Showing posts with label Paris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paris. Show all posts

Monday, 28 January 2013

Ce n'est que Paris, mais mieux


Le più recenti datano 1925. Sono alcune delle rarissime fotografie a colori di una Parigi agli inizi del 1900, realizzate con una tecnica allora all'avanguardia pensata dai fratelli Lumière. Alcune sembrano proprio dei quadri, altre ritraggono angoli tanto famliari e distanti al tempo stesso che non possono che sbalordire.
Si intravede una Parigi che non esiste più. Una Parigi che meritava sul serio l'appellativo di Ville Lumière, una Parigi che il suono di un'armonica non è un vecchio cliché, ma una suadente realtà.
Io mi sono persa guardando questi ritratti di venditrici di fiori, di una città ancora in mano ai soldati alla fine della prima guerra mondiale. Le bandiere in Rue de la Paix per le celebrazioni della fine del primo conflitto. Gonne lunghe che oscillano al vento e orti con vista sulla Tour Eiffel. Il profumo di madeleines nei forni di un boulanger, e quello delle prime violette di stagione.

E' lunedì mattina, quale momento migliore per sognare?
Io, personalmente, penso che andrò ad acquistare un mazzo di gigli. Bianchi.
Buon inizio di settimana a tutti.


crédit photo Paris 1914

Sunday, 6 May 2012

Paris, bêtise et décadence

"Ne pouvoir se passer de Paris, marque de bêtise; ne plus l’aimer, signe de décadence." 
                                            Gustave Flaubert


Odio Parigi. Odio le grandi avenues piene di turisti, i ristoranti italiani sempre affollati, le frotte di turisti che si aggirano spensierati con grandi borse LaFayette. Odio Parigi. Odio i luoghi comuni, la falsità dei sentimenti assoggettati al profitto, odio i turisti che passeggiano nella metropolitana quando tu corri per andare al lavoro. Odio le strade sporche e tirate a lucido al tempo stesso, odio i cliché, odio la fila per qualsiasi cosa.

Amo Parigi. La Parigi che vive, che respira; la Parigi che lavora, che soffre e che ama. La Parigi che le reflex non vedono. Amo Parigi. La Parigi che non è segnata sulle cartine. Le gallerie nascoste, come galerie Vivienne. Amo la parigi della baguette tradition, dei macarons color sabbia che sprigionano profumo di pesche e di giorni d'estate anche in pieno inverno. Amo parigi. Quella che mi aspetta, quella che abbraccia me e Quentin ad ogni nostro ritorno, con il calore degli amici che non vedi da tempo e che non hai dimenticato.
Amo parigi.

EN. I hate Paris. I hate the great avenues full of tourists, the Italian restaurants always packed, the crowds of tourists who wander carefree with large LaFayette bags. I hate Paris. I hate cliches, the falsity of feelings subdued to profit and money-making, I hate tourists strolling down the subway when you run off to work. I hate the streets dirty and polished at the same time, I hate cliches, I hate having to wait in line for anything.

I love Paris. The Paris that is actually living, breathing, and the Paris who works, who suffers and loves. The Paris that the camera can not see. I love Paris. The Paris that is not marked on maps. The hidden galleries, like Galerie Vivienne. I love Paris when it smells like baguette tradition or sand-colored macarons giving off the scent of peaches and summer days even in winter. I love Paris. The one that waits for me to come back, the one that embraces me and Quentin upon our return, with the warmth of friends who you have not seen for a long time but have not forgotten.
I love Paris.



















Sunday, 11 September 2011

♥




Today Quentin turns 23. As it's raining and most of our friends are on vacation now, we're celebrating baking blueberry muffins, playing Guitar Hero on the Wii, watching movies under the blanket while eating butter popcorn and marshmallows.

Je t'aime ♥

Friday, 2 September 2011

To do #2 this weekend

TO DO:

1. Sleep till late. I'm so tired. I had my internship défense this week, and headed straight to work right after. And today before going to work I also had a job interview *fingerz crossed*

2. Have one hell of a breakfast. I had cold milk and cornflakes for the past 6 days. I don't even LIKE cornflakes.
3. Wear my pink skirt. I don't know what to wear it with as it's always either too cold or to hot (warm rather than hot). (BTW is this not Dylana Suarez? I luvvv her)

4. Go to Place du Jeu de balle for the flea market in order to buy staples: vintage cups, vintage books, vintage prints, vintage frames, vintage mirrors and what not. Staples. As I do not have a flat to put these things into just yet, I consider it a smart move.

5. Play Guitar Hero till my fingers fall apart.

6. Take long walks with Quentin in the countryside. Eat apples. Eat blackberries. Pick flowers.
7. Bake delicious blueberry muffins. (mine will never look like that)

8. Watch this. Again. And again.

So yeah, looks like I've got one pretty busy weekend coming up :D


Photos 1,2,3,5,7,8 via weheartit

Monday, 22 August 2011

Terug naar België








.And so I've traded a French metropolis for Belgian countryside. I've come back to Belgium for a while, in order to work on and hand in my dissertation and internship report. The dissertation almost killed me, I wrote 31k words in two weeks time. The things you can do under pressure.
.These pictures were taken right after I handed in my dissertation and internship report (hence the devastated looks) in a field right beside my university. Louvain-la-Neuve is not really Paris.
.I miss Paris. I am considering moving back there for work, but work opportunities in France suck. I don't feel like being an exploited, under-paid intern until I am 30.
.I miss all of my friends I left in France. Some of them will soon come see me in Bruxelles, and some in Italy. I am happy to be able to spend time with my Belgian friends, though :)
.In September I'll be in Italy for at least a month, in order to remind my family they have a daughter :)
.In September I'll graduate, and I still do not know what to do. I am sure I won't embark in yet another year of studies, as many of my friends are doing. So I'm looking for a job, and for a flat or a studio. Not living with Quentin after two years we're used to living together will feel weird.
.If only weather in Belgium could be a little bit more merciful... I was glad I did not buy my last-minute ticket for Pukkelpop (buy from a friend, as tickets were sold out months ago!), but I am really sorry for the families of those who lost their lives during the storm. Some of my friends were there, and I was super worried for them; they came home full of scratches (and even a broken arm), but at least they've come home. It is absurd how something so nice as a festival can turn out so badly.
.I'll go back to my defense presentation now, I hope to finish my degree at least with a distinction!





Sunday, 14 August 2011

So get off your low and let's dance like we used to

 
 










.Quando in Francia c'era il sole e sembrava estate. Questo è il mio posto preferito in tutta l'Ile de France. E no, non vi darò l'indirizzo, perché apparentemente questo giardino lo conosciamo solo io e Quentin. E va bene così.

E ascolto solo questa canzone.