<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:02:26 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>photos</category><category>life</category><category>japan</category><category>music</category><category>friday love list</category><category>travel</category><category>august break</category><category>flickr</category><category>En route jewelry</category><category>list</category><category>jewelry</category><category>Paris</category><category>musical interlude tuesday</category><category>self portrait series</category><category>etsy</category><category>color</category><category>fashion</category><category>NaNoWriMo</category><category>books</category><category>food</category><category>Benjamin</category><category>art</category><category>l&#39;atelier lundi</category><category>thailand</category><category>musique mardi</category><category>new york city</category><category>France</category><category>Germany</category><category>eco</category><category>outfit</category><category>tv</category><category>video</category><category>1000 Markets</category><category>downloads</category><category>giveaway</category><category>instax mini</category><category>ireland</category><category>m.i.t.</category><category>meme</category><category>movies</category><category>poetry</category><category>polyvore</category><category>products</category><category>sweetpea</category><category>unravelling</category><category>wedding</category><category>wishlist</category><title>Lilie Green</title><description></description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>386</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-7427233899543518324</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-07-25T11:40:28.781+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">France</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Paris</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>Doorways to Paris</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsmMJ5q_iLWOpR3dyKfYFvSdQg-boVLUjnpldkMiSa1v-yt18YMYb8T9jGKNW7fjj6FhSDkhU6anh43WJ27664Zx0CEVCfuLlp_cdWRNF4ikNbyBiXA1SKvRwK7kPK_XpEoMPeg/s1600/doorwayad.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsmMJ5q_iLWOpR3dyKfYFvSdQg-boVLUjnpldkMiSa1v-yt18YMYb8T9jGKNW7fjj6FhSDkhU6anh43WJ27664Zx0CEVCfuLlp_cdWRNF4ikNbyBiXA1SKvRwK7kPK_XpEoMPeg/s640/doorwayad.jpg&quot; width=&quot;588&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;One thing I never tire of in Paris are its doors. From vivid cobalt and brilliant ruby red to whimsical robin&#39;s egg blue and sweet mint green, they come in every hue and shade you could imagine.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;They are old, massive wooden structures, sometimes adorned with scrollwork and the occasional yawning lion&#39;s head. Often they are the entrance to a private courtyard, glimpsed on the rare chance a door is left ajar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;My continued treasure hunt for the most colorful examples has led to En Route&#39;s newest collection: Doorways to Paris, now available in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/enroute&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;shoppe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;. If you have any other colors you&#39;d like to see photographed, I&#39;d love the challenge of seeking them out!&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/07/doorways-to-paris.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsmMJ5q_iLWOpR3dyKfYFvSdQg-boVLUjnpldkMiSa1v-yt18YMYb8T9jGKNW7fjj6FhSDkhU6anh43WJ27664Zx0CEVCfuLlp_cdWRNF4ikNbyBiXA1SKvRwK7kPK_XpEoMPeg/s72-c/doorwayad.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-4927455989952497370</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-07-18T13:02:28.220+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">France</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>A Weekend in the Country</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBqTczIFq5jC2jTYR2seJ3D9IPAMvqb4eOSdfZ6VLArG3c3_1jEd99I3fdbe3flFtuN3nf9DaWjG6OcifS6rlXKXVKjVHvTwRH003JbflNfxzG7zvQM3q4RVj9d79WndOBcxbOA/s1600/1.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBqTczIFq5jC2jTYR2seJ3D9IPAMvqb4eOSdfZ6VLArG3c3_1jEd99I3fdbe3flFtuN3nf9DaWjG6OcifS6rlXKXVKjVHvTwRH003JbflNfxzG7zvQM3q4RVj9d79WndOBcxbOA/s1600/1.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCswfUiusfN0s10I0v_WaAl7K9ukjUie5PA1d8IuEsEjr3WTJv9YNm9oihajkNYVgRI9BCm_dmUCSfmWjHMPfkHvK6It82bdvcA8rPzULKFbfSVeQsQBFIF9Z7rooFJlkNltsDig/s1600/2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCswfUiusfN0s10I0v_WaAl7K9ukjUie5PA1d8IuEsEjr3WTJv9YNm9oihajkNYVgRI9BCm_dmUCSfmWjHMPfkHvK6It82bdvcA8rPzULKFbfSVeQsQBFIF9Z7rooFJlkNltsDig/s1600/2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJAfBWhiYwiVBEi7IL86tH1unrxYDzZOngJr9-SDAz5ddSD72DSLNK1B5vX_wPpOS_G9qvPdh8AOTIwTM-aICtHenrPUyD9A0CKKF8aJGm5jStscevBwh_sFf7YI19jHvnpaevA/s1600/3.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJAfBWhiYwiVBEi7IL86tH1unrxYDzZOngJr9-SDAz5ddSD72DSLNK1B5vX_wPpOS_G9qvPdh8AOTIwTM-aICtHenrPUyD9A0CKKF8aJGm5jStscevBwh_sFf7YI19jHvnpaevA/s1600/3.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OfCwBb8N9IJ02Mx-FDUyC1lqtzJnqP45rrN7NekyF6NfWM40woieL7ENdrikBmVXxfMtP8SM2iZjVBLCP-QNyI17kQ70uMwpPKBNThUSxn5zrxrPT2h3hFn_CZZ4DGuvKOBBBA/s1600/4.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OfCwBb8N9IJ02Mx-FDUyC1lqtzJnqP45rrN7NekyF6NfWM40woieL7ENdrikBmVXxfMtP8SM2iZjVBLCP-QNyI17kQ70uMwpPKBNThUSxn5zrxrPT2h3hFn_CZZ4DGuvKOBBBA/s1600/4.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieV3zPGBFDZKn1QEcaOscyDppeg6nVzcPg4lU0wo1Qdj8peol4vQ_uzvtCJB0uBbmYkXkHNS_dh6CYXpdgCjRftp9gsRsU95g3owPFg6RzT6Q4zo6-Aclr57kfN0YJa8OhQf6dfg/s1600/5.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieV3zPGBFDZKn1QEcaOscyDppeg6nVzcPg4lU0wo1Qdj8peol4vQ_uzvtCJB0uBbmYkXkHNS_dh6CYXpdgCjRftp9gsRsU95g3owPFg6RzT6Q4zo6-Aclr57kfN0YJa8OhQf6dfg/s1600/5.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQaYZjIPbQ8lsv2yk6HipwM6kx6tsTwZTp4tpg9AejYY3iBsgWQiYUhNCPwEKpVu-2yuHSJU458dPKxVXRczHKte1S1Bp138kEi540R9eGfhQ8_Imekp3o83c2SBej7Ut5QAEvkg/s1600/6.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQaYZjIPbQ8lsv2yk6HipwM6kx6tsTwZTp4tpg9AejYY3iBsgWQiYUhNCPwEKpVu-2yuHSJU458dPKxVXRczHKte1S1Bp138kEi540R9eGfhQ8_Imekp3o83c2SBej7Ut5QAEvkg/s1600/6.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJeYgDe7mcrFJoFoKLxmU9TtUsBmLu-7d6KCnVbpEU5u_OO1i7tTCBH6RRGIVyH5Ibp3BdWpQ3KFje95qqicynQcjccF_wkAYhFD6K-vFdf5xpHKR_iiBamofUSqtPokKwOZR1A/s1600/7.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJeYgDe7mcrFJoFoKLxmU9TtUsBmLu-7d6KCnVbpEU5u_OO1i7tTCBH6RRGIVyH5Ibp3BdWpQ3KFje95qqicynQcjccF_wkAYhFD6K-vFdf5xpHKR_iiBamofUSqtPokKwOZR1A/s1600/7.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QfOhasmnY3bDK3fqQu2QCW1BmaIYSyS47DkecdcGrmHjJU-Lq-PwNtkQyVme6Mn34cdd8ll0ShtBXttCuTPjUUL-_xSewFl6uAzbQbMeFLXhv9uf9bf8VK7AhLJplEdbWmJVrQ/s1600/8.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QfOhasmnY3bDK3fqQu2QCW1BmaIYSyS47DkecdcGrmHjJU-Lq-PwNtkQyVme6Mn34cdd8ll0ShtBXttCuTPjUUL-_xSewFl6uAzbQbMeFLXhv9uf9bf8VK7AhLJplEdbWmJVrQ/s1600/8.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2rQeurwkdH6ihOd4xif32DmEz0ABbXzVP-CD5YnLtNCdICopKbXBDPY7yxZ408cS6FB5GPPzwXZCFbZdAo7ayd0GXaTICKZNqqrWjgXkd5HGR-auRE3Od6pFjwVMxhWkRewN1A/s1600/9.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2rQeurwkdH6ihOd4xif32DmEz0ABbXzVP-CD5YnLtNCdICopKbXBDPY7yxZ408cS6FB5GPPzwXZCFbZdAo7ayd0GXaTICKZNqqrWjgXkd5HGR-auRE3Od6pFjwVMxhWkRewN1A/s1600/9.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcd1ve8XgS2a_yedd_ej_JikMv8yj5rUBzHfjXp6E3awXzA0gAxyqkjoKxXBJ_rCSUdY_-kHFDhd7vp6BelDIplQfg2uuR1onv3AnPOV21xy2sbwcFeI2CxG2or703RupKakF6rw/s1600/10.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcd1ve8XgS2a_yedd_ej_JikMv8yj5rUBzHfjXp6E3awXzA0gAxyqkjoKxXBJ_rCSUdY_-kHFDhd7vp6BelDIplQfg2uuR1onv3AnPOV21xy2sbwcFeI2CxG2or703RupKakF6rw/s1600/10.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-weekend-in-country.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBqTczIFq5jC2jTYR2seJ3D9IPAMvqb4eOSdfZ6VLArG3c3_1jEd99I3fdbe3flFtuN3nf9DaWjG6OcifS6rlXKXVKjVHvTwRH003JbflNfxzG7zvQM3q4RVj9d79WndOBcxbOA/s72-c/1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-5875707666509923038</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 11:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-23T13:27:15.828+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">travel</category><title>Scenes from the Riviera</title><description>&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcO5CbOK5LQxSI5rdJxPH8SoS5dYJl8eqrJCB5iiLNoxXxu_C018aTaRQbb8n98KgdOGKd6FCsQ5zbuXUGGK_SN4N7cj7zKCP2wO6n82Gycik8hKHvq_CR7_Pi-51tLD_TgVd8DQ/s1600/IMG_1316.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcO5CbOK5LQxSI5rdJxPH8SoS5dYJl8eqrJCB5iiLNoxXxu_C018aTaRQbb8n98KgdOGKd6FCsQ5zbuXUGGK_SN4N7cj7zKCP2wO6n82Gycik8hKHvq_CR7_Pi-51tLD_TgVd8DQ/s640/IMG_1316.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;En route from Paris to Nice via train&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1ipCUdmQX-8KxZ3xpSYXlMwsK9CzgWvIrVfQYjiRHRUIi4clZKYs9M5Gs2fEo5IDSlLqEuqECg8PISC6gqn9rN1XZYMvHrtdKvEPNv6io4TEVgF19c3p_LQJk2izd8DE3CfedQ/s1600/IMG_1325.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1ipCUdmQX-8KxZ3xpSYXlMwsK9CzgWvIrVfQYjiRHRUIi4clZKYs9M5Gs2fEo5IDSlLqEuqECg8PISC6gqn9rN1XZYMvHrtdKvEPNv6io4TEVgF19c3p_LQJk2izd8DE3CfedQ/s640/IMG_1325.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Roses in Valbonne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXymdPVkXfRBeBrqdsUIblpnRXqcmbYto8OvJBT9AMmwISA_ZC6NQnP-LKD2tQrL5MH7ZwsxC2Jjj88II7U_qztOKaKpu1VomydgeKaLUJ-rthlJBoDTrLUBaoTpEfv7VN7ZxHIA/s1600/IMG_1343.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXymdPVkXfRBeBrqdsUIblpnRXqcmbYto8OvJBT9AMmwISA_ZC6NQnP-LKD2tQrL5MH7ZwsxC2Jjj88II7U_qztOKaKpu1VomydgeKaLUJ-rthlJBoDTrLUBaoTpEfv7VN7ZxHIA/s640/IMG_1343.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Speculos &amp;amp; banana, violet &amp;amp; fleur de lait at Fennochio&#39;s in Old Nice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_fQbXf47IjBXJfEirGQoLFGmSIKN65z_Gc_TY-QnyTVC3XHPNaHdiBG1-2ztz0U422PiAf5y3AChBZkI4yP6llHGOmF_iBk6uW6U74BgY_506rMXv8cfF5dtNZ-seqg3Kv5YRQ/s1600/IMG_1363.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_fQbXf47IjBXJfEirGQoLFGmSIKN65z_Gc_TY-QnyTVC3XHPNaHdiBG1-2ztz0U422PiAf5y3AChBZkI4yP6llHGOmF_iBk6uW6U74BgY_506rMXv8cfF5dtNZ-seqg3Kv5YRQ/s640/IMG_1363.