palm springs.ace hotel

since adam and asa are either out of the country or out of state, yuuki and i decided to hang out this weekend and go to the spa in atwater village. i called van to tell her about paris and she said she wanted to do something spontaneous. we couldn't decide between palm springs, santa barbara, san diego or las vegas...but ultimately decided on palm springs. i know it's going to be soo hot but so fun. i'm packing bottles of white wine.

it's a girls trip and you are welcome to join us..

more paris favorites

kyle and caroline on the seine champagne cruise

arc de triomphe

fountains near the louvre

night-time louvre

a boulangerie

fresh bread

the best cherries i have had in my life!

forest strawberries. an american guy told us that they are soo good and better than the regular ones. we like the regular ones better..

the best (french) onion soup ever!

kyle and randall (matching northface jackets)

carausol

taillevent

just came back from a 1,300 euro meal at taillevent. will update tomorrow....

we are on a boat at chateau versailles

to shop

adam said that i shouldn't stop myself from buying something i want in paris..

should i?

l'as du falafel

Day Two:

We had rain all day... making day two a museum day. today we went to the pompidou and picasso museum. it was really exciting to see paintings studied in high school in real life. picasso's blue period was so gorgeous. the pompidou had a special exhibit of alexander calder and kandinsky.

In between the two museums, we had lunch at L'as du Falafel in the french jewish quarter. It was sooo good.

Paris Trip Day One

it is 4am in paris. can't sleep because of jet lag?random photos from day one of our paris trip. we arrived in paris at about 11am and lunched at le duex magots which i read somewhere that people dined at the famous cafe de flore with their families and had their mistresses (or misters) at le duex magots for convenience.

we also visited the catacombs day one. six million anonymous people lay in the caves underneath.

paris is so lovely, it feels like i never left.. i'll update with more pictures tomorrow.

nouvelle vague

really digging jean-luc godard films. so gorgeous!