palais-royal

http://palais-royal.tumblr.com/

http://palais-royal.tumblr.com/

http://palais-royal.tumblr.com/

Past Life Analysis

Your past life diagnosis:

I don't know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation. You were born somewhere in the territory of modern Arctic around the year 1450. Your profession was that of a chemist, alchemist or poison manufacturer.

Your brief psychological profile in your past life:
You were a sane, practical person, a materialist with no spiritual consciousness. Your simple wisdom helped the weaker and the poor.

The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:
You should develop your talent for love, happiness and enthusiasm and you should distribute these feelings to all people.

Do you remember now?

Now do yours. Remember the internet is ALWAYS right, alllllways. ;)
http://thebigview.com/pastlife/

I may not "tweet" but I will "tumble"?!?

5 months into blogging and I'm already starting a new side project. A site called Tumblr recently came to my attention and I instantly became a fan when I learned how easy it is to upload audio files to your blog. Something that I have been struggling with on blogspot however, after trying to figure things out Tumblr does have a few disadvantages over blogspot like no commenting or ease of uploading multiple photos as once. But it is very easy to use and has a one click reblogging feature and their homepage filters what various tumblr bloggers have posted so it's like a blog of all blogs.

Each blogging site has their own advantages and disadvantages and I'm still testing the waters to decide which one I prefer. Knowing HTML would def be an asset though.

In the meantime checker out: http://palais-royal.tumblr.com/

FYI Palais-Royal is a palace and garden located near the 1st arrondissement of Paris (thanks Wikipedia!) which I really like the name of.

Le L♥ve

Inspired by one of my favourite blogs out there - Le Love
♥

Found on Queen West

500 Days of Summer

Two Lovers

all my single ladies x 100

100 single ladies doing the Beyonce dance at Piccadilly Circus, London.
Pretty impressive.

Ne-Yo - Part Of The List

Ne-Yo, will you please serenade me?? He sure has his way with his words.
New single from Ne-Yo which has been on repeat all day for me!

cut-it-out

Chloé Saturina Cut-Out Bootie, $650.00

Proenza Schouler Open-toe Boots, $1,194.95

Giuseppe Zanotti Black Patent and Nude Sandal, $775.00

L.A.M.B. Faran T-strap Sandal, $349.99

awomanandhershoes

That's some good shoe porn right there. I want em all!

cause amazing moments deserve an amazing theme song!

Kanye's Blog
New NBA Campaign featuring Kanye West's Amazing which is the official song of the playoffs! I smell royalties!!

did somebody say starbucks?

google images

Just in case you needed to find a local Starbucks nearby to study or whatever, I came across this site that lists out all the Starbucks in the GTA and nearby cities. Not going to lie I was kind of impressed that somebody actually did this and that it's pretty up to date!

On the street....NYC/Toronto/Vancouver

M.L.H


The Style Spy

Cause what blog wouldn't be complete without some sort of Sartorialist-esque inspiration/mimicking right?

Madame Tussauds does the Obamas

concreteloop

Yup, looks like the Obamas have been Madame Tussauds-ified. Michelle and Obama can be seen at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Washington, DC. It's almost kind of scary how realistic Michelle looks. What do you think?

It's Jay-once!

Kanye West Blog

concreteloop

I'm normally not the biggest fan of Miss Sasha Fierce aka Beyonce Knowles but she does looks pretty good in these recent pictures. I'm likin the Grey Ant sunglasses on her.

On a side note, according to Parade Magazine Jay Z and Beyonce earned a total of $162 Million dollars in 2008! Jay Z earned $82 million and Beyonce $80 million. I'd say they're doing pretty well.

©MURAKAMI in Bilbao

Is it just me, or does he not look like
Hiro Nakamura from Heroes? I'm just saying...

Dob in the Strange Forest, 1999

Super Touch
Flower Matango (B), 2001-2006

The World of Sphere, 2003

Lotus Flower (Pink), 2008

Dumb Compass, 2008

Guggenheim Bilbao

Takashi Murakami's exhibit has been on display for a while now but I came across it again after my visit to the site. Billed as the Japanese Andy Warhol, Murakami's works touches upon popular culture, high art and low art, and contemporary Japanese society. Oh how I wish I could see this exhibit. Spain anyone? :)

"I Want To Believe" Guggenheim (Spain)

I can't even imagine how long it must have taken to hang up all of those! :S

Super Touch

Check out this installation at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Cai Guo-Qiang's I Want To Believe deals with ideas of transformation, expenditure of materials, and connectivity.

