Loving the Louvre

Visiting le Musée du Louvre was truly a spectacular day!  We fought the masses to get our picture taken in front of the Mona Lisa.  It could be comparable to a celebrity siting! The energy in the air was electric!  (And yes she is smaller in person)  The Louvre itself is one of the worlds largest museums; it is said that it could take a person three days to walk through every exhibit and they still wouldn't have seen it all.  So rather than camp out in the Louvre we saw what we needed to see and then spent some time on the outside relaxing by the fountains and enjoying people watching.  That was a hot day!  Or a regular day in Nashville.  My Street Style in Paris.  Linking up with IFB project #113.

Venus de Milo

We also waltzed through a bustling french farmers market, and purchased some tasty crepe's and sandwiches.  Though I must say the strawberries in Paris were one of the culinary highlights of the trip!  I've never had such succulent, naturally sweet berries.  Each one was a like a little bite of heaven.  Why oh why don't we have those here in the U.S.?  I can't even imagine how good it would be if I were to make these Strawberry Cupcakes, out of those strawberries!  Not to mention how many boys it would bring to my yard!  ;)

Neon Tee: Target, Skirt: Forever 21 (similar), Sandals: Clarks (Out of Stock)

The Bees Knees!

I actually use this phrasing, or at least consider it in my head more than one would think.  But the rhyming is so excellent, how can you not?  It's either that or I was a 1920's flapper girl in another life and the lingo is still stuck in my head.  Either way it applies to our weekend home in WI where we got to visit a close friend of ours, Scott and his newly beegun bee colony.  (See what I did there, beegun.)  Ok, I'll stop now.

 Scott was so kind as to give me what I deemed as the most important but also the most fun job of smoking out the bees!  

The smoke acts as a blocker between bee communication so that they remain calm as we invade their home.  Drunk bees.  

 Searching for the Queen Bee!

This was actually heavier than you might think, and I had to be oh so gentle with it so that I wouldn't smush one of the precious honey bees.  

(But then I accidentally did.  Sorry Scott)

See the bee's proboscis licking up the sugar water?

Scott the bee keeper, Ian the photographer, David the husband.

A special thanks to Scott for the bee education and the experience.  As previously discussed I can now cross this off of my not yet existent bucket list.  Also a special thanks to Ian Roberts Photography.  Yours looked way better than mine.  ;)    

Between controlling the smoke can, killing possibly threatening larvae, chewing wax, and the eminent threat of bee aggression this truly was "the bees knees!" (the concentrated goodness to be found around a bee's knee)  I like it! 

Patterns at Versailles

On our recent trip to France we stopped at the Palace of Versailles.  It was breathtakingly beautiful.  I couldn't imagine living in such an ornately painted/ extraordinary space.  It would be overwhelming.  I am extremely interested in the history of Marie Antoinette, so to go to her home and see where history took place was a wonderful experience.

Maxi dress: Target

The Hall of Mirrors

Must've been blue day, glad I got the memo.

Marie Antoinette's Bedroom

Ciao!

What beautiful places do you want to visit?

Tahiti Sweetie

I had the amazing experience in 2010 to travel to Tahiti!  My husband, then fiancé, has family there and we went for a visit!  Tahiti is absolutely breathtaking!

Even better than the beautiful scenery was meeting the rest of David's family!!!  

(moi avec cousine Christelle)

They were so kind, fun,  gracious, and spoiled us terribly by showering us with gifts and delicious food the whole time we were there! (why did we leave?)  One such gift was a dress made by one of David's Aunts, Nadine:

 She made this sun dress/maxi dress for me before they were even a trend!

This dress has come in handy this summer as we have hit upwards of 80 degrees already!  Perfect for a hot island and perfect for a hot city.  

Dress: Gifted// Clutch: Target// Bracelets: Gifted & Express// Sandals: Unisa 

Bracelets: Express Cuff// Diamond studded: Fire Finch// Gold Bead & Infinity: Gifted (similar)

Nails matching lips- oh yeah!  Nails: Revlon Nail Enamel Red 680, Lips: Victoria's Secret perfect lipstick in Cabana 

Well, I can put my maxi dress on and pretend I'm in Tahiti...

Eh bien, je peux mettre ma robe maxi sur et prétendre que je suis à Tahiti ...

Cheers!

   

Packing for Paris!!!

How does one even begin to pack for one of the fashion capitals of the world?  This is not going to be a simple task.  One part of me wants to be the good traveler, totting along a simple pair of keens and the necessities.  Easy, breezy tourist.... right....
Except that's SO NOT ME!!!  Gah, I have to figure out where to stuff my heels, and my big floppy hat, and my Audrey Hepburn sunglasses, and all the costume changes I want to have throughout the day- unbeknownst to my husband.  I think he will forgive me right?  It is Paris after all!  

How I imagine it:

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AND THE REALITY IS....

Hauled up in the Madrid airport for a 16hr. layover

Yeah, well both are great! 

Anyone have any packing tips!?!  THEY ARE REQUESTED!!!