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The house of Christopher Columbus in Genova, Italy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtchku705JMmQ13PL4VA5X6B67hNExIZWCceIf8RzOpmD33GpExFbV_J87hbiQ2qJCZnofBRrQAyQrIRRfnqHcDX4eiCUVuSqp4szgbMcKNbdur5wFJ7CdCnM7YesidZO9NyRGA/s1600/oj.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtchku705JMmQ13PL4VA5X6B67hNExIZWCceIf8RzOpmD33GpExFbV_J87hbiQ2qJCZnofBRrQAyQrIRRfnqHcDX4eiCUVuSqp4szgbMcKNbdur5wFJ7CdCnM7YesidZO9NyRGA/s640/oj.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Spremuta at an oceanside cafe in Nervi, Italy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05FYm9oNsYSM_J5cAT7csNoNGJnnHbbMe9a0XsPfZrZ93qunwR12GdeQDm7uTSHXpYnTqwPdfFAF6niJEWpvisAq8mUn4vJ15mhD608kd4tcnE06clctqWCMd6gQk8yRm9sSglw/s1600/IMG_1394.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;626&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05FYm9oNsYSM_J5cAT7csNoNGJnnHbbMe9a0XsPfZrZ93qunwR12GdeQDm7uTSHXpYnTqwPdfFAF6niJEWpvisAq8mUn4vJ15mhD608kd4tcnE06clctqWCMd6gQk8yRm9sSglw/s640/IMG_1394.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;A glimpse of the red carpet at Cannes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vupbuH-ReTgk0GCeez_drCd_CAeFTGB2aOWGTNllgempDCij4esNyMexbeidepJQHLLdg2fdeRoch-H2Rv9w2fNm68hUHTJykw4GH95633icJIJg_XSJbhjYqk7Pk84E9BLpXA/s1600/IMG_1396.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vupbuH-ReTgk0GCeez_drCd_CAeFTGB2aOWGTNllgempDCij4esNyMexbeidepJQHLLdg2fdeRoch-H2Rv9w2fNm68hUHTJykw4GH95633icJIJg_XSJbhjYqk7Pk84E9BLpXA/s640/IMG_1396.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Hotel to the stars at Cannes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KdAK4P-nTmm8AdOr-GQfCU48xH6ny0qQy6A7IWngPEVakRckTQS-7kjhwzWdSK1F8LmSK7kdPEglbThicV-vbu-4T3ycIt2UbBbIspmyl8k5mgwMgG6cyPNshOer1OJXNLxFpA/s1600/IMG_1398.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KdAK4P-nTmm8AdOr-GQfCU48xH6ny0qQy6A7IWngPEVakRckTQS-7kjhwzWdSK1F8LmSK7kdPEglbThicV-vbu-4T3ycIt2UbBbIspmyl8k5mgwMgG6cyPNshOer1OJXNLxFpA/s640/IMG_1398.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Antibes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1spojV1npE-NkBgwJVJPAM8QacAe96HZrWtt_FoNXFhC-NH_-2gyea0Ed9v8QfGnkmQ2WS42Am7ZPP4vmdLoT-kP2nvOMSH6w7IpOHMYzI6jVj0t7kVz0VHxl9wjCJQ9R-zK9A/s1600/IMG_1441.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1spojV1npE-NkBgwJVJPAM8QacAe96HZrWtt_FoNXFhC-NH_-2gyea0Ed9v8QfGnkmQ2WS42Am7ZPP4vmdLoT-kP2nvOMSH6w7IpOHMYzI6jVj0t7kVz0VHxl9wjCJQ9R-zK9A/s640/IMG_1441.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;An early birthday present -- original Tropeziennes from &lt;a href=&quot;http://rondini.fr/indexgb.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Atelier Rondini&lt;/a&gt;, St. Tropez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJkiZ-RUcjmX5YkmpMzFGMo4SSX_APYCEfog_kZyiPXfPZHUQHJ-0D9hM3wrXst9KAz9f_2a_n5sVA0_HuydtN80ikAdJ79PTE8GwFmFfXx2a6xM2fNNbDYaV5dYzkNUHZK9qWg/s1600/IMG_1444.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJkiZ-RUcjmX5YkmpMzFGMo4SSX_APYCEfog_kZyiPXfPZHUQHJ-0D9hM3wrXst9KAz9f_2a_n5sVA0_HuydtN80ikAdJ79PTE8GwFmFfXx2a6xM2fNNbDYaV5dYzkNUHZK9qWg/s640/IMG_1444.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;The docks at St. Tropez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnhtB_q0qwKj6W5T7NKjIcv1jnLCx_I3-EoZqTwJ1lPu-RVjd2oULACS20A3ah92zKOT2jFluX2kiMjpJff007CDn_TtsEhWG1Knmz1oGvy_3TU5oJfc35fzxudQgdLbZxyqHNA/s1600/IMG_1462.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnhtB_q0qwKj6W5T7NKjIcv1jnLCx_I3-EoZqTwJ1lPu-RVjd2oULACS20A3ah92zKOT2jFluX2kiMjpJff007CDn_TtsEhWG1Knmz1oGvy_3TU5oJfc35fzxudQgdLbZxyqHNA/s640/IMG_1462.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Bidding adieu to Nice, with hopes to return again soon!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/05/scenes-from-riviera.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcO5CbOK5LQxSI5rdJxPH8SoS5dYJl8eqrJCB5iiLNoxXxu_C018aTaRQbb8n98KgdOGKd6FCsQ5zbuXUGGK_SN4N7cj7zKCP2wO6n82Gycik8hKHvq_CR7_Pi-51tLD_TgVd8DQ/s72-c/IMG_1316.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-4523961905326645812</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-20T09:57:36.025+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sweetpea</category><title>Introducing Sweet Pea</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/aa35d4fa7d1811e180d51231380fcd7e_7.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/aa35d4fa7d1811e180d51231380fcd7e_7.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I didn&#39;t intend to take a 3-week hiatus from blogging, but I went to Florida to see a man about a &lt;strike&gt;horse&lt;/strike&gt; cat and only returned to France yesterday. Why go all the way across the ocean to adopt a cat? A very good question I asked myself several times in the long process of getting Miss Sweet Pea ready for import (microchipping, rabies shot, paperwork from the vet, special stamps from the USDA&#39;s office, to name but the highlights).&lt;br /&gt;
I&#39;m still not sure how I got swept up into this situation, but the story is this: my parents found the kitty in their front yard one day and after weeks of feeding her, decided they would take her to the local shelter. But after a word of warning from a neighbor that the shelter&#39;s supposed no-kill policy isn&#39;t enforced 100% of the time, they had a change of heart and took her to the vet&#39;s to be spayed instead. Only after the anesthesia had taken affect did the vet realize she&#39;d already been spayed. So my parents brought her back to recover and once inside the house, Sweet Pea made herself at home. Why didn&#39;t my parents just adopt the cat themselves?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws.com/d2caad5a828b11e1a9f71231382044a1_7.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;http://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws.com/d2caad5a828b11e1a9f71231382044a1_7.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Kitty is why. Kitty hates cats. Kitty hates cats so much that she up and left her home of nine years when the owner got another one (which is how my parents ended up with her). Kitty took one look at Sweet Pea and declared, in no uncertain terms, that violent bloodshed would be the only result of cohabitation. &amp;nbsp;My parents devised a method of keeping the two cats apart by letting one in while the other was enclosed in a bedroom and then letting the other loose in the house while the former was out on the porch room -- this went on for several weeks while they looked in vain for someone who could adopt Sweet Pea. My mother would sigh and say if only I lived closer, she&#39;d be the perfect cat for me. And I&#39;d sigh and agree and that would be that. But it wasn&#39;t until I mentioned to Benjamin that Sweet Pea was a Russian Blue and supposedly good for people with allergies (such as Benjamin) that he suggested I actually go ahead and get her. I booked my plane ticket almost immediately after.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://distilleryimage7.s3.amazonaws.com/78de49d4778f11e180d51231380fcd7e_7.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;http://distilleryimage7.s3.amazonaws.com/78de49d4778f11e180d51231380fcd7e_7.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I&#39;ll confess, when I met my future pet in the flesh, it wasn&#39;t love at first sight for either of us. She&#39;d try to bite me if I pet her, she was aloof unless I was offering butter (her favorite treat), and after growing up with a big fluffy Persian, it took me a while to appreciate her sleek, seal-like coat. Of course, now I think she&#39;s the prettiest little princess fur-baby *insert incoherent baby-talk babbling here* and she&#39;s warmed up to me enough that I&#39;ve gained status as her favorite cushion.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://distilleryimage8.instagram.com/01e4d75088ae11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;http://distilleryimage8.instagram.com/01e4d75088ae11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It remains to be seen if she&#39;ll be happy here in her new home. We&#39;re both recovering from jet lag and adjusting to the different space and I&#39;m pretty sure neither of us was ready to give up the balmy Floridian sunshine for chilly Parisian drizzle, but we are making the best of it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://distilleryimage4.instagram.com/0504b5f48a3411e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;http://distilleryimage4.instagram.com/0504b5f48a3411e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&amp;nbsp;Here&#39;s to beginnings and hopefully beautiful friendships.</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/04/introducing-sweet-pea.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-3808905244962448415</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-21T17:40:04.014+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">list</category><title>The Un-Love List</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRICLtnNs5MiSmtDGhOnDfd2Bex7D7qA9cpB9Z8lGTPjszu-LdYQLEIWAHKowRzb4uCZOWP-_kqJGRMfX7w3BycdAONgFS1Jh1x8RzoMxsVqDCffQnTaV2KqWxOzoPZTUn1k-XmQ/s1600/IMG_0441.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRICLtnNs5MiSmtDGhOnDfd2Bex7D7qA9cpB9Z8lGTPjszu-LdYQLEIWAHKowRzb4uCZOWP-_kqJGRMfX7w3BycdAONgFS1Jh1x8RzoMxsVqDCffQnTaV2KqWxOzoPZTUn1k-XmQ/s1600/IMG_0441.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Though I will post a list of things I&#39;m loving on Friday, as per usual, today I thought I&#39;d do something a little different.&lt;br /&gt;
I&#39;m currently in the midst of the lovely &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.susannahconway.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Susannah&lt;/a&gt;&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.susannahconway.com/e-courses/blogging-guidebook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Blogging From the Heart&lt;/a&gt; e-course, and she is gently prodding us to open up, be more honest, and take a few risks. I&#39;ve been thinking about what I reveal about myself in this space, and the answer seems to be: very little. My goal is to create a positive, pretty environment, but in trying to do so, I seem to only skim the surface of my life, leaving unsaid all the things that aren&#39;t easy to wrap up and present with a ribbon on top. If I didn&#39;t know me and read this blog, all I would come away with is a rather vague impression of girl who lives in Paris, takes photos, eats a lot of pretty food, and likes sparkly pink things.&lt;br /&gt;
