Posted in Art, Exhibits, Fashion, Food/Drinks, Travel, paris on Dec 8th, 2009
What a difference a decade makes.
The last time I visited Paris, I was an impressionable (read: sensitive) 17 year old and I left the city with a bitter taste in my mouth thinking the food sucked and the people sucked even more.
Fast forward 12 years, and after a short trip to Amsterdam, it was off [...]
Posted in Food/Drinks, Photography, Travel on Dec 1st, 2009
Before arriving to Paris, I spent my Saturday in Amsterdam taking in the sights, strolling the canal-lined streets, and mostly trying to keep warm. Gotta love the Dam — been there five times over the past 10 years, and the sheer amounts both coffeeshops, bikes and near accidents never seems to disappoint! Only place in [...]
Posted in Art, Design, Exhibits, Fashion, Food/Drinks, Lifestyle, Museums, Music, Nightlife, Photography, fun, paris on Oct 19th, 2009
Two launch parties combined into one:
STANDARD Magazine celebrates the launch of its 25th issue, “Architecture & Utopies urbaines”.
Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) celebrates the launch of the “2009 x 20 Catalogue”, a collection of creations by 20 international designers.
Performance: Anne-Laure Keib & Max Krefeld of Appaloosa
DJ Set: Jean Marc Rabemila of Tricolore Paris
The IFM [...]
Posted in Art, Design, Exhibits, Fashion, Food/Drinks, Lifestyle, Museums, Nightlife, Photography, Poetry, paris, vintage on Oct 11th, 2009
She puts her back to me, pushes her hair to the side, and turns to give a look out of her left eye which demands only one thing and one thing only-
After a few steps, my hand arrives upon the middle of her back and her shoulder blades begin to display a show of their [...]
Posted in Design, Food/Drinks, Nightlife, fun, paris on Oct 3rd, 2009
The Grand and Petit Palais to your back, the Tour Eiffel to your right, the River Seine swimming beneath your feet, the Musée d’Orsay in front of you. Walk a little deeper into the 7th district, make a turn on the rue de Lille, and admire the art galleries until you reach number 33.
Le Bistrot [...]
Posted in Design, Fashion, Lifestyle, Photography, Poetry, fun, paris, vintage on Sep 29th, 2009
Nelly, la Mademoiselle des Contradictions, la Baronesse d’Oxymore. My Humble Muse, une Bénédiction Pécheresse, the Merciful Sirene.
Clothing: Chinemachine
Model: Nelly Chevaillier
Make-Up: Nadia Morizet
Analog Camera: Anatole Maggiar
Stylist: Laurine Leblond
Digital Camera: Me
Posted in Art, Design, Food/Drinks, Lifestyle, Music, Nightlife, Travel, fun, paris on Sep 28th, 2009
It happened to Moses at the Burning Bush, to Jesus at the Jordan River, and to Buddha under the Bodhi Tree.
This past week, God spoke to me at Le Mathis. Antique paintings, foie gras, mirrored walls, haricots-verts, crystal chandeliers, and bottles upon bottles of velvety red wine that played so joyfully against every bite of [...]
Posted in Art, Design, Exhibits, Film, Lifestyle, Museums, Photography, paris on Sep 24th, 2009
Long day at school today.
A couple pages left to read in Lolita.
This calls for a quick stroll in the gardens of the Château de Versailles before making my way back into Paris centre…
After a quick 5 minute drive from school, I landed upon a cool surprise – Veilhan Versailles. Set against the typical lines and [...]
Posted in Fashion, Food/Drinks, Lifestyle, Nightlife, fun, paris on Sep 21st, 2009
Looooook who I found: Gaspard Augé of Justice in the hills of Montmartre, Paris. And why?
Chinemachine Vintage threw open its doors for their monthly nocturne party this past Friday night. Vintage rags imported from all corners of the world and ridic amounts of alcohol were passed around while Thieves Like Us and Bertrand Delanowave spun [...]
Posted in Art, Philosophy, Poetry, paris on Sep 20th, 2009
The clouds come together, big clouds, like the pillows you use to play with as a child…
The thunder rolls, and trillions upon trillions of rain drops are released into the air.
Paris is showered, cleaned, no… cleansed of the sins it was witness to the night before.
An hour later, the sun king returns to his throne [...]
Posted in Food/Drinks, Lifestyle, fun, paris on Sep 15th, 2009
I don’t exercise. I don’t take vitamins. Café créme three times a day. Big smoker. Even bigger drinker.
