition about Graffiti. Nicely presented with spray paintings, videos, black books etc. I was really fascinated about the combination of the clean style of the building, very modern with a lot of glass and the contrast of the rather “rough” graffiti style.





@ Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
261, boulevard Raspail
75014 Paris
Métro: lines 4 et 6, stations Raspail ou Denfert-Rochereau



Duration: July 7 to November 29, 2009; 4,50 for students (under 25)

“You’re just what I need”

I figured that there is two types of cafes in Paris.

1. The cosy French one. Interior French, Coffee French, people French (or Tourist) its literally screaming CLICHE FRENCH!

2. There is the plastic cold ones: Neon or minimal colours, no charm or too fancy. Simply not cosy.

But then I found YOU. On a random Sunday, walking down the street with Isabelle, looking for a cafe to enjoy the afternoon.

Merci the little “used book cafe” is such a nice place in between the two-stereotype style of Parisian coffee places that’s very refreshing. From the outside it looks like a small, charming café but it gets even better. It is also a charity/ concept store as well! Perfect place for coffee and shopping…

Getting inspired

02/10/09
Its time use the cultural places Paris has to offer and as the sun is not out this morning Nini and I are visiting Centre Pompidou. The building is already impressive from the outside and the inside has even more to offer.
Entrance is for free for everyone from the EU under 25! Couldnt be better. The permanent exhibition is presenting contemporary and modern art. Loved the contemporary one... Also the view from over Paris is awesome.
Simple said: Great art, great architecture, great day!

Self Portrait

“And Then, When Thats Done... I Change! What I Was Yesterday Is Cast Aside, Like An Insect Shedding Its Skin” 2009

SuperFlat

... Is the way Takashi Murakami is describing is type of manga art. I would prefer the word “the third eye” as I find especially the focus on the eyes extremely intersting. If the name of the artist doesn’t say you anything you might have recognised the artist by his work for Louis Vuitton patterns and the Kanye West album Graduation.
The exhibition is presented in Galleri Emmanuel Perrotin in Le Marais.








Afterwards we went to another contemporary art exhibition, which I liked a lot. For me it was focusing on the interaction and reaction between the audience and the art itself. Definitely recommendable!