So in an attempt to show a little more of the whole picture, I&#39;m starting with a list (because I love lists) of the not-so-pretty aspects of myself I would normally try to hide. Here goes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;10 Things I&#39;d Rather You Not Know About Me&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I don&#39;t find babies cute. Kittens, lambs, chicks, baby animals of all kinds: heck yes, but mini-humans: not so much.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Speaking of kittens -- I have a deep distrust of people who say they don&#39;t like cats. No matter how lovely a person you turn out to be, if you dislike cats I fear that we differ too much on a very fundamental level for us to ever truly &#39;get&#39; each other.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I&#39;m not religious. I &lt;i&gt;am&lt;/i&gt; spiritual, in a woo-woo, airy-fairy kind of way.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I feel like a foreigner no matter which country I&#39;m in. Even (especially?) the US (where I was born).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I wasted four years of my life recovering from a breakup with someone I&#39;m now &lt;i&gt;immensely&lt;/i&gt; grateful I didn&#39;t marry.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I got so good at&amp;nbsp;suppressing pain that I&#39;m now worried I&#39;ve lost the ability to properly &lt;i&gt;feel&lt;/i&gt; anything.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;My default emotional setting seems to be... apathy.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I worry a lot. I worry I won&#39;t be able to write my book. I worry about the constant, nagging pain in my abdomen. I worry about not learning French fast enough. I worry I will never fit in or make friends here. I worry I&#39;m disappointing everyone. I worry I will never feel as strong and healthy again as I did as a teenager. I worry something will happen to my boyfriend. I worry it&#39;s already too late to live up to any potential I may once have had. I worry about more big earthquakes happening in Japan. I worry about pigeons getting run over in the street. I worry.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I find politics deeply irritating, but for the record, I&#39;m a registered Democrat.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;When I was six I wrote/drew a story about a princess named Princess who had horns on her head and was mean to everyone she met. I very much identified with Princess.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I&#39;m a strong advocate of self-love/acceptance, but cringe every time I look in the mirror.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
Phew. Well that was hard, but better out than in. If you&#39;re still here, thanks for listening.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
xoxo,&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
L&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/03/un-love-list.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRICLtnNs5MiSmtDGhOnDfd2Bex7D7qA9cpB9Z8lGTPjszu-LdYQLEIWAHKowRzb4uCZOWP-_kqJGRMfX7w3BycdAONgFS1Jh1x8RzoMxsVqDCffQnTaV2KqWxOzoPZTUn1k-XmQ/s72-c/IMG_0441.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>12</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-6150908354237748220</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-14T13:48:25.744+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">color</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Paris</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>White Wednesday</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltHimVY-X-Mz1Tr5O9wBvBl32_FOh_GZKda8gXlKBQAeNG02J7GNJrkETFbbm5RxchgTGqvtF-iMagXJcqwG3bCJMm19lW9R9y7E_q4-5qVVUSBLy39oXu8R7-UtXWzdusk_fCg/s1600/IMG_9053.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltHimVY-X-Mz1Tr5O9wBvBl32_FOh_GZKda8gXlKBQAeNG02J7GNJrkETFbbm5RxchgTGqvtF-iMagXJcqwG3bCJMm19lW9R9y7E_q4-5qVVUSBLy39oXu8R7-UtXWzdusk_fCg/s1600/IMG_9053.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_ofeYjHaI34s5FhEhDyNvWFvSAuOKebL-niLQVHBLdiNXYU1-6CXdpCUsXMW8U4rehF2Sy8DVOIsdTueF5FcjYEjjuKViXoqDsPyGiI2Q7MvjydDt-HaVNuvvaSvj3vpbTIWvQ/s1600/IMG_8286.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_ofeYjHaI34s5FhEhDyNvWFvSAuOKebL-niLQVHBLdiNXYU1-6CXdpCUsXMW8U4rehF2Sy8DVOIsdTueF5FcjYEjjuKViXoqDsPyGiI2Q7MvjydDt-HaVNuvvaSvj3vpbTIWvQ/s1600/IMG_8286.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdd5UkA_0GZ-C_0HmEub4aY4Jq4wvcr_gojfL_dfo91N0RrlnWjq6HGyP3UQXqtaD5qh2cLUBo_s9k-_cNsfiCLTwfDj0NoNPpAES8XP_XI6lryXjY3eLcAFWVAfEIqSRoLZqow/s1600/IMG_8673.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdd5UkA_0GZ-C_0HmEub4aY4Jq4wvcr_gojfL_dfo91N0RrlnWjq6HGyP3UQXqtaD5qh2cLUBo_s9k-_cNsfiCLTwfDj0NoNPpAES8XP_XI6lryXjY3eLcAFWVAfEIqSRoLZqow/s1600/IMG_8673.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/03/white-wednesday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltHimVY-X-Mz1Tr5O9wBvBl32_FOh_GZKda8gXlKBQAeNG02J7GNJrkETFbbm5RxchgTGqvtF-iMagXJcqwG3bCJMm19lW9R9y7E_q4-5qVVUSBLy39oXu8R7-UtXWzdusk_fCg/s72-c/IMG_9053.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-3482497737268091867</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-06T15:05:59.494+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Paris</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>Saturday Night Fièvre</title><description>Over the weekend I attended my second housewarming/costume party since coming to Paris (apparently this is a thing here). The hosts requested that we dress in &quot;dance&quot; wear -- anything from flamenco to hiphop. So at my insistence, Ben and I went in classical ballet gear (I am always looking for an excuse to wear thigh-high leg warmers).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnCmRZIyr_hYqKEl3urSuATEdC8BdrkVZwPYDhG25-dvHh4vVhr1gRdoSOoByQFwfIfkJXNJb338YJOxWvGQuo65T8Agd-q6dOPhbywN96tLN32RDXzY-ruu5sJMs-f7Au5IADA/s1600/IMG_0472.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnCmRZIyr_hYqKEl3urSuATEdC8BdrkVZwPYDhG25-dvHh4vVhr1gRdoSOoByQFwfIfkJXNJb338YJOxWvGQuo65T8Agd-q6dOPhbywN96tLN32RDXzY-ruu5sJMs-f7Au5IADA/s1600/IMG_0472.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I may have felt a teensy bit nekkid at first walking around in just a leotard, but when Monsieur Madonna showed up I was no longer the only one.
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjae41d5ErN2snbKKULS6bR15JBvzUO5ngejoj07WP5L2-cpWbF7WYXadkfXYAocuQQDEwF8OpeMftbCDmZS0kLRTw1G1uhTEUKZK1Cb40wvoGX7Vl_Te_AMppF3HnrGhnyEHUZ-A/s1600/IMG_0487.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjae41d5ErN2snbKKULS6bR15JBvzUO5ngejoj07WP5L2-cpWbF7WYXadkfXYAocuQQDEwF8OpeMftbCDmZS0kLRTw1G1uhTEUKZK1Cb40wvoGX7Vl_Te_AMppF3HnrGhnyEHUZ-A/s1600/IMG_0487.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wait, let me show you the full-length version...
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiLoLNTioNGJUniQx6iIXEN-_vdVxoRefdPVTKxynX7ZiQCtkSGL7m_e1ZtV4YBsKPZSwrQmiHG6Cfr2CECbXXXjqL61DQ7_JV7lQOk-7JBtCkT7qifxoVqd5_cmBGbuFcsiPOg/s1600/IMG_0491.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiLoLNTioNGJUniQx6iIXEN-_vdVxoRefdPVTKxynX7ZiQCtkSGL7m_e1ZtV4YBsKPZSwrQmiHG6Cfr2CECbXXXjqL61DQ7_JV7lQOk-7JBtCkT7qifxoVqd5_cmBGbuFcsiPOg/s1600/IMG_0491.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
(The man has great gams.)
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In addition, there were hippie chicks,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRTJ4Ijt2c8i2S1eCsXiRy46LCsLqjXcJ2Z7N2LH3StTWYNlYVS7wiBtkzCGOT_jIXTWpzwahhqSs1CIYvIo_3zoEIFN9BeNXK5E34PNW1WwUh54QqV2wuZNqwOk6ggtkgtaG8Q/s1600/IMG_0485.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRTJ4Ijt2c8i2S1eCsXiRy46LCsLqjXcJ2Z7N2LH3StTWYNlYVS7wiBtkzCGOT_jIXTWpzwahhqSs1CIYvIo_3zoEIFN9BeNXK5E34PNW1WwUh54QqV2wuZNqwOk6ggtkgtaG8Q/s1600/IMG_0485.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
cowgirls and disco/80&#39;s hybrids,
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrsukYYbPwmKbLwQAADim8MLvxTqIQHxIkeTmSPx9DwKIubeDqPXGRGt11SzUBBH0bAyS0ybXfXITMv36MceFESDhX0yOUMn2SFuniMYsCAJ4NMUR-QWbCO91XMk-XEvUCTEwAQ/s1600/IMG_0481.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrsukYYbPwmKbLwQAADim8MLvxTqIQHxIkeTmSPx9DwKIubeDqPXGRGt11SzUBBH0bAyS0ybXfXITMv36MceFESDhX0yOUMn2SFuniMYsCAJ4NMUR-QWbCO91XMk-XEvUCTEwAQ/s1600/IMG_0481.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
a flapper, a goth, a member of ABBA,
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKUmPIpWNC1Iu_F7vwGIhIQ7rYCct6c0lP3WDDor1i0mBECW8f7TkhOOdsHDOQLLI8xNbFmzymj7eSZSQfqRlTSCzXRXJke-HC-sCp9Bkw4mk2N7GwSPI-56LCd9MxK5Bandqkg/s1600/IMG_0477.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKUmPIpWNC1Iu_F7vwGIhIQ7rYCct6c0lP3WDDor1i0mBECW8f7TkhOOdsHDOQLLI8xNbFmzymj7eSZSQfqRlTSCzXRXJke-HC-sCp9Bkw4mk2N7GwSPI-56LCd9MxK5Bandqkg/s1600/IMG_0477.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
and, um, not exactly sure what this was, except that she looked AWESOME.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2eHHzd7ibJ5Y0H0TnfD18vbzsBUe29wstfzOvowB9qoUiq78mryCaIv84Cwxjl_ROJw1X8mCLYsrfjlFfpZP9u3UvjjbpAVHFskhH1wrm1zy5wlLT4WiXyDCsEY_p7yPwOnD3Q/s1600/IMG_0521.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2eHHzd7ibJ5Y0H0TnfD18vbzsBUe29wstfzOvowB9qoUiq78mryCaIv84Cwxjl_ROJw1X8mCLYsrfjlFfpZP9u3UvjjbpAVHFskhH1wrm1zy5wlLT4WiXyDCsEY_p7yPwOnD3Q/s1600/IMG_0521.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There was an endless stream of champagne, of which I partook... copiously.
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzo0pyuJ9K0nswIfO1CNCjmf9IN1eD4BJCaZtECQSTaZappVUsD-UTJ-b_PVArzFaEspglD4a0ckkVARN2nahhm3rf_1zMfDun9NlGfHdMNs_kIDxoR0YyTB4yICWJY-XLVJdoBw/s1600/IMG_0522.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzo0pyuJ9K0nswIfO1CNCjmf9IN1eD4BJCaZtECQSTaZappVUsD-UTJ-b_PVArzFaEspglD4a0ckkVARN2nahhm3rf_1zMfDun9NlGfHdMNs_kIDxoR0YyTB4yICWJY-XLVJdoBw/s1600/IMG_0522.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And music and dancing until well into the early morning hours.
