Paris, adieu
June 7th, 2008We’ve decided to end Parisian week by indulging in a post that has nothing to do with fashion and style. The reason for our trip to France last week was a school reunion. Greg went to INSEAD, a business school in a quaint French town just outside Paris called Fontainebleau. The town is famous for the Château de Fontainebleau and beautiful forest. While there we met many old friends at school reunion events, walked in the forest, visited our former houses, and attended a grand ball at the Château, complete with fireworks and red carpet ensembles.
We spent the rest of the time with dear friends in the heart of Paris. We stayed in an area called “Le Marais”, our favourite part of Paris because it’s (a little) less touristy, more edgy, arty-farty, atmospheric and simply magical. It’s in walking distance from an island on the Seine called “Ile de la Cité” and well known French districts “Saint Germain” and “Montparnasse”.
The streets of Le Marais and Ile de la Cité are brimming with interesting nooks and crannies. There is no shortage of interesting shops, boutiques, parks, tiny art galleries, bistros, florists, markets, bakeries and restaurants. We sat outside and people-watched for hours yakking with our friends after healthy doses of cheese, salad, pastries and Nutella crepes.
We thoroughly enjoyed presenting Parisian week here at YLF and hope that you enjoyed traveling to Paris with us. Stay tuned for the next global experience.
June 7th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Wow, Angie–you’re very pretty!
June 7th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Angie, you are soooo beautiful. I loved seeing your pearls in that one photo! They’re fab.
Thanks so much for sharing your photos and experiences from your trip to Paris. Those of us who haven’t made it there (yet) love to live vicariously through the travels of others!
June 7th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Thank you for sharing your photos - you two are the cutest couple! I am a huge fan of your site and Paris (former bf went to INSEAD as well.)
My husband and I stay in Le Marais everytime and love the people watching - including L’Heurtier, the best cafe there. We haven’t been in a few years and it was fun sharing in your travels.
June 7th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Angie, you are so pretty! And you and Greg make a lovely couple!
Thank you indeed for sharing your photos and experiences with us. They are deeply appreciated!
June 7th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
What’s this “I don’t hold a candle to my late mother” nonsense? You’re the spitting image!
June 7th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Oh, and both of you are gorgeous, by the way!
June 7th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
This past week makes me really excited about studying abroad in France next spring.
June 7th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
You are beautiful! I love that pearl necklace.
June 7th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
I really did enjoy Paris Week and would love to get your take on Hong Kong
June 7th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
What a fun week reading your daily post. Thanks for sharing your trip with us. You are beautiful and Greg is handsome. I doubt I will ever get to Paris so this has been a way for me to enjoy. It looks and sounds wonderful.
June 8th, 2008 at 1:48 am
Hi Angie - You’ve got to pst a photo of you at the Summer Ball so that all the YouLokkFabbers out there can check out your black-tie / formal style! Hot Hot Hot. Wish we’d seen you in Paris - we wandered around our favourite streets near the Place des Vosges, Rue des Francs Bourgeois and Rue Vieille du Temple too. Great shops. If anyone wants two excellent places in Le Marais recommended - both on Rue Vieille du Temple, try Cafe Les Philosophes (at number 28) for a good value bistro meal and then conveniently next door ‘Au Petit Fer a Cheval’ (cool bar, tiny place with horseshoe-shaped bar - giving it its name). Enjoy!
June 8th, 2008 at 3:35 am
Thank you SO much for posting this! How fun to get a peek inside your life. And you’re gorgeous, by the way!!! Looks like a great trip. I’ve enjoyed the Paris posts.
June 8th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Wow Angie! I don’t ever remember that you posted on Saturdays, what a special treat. Those are absolutely beautiful pictures. You and Greg are such a perfect couple and I can see your beautiful relationship in every picture of you two. Thanks so much for sharing the pictures!
June 8th, 2008 at 10:33 am
You are just SOOO CUTE!
June 8th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Angie! Thank you so much for sharing with us - you and Greg are a beautiful couple- so much chemistry and you look so happy together- he is very handsome- but you are Gorgeous! I love those glasses-
France looks just like I always imagined it to be- I would love to go someday, and I’m really glad you had such a nice time-
Please post the red carpet pic that Tom was talking about!
We all got to live vicariously - tres chic ( I guess its obvious I do’t speak French-I only know words I picked up from watching French movies).
Can’t wait for your next trip anywhere-
P.S. Tommy and I went to Target and looked everywhere for grey Converse- he wanted to know why I had to have grey and then he said- Never-mind , I’m sure its from Angie!
June 8th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Angie, Thank you for sharing your photos and Paris experiences! You and Greg make one very good looking couple. I love that chunky pearl necklace you had on in the top right photo.
June 8th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
So much talent AND beauty! Angie, thank you for the post and photos. I loved it.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Wow, a special Saturday post! Angie, I’m just blown away by how pretty you are. Your smile is dazzling. I had expected you would look pretty, but you have exceeded my expectations. I’m so glad you shared your experience with us, and that we finally get to see you!
June 9th, 2008 at 6:56 am
I’m late but… what everyone else said! Wow, you are you beautiful! The cartoon version doesn’t do you justice.
June 9th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Angie, you are so pretty and fabulous. I too, enjoy reading your posts a lot and the pictures! I’m happy to see your observation about Paris and it reminds me a lot of my trip to Paris just few weeks ago!
Thanks to you and your forum that when I was in Europe (Abo/Turku, Stockholm, and Paris) during this trip I did not look like just “off the boat.”
June 10th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Angie, great posts while in Paris. I enjoyed all your reporting on trends and street style. That’s the same type of information I try to convey to me readers after a trip, so it was great to get a “midseason” report before my next trip to Europe in the fall. I will have to check out Anne Fontaine next time I’m in Paris as well. Not to be redundant you and your husband look fabulous, and you have cheekbones to die for! Keep up the great work.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:42 am
Angie, you are SO adorable!!
June 14th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Angie, you are gorgeous! Your posts of Paris made me want to visit the city of my first trip to Europe very much.
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Your hair!! So cute!