Retrospective #10 - Ooooh la la

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I went to Paris with my sister and brother in November when they came to visit. I loooooved it. I'm not sure anyone could hate Paris. How the hell could you?

I was getting so ridiculously french while I was there. I had a glass of champagne before every meal as an apertif, bought red lipstick and wore high heels every day.

I accompanied my sister shopping, and in turn took them to the European photography museum and went to a cool little tea house. We also ate some kickass Vietnamese and Japanese food, and had a totally luxe 3 Michelin star lunch at Hotel Le Bristol where the pre G20 summit meetings were being held and we saw Gordon Brown. I sat up straight, wore a skirt and ate 9 courses for lunch.

I also had a sneaky lunch of escargots and french onion soup by myself!

These are some highlights from the mobile phone. I took my Fish eye camera but most of the photos are real duds.

The Chosen one - street art in Paris

OMG. Macarons and other assorted cavity inducing perfections at Pierre Herme.
I had a citrus tart for breakfast and I was not ashamed.


Escargots

The 11 Commandments of living in Paris

Garden of Luxembourg

Garden of Luxembourg

Garden of Luxembourg

Playing peekaboo with the Eiffel Tower

Dream come true

Technically speaking

L.O: Did you just say that?

Me: What?

L.O: You had the opposite of a "gang bang" at your house today?

Me: Yes, that's what I said.

L.O: What does that even mean?

Me: We were hungover so we all had a little nap side by side on the floor of my living room.

L.O: How many of you?

Me: I don't know... four? You know, because it was so damn innocent, almost like Sunday version of a kindergarden nap time.

L.O's boyfriend: Actually, the opposite of a gang bang would technically be reading the Financial Times, alone.

Kids with jobs

“The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children”

- Jim Henson


Late twenties and early thirties... and We are just kids. With jobs. And that makes us awesome.

I'd like to be the kid that got to market this as their job.

TomTom records Bert and Ernie's navigation voices from AmsterdamAdBlog on Vimeo.

Quote of the day

" What are we running our aeroplanes on? Champagne?"

- Anonymous colleague

(in response to learning about our company's third consecutive profit warning because of "rising fuel costs" while all our competitors are in a very good financial state.)

Let's just say, learning about the demise of your company via The Wall Street Journal was kind of a hilarious experience. Only because it felt stupidly surreal.

A sign

I got something in my inbox today, which I am going to classify as a sign.

If I told you what it was, it would sound really weird and geeky.

I shouldn't pretend that I am neither of those things but some things are just too strange for other people to get.

In any case.... the time is nigh!!!

Where's your aim?

image from my latest favourite website Nerd Boyfriend

"The great danger for most of us is not that we aim to high
and miss it,
but that we aim too low
and reach it."

- Michaelangelo

First video interview

Interview and video direction by me.

Physalia motion design studio: interview from SubmarineChannel on Vimeo.

Blending

Ladies and Gentlemen,

May I present the definition of "blending".

Yoga + Breakdancing = Super bendy B-boy.

I am inclined to believe on an increasingly growing basis that nothing has to be mutually exclusive in this world.

Love it.

Break ton Neck from Alex Yde on Vimeo.