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3J8qD8gbuQK7XrVrk1O4FmVsFBUcvwQUV9Odl3W1rUKmZgLyYds6cz55WTko3XdSyDAEd0p0hJMo0JO9WRukm2YPXIqm2g6q0Vft5UNnvD022BLyMp0qptnKpG4WrYr7grD-u8w/s1600/IMG_0517.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3J8qD8gbuQK7XrVrk1O4FmVsFBUcvwQUV9Odl3W1rUKmZgLyYds6cz55WTko3XdSyDAEd0p0hJMo0JO9WRukm2YPXIqm2g6q0Vft5UNnvD022BLyMp0qptnKpG4WrYr7grD-u8w/s1600/IMG_0517.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And if you&#39;ve ever wondered how Parisian ladies get down, well, it&#39;s pretty much exactly like the rest of us do...
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;640&#39; height=&#39;532&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxIgHI4W54jsSW_2qQQ4uTTOwv6oLNCAMPw3V3-wuwgviytaRj3wV2RJ-MJWdrvF85nlfhz8-y-z-M&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/03/saturday-night-fievre.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnCmRZIyr_hYqKEl3urSuATEdC8BdrkVZwPYDhG25-dvHh4vVhr1gRdoSOoByQFwfIfkJXNJb338YJOxWvGQuo65T8Agd-q6dOPhbywN96tLN32RDXzY-ruu5sJMs-f7Au5IADA/s72-c/IMG_0472.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-5845989486068101016</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-29T11:37:23.635+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">music</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">musical interlude tuesday</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">musique mardi</category><title>Musique Mardi: Irma &amp; Gad</title><description>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/embed/lx1ZKWQPAAQ&quot; width=&quot;640&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;
Revisiting my old &lt;a href=&quot;http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/search/label/musical%20interlude%20tuesday&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Musique Mardi&lt;/a&gt; series to share this sweet little jam session of Parisian musician Irma with my favorite French comedian Gad Elmaleh (seriously, I love Gad) doing a rendition of Isn&#39;t She Lovely. *happy sigh*</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/02/musique-mardi-irma-gad.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/lx1ZKWQPAAQ/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-5924495242105643986</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-23T11:58:21.930+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">friday love list</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>love list friday: 2.24.12</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://distilleryimage11.instagram.com/67fe68ce5caa11e1abb01231381b65e3_7.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://distilleryimage11.instagram.com/67fe68ce5caa11e1abb01231381b65e3_7.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
The first love list of the year, after an unintentional hiatus. Posting it a day early to make up for the long neglect. So here goes -- this week I&#39;m feeling grateful for:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;French lessons with Paris as our classroom. I had my first session with my new tutor this week, and since it was sunny and only mildly freezing, we opted for sitting on a bench in Luxembourg Gardens and then&amp;nbsp;strolling around the Latin Quarter while he pointed out interesting old buildings. If only high school French classes had been like this, I&#39;m sure I&#39;d have been fluent by now.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/carcassonne/id375295479?mt=8&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carcassone app&lt;/a&gt; for my iphone -- a Valentine&#39;s gift from Benjamin. Perhaps it doesn&#39;t sound like a very romantic present, but you don&#39;t know my love/obsession for this game.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://distilleryimage11.s3.amazonaws.com/6182e0105af711e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://distilleryimage11.s3.amazonaws.com/6182e0105af711e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sunshine! For an all-too-brief span of three days there were blue skies and milder temperatures in Paris this week. Having spent the past several years in Florida and California, I&#39;d forgotten how gray winter can seep into your skin and slowly drain your energy and happiness (am tasting firsthand the effects of S.A.D. this year), so the sunlight was amazingly therapeutic.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://distilleryimage9.instagram.com/7b2a6bfc5d3911e1b9f1123138140926_7.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://distilleryimage9.instagram.com/7b2a6bfc5d3911e1b9f1123138140926_7.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Green smoothies. Have you jumped on this bandwagon yet? With the aforementioned winter blues and a general feeling of non-optimum-health-ness pervading my days, I&#39;ve been making the effort to get back into juicing fruits and veggies. I have noticed a subtle increase in energy, and possibly more clarity of mind since I started drinking them again. My current favorite concoction is a recipe given to me by friend and longtime juicer &lt;a href=&quot;http://texturism.tumblr.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;maura&lt;/a&gt;: orange, celery, inch of ginger, and kale (I substitute red leaf lettuce), to which I sometimes add a bit of avocado and almond milk.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Having my photos professionally printed, framed, and hung on our walls. I love posting my photos here and elsewhere online, but there is something about making the images tangible and seeing them outside of the screen of my computer that makes me feel like I truly&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;created&lt;/i&gt; something.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://distilleryimage11.instagram.com/d2154e325e0b11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://distilleryimage11.instagram.com/d2154e325e0b11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
Bon weekend a tous!&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;xoxo,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Lilie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/02/love-list-friday-22412.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-3349369922099682326</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-07T15:33:14.952+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><title>How I Want it to Feel</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IlUmqWgdl2ethb9FpRPg4VElidMMnxWtXc0R1vnJqzR71hkD9qk0U1VaEmrl5kZNdSp_1oa1Pk2-3VMP8udGm1OSWoCJiFK0n2gUcDSbTckN402YF7dzvF36wH8lj3RrW8PWNg/s1600/IMG_0371.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IlUmqWgdl2ethb9FpRPg4VElidMMnxWtXc0R1vnJqzR71hkD9qk0U1VaEmrl5kZNdSp_1oa1Pk2-3VMP8udGm1OSWoCJiFK0n2gUcDSbTckN402YF7dzvF36wH8lj3RrW8PWNg/s640/IMG_0371.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;day&lt;/b&gt; to feel like a birthday party at Disneyland with no lines to wait in.&lt;br /&gt;
I want &lt;b&gt;kissing&lt;/b&gt; to feel like hot mulled wine on a winter&#39;s night.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;next success&lt;/b&gt; to feel like getting an A+ from my most demanding professor.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;body&lt;/b&gt; to feel like a prima ballerina at the height of her career.&lt;br /&gt;
I want &lt;b&gt;smiling&lt;/b&gt; to feel like the first day of spring.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;friendships&lt;/b&gt; to feel like cashmere sweaters and home-baked muffins and disco balls and whispered midnight confessions.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;nervous system&lt;/b&gt; to feel like a direct conduit to the universe.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;neighborhood&lt;/b&gt; to feel like what people dream of when they dream of Paris.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;integrity&lt;/b&gt; to feel like Yosemite.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;money-making&lt;/b&gt; to feel like a well-tended organic garden brimming over with succulent, nourishing veggies.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;word&lt;/b&gt; to feel like a sailor&#39;s knot.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;laughter&lt;/b&gt; to feel like popping a bottle of pink champagne.&lt;br /&gt;
I want &lt;b&gt;the end of the day&lt;/b&gt; to feel like a cat basking in a patch of sunlight.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;philanthropy&lt;/b&gt; to feel like planting seeds in rich soil.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;challenges&lt;/b&gt; to feel like a beautiful, complex 1000-piece puzzle.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;love&lt;/b&gt; to feel like a murmuration of starlings.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;writing&lt;/b&gt; to feel like Jane Austen and J.K. Rowling got together for a game of laser tag.&lt;br /&gt;
I want my &lt;b&gt;ideas&lt;/b&gt; to feel like giant unfurling peonies.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Writing prompt from Danielle LaPorte&#39;s&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.daniellelaporte.com/burning-questions-series/how-do-you-want-it-to-feel-sensuous-goal-refinement-emotional-magnetizing/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Burning Questions&lt;/a&gt; series.</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-i-want-it-to-feel.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IlUmqWgdl2ethb9FpRPg4VElidMMnxWtXc0R1vnJqzR71hkD9qk0U1VaEmrl5kZNdSp_1oa1Pk2-3VMP8udGm1OSWoCJiFK0n2gUcDSbTckN402YF7dzvF36wH8lj3RrW8PWNg/s72-c/IMG_0371.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-943743533243535030</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-31T13:44:13.327+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>January Photo-a-Day Part 2</title><description>We&#39;ve come to the end of January and it&#39;s time to share the second half of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fatmumslim.com.au/2012/01/january-photo-day-challenge.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;instagram photo challenge&lt;/a&gt;. It&#39;s official -- I am an instagram addict and I need an intervention.&lt;br /&gt;
Speaking of addictions, one of the photo prompts was &quot;guilty pleasure&quot; and I have to confess mine is probably dairy. I don&#39;t drink milk, but every other dairy product is my weakness. I am convinced all those &quot;healthy living&quot; advisors who encourage people to give up dairy just don&#39;t have access to the good stuff like we do in France. Cheese is an artform here. And if eating heaping spoonfuls of unpasteurized double cream with strawberries is wreaking havoc on my health, I&#39;m too enraptured to notice.&lt;br /&gt;
