French Friday (even on a Saturday...)

Dear readers and friends of Paris, the last week I gathered some more things to share about Paris and the preparation for our trip this summer: books, links and paper goods. 

I've been looking for some Paris related books around the house and made two stashes to share with you:

I have to admit there were originally two staples but you know me:

1. It was too high and I could not take a nice picture. and
2. The colours were too mixeds so I had to make two out of the one...

The outcome was quite heterogenous in subject (apart from the Paris theme) as you can see.

But there is also some prevalent theme there: Paris and the Lost Generation. And when I picked up the worn out and yellowed copy of Ernest hemingway's "Paris - A  Movable Feast", I opened the book knowing I had it for so many years know and also knowing I would find a date in ther: When I was a teenager, I started noting the year and the location I read (and reread) it somewhere on the first pages:

So it was 1983 then - I turned 16 and came back from Paris for the first time. I loved learning French at school but I did not like Hemingway's writing. But because the book was about Paris I had to buy it. I read it in one sitting and loved it. I found out about "Shakespeare and Company" and Sylvia Beach and also that so many writers and artists formed a circle back then in Paris (Including F.Scott Fitzgerald  whom I loved reading as a teenager). So it was totally exiting for me. 

It was then back in 1989 when I studied Literature at University after my apprenticeship at a Newspaper when I reread it and dug deeper into the subject and included Gertrude Stein, Djuna Barnes and so many more to my reading list. And I never really got tired of them!

I will reread A Moveable Feast (and add another date and location to the book - reviving this tradition I once started and gave up for whatever reason) and I am already rereading Gertrude Stein's "The Authobiography of Alice B. Toklas" on my Kindle when I am out in a Cafe or waiting for the children at school.

I will leave you here with the book theme but will come back to it in some of the following posts. Tonight I will watch "Surviving Picasso" again because Markus hasn't seen it back then.

 

But now to one of my favorite topics: Paper ( or shall I say Papeterie?)

I got this lovely weekly scheduler at a bookshop here In Seoul. I won't use it as a scheduler that much but I love the papes and Photos. So the children will be using it for their Paris diary this summer and we will continuosly using some of the pages in our crafting and also in the project life album.

I really canot wait to get my hands on them and use them!

And here is more beauty made in Korea:

A set of mini postcards in a metal tin. 

Can you imagine what to with all these cute things? Writing letters, packing presents, scrapbooking etc....

And just in case you might want to know about the must have ingredients for a Parisian cafe, then hop over to this blog post  and have a look! I The cafe is located in one of my favorite streets of Paris: rue Vielle du Temple. 

And how about you? Are you a Paris lover? Have you been there? Are you dreaming of going there? 

I'd love to hear about it!

Enjoy the week end!

Yvonne (written the French way - bien sur!)

 

 

Comments

[Julia]

Oh Paris! I love Paris! I once stayed in Paris for a week in a flat with the french grandparents of a friend in Neuilly-sur-Seine. I could not speak french, they just spoke french. Fun!
Every morning I started the day with a walk suggested by my "Polyglott Reiseführer". Very touristy on the one hand but so informative on the other. They describe differents walks on not so busy routes.
My favorite shop in Paris: E. Dehillerin http://www.e-dehillerin.fr . So many kitchen and pastry utensils! Breathtaking. In the afternoons I strolled around the streets of Paris or went to museums. In the evening I went to jazz concerts, cinema or other cultural events. I felt like a parisian young woman after the week. Ah, Paris.
Oops, such a long comment. But Paris deserves a long comment!
À bientôt,
Julia

[Yvonne Stehle]

Oh Julia, that sounds just wonderful. When the children are grown up I would love to rent an apartment with my husband for 1 or two months and do just what you described...
Dehillerin is already on my list of shops to visit - I love kitchen things bt I think I have to go with a special idea what to bring from there or I would go overboard...
Yvonne

[Yvonne Stehle]

Oh Julia, that sounds just wonderful. When the children are grown up I would love to rent an apartment with my husband for 1 or two months and do just what you described...
Dehillerin is already on my list of shops to visit - I love kitchen things bt I think I have to go with a special idea what to bring from there or I would go overboard...
Yvonne

[Kikilota]

I love Paris too, I wonder who doesn't? Is there anyone...?!
I was very lucky to work for a french company so I visited Paris (and France) more than 15 times ( I stopped counting after 10th visit).
Everytime I went to Paris I fell in love with it,over and over again...
My favorite part of Paris is Le Marais.
You should definitely take your family there for a brunch.
I could also recommend one nice shop for the whole family (you will LOVE IT!) - Nature et Decouvert, so check the (www.natureetdecouvertes.com) before you pack your luggage, you might want to buy half of the shop! :-)

A bientot!

k.

[Emma Rivera García]

Today I found it and I believe you will love it.

http://decor8blog.com/2012/02/24/travel-notes-from-paris-trusting-slow-living/

[Severine]

Dear Yvonne,
I had the privilege to do my art history studies in the Ecole du Louvre. I lived close to the Butte aux Cailles, less know than the Butte Montmartre, but as charming. I remember my ducth boyfriend of the time finding some eggshell in the mousse au chocolat from one of the restaurants there, he could not believe it was homemade :)

Could I suggest two places to visit? The not very known 'Cabinet de curiosites Deyrolle', very old fashioned, and the 104, a contemporary art place with library and cafe. You can find them easily on the internet, they are good places to visit for the whole family.

I will bring my oldest sone to this beautiful city next year, just the two of us. He will be 8 then and we both can't wait!

I love Simone de Beauvoir memoirs! I never read Gertrud Stein, but I think I will follow your advice.

Thank you for all those pretty things you show us! It is very atmospheric!

[Joanna]

I have discovered your blog recently and I am impressed by you, your family, your lifestyle, and the pictures taken by you... This is wonderful how you enjoy every single moment of your life.
Speaking about Paris – I can recommend you a charming place located in the suburbs of Paris, the Musée de la Toile de Jouy http://www.museedelatoiledejouy.fr/en/index.php
There is also a small shop in the museum, I am sure you will like it!
Greetings from Poland, Joanna

[andreia]

Hi Yvonne! I could not stop myself to comment here...eheh I absolutely adore Paris, everything about it!! I really believe that one day i will live in Monmartre (my favorite place in Paris)!
You could also come to Lisbon, i'm sure you will love it*** Kisses

[chicsochic]

Dear Yvonne, bonjour! I live in Paris, Belleville and i love this more than i could say. But let me tell you that, thanks to your post i felt in love again. You point precisely precisely what i love here, Fitzgerald, Gertrude, Picasso, this charming humanist and welcoming-spirit charm. Thank you so much ! Merci
Pascale

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