So you may ask, “But Baron, why don’t you take more care of yourself?!”
Oh my dear readers, it’s because everyday before I hop onto the train for school, I have the breakfast of champions.
No sillies, not Wheaties!
Behold, Aux [...]
Posted in Art, Design, Food/Drinks, Music, Nightlife, fun, paris on Sep 14th, 2009
I’ll keep this short and simple.
I frequently find myself in the wee hours of the night on the rue Saint-Benoît in the Saint-Germain neighborhood of Paris, dancing at Bar Le Montana until the Louis Vuitton store across the street opens the next morning.
And if you ever find the need to surround yourself with ridiculously gorgeous [...]
Posted in Art, Design, Exhibits, Film, Museums, fun on Sep 6th, 2009
The past year I have visited a plethora of exhibits and museums in Paris, but none can compare to this one.
The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art has just transformed their premises into a three-part exhibition called Né Dans La Rue – Graffiti (Born in the Streets – Graffiti), which follows the history of the street [...]
Posted in Art, Books, Fashion, Photography, fun, paris on Sep 6th, 2009
Les incroyables et les merveilleuse of Paris piled onto the rue Saint Honoré this past Saturday afternoon to get their signed copy of Scott Shuman’s (The Sartorialist) new book.
The book is the collection of all the fashion photographer’s work, bringing together the best-dressed pedestrians of New York, Paris, Milan, Florence, London, and more.
Properly, the event [...]
Posted in Art on Sep 2nd, 2009
Earlier this month Anatole and I checked out the Max Ernst exhibit at the Musée d’Orsay (Paris, 7th District).
Une Semaine de Bonté (A Week of Kindess) is a massive group of collages made by the German artist, the originals of which are on display at the Musée d’Orsay.
In order to create his masterpieces, Ernst cut-up [...]
You might have heard about the latest quarrel between the Ghallagher brothers of Oasis which led to the recent cancellation of their European tour.
You might have also heard that the spat broke-out at the Rock en Seine Music Festival in Paris, which welcomed nearly 100,000 music-fiends a day this past weekend.
Despite the drama, the 3-day [...]
Posted in Art, Design, Fashion, Food/Drinks, Nightlife, fun, paris on Aug 26th, 2009
In the corner of a small black box on the Avenue Marceau you will find a neon red top-hat.
At the oak-wood bar facing the red velvet walls you shall order yourself the cocktail infamously known as le Baron. In your ruby goblet you will find a bed of ice cubes covered with a smooth strawberry puree, [...]
I am proud to present two new members of the HELLOOOOOO team: Vanooski and Le Baron.
Vanooski is straight out of LA and works as a stylist alongside some of the biggest names in the industry…
… Le Baron currently lives in Paris and is getting his MBA at HEC Paris.
A little late perhaps, but whatever. A look behind the scenes of the designing process of the Kanye West for Louis Vuitton Footwear collection here.
Last year I came across a very interesting biography of Marc Jacobs in The New Yorker. I was thinking about the article the other day…his incessant smoking, his Superman workouts, his penchant for Pairs. Below is an excerpt from the article:
“Jacobs used to be a chubby Jewish guy with long hair and glasses who made his [...]
Appréciez mes amis…
Today I read on Yahoo website article that says we French do it best. I say to Yahoo “you are finally coming around to the good side.” The article say, “True to their reputation as leisure-loving gourmets, the French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world’s wealthy nations, according to [...]
Posted in Nightlife, Stupid Shit, paris on Apr 30th, 2009
What the hell is this I keep seeing everywhere in Paris. First I think its fashionable Obama message. ”No!” My stupid girlfriend Véronique says its Pepsi ad. Tonight I go to Buddha Bar to find stupid white girl while Véronique is away. Maybe I make visit to “BC” for after party. Enjoy le weekend -Jean Jacques
Below is an image taken straight off the runway from the Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2009 collection. And though the bird-suit above may not be the best example of the reality of fashion here in the 21st century, it is certainly a bit more practical than some of the getups in this 1930’s video about — [...]
If you’ve got Perrier Jouet taste but a Martinelli’s budget, this may be your car. Hermes, the french designer best known for the still-impossible-to-get Birkin bag, has designed a set of Hermes-lined Smart Cars to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Smart FourTwo. Exterior was left untouched but the inside is wrapped heavily in Hermes [...]
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