Do you have any addictions or guilty pleasures?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTJkg4_ZKhlsKCTpNMYHA-MpgNDvHOWla1-8XWwJST1PfaDxE0SgKWKEZiydFoaE7m8xRG_05ZbPGYbyvkxkfZD5Gy_8xqDWCEcTq5rUq79ZtGqyiM5-bF3fXuMP5QG_ZpUOfRA/s1600/1.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;408&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTJkg4_ZKhlsKCTpNMYHA-MpgNDvHOWla1-8XWwJST1PfaDxE0SgKWKEZiydFoaE7m8xRG_05ZbPGYbyvkxkfZD5Gy_8xqDWCEcTq5rUq79ZtGqyiM5-bF3fXuMP5QG_ZpUOfRA/s640/1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;b&gt;a. Light:&lt;/b&gt; repurposed xmas lights&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;b. Lunch:&lt;/b&gt; post-Sunday-market haul of breads, cheeses, eggs, + bacon&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMzXs843OfVfVa256YMDOAUfVHymDAmzqUoKWvGGZsFYgHPm5QTguswYh1gz1TGKsQqJs1u5LZIlcV4o4-Sz0XqPK0XLY8iPbY_QbCwbhE_1q65Z4WcrnKOjFPqO07AXSHfI0kw/s1600/2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;408&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMzXs843OfVfVa256YMDOAUfVHymDAmzqUoKWvGGZsFYgHPm5QTguswYh1gz1TGKsQqJs1u5LZIlcV4o4-Sz0XqPK0XLY8iPbY_QbCwbhE_1q65Z4WcrnKOjFPqO07AXSHfI0kw/s640/2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;c.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Where You Sleep:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;new cloud-like white sheets from BHV&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;d.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Morning:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;the view from the bedroom&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcT0oYO-VxFc_sY4ciPWkRqfjt8KOQVnNtIYcHE3b7gqN8qSE1hkzNcyk7SybqE-UESxT60wmDQfTocF9K08YOcx-6xvMTuIbZBGfyCOfFjtoCELuzkdtzDZtsDu98bbQk5JHHg/s1600/3.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;408&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcT0oYO-VxFc_sY4ciPWkRqfjt8KOQVnNtIYcHE3b7gqN8qSE1hkzNcyk7SybqE-UESxT60wmDQfTocF9K08YOcx-6xvMTuIbZBGfyCOfFjtoCELuzkdtzDZtsDu98bbQk5JHHg/s640/3.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;e.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Something You Bought:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;books!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;f.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sweet:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;tarte au pomme + cinnamon ice cream&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMpXzjV-DXQP6vh8hffMmFuv-S-k2nHPybld5TvTJCgdHJtnpyf7YS163nzA4-NeM8S7sLklJy2ogDD5fFYBsZ64ASF3_nkaZkv74UBgsWXn-Jel6pmniAinvN4lFqKT5KKLEGg/s1600/4.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;408&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMpXzjV-DXQP6vh8hffMmFuv-S-k2nHPybld5TvTJCgdHJtnpyf7YS163nzA4-NeM8S7sLklJy2ogDD5fFYBsZ64ASF3_nkaZkv74UBgsWXn-Jel6pmniAinvN4lFqKT5KKLEGg/s640/4.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;g. Something You Made:&lt;/b&gt; my Paris photograph, looking all fancy in it&#39;s new matte + frame&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;h. Guilty Pleasure:&lt;/b&gt; all things dairy, including cheese, fromage blanc, creme fraiche, + petit suisse&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-photo-day-part-2.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTJkg4_ZKhlsKCTpNMYHA-MpgNDvHOWla1-8XWwJST1PfaDxE0SgKWKEZiydFoaE7m8xRG_05ZbPGYbyvkxkfZD5Gy_8xqDWCEcTq5rUq79ZtGqyiM5-bF3fXuMP5QG_ZpUOfRA/s72-c/1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-2533988899674241094</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-20T22:02:47.764+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">etsy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>Grand Opening: Paris Photography</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdkcnpvopsiSAzw9-M8QRYwFIEXCUEyohWWX16wNl6qveXDqyCxhSDsRgqlre3_OVudMEXya3H_A2HC9NOr3jTiFVa3EikJ7Mf4xCONEaJHoQDcpOQFX27D0d5Ec5HNrvqLNBNw/s1600/ad.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdkcnpvopsiSAzw9-M8QRYwFIEXCUEyohWWX16wNl6qveXDqyCxhSDsRgqlre3_OVudMEXya3H_A2HC9NOr3jTiFVa3EikJ7Mf4xCONEaJHoQDcpOQFX27D0d5Ec5HNrvqLNBNw/s1600/ad.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
As hinted at last week, a little project has been in the works for a while, and as of today it&#39;s finally up and running! I&#39;ve had a lot of encouragement from friends and readers about my photos over the years, and decided that this year I would start offering a small, limited number of prints for sale.&lt;br /&gt;
I&#39;ve kept the same online location and name En Route from my former jewelry line -- it seems even more applicable to my photography, which is often done while I&#39;m literally en route to different locales in the city.&lt;br /&gt;
If you&#39;d like to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/shop/enroute&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;visit the shoppe&lt;/a&gt; and have a look around, I&#39;d love to hear any feedback you have -- I think my regular readers here are more familiar with my pictures than anyone else, so your opinions mean a lot to me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bon weekend everyone!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
xoxo,&lt;br /&gt;
Lilie&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/01/grand-opening-paris-photography.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdkcnpvopsiSAzw9-M8QRYwFIEXCUEyohWWX16wNl6qveXDqyCxhSDsRgqlre3_OVudMEXya3H_A2HC9NOr3jTiFVa3EikJ7Mf4xCONEaJHoQDcpOQFX27D0d5Ec5HNrvqLNBNw/s72-c/ad.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-6380345974799303269</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-13T16:33:31.585+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>January Photo-a-Day Part 1</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
Somehow we are already two weeks into the new year and I&#39;m just now composing my first post of 2012. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;ve been a busy bee trying to organize myself -- every year I try to use January as a launching pad to embark on new projects with a fresh perspective, so this means making lists and journaling and hashing out my goals for the months ahead.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
One of the things I&#39;ve done for the past three years is choose one word to describe what I want out of the year; something that will inform my choices and keep me focused. Last year&#39;s word was LOVE, and if I say so myself, that turned out rather well for me! I&#39;m keeping it close to my heart for now, but I&#39;ll be sure to let you know next January how well this year&#39;s word worked out.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
What I can tell you is I&#39;ll be undertaking two large projects, one of which is revising the heck out of my gangly first-draft novel. The second is something I shall be revealing shortly -- hopefully next week? I&#39;m pretty excited about it, and super eager to share it with you.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
But for this week I have a little something else I&#39;ve been playing around with to show you: my first half of the instagram-based &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fatmumslim.com.au/2012/01/january-photo-day-challenge.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Photo-a-Day challenge&lt;/a&gt;. Since Santa (a.k.a. Benjamin) brought me an iphone for xmas, I&#39;ve been snapping photos with it like it&#39;s going out of fashion. I think the very first app I downloaded was for &lt;a href=&quot;http://instagr.am/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;, and I&#39;ve been hooked ever since.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
I&#39;ve been doing the daily prompts out of order and have skipped a few, but here is what I have so far:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JGxKCbpO0JQm1IB4QGvIS5q0SpuC6yefRAir9SyztV07jjleVpJnzZ7QCUvpn2ijVkcMMQlRRVuD-TjSX25h-E1jG46OQ1iw6D7nipH_e7zSCDEWCDMx2KaJONMiB0y9OS86WQ/s1600/instagram1.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;408&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JGxKCbpO0JQm1IB4QGvIS5q0SpuC6yefRAir9SyztV07jjleVpJnzZ7QCUvpn2ijVkcMMQlRRVuD-TjSX25h-E1jG46OQ1iw6D7nipH_e7zSCDEWCDMx2KaJONMiB0y9OS86WQ/s640/instagram1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;a. Breakfast&lt;/b&gt;: fluffy yogurt + banana + maple syrup + cayenne&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;b. Something You Wore&lt;/b&gt;: my aqua polka-dot apron + sequined Moroccan slippers&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;c.&amp;nbsp;Daily Routine&lt;/b&gt;: cooking dinner for two&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHpwFM-QLmjBAClSjzSGTmzmwILAXcnhZjQpz1l2xsOlTyaENXkEkRJLgoPHPerLipbES2joNAaoc06qCFtEnYmXN-wWm4LUPp1652cZsUH8NpmLphBbzfszLXe7Xqh0_6lYNsQ/s1600/instagram2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;408&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHpwFM-QLmjBAClSjzSGTmzmwILAXcnhZjQpz1l2xsOlTyaENXkEkRJLgoPHPerLipbES2joNAaoc06qCFtEnYmXN-wWm4LUPp1652cZsUH8NpmLphBbzfszLXe7Xqh0_6lYNsQ/s640/instagram2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;d. Makes You Smile&lt;/b&gt;: neon pink&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;e.&amp;nbsp;Something You&#39;re Reading&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Parisian-Chic-Style-Guide-Fressange/dp/2080200739&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Parisian Chic&lt;/a&gt; by Ines de la Fressange&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;f.&amp;nbsp;Close-up&lt;/b&gt;: my loyal coffee mug&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZpuYjdWYBJCkXBBwuqX16Ylq1EIOsK29sYoDaP7sB0Geozp8ixoOnJSlGTERvwGDVhUmg3-VQLtAz5dDMrz-FkcYf5_mXLtJSKNckChGvqbriVMpvX-xv0b3Rn0hUHFM6-H82TA/s1600/i3.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZpuYjdWYBJCkXBBwuqX16Ylq1EIOsK29sYoDaP7sB0Geozp8ixoOnJSlGTERvwGDVhUmg3-VQLtAz5dDMrz-FkcYf5_mXLtJSKNckChGvqbriVMpvX-xv0b3Rn0hUHFM6-H82TA/s640/i3.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;g. Something You Adore&lt;/b&gt;: travel! (and travel photos) This is from our afternoon in Monte Carlo.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;h. Favorite&lt;/b&gt;: the ocean (technically the Mediterranean is a sea, but close enough)&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;b&gt;i. In Your Bag&lt;/b&gt;: Japanese coin purse, Ultra-man keychain (keeping my keys together since 1997!), Korres lip butter, fluorescent pink pen, handmade notebook, and iphone&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
Are any of you on instagram? And what are your goals for this new and shiny year, if any?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
More soon!&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
xoxo&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
Lilie&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-photo-day-part-1.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JGxKCbpO0JQm1IB4QGvIS5q0SpuC6yefRAir9SyztV07jjleVpJnzZ7QCUvpn2ijVkcMMQlRRVuD-TjSX25h-E1jG46OQ1iw6D7nipH_e7zSCDEWCDMx2KaJONMiB0y9OS86WQ/s72-c/instagram1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-3556074809103045734</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-04T01:14:24.310+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>Two Thousand and Heaven</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-O3uWVGgiNVvQHUW6f7KdxZ3BsFsX0UE3VaLz5pW0OACUnZ7Bf0fWkvUSXfnBYo8T_ImUQL3yTx8N8u7_1gCdceUR8_PMWIJesVxcHNGCh3nZvVPfcl0HvDrlxwbSR2Vx8dByw/s1600/jfm.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-O3uWVGgiNVvQHUW6f7KdxZ3BsFsX0UE3VaLz5pW0OACUnZ7Bf0fWkvUSXfnBYo8T_ImUQL3yTx8N8u7_1gCdceUR8_PMWIJesVxcHNGCh3nZvVPfcl0HvDrlxwbSR2Vx8dByw/s1600/jfm.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisybp-1tn6rrfUDZiS6X7v3I71cqSDZkB-l55Sy9IPVzXkIkQMs9ZVzN-hLCKuLGFghwRzffASq5aTHJXiYqzmP5bhfoLv5nvMEhqjVvFIvoIzM6NlH2vCFQmax-kIKdGq0kgoDA/s1600/amj.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisybp-1tn6rrfUDZiS6X7v3I71cqSDZkB-l55Sy9IPVzXkIkQMs9ZVzN-hLCKuLGFghwRzffASq5aTHJXiYqzmP5bhfoLv5nvMEhqjVvFIvoIzM6NlH2vCFQmax-kIKdGq0kgoDA/s1600/amj.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSFDd9hYetm1H4YEuEqL4YTrN9_o1N20MCF1M4vasWGpdFZa9DCyCTdxIJARa2msRdBz0Knb1fq5UXwyUqXnC41R5GB_F9DEyz1qEFJyLQG-efZfIaOmx6gMoNJ_uRKTUTLu7xw/s1600/jas.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSFDd9hYetm1H4YEuEqL4YTrN9_o1N20MCF1M4vasWGpdFZa9DCyCTdxIJARa2msRdBz0Knb1fq5UXwyUqXnC41R5GB_F9DEyz1qEFJyLQG-efZfIaOmx6gMoNJ_uRKTUTLu7xw/s1600/jas.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNweMFtb38g8qQCHWVhAZjAoAIgh7z7cWNw12xy0yaoYbLNF3zq52YkFaoXLvPWp_XBgqaglPkSBsMWiYbVrJ_PcvzrR21bAX2qI2g5FrwcLcU9HPInZWe0qeySvt6IkIG98rMQ/s1600/ond.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNweMFtb38g8qQCHWVhAZjAoAIgh7z7cWNw12xy0yaoYbLNF3zq52YkFaoXLvPWp_XBgqaglPkSBsMWiYbVrJ_PcvzrR21bAX2qI2g5FrwcLcU9HPInZWe0qeySvt6IkIG98rMQ/s1600/ond.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2011: The year began in sunny southern California, and is now ending under the azure skies of Nice, France.&lt;br /&gt;
In between there was visiting, and then moving to Paris; trips to Ireland, Thailand, Switzerland, Florida, Germany, and as of this week, I can add Monaco to the list.&lt;br /&gt;
I moved in with my sweetheart, wrote my first ever full draft of a novel, and started learning French. A year of beginnings and adventure and love.&lt;br /&gt;
Can&#39;t wait to see what 2012 will bring...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hope your New Year&#39;s is magical and full of promise!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
xoxo,&lt;br /&gt;
