Windowshopping

Had a lovely day window shopping in Bon Marche with my friend J. its such a blast the perfect place to spend cold rainy saturday afternoon compiling a wishlist with a girlfriend of perfect jimmy choo shoes and dyptique candles hats and furs .So much more relaxing and serene too than Galleries Lafayette. Though one thing I haven't found is the perfect leopard cloche to wear this winter. Poor hubby a bit horrified my my leopard obsession , it seems to translate to trailer - trash for him while for me its lovely vintage chic like on these photos from myvintagevogue.com.

Autumn cake

The last few weeks between guests and work and brunches with friends dinners etc have just passed in a rush.Finally this weekend was a long and free one .I had a longed for silent alone morning then me and hubby did an afternoon / nite of new things ( read in the NYTimes that doing new things's what keeps couples happy&together) And today was that kind of relaxed housekeeping day that can be a nightmare when busy but lovely when nothing else is there to interrupt the flow of gym, shopping, quick clean of house , baking a cake , then an episode of mad men some magazine flicking and reading... having a piece of cake a cup of tea , and feeling sane again. Ah I'm in love with the sweet potato pound cake i've just made with a receipe from orangette perfect fall/ winter cake with its warm spiciness and a dollop of crème fraiche , and the golden plums i found today are not bad either .

Fall pretty

I must admit this image is taken from http://dressdesigndecor.blogspot.com/ which I totally love for a dose of pretty in the morning but its so fall-y and inspiring that I just wanted to have it here as well.

Word Love

Am reading the New York Stories of Edit Wharton which I find surprisingly better then her books ,very elegant writing the stories are finely drawn and psychological, proper rewarding reading but what I love even more is to come upon a word that surprises me that i've never heard before but is just perfect so here you are in the hope of reviving it : pusillanimous [pyoo-suh-lan-uh-muhs]= lacking courage or resolution

Mini breaks, Guests and Paris Fall ...

So the epiphany came to me that mini breaks work for me, still love the idea of a three week holiday but going to London then Budapest then the South of France over the Summer into early fall was great , now getting used to the idea of yet another grey rainy Paris winter, for the moment though not worn down by it yet , its almost nice to think of cosy coats and baking Christmas cookies and it the fact that quite a few guests have come through town and are to come nicely diverts attention from the fact that its indeed October! Oh well first day I got my cat out , now just need to find a leopard cloche to go with it and finally have my winter boots delivered...

just some bits and pieces from the south .. oh and my amazing burnt btter brown sugar cupcakes that are worthy of even the worst self-praise oh and you haven't lived enough if you haven't yet seen a country circus with a goat as the exotic attraction.. highly recommend it !