Having friends in advertising means you're often the least cool person in the room: they're always one (two) steps ahead of you in the latest trends. One friend in particular likes to show me strange YouTube videos of '90s French rap  music, unknown stand-up comedians, and cool vintage movie mash-ups. For the last few weeks, I've been in awe of his ability to stay current with the most-awesome things on the internet.

That is, until today. 


Devour is responsible for about 90% of the cool things he knows about, and I have a feeling it will be the responsible 90% of the time I waste on my computer. Curated by humans with generally awesome taste in videos and way too much time on their hands, Devour is somewhat like a video-only Tumblr dashboard that manages to stay highly selective with it's posts. (Read: not shit.)

My top-three favorites:

Coffee stain portrait, which only reiterates the fact that caffeine can accomplish great things.

The amazingly-creative fresh guacamole, which despite using non-edible objects, looks delicious.

Modernly-retro advert: our blades and f*cking great reminds me of every '80s-inspired commercial, with a cute CEO and a single-shot recording.

Geographically Paris is a tiny city with an overwhelming number of inhabitants, forcing pretty young American girls to find housing wherever they can, even if that means calling a 9.5 square meter room, with no toilet, home.

If only.

xoxo.

After 20-some odd years of despising them, I've finally come around to appreciating eggs for their simplicity & health benefits. In the past, I've struggled to accept their bizarre consistancy and honestly-- the fact that they're grown within their own package. The ebb and flow of this love/hate relationship is finally turning a corner, so much so that I've begun to keep a regular supply on the top shelf in my fridge.

Everyone knows that immersing yourself fully in a French-speaking household of five, yes--five, children is the quickest way to improve your language skills. Sure, I could have made the same amount of progress with two-less kids, but when you go for something, you go all the way.

Thursday. After struggling through three days of cooking, cleaning and children, it is always nice to look forward to coffee + cookies at the au pair meet-up.











































Friday. Beautiful weather calls for a lunch outside, preferably perched upon colorful chairs, like these ones I stumbled across while wandering one of my favorite areas, the Marais.

xoxo.