Lilie&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2011/12/two-thousand-and-heaven.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-O3uWVGgiNVvQHUW6f7KdxZ3BsFsX0UE3VaLz5pW0OACUnZ7Bf0fWkvUSXfnBYo8T_ImUQL3yTx8N8u7_1gCdceUR8_PMWIJesVxcHNGCh3nZvVPfcl0HvDrlxwbSR2Vx8dByw/s72-c/jfm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-2828263917233794980</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-04T01:13:40.488+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">friday love list</category><title>love list friday: 12.23.11</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBa-Ma-YUqlELAyGnPX59boD2aUisAbpv8mU9BtIwNTt5Yy96owkY5Czw9nc4mwQckyQQZC_ViAh2w4vuW7rJof6EK-L4D6-TjxWKcOFW-yfq3BqeJjUiq0Rlv44gQXexV_J9klg/s1600/mosaica62585c1ffe45c65773e1e0488958f6fb0265a8d.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBa-Ma-YUqlELAyGnPX59boD2aUisAbpv8mU9BtIwNTt5Yy96owkY5Czw9nc4mwQckyQQZC_ViAh2w4vuW7rJof6EK-L4D6-TjxWKcOFW-yfq3BqeJjUiq0Rlv44gQXexV_J9klg/s640/mosaica62585c1ffe45c65773e1e0488958f6fb0265a8d.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/mojo-fire/5279697325/in/photostream&quot;&gt;Clap your hands if you like winter!&lt;/a&gt;, 2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/creature_comforts/6550144067/in/photostream&quot;&gt;painting with light&lt;/a&gt;, 3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/luiz_pires/3388932428&quot;&gt;Neuschwanstein Castle&lt;/a&gt;, 4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzypuzz/4197986190&quot;&gt;131/365&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
One last love list before off to grandmother&#39;s house we go for the holidays.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
Making me merry in the last days of December:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Susannah&#39;s annual (free!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.susannahconway.com/2011/12/a-little-something-for-you/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;the-year-ahead workbook&lt;/a&gt;. Can&#39;t wait to sit down with this over vacation and plot out some dreams and goals for 2012.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;wrapping up presents and using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.masking-tape.jp/en/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Japanese masking tape&lt;/a&gt; -- I realize I am about three years behind on this trend, but am now embracing it wholeheartedly!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the fact that it&#39;s completely expected and encouraged this time of year to indulge in decadences, like eating molleux au chocolat with heaping dollops of creme fraiche, and drinking coffee with a healthy glug of Baileys in it.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;cozy evenings playing boardgames and beating Benjamin at &lt;a href=&quot;http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822/carcassonne&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carcassonne&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;a massive bowl of succulent clementines.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;my mini suitcase packed with soft new sweaters from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kookai.fr/e-boutique/pulls.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kookai&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;experimenting with nail polish combinations -- today: moon gray + pink shimmer; tomorrow: tomato red + bronze glitter.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the giddy anticipation brought on by packages under the tree with my name them! (will never be too old for this)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
If you&#39;re celebrating this weekend, I hope your day is filled with love, laughter, and shiny new toys (just kidding, kind of)! And if not, a glorious day to you regardless!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2011/12/love-list-friday-122311.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBa-Ma-YUqlELAyGnPX59boD2aUisAbpv8mU9BtIwNTt5Yy96owkY5Czw9nc4mwQckyQQZC_ViAh2w4vuW7rJof6EK-L4D6-TjxWKcOFW-yfq3BqeJjUiq0Rlv44gQXexV_J9klg/s72-c/mosaica62585c1ffe45c65773e1e0488958f6fb0265a8d.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-6473823304496294631</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-13T17:09:32.498+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Paris</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>City of (Christmas) Lights</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxsLmqATZ4ZEWa_FiWhU8RhRD9WiLYfOGp6SbaH8a-WZOakyznf4teXZfAVCT614X52yrAEzmbjON24u5OTS8Vn0IQuRIxfIFA5ZtPl4Q31jOMbbQPBSn8a1p36E9X0qF1_EwbA/s1600/IMG_8780.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxsLmqATZ4ZEWa_FiWhU8RhRD9WiLYfOGp6SbaH8a-WZOakyznf4teXZfAVCT614X52yrAEzmbjON24u5OTS8Vn0IQuRIxfIFA5ZtPl4Q31jOMbbQPBSn8a1p36E9X0qF1_EwbA/s1600/IMG_8780.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A sparkly little photo post for &lt;a href=&quot;http://if-madewithlove.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Inês&lt;/a&gt;, who commented that holiday lights are few in her part of Portugal this year due to the economy. (Is this happening elsewhere too? It&#39;s hard to get a proper perspective when living in the tourist capital of the world.)&lt;br /&gt;
Most of these were shot on the fly from the passenger window of our car -- it takes a stronger woman than I to brave the crowds around the major department stores this time of year. Benjamin can attest that I was verging on a panic attack the one night we squeezed our way into Galerie Lafayette to see the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/david_min/6545260707/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;giant Christmas tree&lt;/a&gt;; I barely lasted five minutes before the relentless press of bodies had me gasping for air and dragging him towards the exit.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicjT9m0fVuEggO-jMNYq-rQHV0GlqPe4nQftqaqqcIzQ2-aoWGJ_-M3r_bngwZu1YDIz42ri6l_nvA-0khFJ91o5S_MSmtf6XbDgsXFJGXozkXqZQH9Ah7WodslNXD2CQtUIbwew/s1600/IMG_8908.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicjT9m0fVuEggO-jMNYq-rQHV0GlqPe4nQftqaqqcIzQ2-aoWGJ_-M3r_bngwZu1YDIz42ri6l_nvA-0khFJ91o5S_MSmtf6XbDgsXFJGXozkXqZQH9Ah7WodslNXD2CQtUIbwew/s1600/IMG_8908.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXJ2imsjPQtv8c7ToNgp_kF7Bpp4KxLwU6BgGeMFByTZffyteYjrO4PVGfXE8JLImJnsfvOmXjyVaS5X2XlgJE2tVikuv6DKqx8e0kVby7yyiDG2hhiIPfOhaDxA9n_NZwPgjQA/s1600/IMG_8515.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXJ2imsjPQtv8c7ToNgp_kF7Bpp4KxLwU6BgGeMFByTZffyteYjrO4PVGfXE8JLImJnsfvOmXjyVaS5X2XlgJE2tVikuv6DKqx8e0kVby7yyiDG2hhiIPfOhaDxA9n_NZwPgjQA/s1600/IMG_8515.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Left Bank&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2FlDlxUjXRWg0bAawbgvJhp1ca_zI07M6wJZywloxBkLqOZGNnx8mJbo4_KaeQFtaAJdKWHnTMVUGkuhs11JuTlEf-cpmYjhBOO2juGaPwtOfhdnfWcduISHMvOb1HZQzZuAfw/s1600/IMG_8912.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2FlDlxUjXRWg0bAawbgvJhp1ca_zI07M6wJZywloxBkLqOZGNnx8mJbo4_KaeQFtaAJdKWHnTMVUGkuhs11JuTlEf-cpmYjhBOO2juGaPwtOfhdnfWcduISHMvOb1HZQzZuAfw/s1600/IMG_8912.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Place Vendôme&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKimbSTc1MB4k5Bir62YIkb-275O8UCMRTv12cQKRO5AIgLk_e4TU1yMkxdHq0ETSh15iiSiKhg0GHW7fQEjq38U8ZGaOr7NwPNcckDdkCsTC5g55Kzj_uE75Eb_kDJ2Cpjog8w/s1600/IMG_8919.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKimbSTc1MB4k5Bir62YIkb-275O8UCMRTv12cQKRO5AIgLk_e4TU1yMkxdHq0ETSh15iiSiKhg0GHW7fQEjq38U8ZGaOr7NwPNcckDdkCsTC5g55Kzj_uE75Eb_kDJ2Cpjog8w/s1600/IMG_8919.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Galerie Lafayette&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1PIC202vaxlXYOK6i58YGv6LSx5yGlCAB_r3__yloII8g1Zsepj12IqRFWHbR0D5jme2AhP5YDMGA5c-tUQsMt1dEDAFp9aOVcOPFBefwqBBBvm0YiNs8Ldjaf9m75By9MchKw/s1600/IMG_8927.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1PIC202vaxlXYOK6i58YGv6LSx5yGlCAB_r3__yloII8g1Zsepj12IqRFWHbR0D5jme2AhP5YDMGA5c-tUQsMt1dEDAFp9aOVcOPFBefwqBBBvm0YiNs8Ldjaf9m75By9MchKw/s1600/IMG_8927.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Karl Lagerfeld&#39;s display for Printemps&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6tJaSqtPeC1rd_PExgFDTa1kblSKmfzSo9g7X95I3gg5sWOpBCPTeZ3HXQRixUsUn0tQ4y5EiN0ltFMxXpNVaS9Mr8q8sedxV9UVAxCHWv_46TdpaSTBxFdlQz1u_rKhPdtI2A/s1600/IMG_8929.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;426&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6tJaSqtPeC1rd_PExgFDTa1kblSKmfzSo9g7X95I3gg5sWOpBCPTeZ3HXQRixUsUn0tQ4y5EiN0ltFMxXpNVaS9Mr8q8sedxV9UVAxCHWv_46TdpaSTBxFdlQz1u_rKhPdtI2A/s640/IMG_8929.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hope you&#39;re all having a merry &amp;amp; bright season wherever you are. I love a bit of sparkle and glitter as much as (actually more than) the next girl, but without question the best part of the holiday is simply getting to spend it with my favorite person. Cliché but true.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
xoxo,&lt;br /&gt;
Lilie</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2011/12/city-of-christmas-lights.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxsLmqATZ4ZEWa_FiWhU8RhRD9WiLYfOGp6SbaH8a-WZOakyznf4teXZfAVCT614X52yrAEzmbjON24u5OTS8Vn0IQuRIxfIFA5ZtPl4Q31jOMbbQPBSn8a1p36E9X0qF1_EwbA/s72-c/IMG_8780.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-541211469970526313</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-16T15:16:19.479+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">friday love list</category><title>love list friday: 12.16.11</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7sbjfRAYrXqTzbZqs5Cpji-_B6pGlreezwGIodVWbEcKkKpys0d-wWQyKKaJkJT_lcB4K1aPknzFpGdTxvRwa2_bWrlT1dAs6nEb9gjXVOqk-AZuOTAZgVXcjzTSnISJ19iN3A/s1600/mosaic7823abb43c924564eeb5cf3fcbf8ef795096e41e.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7sbjfRAYrXqTzbZqs5Cpji-_B6pGlreezwGIodVWbEcKkKpys0d-wWQyKKaJkJT_lcB4K1aPknzFpGdTxvRwa2_bWrlT1dAs6nEb9gjXVOqk-AZuOTAZgVXcjzTSnISJ19iN3A/s640/mosaic7823abb43c924564eeb5cf3fcbf8ef795096e41e.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandyhonig/6022096419&quot;&gt;Untitled&lt;/a&gt;, 2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/95874074@N00/6514007239&quot;&gt;i love christmas!&lt;/a&gt;, 3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/milesfbowers/5524128088&quot;&gt;Little Suede Boots&lt;/a&gt;, 4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/29193095@N04/6339697915&quot;&gt;Holiday Sparkle, Paris Style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gosh, it&#39;s been a while since the last Love List -- things have been particularly up&amp;amp;down the past few days, and we are in serious need for some sparkle-appreciation around here.&lt;br /&gt;
So without further ado, bringing cheer this week:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the world&#39;s best care package in the history of the postal service&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;related: star-shaped mocha brownies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the company holiday party, which was held at a swanky nightclub next to the Arc de Triumph and included champagne, a fruit-tarts-and-macarons-and-chocolate-fountain dessert buffet, and someone dressed up as a storm trooper (geek chic)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;related: an excuse to wear my new&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitpic.com/7t9cpn&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;be-sequined&amp;nbsp;skirt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;finally assembling our Christmas cards -- it was a 5-step process getting them ready, but they turned out pretty cute so it was worth the hassle and the dusting of glitter that&#39;s now coating everything in the apartment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;plans to visit some Christmas markets this weekend for some mulled wine, gingerbread cookies, and more ornaments for the tree&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I see snowflakes on the weather forecast for next week!!!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
