I love this little bookshelf. It seems perfect for bedside reading. My nightstand is stacked with so many books and magazines at the moment, there's barely room for the lamp...
Photo, above, from here. Bookshelf, by David Design, for sale here.
Hope you're having a lovely week!
I just read the most extraordinary story about Paris by writer Amy M. Thomas in the New York Times. Her prose is so beautiful, it made me want to pack my bags and go! Thomas spent two years living in Paris and currently is at work (in New York) on a book about her time there. She did the NYT story as a little prelude.
A snippet:
"I made my home in the center of the Right Bank, off the Rue Montorgueil. On an amazing market street filled with patisseries, fromageries and boucheries, nothing made me happier, or feel more Parisienne, than meandering up and down the pedestrian blocks, inhaling the irresistible smells of roasting chickens, stinky cheeses and warm, yeasty baguettes.
"On more occasions than warranted, I’d treat myself to a crème-filled pain aux raisins from Stohrer, one of the oldest bakeries in Paris. Not too far away in the Marais, at a bread stand inside the Marché des Enfants Rouges, the Cornet Vegetarien — a sandwich of fresh greens, grated carrots and fennel, marinated onions and thinly sliced avocado, dressed with olive oil and honey and dusted with chives and lime zest — was like nothing I’d ever eaten. And the man who prepared it, Alain, a barrel-chested maestro who was given to bursts of song and dance, always made my day."
This story made my day.
(How much is the NYT Internet subscription? Sign me up!)
UPDATE: I just discovered that Amy Thomas, the writer of the NYT story, has a blog, called God I Love Paris!
Photo, above, by Imke Klee
There was lots of buzz this weekend about Natalie Portman's body double -- ballerina Sarah Lane -- claiming she did most of the dancing in the movie Black Swan. Portman's face, Lane says, was grafted onto her body by film editors.
(Example of the movie's very cool special effects above.)
It's another interesting twist in the making of this fascinating movie. The Wall Street Journal has a Q&A with Lane HERE...
Do you think Lane's claim diminishes Portman's Oscar win?
