Hip Chalets

I stumbled upon this cite while doing a project for my drawing/painting class- Hip Chalets. It showcases a couple of extremely luxurious stays in my favorite town in the world- Chamonix, France! If only I were filthy rich....

Concert-mania-stravaganza

Lollapalooza Lineup 2009 from C3 Presents Video on Vimeo.

The Lollapalooza Lineup for this summer came out today and.....

EPIC

That's the one word I would squeeze all my utter joy and excitement for this August music extravaganza into. I'm so glad I already have the tickets, the room reservations, the person to go with.

Here are my favorites that will be preforming (in order)"

Kings of Leon, The Killers, Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys, MSTRKRFT, Crystal Castles, TV on the Radio, Snoop Dogg, Cold War Kids, The Gaslight Anthem, The Virgins, Peter Bjorn and John.... and that only breaks the surface of the magical music experience that will go down in Grant Park August 7 through the 9th.

ALSO: BIG NEWS! I got my tickets for the Aerosmith/ZZ Top Concert on August 28th in Chicago. They're only a little off-center and about 19 rows from the stage. For those of you who don't know, Aerosmith is my one and only favorite band of all time. I went to on of their concerts when I was a sophomore (3 years ago) and it is definately one of my top 5 favorite nights to date. I'm going with my mom (I def. couldn't afford $225/ticket alone...) and it will be an exciting end to my wonderful summer.

I love music.

hola

Oh, my life has been busy and I feel I have finally caught up with everything: school, work, skating; and now I can begin to be a more frequent publisher to the blog and keep everyone updated when the news is actually fresh.

The pictures above are the conclusion of my post about my spring break this March in Cancun. I have been back for a while but have neglected to post any of my pictures yet so... here they are.

Cancun was delightful. It was hot, sandy, and smelled of Hawaiian Tropic tanning spray everywhere (read- heaven). I got to swim, snorkel, kayak, eat, drink, parasail and even learn a little bit of Spanish, salsa dance, and merigue. My family stayed at the Iberostar Lindo resort. I highly recommend it to families. The food was amazing and there were endless activites and food. Overall, I want to go back! I'm considering a job working at a resort while in college...

Other than travelling south of the boarder, my final skating show is over and now, except for recreational purposes, I'm all done with figure skating. It's a bittersweet ending. Skating is my passion but also my most time-consuming hobby that has been a major part of my time since I was 7. The show went really well and I finished my final solo the best I could.

So now, onto things coming up in the near future- GRADUATION! I have 5 weeks left of school and then it's a summer filled with trips to Hawaii, two of my own graduation/birthday parties, visits and roadtrips with my friend from Denmark, and, unfortunately, work. I am so excited!

Now, for even more near future events- next weekend is my very last high school dance- Prom. I decided to just wear a dress I already bought at a vintage store a few years ago and got some killer heels yesterday in Barabo. I have a date and now dinner/picture arangments just have to be put into place. It should be a wonderful weekend.

Well I hope all of you are having a stellar spring thus far. I will try to keep this thing updated a lot more frequently.

-Parisian fille

Aboriginal Art

For my city's annual Cultural Festival, approaching this May, I have been asked to make and demo Australian Aboriginal artwork. I am so excited about this task- plus, it pays pretty well. So today, I'm heading over to the craft store to pick up a load of supplies and hopefully I'll have some work posted on the blog before I leave for Cancun.


Here's an example of the beautiful, earthy art form:

After a week of non-stop papers due and tests to take at school, I'm thrilled to do a project that will actually inspire me. I love art, but sometimes I just feel like it's always pushed aside to make room for all of my AP classes. However, I am in a Drawing/Painting class for one hour/day and it does wonders for my stress levels.

Cancun

8 Days.

A week and one day.

3 way-too-long days of class.

4 days of work.

Then I'm off to explore the ruins and the beaches of Cancun! I am so excited. I bought two new swimsuits a month ago (actually only one and a half... a blue one and black bottoms to match my mom's old designer bandeau top), my Venezuelan friend taught me some salsa moves and now I'm just counting down the days until I can actually feel the warmth of the sun. It's been such a long winter and I'm definately ready to get rid of the winter blues.
Hope everybody else is escaping the cold sometime soon.
-Parisian fille

(Photo from flickr here)

KOL at LOLLA

Kings of Leon - 6, originally uploaded by dreadfuldan.