Merry weekend to all of you; stay cozy!&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2011/12/love-list-friday-121611.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7sbjfRAYrXqTzbZqs5Cpji-_B6pGlreezwGIodVWbEcKkKpys0d-wWQyKKaJkJT_lcB4K1aPknzFpGdTxvRwa2_bWrlT1dAs6nEb9gjXVOqk-AZuOTAZgVXcjzTSnISJ19iN3A/s72-c/mosaic7823abb43c924564eeb5cf3fcbf8ef795096e41e.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-6145125297151048337</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-06T19:25:45.473+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Paris</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>Paris in Autumn Gold</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9pqGhlxCZSXhSF1KgPqcyxEo2PaNqBgAJE_9kkKY1EskBrp3ttJi_7TKBpdOw2-qID0LRL_9ik_-SYmpq36-q3Vwu-HypNHpFUv0tlOVgcpk8sJ-1oMRCwZqCc5-AJjWwosoEg/s1600/dante.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9pqGhlxCZSXhSF1KgPqcyxEo2PaNqBgAJE_9kkKY1EskBrp3ttJi_7TKBpdOw2-qID0LRL_9ik_-SYmpq36-q3Vwu-HypNHpFUv0tlOVgcpk8sJ-1oMRCwZqCc5-AJjWwosoEg/s1600/dante.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
Bonjour tout le monde!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
I hope you all enjoyed Benjamin&#39;s posts in my NaNo-induced absence. November was &lt;i&gt;intense&lt;/i&gt;, and the only reason I was able to write those 50,000 words was because I had the priceless support of my long-suffering boyfriend (dinner dishes whisked away, endless cups of coffee &amp;amp; tea, a patient ear for my various plot problems, a kind-but-stern reality check when I was falling too far behind) and my friend and fellow NaNo-rockstar &lt;a href=&quot;http://corey-wright.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Corey&lt;/a&gt;, who checked in with me via twitter &lt;i&gt;every day&lt;/i&gt; and encouraged me with cheery notes, bribes, and prizes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwh5RpLJJDgLjFlH-Za2VUQgt6dH_M-yBqCkw_cJICahESykO3yMtDm_Wc30mWU-kvddnKjb4YC_wayMX1PumnA90aA_l7LectLgkKcNxDHw9qlxPN79yfJ3js8FVeqJs6UGstQ/s1600/roof.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwh5RpLJJDgLjFlH-Za2VUQgt6dH_M-yBqCkw_cJICahESykO3yMtDm_Wc30mWU-kvddnKjb4YC_wayMX1PumnA90aA_l7LectLgkKcNxDHw9qlxPN79yfJ3js8FVeqJs6UGstQ/s1600/roof.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
So my advice to anyone who wants to take on something challenging: have a backup team. I&#39;ve done NaNo twice before on my own, and never made it past 15,000 words. I&#39;m not kidding when I say I finished thanks to these two. And now I have a great heap of messy, tangled, coma-inducingly boring, sparkly, flat, intriguing,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;written&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;words that I can now turn into something that might become a real story (after a lot, lot, LOT more work).&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4Ls23Wr9OH2NhEQ8W65Rdw4tgxwpCzBsJMyoKWCiZ1RvmsjHcHWtwYxwjWdULgtMYlZfdInBIAm7yTroOKMpnSV9M9bw4fjkma7sFm8j4USQJ036nRlzfru9znsanHjb352wfQ/s1600/lightpost.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4Ls23Wr9OH2NhEQ8W65Rdw4tgxwpCzBsJMyoKWCiZ1RvmsjHcHWtwYxwjWdULgtMYlZfdInBIAm7yTroOKMpnSV9M9bw4fjkma7sFm8j4USQJ036nRlzfru9znsanHjb352wfQ/s1600/lightpost.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
I am taking a short break from the writing so I can read it again with fresh eyes in a few weeks, and in the meantime I am happy to be back to our regularly-scheduled program of Paris-appreciation. We&#39;re now in the colder and wetter tail-end of autumn, with holiday lights and decorations beginning to pop up around town.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrV2TPgFjgHreHSsYrzg_uajPPHI0oWCNozK8JKUpfotQE3dBMIxyfW7lyhP8x8Tv0HbHi4WqJ2leGcJ9MxKwoA4cGiK51S_bmY9ad1tvf2ymu0yRglu3z2RbF3PrILNEQvdE__A/s1600/deer.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrV2TPgFjgHreHSsYrzg_uajPPHI0oWCNozK8JKUpfotQE3dBMIxyfW7lyhP8x8Tv0HbHi4WqJ2leGcJ9MxKwoA4cGiK51S_bmY9ad1tvf2ymu0yRglu3z2RbF3PrILNEQvdE__A/s1600/deer.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
Benjamin brought home our tree last weekend and I&#39;ve been slowly adding new baubles to it every day. It&#39;s our first Christmas together and neither of us had our own ornaments, so it&#39;s fun to start fresh and build up a new collection together. My tendency runs towards an understated snowy white &amp;amp; silver palette, while Ben wants to add cheery reds and gold. I tried to make a case for some pink accents, but the look of horror on his face convinced me it wasn&#39;t worth the effort.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2timJrU-uRhMpvyDRocs9Ov0Zpczi8PNer5pEzfF4ejkv02QbXQo8dqoS7c3fueTZ06Bu-G1PhhWooX1FapGQLTP3JfcUxljwhu9jf9tkN9-fSOYv0g8BkrL8lHaKG15VHhr7Q/s1600/bar.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2timJrU-uRhMpvyDRocs9Ov0Zpczi8PNer5pEzfF4ejkv02QbXQo8dqoS7c3fueTZ06Bu-G1PhhWooX1FapGQLTP3JfcUxljwhu9jf9tkN9-fSOYv0g8BkrL8lHaKG15VHhr7Q/s1600/bar.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
In any case, it&#39;s wonderful to be free again to leave the house and explore and take photos and enjoy the advent of winter in the city. Will try to share more with you in the twinkling, frosty days to come...&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2011/12/paris-in-autumn-gold.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9pqGhlxCZSXhSF1KgPqcyxEo2PaNqBgAJE_9kkKY1EskBrp3ttJi_7TKBpdOw2-qID0LRL_9ik_-SYmpq36-q3Vwu-HypNHpFUv0tlOVgcpk8sJ-1oMRCwZqCc5-AJjWwosoEg/s72-c/dante.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-7988556535953846634</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-01T00:32:09.409+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Benjamin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NaNoWriMo</category><title>Freeeeedoooom!!!!</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpswzf_cKj7J1_0qav5A_SwOy7kSq-8M07BMWiZ3bXRb4yyxzQQqgT1I2TS2my1QwS8WjPBXrVOEClNI5I-YAEfyyivmh5XfX3aRjJ0b_FeA_CaEz2swvRNLxrDFhmNaxK4W4Vg/s1600/sign.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpswzf_cKj7J1_0qav5A_SwOy7kSq-8M07BMWiZ3bXRb4yyxzQQqgT1I2TS2my1QwS8WjPBXrVOEClNI5I-YAEfyyivmh5XfX3aRjJ0b_FeA_CaEz2swvRNLxrDFhmNaxK4W4Vg/s1600/sign.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It is now midnight in Paris, the bell at the top of the Eiffel tower* has just rang for the last day of NaNoWriMo. Lilie has finally completed the 30 day long trial; what did I learn from this experience: writing is hard, really, really hard on the writer&#39;s companion.&lt;br /&gt;
First, everyday I have to pick up the writer from the bed and get her on her way to her MacBook. &lt;br /&gt;
Second, now I have to do all the chores and spoonfeed the writer cakes and mandarines.&lt;br /&gt;
Third, I have suddenly become celibate as writing is all-consuming and anything else is too distracting.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But all in all, all of this is pretty insignificant, my Lilie has finally proven that I was right all along (a feeling that I cherish the most) and successfully completed a first draft novel of 50,000 words in just 30 days! Even if I dread the thousand phases of editing and the gazillion plot adjustments ahead,  I am proud of her and look forward to the final bound book.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You have to believe it to make it real.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Believe me!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Benjamin&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
PS: I am giving Lilie back her access to the blog, maybe I will see you again sometime.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfpZYmzb5vfr5HYrUMc7uh06Ds00FH9nkP8tJq0mX48ieN9-_uwL3365uL0Kxz2EFKtEZ757esGrSnvKoUrcDdRakcDp58fTY4M2nIH-Pxu5Wmhy11SBqiDMENmzcO2rgIjmFNw/s1600/ben.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfpZYmzb5vfr5HYrUMc7uh06Ds00FH9nkP8tJq0mX48ieN9-_uwL3365uL0Kxz2EFKtEZ757esGrSnvKoUrcDdRakcDp58fTY4M2nIH-Pxu5Wmhy11SBqiDMENmzcO2rgIjmFNw/s1600/ben.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
*editor&#39;s note: Ben is messing with you; there is no bell.</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2011/12/freeeeedoooom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpswzf_cKj7J1_0qav5A_SwOy7kSq-8M07BMWiZ3bXRb4yyxzQQqgT1I2TS2my1QwS8WjPBXrVOEClNI5I-YAEfyyivmh5XfX3aRjJ0b_FeA_CaEz2swvRNLxrDFhmNaxK4W4Vg/s72-c/sign.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-3247674790372388315</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-22T00:30:46.321+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Benjamin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NaNoWriMo</category><title>Not a Marathon, but a Sprint!</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1y3iwrIs_X_0TzFJ96ULbMSNz1s9xL7WdhCWZkjwMLc5LDYvM1sWQlndWRauVX1880uCFYwICvTfJ1uiH4BkQ90LeWv9lLn_fsxgrq5XKivCyRWmltgnKIhy9ayoo4nbV2J_9EA/s1600/IMG_8430.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1y3iwrIs_X_0TzFJ96ULbMSNz1s9xL7WdhCWZkjwMLc5LDYvM1sWQlndWRauVX1880uCFYwICvTfJ1uiH4BkQ90LeWv9lLn_fsxgrq5XKivCyRWmltgnKIhy9ayoo4nbV2J_9EA/s1600/IMG_8430.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I am very sorry for my lack of posting but sadly I had to absent myself because of a death in the family.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We are now 22 days in NaNoWriMo; while I was gone, Lilie kept going hard but without her cuddly support, it seems that she gradually lost her mojo. But I am back now and I fully intend to have my 50,000 word novel at the end of the month. So we are changing from marathon to sprint, with half the amount of words left with only a third of the time.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So how do you motivate a writer? what do you do when even french pastry is not enough? well, I have a few options:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt; make time, a lot of time, remove all other chores &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;not so subtle pressure and a reminder of the work to be done&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;massages and other niceties that only a boyfriend can provide&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
Still I realize now that deep inside, there is nothing I can do, it is frustating but I am not the one writing. The words can only come from Lilie and it must come at the pace of her inspiration. Nevertheless, we are not giving up and we are still on for the finish line.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2011/11/not-marathon-but-sprint.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1y3iwrIs_X_0TzFJ96ULbMSNz1s9xL7WdhCWZkjwMLc5LDYvM1sWQlndWRauVX1880uCFYwICvTfJ1uiH4BkQ90LeWv9lLn_fsxgrq5XKivCyRWmltgnKIhy9ayoo4nbV2J_9EA/s72-c/IMG_8430.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-1289472037989932197</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-05T02:04:55.833+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Benjamin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NaNoWriMo</category><title>Hopeful Beginning</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuE0jjS1af8cgMNcJgnizgPMg-UVlkF97RKdu9HFhZIePJA14pThdI2kV3_efdkY1tQPI1ppsiTwqAYj08iS5Z5UN9WKXacZBzI61a3_8n4bYvKH-vXG4lfi5edzK166rkSvsuw/s1600/IMG_8211_v2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuE0jjS1af8cgMNcJgnizgPMg-UVlkF97RKdu9HFhZIePJA14pThdI2kV3_efdkY1tQPI1ppsiTwqAYj08iS5Z5UN9WKXacZBzI61a3_8n4bYvKH-vXG4lfi5edzK166rkSvsuw/s1600/IMG_8211_v2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Lilie has started NaNoWriMo for good and is already in advance of a few hundred words on her 1,600 word/day schedule. I have now witnessed the pain and suffering of the writer. Giving birth to a child is surely hard and painful but at least it only lasts a few days before a few hours of suffering. Giving birth to a novel seems to be quite terrible with a mental stress that can last weeks if not years, when each and every word is painstakingly extracted from the unwilling muse and beaten down on a white page.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But so far, so good, my Lilie is writing following her outline and inspiration seems to be somewhat flowing. I have discover some key motivational items to &quot;help&quot; her write her daily quota of 1,667 words:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Daily Quota is the Golden Rule!&lt;/b&gt; it must be met, no excuse, no choice, no sleep... &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cheer for each small Victory!&lt;/b&gt; every word count, so congratulate yourself every time you write a few hundred words.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;A Little Something goes a Long Way! &lt;/b&gt;treat yourself 
