This film is simply brilliant.
You can see it here Cliche France as Seen From Abroad
Also on Youtube in English and French
11/07/2010
11/06/2010
Devereaux's Feelings about Marie Antoinette
Poor dog suffers for my francophilia.
10/31/2010
Project Runway Season 8 Flubbed Finale
Gretchen....seriously? Nothing, nothing about these looks was interesting, fresh or "wearable". Wearable public underwear? If I saw these on the rack not only would I look right past them, I would think, "Cheap and Crunchy"
UNLESS I wanted to dress up for Halloween as....
Dumb Donald.
10/28/2010
Paris vs New York
This is a great new graphic series, a friendly comparison between two of the most beloved (or hated) cities.
Devereaux's First Dog Halloween Costume : Marie Antoinette
The costume is still in progress. It's cold so I let her "pose" on the heating pad.
I'm going to remove the lace collar I think. It's too Queen Victoria, maybe I'll save it for next year.
10/18/2010
Paris Summer 2010
This summer I finally made it back to Paris for the summer.
My sister came to stay with me for a week or so as well, it was her first time there. She loves Italy and I love France. This has only posed problems in 2006 during World Cup. I was in Croatia and she was in Texas so no one was harmed.
We walked a lot and ate a lot. But really it all evens out.
Berthillon... bien sûr.
Angelina's for chocolat chaud. I did buy the powder to bring back to Colombia. It's been great on these cold days, especially this week since I was on holiday and moved by French classes to the morning. This is the luxury of a home vacation.
Both of these are standard for any Paris vist. But our favorite place, hence daily, place was Coquelicot near Metro Abbesses. They have an amazing brunch. Brunch seems to be just taking off in Paris. But we went for breakfast. Every Day. It was only a few blocks from the apartment and a few steps from the metro that took us straight to center. If you get there early enough you can sit at the few table they have outside, just far enough off the street. But there's also a great little upstairs room that always seemed to have room, even on those brunch Sundays.
The big coffee bowls and tartine with local honey are my two favorite. The brioche is excellent as well. Plus get this...it's affordable.
10/12/2010
09/18/2010
The Words of Tim Gunn
One of the things that makes Project Runway for me, other than sewing of course, is Tim Gunn's fantastic vocabulary.
Examples:
mitigating
circuitous
Sturm und Drang
faux bois
scuttlebutt
Hearing him speak is like a soft wave cleansing my mind of all the Spanglish and text speak that makes up my life of teaching English Lit to ESL students.
But nothing....nothing will ever top the shock and, for some reason, delight of hearing Tim say,
"Jackie Kennedy would not have cameltoe."
Oh Tim......
Not a Loser Anymore, Like the Last Time and The Time Before
I love the sewing and vintage blog community. I should add a blog roll, I know Iknow.
I try to comment on several a day, even if the jealousy is hard to get through. Many blogs do giveaways in order to promote their blog and thank their blog community. Sometimes you must become their follower or repost their giveaway, often it's just commenting on the blog or answering a question that enters you to win some pretty amazing gifts.
Vintage Vixen, the owner of the Etsy store Fab Gabs has been running a great series of giveaways, each themed with a specific time era. I...yes me, Stella, won the 1940's giveaway. When I saw my name I didn't really beleive it, I mean I cannot be the only Stella out there in sewing blog land. But it was....and look at the goodies I'll be receiving!!!
Today there is a great 1950's giveaway you should totally check out.
It feels good to be a winner. I already have my 50$ gift certificate spent in my head, let's hope the things I want don't get snatched up before I get my chance, so as to my choices on that I'm keeping mum. So have you ever won through one of these giveaways?
