Champagne Wednesdays

It’s weird to wait for someone you don’t know to come back from Paris and show you their photos. But I did, and they are here.

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Wednesday’s Champagne: Pink by Yellowglen (Australian, $13.99). The back of the bottle says it has a soft, delicate mouth feel, and I think that pretty much sums it up. We paired it with two grilled cheese sandwiches and about 20 pickles. Perfect for spending the night trying to trick Ash into telling me where we’re [...]

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What I wouldn’t give this morning for this big, comfy chair we saw in Paris. A field for mid-afternoon daydreaming. A perch from which to watch the world go by. A space uncensored by reality. Our Ikea chairs, on the other hand, are about to break, despite the reinforcing screws that Ash put in. Didn’t we say we’d [...]

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I must power down for Earth Day, so this will be my only post today.  Ash and I are trying to go the extra mile. We’ve been sitting here all morning with the fireplace off and we’re freezing. Little white clouds of breath escape from Ashleah’s duvet cocoon. Coffees are getting cold too fast.  I’m [...]

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This pretty much captures how I plan to spend my day today. It’s a painting by the talented Liza Hirst of Dordogne, France as mentioned here in one of my favourite design blogs by Anna Spiro. I share her love of paperweights, flowers and anything French.   I bought my very first paperweight at Les [...]

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A bound book of Champagne Wednesdays. Each week, a collage telling the story of where the night took us – what I wore, what he said, what we drank, how we ate and why we’ll keep raising a glass to Wednesday again and again. Here’s how we marked Champagne Wednesday on March 19th… Helianthus Goblets, [...]

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The only accessory a trip to Paris requires…even out of plastic flutes. I loved champagne before Paris, but I understood it only after. If you happen to be in Paris right this minute – read no further. The city demands celebration. Champagne should be taken daily and in excess. But if you are at home [...]

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