at the end of each day that you have met your quota (which is everyday 
of course): a piece of cake, your favorite TV show, whatever rock your 
boat. Better even, if you have a better half have him/her treat you.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Death to the Unbelievers!&lt;/b&gt; whatever happen you have to believe it is possible, your text might not be Shakespeare but you will have a month to refine it, so keep going because there is no editing wihtout a first draft.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Breaks are Good, Resting is Not!&lt;/b&gt; you can take break every few paragraph for sure, stretch your legs, but do not relax too much: no sleeping on the job, and no Twittering either!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Keep Watch, Stay Focused! &lt;/b&gt;do not let your guard down and do not hesitate to scold yourself if you go astray, and if you don&#39;t have the self-discipline find somebody to do it for you.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
Voila! my day job is managerial as I am sure is pretty apparent, but it is working for us so far, I hope it willl be helpful to you too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Benjamin&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2011/11/hopeful-beginning.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuE0jjS1af8cgMNcJgnizgPMg-UVlkF97RKdu9HFhZIePJA14pThdI2kV3_efdkY1tQPI1ppsiTwqAYj08iS5Z5UN9WKXacZBzI61a3_8n4bYvKH-vXG4lfi5edzK166rkSvsuw/s72-c/IMG_8211_v2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-2815512105563961203</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-01T11:08:36.838+01:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Benjamin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NaNoWriMo</category><title>Temporarily Indisposed</title><description>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuF2W2i2ZTTOB-H0-epR-Y9SijZ4xqG35KGXpq9hFl6q65icf99rct0zdJAIdgfzsmoqBPjbsS70e6dHUD11paxVOBAUkfsLwFzxD7cGh4nIyFAmwT8IM9lfUPTsB_ZbZRRNlzw/s1600/IMG_7759.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuF2W2i2ZTTOB-H0-epR-Y9SijZ4xqG35KGXpq9hFl6q65icf99rct0zdJAIdgfzsmoqBPjbsS70e6dHUD11paxVOBAUkfsLwFzxD7cGh4nIyFAmwT8IM9lfUPTsB_ZbZRRNlzw/s1600/IMG_7759.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For reasons that you can easily guess from the NaNoWriMo logo on the right, Lilie will not be blogging this month. She is in full writing/panic mode, which feels like a part-time job for me, Benjamin, her French boyfriend.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So, as the supporting companion that I am, I will write post on her blog in order to inform you, her fond reader, about ebb and flow of her writing inspiration. As&amp;nbsp;she is pointing out right now, my english is a bit off but I have no claim of being a writer so I do not care that much (and I secretly hope that it will come off as charming).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I have all my gear ready:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;The fridge is stocked with french soft cheese and fluffy yogurt.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The coffee jar has been filled to last until next year&#39;s the end of the world.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The emergency swiss chocolate and fresh pastry are close at hand.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;Like an adventurer going into a mysterious jungle of a lost continent, I am to step in the wild world of Lilie&#39;s month of writing. I have no doubt I will not get out of it unscarred but I am persuaded the treasure will be worth the risk.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You will hear from me in a few days ... I hope ...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Benjamin &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2011/10/temporarily-indisposed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuF2W2i2ZTTOB-H0-epR-Y9SijZ4xqG35KGXpq9hFl6q65icf99rct0zdJAIdgfzsmoqBPjbsS70e6dHUD11paxVOBAUkfsLwFzxD7cGh4nIyFAmwT8IM9lfUPTsB_ZbZRRNlzw/s72-c/IMG_7759.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-239071426545844445</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-28T08:01:45.893+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">friday love list</category><title>love list friday: 10.28.11</title><description>&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISIefpzOMSszvbhOfTsO5SX2ihr1WeDgQE3ZrLza8WWiphZ0f1taWEH5E8yvM16XLpb0L0IRLUjXFXYM_uJaY0XTR9taRqkJHfoIalPUwlGnPBYi7G00xSt6CDX3nc73fysp8MA/s1600/mosaic9f051a8e679627ba2a6208f5c161813fbbed5e88.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISIefpzOMSszvbhOfTsO5SX2ihr1WeDgQE3ZrLza8WWiphZ0f1taWEH5E8yvM16XLpb0L0IRLUjXFXYM_uJaY0XTR9taRqkJHfoIalPUwlGnPBYi7G00xSt6CDX3nc73fysp8MA/s640/mosaic9f051a8e679627ba2a6208f5c161813fbbed5e88.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justinesmith.net/sculpture/coins/&quot;&gt;LOVE&lt;/a&gt;, 2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/koreana/5833337339&quot;&gt;Untitled&lt;/a&gt;, 3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/26605933@N06/4074904951&quot;&gt;Untitled&lt;/a&gt;, 4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariehochhaus/3972236420/&quot;&gt;telling you a lie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Glittering nuggets of goodness from this week:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;discovering that the Louvre has a WHOLE SHOP just for semi-precious stones. Massive chunks of jagged amethyst, golden pyrite, crystal icicles, and every stone in every color you could dream of.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;hitting up the craft store for some glittery supplies -- Benjamin &amp;amp; I have some ambitious &lt;i&gt;plans&lt;/i&gt; for our xmas cards this year(!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;an email from a faraway friend that picked me up just when i needed it -- kind people are the best, no?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;making genuine headway in my story plotting -- no actual writing is allowed before NaNo commences on the 1st, but outlining is definitely okay, so I&#39;ve been sitting with my characters and trying to find out who they are and where they&#39;re going.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;weekend plans involving driving out to the countryside and riding horses!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Bon weekend à tous! xoxo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2011/10/love-list-friday-102811.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISIefpzOMSszvbhOfTsO5SX2ihr1WeDgQE3ZrLza8WWiphZ0f1taWEH5E8yvM16XLpb0L0IRLUjXFXYM_uJaY0XTR9taRqkJHfoIalPUwlGnPBYi7G00xSt6CDX3nc73fysp8MA/s72-c/mosaic9f051a8e679627ba2a6208f5c161813fbbed5e88.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-7915801948445142061</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-21T13:02:43.167+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">friday love list</category><title>friday love list: 10.21.11</title><description>&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuA1h2sREVVod_0URfIWvTYFT3i4YJnwlqWMk0aVZ0Y-O-tfvPID7KRI7st_YGKfWW7hc5f3E8DSbIYJE9wRKtkCZTkFiWHsTKBzkxbVXuazWVkylcY3su8ydEbQr77lTFxkRhw/s1600/mosaic9efab52bc8147e8eaf42942adc3e4013e6ebd8b6.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuA1h2sREVVod_0URfIWvTYFT3i4YJnwlqWMk0aVZ0Y-O-tfvPID7KRI7st_YGKfWW7hc5f3E8DSbIYJE9wRKtkCZTkFiWHsTKBzkxbVXuazWVkylcY3su8ydEbQr77lTFxkRhw/s640/mosaic9efab52bc8147e8eaf42942adc3e4013e6ebd8b6.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;1. source unknown 2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimmika/5339277533&quot;&gt;tokyo-ga&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zipporalux.com/#636195/My-Favorite-Things&quot;&gt;celestial cat&lt;/a&gt; 4. source unknown&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;After a somewhat rough week in which I went to bed each night in tears (a combination of personal trials and an especially&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;heart-rending&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;week for news), am definitely in need of things to appreciate. I&#39;ve mustered up a small list, but if you have any goodness to share -- little things that brought happiness or hopefulness to your week, please, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;please&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt; tell me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;This week I&#39;ve been thanking my stars for:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;the not one but &lt;i&gt;two&lt;/i&gt; gorgeous English bookshops I recently discovered on rue de Rivoli. I was beside myself with joy to find a copy of Laini Taylor&#39;s &lt;i&gt;Daughter of Smoke and Bone&lt;/i&gt; at &lt;a href=&quot;http://galignani.com/&quot;&gt;Galignani&lt;/a&gt;, and then delighted when I could request Stephanie Perkins&#39;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Lola and the Boy Next Door&lt;/i&gt; at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whsmith.fr/indexE.htm&quot;&gt;WHSmith&lt;/a&gt; and have it arrive in record time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Benjamin&#39;s sudden whim to start making my coffee for me in the morning, despite my notoriously exacting standards as to what makes a perfect cup. What is it about food that others prepare for you? It just tastes better somehow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://storyfix.com/&quot;&gt;Larry Brooks&lt;/a&gt;&#39; writing tips for NanNoWriMo. Prodded by Ben, I&#39;ve foolishly signed up for November&#39;s National Novel Writing Month (see link in sidebar) and if trying to write a 50,000 word novel in one month is like trying to climb Mt. Everest, Larry is like the sherpa who can show you a&amp;nbsp;navigable route up the mountain.&amp;nbsp;(Whether you make it to the top though, is purely up to your own stamina/commitment/stubbornness.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;the fact that the weekend is here, and i get to spend it with my favorite person in my favorite city. Will we go for a drive and see a castle? attend a chocolate exposition? wander a museum? stay home with movies and hot cocoa? so many options, all appealing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Hope your week was more joyful than not; here&#39;s to next week and expectations it&#39;ll be a bit better than this one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2011/10/friday-love-list-102111.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuA1h2sREVVod_0URfIWvTYFT3i4YJnwlqWMk0aVZ0Y-O-tfvPID7KRI7st_YGKfWW7hc5f3E8DSbIYJE9wRKtkCZTkFiWHsTKBzkxbVXuazWVkylcY3su8ydEbQr77lTFxkRhw/s72-c/mosaic9efab52bc8147e8eaf42942adc3e4013e6ebd8b6.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2783681.post-4515896700285729639</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-19T12:05:47.213+02:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Paris</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>plat du jour: 10.19.11</title><description>&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7-5nwpwQuLTZ-au0o-Yn5J7QROqfTHev7doebIkwkuUTdB8NEoewNNz5cjxQWsFeVUgT-gny0B-vaiBpNnB5pUhBiti7EX6MpJz_m3S7KwNmzEti1MVslQQF3oQdNf354DohyphenhyphenQ/s1600/IMG_7770.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7-5nwpwQuLTZ-au0o-Yn5J7QROqfTHev7doebIkwkuUTdB8NEoewNNz5cjxQWsFeVUgT-gny0B-vaiBpNnB5pUhBiti7EX6MpJz_m3S7KwNmzEti1MVslQQF3oQdNf354DohyphenhyphenQ/s1600/IMG_7770.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Courier New&#39;, Courier, monospace; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;une baguette avec beurre, tomate, manche et un coeur fromage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://greenlyleaping.blogspot.com/2011/10/plat-du-jour-101911.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lilie)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7-5nwpwQuLTZ-au0o-Yn5J7QROqfTHev7doebIkwkuUTdB8NEoewNNz5cjxQWsFeVUgT-gny0B-vaiBpNnB5pUhBiti7EX6MpJz_m3S7KwNmzEti1MVslQQF3oQdNf354DohyphenhyphenQ/s72-c/IMG_7770.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item></channel></rss>