It’s a hot late-summer weekend and we’ve been spending it sipping glasses of rosé on sunny terraces. And the perfect...
IT IS A MILLION DEGREES lately, and we’ve been eating watermelon for breakfast and gazpacho for lunch in an attempt to cool down, in addition to the many sunlit dates on terraces, the only civilized way to endure the heat. The city is emptying out as it does every August, and the evenings have already begun to get quiet.
Paris is blooming with charmant places. Some of them are the quietest in the city. Others are proud owners of the most gorgeous design, while others serve the most delicious meals you’ve ever tasted. And just a few, well, they have it all.
ON SUNDAY we packed a wicker basket filled with baguettes, cheeses, jamón ibérico, pâté and something fizzy to drink and went to the gardens to lounge away a beautiful day in the sun. We found a perfect spot nestled amongst trees grouped in circular pattens, forming small open spaces in their midst that beckoned the laying down of a blanket and the kicking off of one's shoes to feel soft grass on bare feet. Since most of our picnics occur at the seaside, this one was a lovely change, the rustling of the leaves and the sound of cicadas intermingling in the late-afternoon air heavy with the scent of blossoms and dreams. It was a perfect way to spend a summer's day.
I love Paris early in the morning. The city is slowly waking up, chairs are starting to line up in front of cafés, streets are smelling of viennoiseries. Le petit-déjeuner is often a pan au raisins.
It’s mid-week and summertime, and here are ten things that we love lately, from charming coastlines with white sand and azure waters...
THIS WEEK’S 10 IMAGES features the snapshots of Central Saint Martins student @kseniaskos, whose feed is filled with sidewalk cafés in Paris...
DJ Khaled might not actually do anything, but whatever he’s doing, or not, it’s working. He’s still the best famous-person-wrangler around, and he’s managed to round up a truly absurd posse of superstars on his upcoming album Grateful. You’ve already heard the #1 Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper/Lil Wayne team-up “I’m The One” everywhere on the radio, and you’ve probably already heard the Drake collab “To The Max” and the post-Grammys Beyoncé/Jay Z duet “Shining” too. Now, Khaled is sharing “Wild Thoughts,” which features Rihanna and Bryson Tiller and samples Santana’s “Maria Maria” guitar riff.”
Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel Resort 2018 runway show, entitled La Modernité de l’Antiquité, brought ancient Greece to the Grand Palais in Paris. A bust of Venus that sat on the fireplace mantle of Coco Chanel’s Rue Cambon apartment was said to be the inspiration behind the theme. There were Ionic column–heeled gladiator sandals and pottery painted column dresses, and by the end, there were fluttery bias-draped gowns embellished in gold, flowing tresses befitting of Venus, pinned backed by golden headbands made for goddesses ...
