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Eight Weeks in Paris...
“I guess it goes to show that you just never know where life will take you. You search for answers. You wonder what it all means. You stumble, and you soar. And, if you’re lucky, you make it to Paris for a while.”
― Amy Thomas,
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Je ne regrette rien
For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a...
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Jun 7, 202310 min read
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Dior - the architect of fashion
'Suddenly, one such flash of inspiration gives me an electric shock. l am possessed. like sap, the creative idea circulates now...
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May 23, 20235 min read
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Mission Possible
'Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'till we come to understand.' - Paul Cezanne Today's mission? No, not a Trip to...
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May 20, 20235 min read
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Back to the Future (or the one where I nearly met Jim Morrison)
“There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.” - Marie Antoinette I have become fascinated with the celebrity pull of the Paris...
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May 15, 20238 min read
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Let the great big world keep turning.
'The Pendulum told me that, as everything moved — earth, solar system, nebulae and black holes — one single point stood still ... How...
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May 3, 20236 min read
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La Vie en Rose.
'Colours, like features, follow the changes of the emotions. ‘ - Pablo Picasso I knew it was going to be hot today, so a midday visit to...
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May 3, 20233 min read
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Don't look down.
Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe...
sarastgeorge7
Apr 26, 20236 min read
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Monnaie, Manet, Money
'Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.' - Andy Warhol “Dollar Sign” (1981) by Andy Warhol, which...
sarastgeorge7
Apr 23, 20236 min read
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A sabbatical is not a holiday
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely...
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Apr 19, 20234 min read
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Turning shopping into an artform
“All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.” ―...
sarastgeorge7
Apr 17, 20234 min read
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Life's a riot...and then there is Paris
' Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.' - John F. Kennedy They are burning the bins...
sarastgeorge7
Apr 17, 20235 min read
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Punching above their Weight
'I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.' Jean-Michel Basquiat It’s the...
sarastgeorge7
Apr 12, 20233 min read
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Joyeuses Pâques!
Easter in France has been an education. I'd like to share a few traditions I had never heard of before. **Warning** I will apologise...
sarastgeorge7
Apr 9, 20233 min read
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The one where I become my own cliche - or is that the cliche?
“A woman who doesn’t wear perfume has no future.”— Coco Chanel I am at risk of rolling out too many life-affirming cliches as part of...
sarastgeorge7
Apr 8, 20232 min read
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Victor Hugo: writer, poet, artist
“It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables. I have always had a certain fascination with Victor...
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Apr 8, 20234 min read
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A home from home
“If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time”— Marcel Proust. With...
sarastgeorge7
Apr 7, 20232 min read
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Suite Dreams
"There is nothing like a dream to create the future."- Victor Hugo So this has never happened to me before. I booked a double room at the...
sarastgeorge7
Apr 7, 20231 min read
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The future lies in uncertainty.
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it” - Seneca How would you spend a week if you knew it was your...
sarastgeorge7
Apr 7, 20233 min read
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