Check out the rest of the exhibit here!

why buy croco when you can have paper?

Time to make up for lost posting days as statistics owns me right now slash the lack of inspiration going on up there. Anywhoo...thanks to those who keep checking back everyday and I do apologize for the lack of updates as of late however, updates are going to be a bit sporadic for a while.

Images: (Left) google images, (right) Life Files

Onto business, I totally took this from The Life Files since I loved it! If you're feeling crafty at all go to the Hermes website and download your own Kelly bag! An interesting procrastination project too might I add! Unless you're Victoria Beckham or Martha Stewart, the chances of getting one of these are pretty slim! But I mean every girl deserves to own their own Kelly, even if it is made from paper!

As Martha would say, "It's a good thing!"

and to keep things diverse

The trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie Bruno! This looks like a good one!

Scarlette Johansson wants you to drink Moët

The Life Files

I'm not exactly the biggest Scarlett Johansson fan but I must admit she looks absolutely smashing in her new campaign for Moët et Chandon.

First L'oreal, D&G, now Moët? Get that money girl!

Baby I want you to be my ENTOURAGE

Sooo...after a few episodes I'm officially hooked onto HBO's Entourage. I know I'm a bit behind on this one, but if it had not been for Muchmoremusic playing it from the beginning I probably would never get around to watching it. And yes I too have become a fan of Adrian Grenier,
he's too awesome.

Now onto the other 60 shows I said I would finally watch, bye bye finals!? :S

Not Your Regular Pop-up Book

Tis designer (Visionaire 55: SURPRISE)!!! I particularly enjoy the orchestrated rendition of MJ's Rock With You.

Gimmie Sympathy

Gimmie Sympathy new single from Metric.

The Karl Bear

I wonder what's next in the Lagerfeld saga?

Chanel-O

The March issue of Paris Vogue (I do realize April is tomorrow but I just found it on newsstands yesterday, as Toronto is usually a little bit behind in getting our monthly PV) features an ode to Chanel. I'm not kidding when I say there's a lot of Chanel happening in this packed issue! With stylings care of Ms. Emmanuelle Alt. The cover features Iris Strubegger who recreates a 92' Italian Vogue cover. A plethora of photos after le jump!

Images care of Purse Forum

the cost of art

Hermes in the Temple (2006)

Space Available- Inquire within (2007)

Against the common good (2005)

Surreal estate, part two (2005)

Images: Artichoke Yink Press

American artist, Christopher “CK” Wilde chooses an expensive medium for his art - money. His work explores the relationship between art and commerce with undertones of economics and politics. Building upon found images, CK Wilde cuts out shapes from paper money from around the world to create a colourful collage.

"sometimes you laugh to keep from crying"

This scene from T.I.'s Road to Redemption just broke my heart, especially when his son asks "Are you going to leave me now?' In the second last episode before the season finale, he tell us how he is going to be the most affected by not being there for his family and partners.

See you in a year T.I. :(

sweet escape

Ms. B's Sweets at Sevva in Hong Kong (TOO Marvelous!!)

Fauchon in Paris. Their madelines are amazing and their packaging is all pink and black.

Laduree in France
Image: paris breakfasts
(this blog is great. it has wonderful photos of pasteries and France)

French macaroon anyone?
Pierre Herme

Local Finds:

La Bamboche Patisserie at Eglinton
They do macaroon trees!!!

Patisserie La Cigogne at Bayview

As I sit here finishing the last of my year end papers, I find myself procrastinating drifting away to a sweeter place and scowering the web for the finest pâtisserie's/bakeries from around the world and discovering some marvelous local ones on the way.

There seems to be something wonderful and magical that these shops have that lure you to them and when inside turns into a means of escape where we get lost in the aroma, decor, and of course the decadent variety of tasty treats they have to offer, all perfectly positioned in a linear fashion behind the glass that stands between you and the object of your affection.

It's like the world gets better when you step into this lovely little realm. Anyone have any notable ones that I need to know about?