Bon Week-end: A surprise Get-Away

My husband is difficult to buy gifts for.  He loves food, he loves history, and he loves getting out of Paris on the week-ends because he also loves coming home to Paris.  For my husband's birthday (and it's one of those that end in 0!) I'm taking him, the kids, and for the first time - a babysitter (total luxury!) on a surprise week-end getaway.  So far he has absolutely no idea.  We can't go far, so we are hardly even leaving at all.  I will tell you that it involves lots of French art and architecture, haute-gastronomie, and a pool.  I'll share some pictures next week.

What are you up to this week-end?


Go see Monet at midnight.  "Claude Monet, 1840-1926" will be open 24 hours at the Grand Palais for it's final week-end. 


Check out this great photo color series of Paris from Little Brown Pen. Golden Brown, Grey, A Little Pink.  So far Grey is my favorite.


Decorate at the Salon Maison & Objet, January 21st - 25th


According to a recent poll, the French are the world's most pessimist people.  Find out what's got them down at Lost in Cheeseland.


Shop if you have any money left - I don't!  I actually haven't even bought anything, yet.  The sales are still on and prices will be dropping further.  How do Parisian shoppers do it - read here.


Valentine's Day is in 24 days!  Here's a post about surviving Valentine's Day in Paris.  I'll have to start thinking about that next week.

Bon Week-end

(Via Pinterest under "stressed")

It's been a really LONG week and I am glad it is Friday.  

This week I was featured in Taste of Garlic.  Thanks for the link love, though I think I have to update my bio.

For art and fashion enthusiasts check out this awesome color comparison series from MissMoss and while you are at it check out this short documentary about the Sartorialist.

This weekend if you are in the Yvelines pick up a galette des rois here - you could find the diamond hidden in one of 400.

Watch Isabelle Carré in this video of Angus and Julia's Big Jet Plane or go see the movie Les Emotifs and tell me how it is.

Buy something on sale for your kids or take them here.

This week-end I am going to attempt to make this for dinner, then for lunch.  Don't you love meals that keep on giving.

And I am going to try and stop laughing about this post from David Lebovitz.  Do you ever read something that makes you laugh so much that you laugh about it again when you are alone and walking down the street and then get embarrassed realizing that you are laughing out loud alone and in the street.  And this post was from 2008!  Thank you David for almost making me pee my pants.