So this week some exciting news has surfaced: KINGS OF LEON at LOLLAPALOOZA 2009! I am beyond psyched. This summer, my Danish friend and I want to take a road trip to Chicago and then hopefully on to Nashville, Tennessee then back to Wisconsin. Lollapalooza will be our Chicago highlight. I have never attended this epic midwestern music extravaganza which makes me all the more excited after hearing endless tales of bands, sun and Chicago from my friends with more trusting parents. But this summer, I'm 18, and I'll beeeeee there.

Music for summer road trips 1

This is my new band obsession. Perfect road-trip music. Enjoy-

Frontier Ruckus.

fleurs

I'm loving this sketchbook. Plus... i want my name to be changed to "Fleur" (flower in French for those that don't know.) When I was in French class, that was my "French name" that we got to choose. I even liked it so much I had it printed on the back of one of my hoodies where one's real last name usually goes.

Oh Chamonix

I've begun to create a lifelist for myself in a nice Rhodia notebook I picked up in France last summer. Of course it won't be finished until I die but it's already 2 french-sized (yes, they're about 2 inches longer) pages in a week.
Heres a goal I put in this morning: Hike the Haute Route between Chamonix, France, and Zermatt. Look how pretty!
The book I checked out from the library about backpacking/hiking said the journey takes from 7 to 13 days. I think it would be just life-changing. When I was in Chamonix last year, I fell in love with the town and I was so jealous of all the mountain climbers with gigantic backpack that were in out "gondala" lift to the top of Mt. Blanc (the tallest peak in Western Europe f.y.i). At that point, I didn't really know where they were going, but I knew that I had to get myself back there with my own very large pack and see for myself. Now I know, and it's definately on the list.

Photograph from flickr here.

magical

Photography by Rune Guneriussen, a Scandinavian photographer. I think they're magical.

Thanks Laura!

Again, sorry about my blog negligence. Right now, I have so much going on: summer job applications, ice show practice, tonz of homework, and I'm leaving for Cancun in 2 weeks! So hopefully I'll have a few spare moments to update you on my adventures but, if not, enjoy the coming of spring!

Parisian fille

Eat Pray Love

Today, over my favorite drink: a tall-soy-latte-with-one-pump-cinnamon-dolce-syrup-and-extra-cinnamon-sprinkles-please (said all with one breath... or also known as "the Usual") at Starbucks and a delicious apple bran muffin, I finished one of the best books I have ever read to this day: Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. If you have not read this book yet- YOU MUST! Okay, not really, but I definately feel this book was written just for me. It had my favorite things: travel, yoga, religion, love, and pasta!
The book is basically about the author's journey to find inner peace and happiness after dealing with a long and messy divorce among other circumstances that brought her safe little world crashing down. Gilbert takes off a year to go to three countries that, for different reasons, she finds a need to visit- Italy, India, and Indonesia.

Read it!


Song of the Day: TOUT DOUCEMENT by Feist

rainy days.

Hello lovelys...

My life has been crazy hectic lately and I appologize for not keeping you more tuned-in. I hope to post more regularily but things may just get crazier until April.

Skating season (figure skating) is in full bloom, which means competitions for me on most weekends. I skated at the Badger State Games (big deal in Wisconsin) this past weekend and was pretty proud of my placements.

Other than that, formal was this weekend. It was fun, but quite a lot of drama went down. (uhhghhh hate it)

But anyways, stay tuned about the ever-more exciting details of the life of Parisian Fille.

x

(photos here)

simple little things

1. basket of yarn 2. healthy lunch 3.letter from Denmark 4. sunshine on my art nouveau

mgmt

mgmt, originally uploaded by personanongrata.

These past few weeks, I have been falling deeply into infatuation with MGMT. I've heard their music before, but I've become obsessed. When I was looking through pictures of roskilde festival (a huge music festival in Denmark that I'm going to next summer) I found this one of the group and ahhhh, what an outfit!

Kiosk Krazy

I love love love this site: KIOSK. It sells goodies from all over the world. Very retro and simple.