Monster Wife...

One hot day in early September, I was strolling down Rue Grenelle, on my way to buy my husband a birthday gift when I saw a coat in the Prada boutique window. I had seen this coat a zillion times in the Fall preview fashion magazines for 2011. But here it was right in front of my nose. I went inside the boutique and normally, I have to admit, I am not a big Prada fan. I did not know the sales people and the clientele did not reflect my taste. Once I put the apricot faux fur jacket on..I was a bit perplexed....Did it look good on me or did I look like Big Foot, the monster that lives up in the Sierra Nevada? A folklore monster tale a bit like the Lochness monster for anyone that went camping as a kid in California.

The sales woman said that there were only two of these monster jackets in all of France...

I bought it right there. A very unusual piece that creates odd looks from the Parisian women.

Monster or not, I never bought my husband his birthday gift....Bad, bad monster wife....

Two more days!!!!!

Two more days until the Paris movie premier of David Fincher's 'MILLENIUM: Men Who Don't Like Women'. By the way this is the original Swedish title....I am obsessed...I am already  almost done with the second book. I let myself read only 25 pages per night... Going to Sweden to take the tour...Crazy, I know...

Black Diamond

This was supposed to be a bad year for the truffle season in France. Mr Truffle man, a 30 minute drive north of our house, said that he has seen a 80% decline in truffles on his property within the past 30 years.
Nevertheless Mr Truffle man made us a surprise visit last week with two huge truffles found by his dog, Pomme. Pomme is 14 years young, practically deaf and blind but she still has the 'nose'.

Our neighbor recalls her grandmother saying,' there is nothing to eat in the house, go outside and find some truffles'

Smash it all up, Maurizio

The best show to see in New York City....Now playing at the Guggenheim Museum; Maurizio Cattelan: ALL.

Carine is back!

After being lost in London for a good hour looking for Dover Street Market, I finally found what I was looking for....

As I walked the stairs into Rose's Bakery, I saw the back side of a very elegant woman. I said to myself, 'Damn, those Londoners are chic'. But as the woman turned around, I realized it was Uber French Stylist and ex Vogue Editor, Carine Roitfeld. I decided to buy her book, IRREVERENT which is like a scrape book filled with personal and professional photos from her career in the fashion world. Ms Roitfeld was so generous and warm with every fan waiting to have their booked signed by her, moi included. And no, she did not remember meeting me at Fred Segal's cafe in Los Angeles in 2006. And did she remember introducing Sofia Coppola to my husband at Karl Lagerfeld's party for Baz Luhrman's Chanel 5 commercial?  No, Ms Roitfeld could not recollect that either....Moi, je n'ai pas jamais oublie!

Frieze me baby...

 More beautiful and bizarre images of Frieze.

Frieze Art Fair 2011

My friend scored two Preview tickets for the Frieze Art Fair in London. This was such a treat since during the preview days the fair  is hardly full thus the 'art' experience is less claustaphobic.  The 303 Gallery from NYC had special Karen Kilimnik  images for me to drool over. I think they may be a bit out of our budget but at least I have something to dream about....