{Paris 4.25: Versailles and Rue Montorgueil}
Breakfast: Lardons fumiers et noix (Smoked bacon and walnuts) And a creamy and tangy goat’s yogurt. Topped with a generous spoonful of Bonne Maman apricot jam. Fuel for us to tour the over the top lavish and luxurious Palace of Versailles. From here, the royal gardens look like they go on forever. Beautiful blooms surrounding … Read more
{Paris 4.23: Notre Dame, Jacques Genin and Madeleine}
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while, I’ve been busy spending my days showing my mom the beautiful city (she’s flying home today) and busily working on freelance work with short deadlines at night. The weather here is Paris has been less than ideal. Around 4-5 degrees celsius in the mornings and off and on … Read more
{Paris 04.16: Paris Marathon and Pastry Love}
My home for this month is an apartment in the Canal Saint Martin area. I’m just a block away from this amazing design bookstore. Any design related thing you can think of, there’s a book for it in here. So inspiring, I could spend HOURS here. We dealt with a ton of complications at the … Read more
{The time has come..}
The time has finally come! I’m off to Paris today to cross two things off my bucket list.. #1 To run a marathon overseas – in 3 short days I’ll be one of those dots running under the Eiffel Tower at the 36th annual Paris Marathon. My goal…not to get crushed!! Um… I sure hope … Read more
{Our Lake Louise Getaway and Apricot Hazelnut Coconut Energy Bars}
This past weekend, the boy treated me to a nice little getaway from the city with a stay out at the Chateau Lake Louise. I woke up early Saturday morning to get in my 25km training run before heading out on the road to the mountains. Lake Louise was beautifully snowy… The Chateau was where … Read more
