madame mignon

say good morning to los angeles, california with today's post "coeur de cuisine!" featuring l.a.'s cutest restaurants based on its visual aesthetic to the food itself. bon appétit!

canelé
tiara cafe
tart
bottega louie
yamashiro
il cielo
daisy mint
favorite place restaurant
the little door
aroma cafe

for the love of film

2010-09-18T07:00:00.000-07:00

heart of cuisine

2010-09-15T07:00:00.000-07:00

say good morning to new york, new york with today's post. featuring nyc's cutest restaurants based on its visual aesthetic to the food itself. bon appétit!

sweetiepie

"sweetiepie is my favorite find for grown up/kid hybrid paradise" -gwyneth paltrow
"if you were a perfumer, you'd want to bottle it, instead you can go to sweetiepie" -elle

the mermaid inn

"whether you favor west coast oysters or are loyal to the east coast varieties, they’re all good in our book and we regularly serve a sampling from both coasts each night at the mermaid inn."

rice to riches

"a super chic take-out shop in nolita that serves only one thing, rich and creamy rice pudding- in 20 varieties."

café asean

mainly vietnamese and malaysian, plus some thai, too!

supper

"supper is the third restaurant from the frank crew."

serendipity 3

"more than a mere coffee shop, more of an ice cream parlor on steroids, serendipity has been synonymous with fun. since 1954, its menu of outrageous desserts and fun food, served in a manhattan townhouse amid exuberant victorian decorations, has charmed children and their parents."

mari vanna

"from russia to new york city (with love)"

macbar

"we at macbar are obsessed with all things mac and cheese."

billy's bakery

"nostalgic from its desserts to its decor, billy's bakery harks back to the warm feeling of 1940's american kitchens."

cake shop

"cake shop is a kaleidoscope of things: bar, cafe, record store, vegan cupcake spot, indie music venue - all of which i love."

nyc peanutbutter & co. sandwich shop

"this place is a must for peanut butter lovers."

read and watch

2010-09-14T07:00:00.000-07:00

morning loves! today's post features one of the best love poets: pablo neruda. for those fluent in or learning spanish, the poetry of pablo neruda is a great book to pick up as it is a collection of his original spanish poems along with famous english translations. below is one of our favorites: "twenty love poems: xiii" translation by w.s. merwin.

i have gone marking the atlas of your body

with crosses of fire.

my mouth went across: a spider, trying to hide.

in you, behind you, timid, driven by thirst.

stories to tell you on the shore of evening,

sad and gentle doll, so that you should not be sad.

a swan, a tree, something far away and happy.

the season of grapes, the ripe and fruitful season.

i who lived in a harbor from which i loved you.

the solitude crossed with dream and with silence.

penned up between the sea and sadness.

soundless, delirious, between two motionless gondoliers.

between the lips and the voice something goes dying.

something with the wings of a bird, something of anguish and oblivion.
the way nets cannot hold water.
my toy doll, only a few drops are left trembling.
even so, somethings sings in these fugitive words.
something sings, something climbs to my ravenous mouth.
oh to be able to celebrate you with all the words of joy.

sing, burn, flee, like a belfry at the hands of a madman.
my sad tenderness, what comes over you all at once?
when i have i reached the most awesome and the coldest summit
my heart closes like a nocturnal flower.

il postino, an italian film, focuses on a post man that befriends the famous chilean writer, pablo neruda.

cinema of love

2010-09-11T07:00:00.000-07:00

happy morning! bring out that breakfast or brunch, because you're about to have a meal and a show with today's post. we have collected a selection of videos full of love and all kinds of it. from loving yourself, life and that significant other. i hope you enjoy it!