These are a few of my favorite things...

This week, these have been a few of my favorite things...

• Homemade chocolate chip cookies, fresh and warm from the oven
• The smell of new leather
• Laughing so hard with friends that you all cry
• Black and white photos of Paris
• Fresh guacamole
• That clean feeling after the dentist (and no cavities!)
• On-site painting
• Tickling little sister (well, not so little at 17) like we are both children again
• Unexpected hand-written letters
• Returning to a favorite clothing store only to find out that the item you've had your eye on for weeks is now on sale
  

Have a beautiful weekend!

(photos are mine)

I love Paris in the Springtime - Day 4

My last day in Paris two years ago included some more sightseeing at the Opera House, Place de la Concorde, Notre Dame, a visit to the Palace of Versailles, and a sunset cruise on the Seine.

Yesterday I was watching the film Sabrina (the newer version with Harrison Ford) and I heard this lovely quote I had forgotten about:

Sabrina: I used to walk everywhere in Paris. I used to walk from Montmartre down into the center of the town. Along the Seine there is a four mile walk that goes from Isle Saint Germain to the Pont de Bercy. Takes you past all the bridges of Paris, twenty-three of them. Then you find one you love and you go there everyday with your coffee and your journal, and you listen to the river.

Linus: What does it tell you?

Sabrina: ...That’s between you and the river.

I hope one day I can stay in Paris long enough to find my favorite bridge in Paris and listen to what the river has to say to me.

Les Invalides

View from a window at Versailles

Notre Dame

Sunset on the Seine, Notre Dame

I found myself in Paris - Day 3

The minute I stepped off the train at the Gare de Lyon, I fell in love with Paris.

I visited many masculine cities on my tour: London, Florence, Rome, Athens...but this city is beautifully and unmistakeably feminine.

Two years ago today, I was sightseeing around Paris, visiting the Louvre, and taking pictures of the Seine from the top of the Eiffel Tower... Oh, what I would give to be back in the City of Light right now!

I hope you enjoy these photos:

Arc de Triomphe
The Louvre is to me (having extensively studied art history) as Disneyland is to a six-year-old...

La Tour Eiffel