New York! New York!

New York seems to be the place to be at the moment - everyone is moving there! Well, 'everyone' may be a slight exaggeration - but certainly one of my closest friends Nikki and my favourite blogger Garance Dore have done so recently!

New York has always been on the top of my lists of places to visit, unfortunately I haven't yet gotten there. It just seems so enchanted and all the photos being sent back and posted about first encounters in NY does everything to support this.

For Nikki's farewell, and in tribute to what is now her new home I made some USA themed cupcakes :) 

Bonne journee xx

Always read the label!!

Recently sorting through the drawers and drawers of cosmetics and potions and found a bucket load of samples that had been accumulating and I told myself that instead of buying more products I should just go through what is there!

So after my daily moisturiser ran out, the stash of samples is steadily being depleted. Whoo! So proud of myself for doing my little bit for reducing mass commercial gaspiage! While I was giving myself mental high fives for my good work I grabbed the next one off the pile, ripped open the sachet and started liberally applying the cream to my face. (Now I must add here that while I do check the names on the packets, because I picked up most of these in Europe, and it's early and dark when I'm getting ready for work I really just scan for words like 'day' 'night' 'eye cream')

The only thing that made me curious was the sachet was about 4 times the size of the others* so I read the fine print on the back and there was one word that translates in any language, CELLULITE! I had been gloriously basking my face in cellulite cream** ahh I can say though that my face is wondrously soft now...

* more mental high fives for scoring the mother load
** initial reaction: Crap there are so many other places that need this!

For this I love Salma!

I'm sorry about all the videoa but this is a must see. I personally thought she held it together, just jumped up and in stilletos climbed away, I think I would have been screaming twice as much!

Tom Cruise, can you please sit down

He lost his mojo some time ago - so what is with all the theatrics**. Here he is 'in character' performing with JLo* at MTV Movie Awards. 

I have always believed TomKat was a sham - and when a couple starts doing this...well, it just lacks...sincerity. It would be cute - if it wasn't always so contrived and calculated.

*Obviously she can be bought

** He recently 'spontaneously' got on stage with the Black Eyed Peas and sang with them

Do it once, shame on you. Do it twice, shame on me...

A week before my 25th birthday, I am saying it.

I am too old for binge drinking.

So the trick is to make the experience worth the 10 hours of epic pain that follows. And it was, so I'm smiling. Especially now my 10 hours are over and I'm back to normal.

Bonne journee xx

Missed it again...

I love the first day of a month, I'm not sure why, but I do. However I always only seem to remember it is the first on the second. The first of the month means a special rituelle in my newly francophiled family. According to an ancient South of France proverb, on the first of the month one is to eat lentils to garner more wealth! While I'd rather a rituelle for health, happiness and love, I'll take some more wealth too. But in my absent-mindness, and forgetting it was the first, yesterday, we will be having lentils tonight...and I'll be buying a scratchie tomorrow.


Seeing as it is the beginning of the Australian winter, here are some from our European winter, taken from the balcony of our chatelet, of the snow, while snowing. That snow just doesn't happen down here.

Thanks for clarifying...

"A dick is harmful. A dick is hurtful. Now, a douche he's just an idiot. He's lame. A dick is a hurtful douche. And then there's the asshole. He's a dick with some serious issues."
- Bradley Cooper